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Middlesex Child Molester Gets 5 Years For Trying To Hook Up With ‘Boy,’ 14 Middlesex Child Molester Gets 5 Years For Trying To Hook Up With ‘Boy,’ 14
Middlesex Child Molester Gets 5 Years For Trying To Hook Up With ‘Boy,’ 14 A convicted child molester from Middlesex County was sentenced to five years in state prison Friday for trying to lure a 14-year-old “boy” – actually an undercover detective -- to a local park for sex. Harold Gordner, 42, of Highland Park, admitted last September that he had sexually explicit chats and sent naked photos of himself, along with links to porn videos, to what turned out to be a New Jersey State Police investigator trolling social media for predators. Gordner, who already was registered as a Megan’s Law sex offender, “asked several times whether he could send a car service to pi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Police Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Jersey Shore Kidnapper Justified Authorities: Police Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Jersey Shore Kidnapper Justified
Authorities: Police Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Jersey Shore Kidnapper Justified Police were justified in shooting an Ocean County ex-con who cornered them with a knife after stabbing a K-9, authorities announced Wednesday. “Drop the knife!” the officers yelled repeatedly as Edward Walsh advanced at least 20 feet toward them, refusing to stop, during a November 2018 encounter in a Mantoloking home, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. “Officers found a large knife with a brown handle next to Walsh and a second knife in his waistband,” the prosecutor said. They administered first aid until EMS arrived, Billhimer said. The K-9 was treated at a local animal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Wrestling Coach Denuto Was Fired Before For Strip Searching Wrestlers NJ Wrestling Coach Denuto Was Fired Before For Strip Searching Wrestlers
NJ Wrestling Coach Denuto Was Fired Before For Strip Searching Wrestlers The 43-year-old Middlesex County wrestling coach accused of sexually assaulting a teen was previously accused of inappropriate behavior, including strip searches of students, a lawsuit says. John M. Denuto was arrested Saturday and charged with possession of child pornography, the sexual assault of a teenager and photographing a child in a sex act He was suspended with pay from his job as a special education math teacher at Sayreville Middle School, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office said. Denuto of Spotswood was previously a wrestling coach at 15 high schools across N…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Former St. Joseph Wrestling Coach Charged In Teen Sex Assault Former St. Joseph Wrestling Coach Charged In Teen Sex Assault
Former St. Joseph Wrestling Coach Charged In Teen Sex Assault A Middlesex County teacher who has coached wrestling at more than a dozen New Jersey schools is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager, court records show. John M. Denuto was suspended with pay from his job as a special education math teacher in Sayreville, reports say. He was arrested Saturday and charged with possession of child pornography, the sexual assault of a teenager and photographing a child in a sex act, according to court records. Denuto's arrest was in connection with an October 2016 incident, in which he was described as a "non-caretaker" of the 13- to 15-year-old teen. D…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Winning New Jersey Lottery Tickets Sold In Wayne, Sayreville Winning New Jersey Lottery Tickets Sold In Wayne, Sayreville
Winning New Jersey Lottery Tickets Sold In Wayne, Sayreville A pair of winning New Jersey lottery tickets were sold in Wayne and Sayerville. The tickets from Friday's Mega Millions drawing win the third-tier prize of $10,000. The winning numbers were 28, 31, 33, 57, and 62. The Gold Mega Ball was 19, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02. The tickets were sold at the Wawa on Washington Road in Sayreville and the Bolla on Route 23 north in Wayne.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Freed Driver Who Nearly Ran Down Police At Holland Tunnel Caught With Stolen Car In Edgewater Freed Driver Who Nearly Ran Down Police At Holland Tunnel Caught With Stolen Car In Edgewater
Freed Driver Who Nearly Ran Down Police At Holland Tunnel Caught With Stolen Car In Edgewater A driver who was released after nearly running down several police officers at the Holland Tunnel was arrested in a stolen car in Edgewater, authorities said. Delano Andrew Hutchinson, 23, of Sayreville was taken into custody along with Shemar Malik Rogers, 21, of Corona, Queens after Officer Michael Colon found them stopped in the middle of Undercliff Avenue around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Detective Sgt. Tim Farrell said. Colon ran the Florida license plate on the 2019 Toyota Camry, Farrell said, and discovered it had been reported stolen from a Hertz Car Rental on Norm Avenue in the Westchester h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Blaze Consumes Route 35 Strip Club Blaze Consumes Route 35 Strip Club
Blaze Consumes Route 35 Strip Club Flames blew through the roof of a Sayreville strip club on Friday. The fire broke out at the XXXV Gentlemen’s Club on Routes 35/9 around 2 p.m. and quickly went to three alarms. Police closed several area roads, including the ramp from the highway to Old Route 4. No injuries were immediately reported. 35 XXXV Gentlemen's Club, SayrevilleCOURTESY: ABC7 Eyewitness News

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fleeing Driver Nearly Hits Police In Mad Chase Through Holland Tunnel From NYC To NJ And Back Fleeing Driver Nearly Hits Police In Mad Chase Through Holland Tunnel From NYC To NJ And Back
Fleeing Driver Nearly Hits Police In Mad Chase Through Holland Tunnel From NYC To NJ And Back A fleeing driver put police and civilians in danger when he sped through the Holland Tunnel from Manhattan to Jersey City and back again, nearly mowing down several officers who had to break the front windows to get at him, authorities said Wednesday. At different points during the pursuit, the driver moved forward and in reverse, trying to maneuver his way past other vehicles in traffic – and hitting at least two of them -- before he was finally captured, video shows. An NYPD traffic agent told Port Authority Police Officer John Lizares that the motorist – who’d been driving erratically --…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Linden Man, 3 Others Charged In $2.5M ‘Bust Out’ Identity Theft Scam Linden Man, 3 Others Charged In $2.5M ‘Bust Out’ Identity Theft Scam
Linden Man, 3 Others Charged In $2.5M ‘Bust Out’ Identity Theft Scam Four men were arrested Thursday for using stolen personal information to create bogus identities as part of a scheme to defraud banks of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carepenito said. Shahid Akhtar, 42, of Linden; Tassadiq Hussain, 70, of Sayreville; Asif Ali, 39, of Carteret; and Mohammad Mushtaq, 54, of Valley Stream, New York are each charged with one count of conspiring to defraud financial institutions. They were scheduled to appear in Newark federal court Thursday. Authorities say the four obtained valid Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers licen…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted
Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted PATERSON, N.J. – Nine men from Paterson were charged with burglarizing a Clifton auto dealer twice and stealing vehicles from eight other dealerships in four counties while using juveniles as accomplices, authorities announced Thursday. Among the victims were B&M Auto Mall in Clifton, which was broken into twice, as well as Lakeview Auto (also in Clifton) and Otocity in Totowa, a 131-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson says. Also victimized in a 10-month spree that began in January last year were dealerships in East Brunswick, Jefferson Township, Neptune Township, Old …

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by Jerry DeMarco