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This New Jersey Diner Is Among Guy Fieri's Favorites, Website Says This New Jersey Diner Is Among Guy Fieri's Favorites, Website Says
This New Jersey Diner Is Among Guy Fieri's Favorites, Website Says Guy Fieri has dined at thousands of diners across the US and dozens in New Jersey on his Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives." Mashed has compiled a list of the best "Triple D" diners, and for the Garden State, flavortown is in Linden. "You can get some delicious, homemade diner classics in New Jersey at Johnny Prince's Bayway Diner in Linden," the site says.  "It's a casual joint serving up well known diner staples, but locals call it 'a special place.' And Guy Fieri once called it one of his favorite stops on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (per an interview with The Street).…

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by Nicole Valinote & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Wine Bottles Hurled At Linden Liquor Store Employees In Man's $3,000 Tantrum (VIDEO) Wine Bottles Hurled At Linden Liquor Store Employees In Man's $3,000 Tantrum (VIDEO)
Wine Bottles Hurled At Linden Liquor Store Employees In Man's $3,000 Tantrum (Video) A man who threw bottles of red wine at liquor store employees causing $3,000 in damage is being sought by police in Linden. The man apparently didn't have enough money to pay for his alcohol at Beno's Liquor on North Wood Avenue on Nov. 30, and became upset when the store employee refused to give him a discount, Linden police said. The irate customer threatened to kill the employees and threw several large bottles of wine at the them before grabbing a clear plastic container of small liquor bottles and fleeing, police said. Footage of the incident was released by Linden police. Anyon…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Habitual Offender Who Bathed In McDonald's Bathroom Gets Tased Twice: Garfield PD Habitual Offender Who Bathed In McDonald's Bathroom Gets Tased Twice: Garfield PD
Habitual Offender Who Bathed In McDonald's Bathroom Gets Tased Twice: Garfield PD A habitual offender who used a McDonald's bathroom to bathe fought with responding Garfield police officers and ended up being tased twice, authorities said. Officers responding to a call at the Passaic Street fast-food restaurant shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, were told that Robert P. Glodek, 33, was "using their bathroom as a shower and refused to leave," Capt. Mario X. Pozo said. Officer Joseph Kopacz approached Glodek outside the McDonald’s and tried getting his ID in case McDonald's wanted to pursue criminal charges, the captain said. Glodek, of Union Township, "refused to co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'RHONJ' Star's Stolen Porsche Found Totaled After North Jersey Pursuit 'RHONJ' Star's Stolen Porsche Found Totaled After North Jersey Pursuit
'Rhonj' Star's Stolen Porsche Found Totaled After North Jersey Pursuit "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Dolores Catania found her stolen Porsche — but it's completely destroyed, Daily Voice has learned. The car — which was purchased for her by ex-boyfriend David Principe for her 50th birthday in Season 11 — was stolen by thieves from her current boyfriend Paulie Connell's Edgewater apartment last weekend, Connell tells Daily Voice. Police pursued thieves in the car from Elizabeth before it was found totaled in Linden, having crashed into a pole, Connell said. "[Dolores] had just finished with Bravocon and she had a lot of stuff in the car b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Shots Fired Outside Linden Movie Theater Shots Fired Outside Linden Movie Theater
Shots Fired Outside Linden Movie Theater A gunman fired shots at a Linden shopping center Monday, Oct. 10, local police said. Photos from the scene show police had taped off the area around the AMC Theater in the Aviation Shopping Plaza sometime after 4:15 p.m. Responding officers found multiple casings in the area. No injuries have been reported. This incident remains under investigation by the Linden Police Detective Bureau, and anyone with information is urged to contact Det. Daniel Hemenway at (908) 474-8532.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
SEE ANYTHING? Bike-Riding, Backpack-Carrying Bank Robber Sought By NJ FBI SEE ANYTHING? Bike-Riding, Backpack-Carrying Bank Robber Sought By NJ FBI
SEE Anything? Bike-Riding, Backpack-Carrying Bank Robber Sought By NJ FBI He carried a backpack and rode a bike with silver wheels. His black leather shoes had a patch on the toe, and his head was swathed in a surgical mask, gaiter, baseball cap and the hood of his coat.  He also had a gun. A bundled-up robber "handed the teller a demand note and displayed a gun" at the Wells Fargo Bank branch on West Saint Georges Avenue in Linden a demand note shortly after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the FBI's Newark Field Office. The bandit had a medium complexion and was about 5-feet-10-inches tall, with a thin build, the bureau reported shortly after the holdup. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
BMW Driver Was Doing 'Burn Out' In H2oi Golf Cart Crash That Hurt Dad: Prosecutor BMW Driver Was Doing 'Burn Out' In H2oi Golf Cart Crash That Hurt Dad: Prosecutor
BMW Driver Was Doing 'Burn Out' In H2oi Golf Cart Crash That Hurt Dad: Prosecutor A 22-year-old man from Linden has been arrested in connection with a golf cart crash that left a 31-year-old dad hurt during the H2oi weekend meet-up in Wildwood, authorities said. Eryk R. Wnek was doing a "burn out" in his 2020 BMW when he collided with another vehicle and then the golf cart, operated by Erhan Bayram, of Williamstown around 9:23 p.m. on Rio Grande and Park Boulevard around 9:20 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Robert Regalbuto of the Wildwood Police Department said. Bayram was airlifted to the Atlantic City …

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by Jon Craig
Sports
North Jersey Football Player Dies After Suffering Traumatic Brain Injury During Game: Mayor North Jersey Football Player Dies After Suffering Traumatic Brain Injury During Game: Mayor
North Jersey Football Player Dies After Suffering Traumatic Brain Injury During Game: Mayor The Linden High School football team is mourning the loss of one of its own. Xavier McClain died on Wednesday, Sept. 21 after suffering a traumatic brain injury during a game on Sept. 9 against Woodbridge High School, according to Linden Mayor Derek Armstead. "Together we prayed for a miracle and hoped for a different outcome," the mayor said on Facebook. "With your prayers, Xavier fought a good fight." Our good friends, Lisa & Norman McClain, are asking the Linden community for prayers, nothing else, just your prayers... Posted by Derek Armstead Mayor of Linden on Saturday, Septe…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Helps Capture Gunman Wanted In Bar Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large: Linden PD SWAT Team Helps Capture Gunman Wanted In Bar Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large: Linden PD
SWAT Team Helps Capture Gunman Wanted In Bar Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large: Linden PD The Union County SWAT Team helped in capture a 27-year-old man accused of opening fire at a nightclub and wounding three people, while a second suspect remains at large, authorities said. Najir Paige got into a fight at the bar at Menga Lounge in Linden when he left, got a handgun from a car, came back and fired shots through the front door around 2 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Linden police said. A 28-year-old man, 24-year-old woman and 23-year-old woman were injured in the attack. Paige was arrested on Aug. 24, when members of Union County S.W.A.T., with assistance from the Linden Police Depar…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
PLOT TWIST: Attendant Helped Plan Gas Station Robbery Off Garden State Parkway, Feds Charge PLOT TWIST: Attendant Helped Plan Gas Station Robbery Off Garden State Parkway, Feds Charge
Plot Twist: Attendant Helped Plan Gas Station Robbery Off Garden State Parkway, Feds Charge Federal authorities charged a gas station attendant with planning the robbery of a newly-opened QuickChek where he worked just off the Garden State Parkway. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark accuses Tyrone Crutchfield-Davis, 27, of Linden of plotting the Dec. 15, 2019 holdup on North Avenue at Exit 137 in Cranford with three associates. Authorities had previously identified the other three men -- Wiggins Cadet, 24, and Khalil Brown, 23, of Roselle, and Zyquan McCray, 23, of Linden. It turns out Crutchfield-Davis -- a former standout high school quarterback with a cri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Linden Nightclub Shooting Injures Three Victims Linden Nightclub Shooting Injures Three Victims
Linden Nightclub Shooting Injures Three Victims An argument that started inside of a Linden nightclub over the weekend ended in the shooting of three individuals, leaving two seriously injured, authorities said. A man involved went to his car during the argument at Menga Lounge on St. George's Avenue around 2:05 a.m. and returned with a gun, before firing several shots through the door into the vestibule on Saturday, Aug. 6, Linden police said. Three patrons were struck including a 24-year-old Bridgewater woman, a 23-year-old Irvington woman and a 28-year-old Elizabeth man, police said. The Bridgewater woman suffered non life-threatenin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Toddler Drowned In North Jersey Pool Was Brother's Fearless Bestie Toddler Drowned In North Jersey Pool Was Brother's Fearless Bestie
Toddler Drowned In North Jersey Pool Was Brother's Fearless Bestie Support is surging for the brother and parents of a North Jersey boy who drowned in a backyard pool over the weekend. Christian Carter Ruiz was rushed to the hospital on Sunday, July 31, after his lifeless body was pulled from a pool on the 400 block of McKinley Street in Linden, according to police and those who know the family. Christian was pronounced dead at Trinitas Regional Medical Center, leaving his family in shock and disbelief. "Christian was a sweet little boy, funny, fearless, and could brighten even your darkest days," his godmother Marcia Pimentel wrote on a GoFundMe pag…

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by Cecilia Levine