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NJ Teen Recruited Undercover Agent To Blow Up PSE&G Facilities, Nabbed At Newark Airport: Feds NJ Teen Recruited Undercover Agent To Blow Up PSE&G Facilities, Nabbed At Newark Airport: Feds
NJ Teen Recruited Undercover Agent To Blow Up PSE&G Facilities, Nabbed At Newark Airport: Feds A teenager from Middlesex County is facing federal charges for asking an undercover agent to destroy PSE&G electrical facilities in New Jersey, officials announced this week. Andrew Takhistov, 18, of East Brunswick, was arrested Wednesday, July 10 at Newark Liberty International Airport where he was planning to travel to Paris on his way to Ukraine, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Takhistov is charged with one count of soliciting another individual to engage in criminal conduct that involved destroying a public service enterprise group circuit breaker and substation, fede…

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by Jon Craig
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Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of Fair Lawn Synagogue Amid Nationwide Rise In 'Swatting' Calls Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of Fair Lawn Synagogue Amid Nationwide Rise In 'Swatting' Calls
Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of Fair Lawn Synagogue Amid Nationwide Rise In 'Swatting' Calls Fair Lawn police evacuated a local synagogue and the immediate area after a caller claimed to have planted two pipe bombs there. The Thursday night incident comes with Rosh Hashana about to begin at sundown Friday, Sept. 15 -- and amid a frightening nationwide increase of anti-Semitic "swatting" calls. A caller to the Fair Lawn Police Dispatch Center at 8:01 p.m. Sept. 14 claimed to have planted both bombs in a black backpack at Congregation Ahavat Achim on Saddle River Road, Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. Police cleared the building and neighboring homes, and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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White Supremacist Group Marches Through Boston Ahead Of July 4 — Could NJ Be Next? White Supremacist Group Marches Through Boston Ahead Of July 4 — Could NJ Be Next?
White Supremacist Group Marches Through Boston Ahead Of July 4 — Could NJ Be Next? A white supremacist group known for its "flash demonstrations" and unannounced protests marched through Downtown Boston ahead of July 4, the Boston Herald reports. Carrying flags with a version of the symbol representing Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party and shields, the nearly 100 marchers were believed to have been part of neo-fascist hate group Patriot Front, according to the paper. About 100 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front marched through the heard of Boston today https://t.co/1ZCXAwVTyA pic.twitter.com/xT6QtJrUNl — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 2, 20…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Weapons Arsenal Sends NJ White Supremacist To Federal Prison For 62 Months Weapons Arsenal Sends NJ White Supremacist To Federal Prison For 62 Months
Weapons Arsenal Sends NJ White Supremacist To Federal Prison For 62 Months A Sussex County man who was once stabbed in a biker bar brawl was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for an assortment of illegal weapons and ammo found by authorities after he crashed his van. Joseph Rubino, 59, of Lafayette Township, will have to serve just about all of the 62-month sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He remained temporarily held at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia on New Year's Eve pending assignment to a long-term facility. NJ State Police said they spotted some of the arsenal in a white Chevy Express van dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Driver Caught With 14 Guns, Ammo, White Supremacist Materials After Crash Takes Plea Deal NJ Driver Caught With 14 Guns, Ammo, White Supremacist Materials After Crash Takes Plea Deal
NJ Driver Caught With 14 Guns, Ammo, White Supremacist Materials After Crash Takes Plea Deal A Sussex County man admitted in federal court that he had an arsenal of guns and ammo, some of which was in his van when it crashed into a tree off Route 80. Authorities who searched the vehicle and Lafayette Township home of Joseph Rubino, 59, after the July 2019 crash in Allamuchy said they also found white supremacist and racially-charged propaganda, along with illegal drugs. A medical chopper took Rubino and his 55-year-old passenger to Morristown Medical Center, New Jersey State Police said at the time. Both were seriously injured, they said. Search warrants were obtained after troope…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews
NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews A New Jersey member of a hardcore neo-Nazi group admitted Friday that he convinced two fellow white supremacists to vandalize property owned by Blacks and Jews. Richard Tobin, 19, of Brooklawn, dubbed the nationwide campaign “Operation Kristallnacht,” after a 1938 pogrom in which German Nazis slaughtered more than 90 Jews and burned their homes, synagogues, stores and schools, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Tobin told a federal judge via video conference Friday that he “implored” two other members of “The Base” to break windows and slash tires, among other destru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CAPITOL RIOT: NJ Naval Contractor With Secret Security Clearance Bragged To Informant, Feds Say CAPITOL RIOT: NJ Naval Contractor With Secret Security Clearance Bragged To Informant, Feds Say
Capitol Riot: NJ Naval Contractor With Secret Security Clearance Bragged To Informant, Feds Say A Central Jersey man who is a U.S. Navy contractor with top-secret security clearance and access to ammunition has been charged with participating in the U.S. Capitol riot, federal authorities said. Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, 30, of Monmouth County, described as an “avowed white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer” in court papers, allegedly told other pro-Trump rioters to advance during the deadly Jan. 6 insurgence, authorities said. He has been charged on five federal counts, including: knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority; disorderly conduct o…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds: Weapons Arsenal, White Supremacist Material Seized From Sussex County Man In Van Crash Feds: Weapons Arsenal, White Supremacist Material Seized From Sussex County Man In Van Crash
Feds: Weapons Arsenal, White Supremacist Material Seized From Sussex County Man In Van Crash A Sussex County man who was once stabbed in a biker bar brawl was found with an assortment of illegal weapons and ammo, along with white supremacist and racially-charged propaganda, after he crashed his van, federal authorities said. NJ State Police said they spotted some of the arsenal in a white Chevy Express van driven by Joseph Rubino, 57, of Lafayette Township, after it crashed into a tree off Route 80 in Allamuchy on July 24. A medical chopper took Rubino and his passenger, 55-year-old Kenneth Coe of Bayonne, to Morristown Medical Center, the NJSP said at the time. The federal Bureau…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Neo-Nazi Website To Pay Paramus Comic $4.1M After Ariana Grande Bombing, ISIS Smear Neo-Nazi Website To Pay Paramus Comic $4.1M After Ariana Grande Bombing, ISIS Smear
Neo-Nazi Website To Pay Paramus Comic $4.1M After Ariana Grande Bombing, ISIS Smear A Neo-Nazi website is being forced to pay a Paramus comedian $4.1 million after falsely claiming he was behind the 2017 terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert. Dean Obeidallah, a political comedian and host of his own SiriusXM Progress show, filed a the defamation suit against The Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin, after the website smeared him as a terrorist behind the 2017 concert bombing in England -- inciting death threats, he said on Twitter. Obeidallah, a Daily Beast writer, vowed to donate any money he collects to hate-fighting organizations. "The goal of this lawsuit is to…

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by Cecilia Levine