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NJSP Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Shot Woman In Car Off North Jersey Highway NJSP Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Shot Woman In Car Off North Jersey Highway
Njsp Seeks Public's Help Finding Gunman Who Shot Woman In Car Off North Jersey Highway State Police asked the public's help finding a gunman who shot a woman in a car on an entrance ramp to Route 78 in Warren County early Tuesday following an incident somewhere in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Troopers responding to a shots fired call at Exit 6 in Greenwich Township, which runs through a truck weigh station, found the woman in her vehicle shortly before 6 a.m., the NJSP said. She was "conscious and alert," having sustained gunshot wounds to her head, hand and chest, State Police said. The 39-year-old victim was conscious but unable to speak when taken to a hospital by am…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Found Shot In Car Off North Jersey Highway Woman Found Shot In Car Off North Jersey Highway
Woman Found Shot In Car Off North Jersey Highway State Police asked the public's help finding a gunman who shot a woman in a car on an entrance ramp to Route 78 in Warren County early Tuesday following an incident somewhere in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Troopers responding to a shots fired call at Exit 6 in Greenwich Township, which runs through a truck weigh station, found the woman in her vehicle shortly before 6 a.m., the NJSP said. She was "conscious and alert," having sustained gunshot wounds to her head, hand and chest, State Police said. The 39-year-old victim was conscious but unable to speak when taken to a hospital by ambulanc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Doc Who Had Office In Phillipsburg Admits Taking Bribes To Prescribe Fentanyl Doc Who Had Office In Phillipsburg Admits Taking Bribes To Prescribe Fentanyl
Doc Who Had Office In Phillipsburg Admits Taking Bribes To Prescribe Fentanyl A doctor who had a practice in Warren County has admitted accepting bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing a painkiller containing a powerful opioid, the Department of Justice said Friday.  Kenneth Sun, 58, an Easton, Pa., resident who also practiced in Pennsylvania, received $140,000 in illicit payouts between 2012 and 2016 from the Arizona-based  company, Insys. The medically unnecessary prescriptions resulted in $847,000 in Medicare reimbursements.  Sun, who owned Progressive Pain Solutions in Phillipsburg, prescribed Subsys, a …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208 Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208
Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208 Numbers continue rising of drivers found with drugs or outstanding warrants after being stopped on Route 208, say Franklin Lakes police who’ve been arresting them. According to Capt. John Bakelaar: Officer Eric Rosado arrested 24-year-old Chadwick Quinones of Hewitt for possession of heroin around 9:45 p.m. Monday. Eight hours earlier, Officer Ryan Sweeney arrested Alicia Gonzalez, 42, of Paterson on an outstanding warrant from the Silk City. An Easton, PA driver, 39-year-old Lateefah Terry, was arrested on Smoke Hollow Trail, just off the highway, around 9 a.m. Monday for outstanding Gle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
$2 Billion GWB Restoration Project On Tap For Veteran Port Authority Leader $2 Billion GWB Restoration Project On Tap For Veteran Port Authority Leader
$2 Billion GWB Restoration Project On Tap For Veteran Port Authority Leader The $2 billion George Washington Bridge restoration project will be overseen by a Port Authority veteran who has held key positions at the agency’s crossings, seaport and airport: Kenneth Sagrestano, who’s been with the authority 26 years, was named the new general manager of the bridge and bus station on Friday. He replaces 40-year agency veteran Bob Durando, who is retiring. Sagrestano, who lives in Easton, Pa., has helped oversee operations at the bridge, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels and the New Jersey marine terminals and was supervisor of the Environmental Maintenance Unit at LaGuar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Wayne's Red, White & Que Sold Wayne's Red, White & Que Sold
Wayne's Red, White & Que Sold After only a few months in business, Red, White & Que in Wayne has been sold. As for several other locations across New Jersey, the owners announced on the joint's website. The only RWQ location that will remain in business in the original in Kearny. "Over the next few weeks you will start to see our locations in Randolph, Scotch Plains, Easton, Barnegat, Little Egg Harbor, Manahawkin and Wayne change names," owners Dan and Katie Misuraca said. "Red White & Que will no longer have any ownership of or affiliation with these locations. They will still be BBQ joints se…

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by Cecilia Levine