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South Jersey Friendly's Shutters After Nearly 40 Years South Jersey Friendly's Shutters After Nearly 40 Years
South Jersey Friendly's Shutters After Nearly 40 Years Another New Jersey Friendly's restaurant has closed its doors. A sign hung in the door of the Marlton location on Route 70 W. — which opened in 1983 — announcing the closure Monday, Aug. 15, as first reported by NJ Advance Media. New Jersey is home to 18 of the chain's 125 locations in America. The Voorhees location is temporarily closed.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police Arrest Hackettstown Man Claiming To Have Gun In Friendly’s Robbery Police Arrest Hackettstown Man Claiming To Have Gun In Friendly’s Robbery
Police Arrest Hackettstown Man Claiming To Have Gun In Friendly’s Robbery Police have made an arrest in connection with last February’s robbery at Friendly’s in Hackettstown. Erik Mitchell, 30, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree robbery and fourth-degree theft by unlawful taking, Hackettstown Police said. Mitchell is accused of passing a note demanding money to a worker at the Mountain Avenue Friendly’s and claiming to have a gun before fleeing with $241 in cash on Feb. 12, 2021, DailyVoice.com reported. Mitchell, of Hackettstown, was also found to have a $2,500 Mount Arlington Borough municipal court traffic warrant, police said. He was being he…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint
Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint A Lodi career criminal with a rap sheet more than 15 years long was arrested after burglarizing a Prospect Park takeout restaurant before dawn Saturday, authorities said. Ryan Patrick Morgan, 34, has been arrested dozens of times in North Jersey since his 18th birthday, records show. Over that time, the tattooed ex-con has been busted in no fewer than seven towns on charges that include robbery, resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer, as well as a string of drug court and probation violations. During a two-week span in 2017, Garfield police said, Morgan swiped a purse …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
RECOGNIZE HIM? If You're Police Or Probation Officer In Bergen County, You Probably Do RECOGNIZE HIM? If You're Police Or Probation Officer In Bergen County, You Probably Do
Recognize HIM? If You're Police Or Probation Officer In Bergen County, You Probably Do A career criminal with a 15-year rap sheet in a slew of Bergen County towns made it easy for Elmwood Park detectives to identify him as the burglar who threw a brick through the front window of a local Friendly’s the night before, authorities said. Responding to a Thursday night call of an unruly patron at the Banana King fast food restaurant on Route 46, Detectives Keith Hartmann and Thomas Giammanco found Ryan Patrick Morgan sitting at the bar, drinking a beer, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Both immediately recognized Morgan from surveillance video of Wednesday night’s break-in at th…

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by Jerry DeMarco