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$100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report $100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report
$100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report The family of a pair of brothers who drowned earlier this month at a pool in Bayonne have filed two civil claims for $50 million each, NJ Advance Media reports. Three lifeguards were on-duty at the Lincoln Community School on June 8 when 16-year-old Jack Jiang and 19-year-old Chu Ming Zheng drowned, police previously said. The family's attorneys maintain the brothers' deaths were a result of negligence, NJ.com says. Police said only that the brothers were in the deep end of the pool when they were spotted in distress. A guard and two others removed them from the pool and immediately b…

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NJ Costco Employee Run Over By Fleeing Shoplifters' Car: Police NJ Costco Employee Run Over By Fleeing Shoplifters' Car: Police
NJ Costco Employee Run Over By Fleeing Shoplifters' Car: Police A New Jersey Costco employee had her ankle run over by a pair of shoplifters she was trying to stop in a fleeing vehicle, authorities said. The incident happened at the Goldsborough Drive Costco in Bayonne around 2 p.m. Thursday, Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The female employee chased after two male shoplifters and, as she tried to recover the stolen proceeds from their vehicle, one man pushed her to the ground, Amato said. As the vehicle fled, the worker's right foot was run over by the vehicle. The victim complained of pain in her foot.

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