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DEJA VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant DEJA VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant
Deja VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant A Paterson man was convicted of murder for the second time in the shooting death of a city man in 2015. Jurors in Paterson originally convicted Charles Grant four years ago of gunning down Isaac "Blaze" Tucker, a 40-year-old father of six, after they’d walked a few blocks together from a city liquor store. Grant was serving a life sentence for the killing when a state appeals court overturned the verdict -- ruling that certain evidence shouldn't have been presented at his trial -- and sent the case back to Paterson earlier this year. Jurors this time deliberated for roughly a day and a ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Jersey Shore Administrator Admits Stealing $450K From Affordable Housing Group: Prosecutor Ex-Jersey Shore Administrator Admits Stealing $450K From Affordable Housing Group: Prosecutor
Ex-Jersey Shore Administrator Admits Stealing $450K From Affordable Housing Group: Prosecutor A former administrator of a Jersey Shore-based affordable housing organization admitted stealing nearly $450,000 from the non-profit, authorities said. The Affordable Housing Alliance provides housing, support, and services to low- and middle-income families in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties.  Debra Agresti, 59, of Long Branch was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison on Friday after pleading guilty to the thefts over the course of nearly seven years, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Agresti reportedly admitted that while working for th…

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North Jersey Police Officer Charged With Child Sex Offenses North Jersey Police Officer Charged With Child Sex Offenses
North Jersey Police Officer Charged With Child Sex Offenses A now-former Pompton Lakes police officer avoided potential prison time by pleading guilty to exchanging nude photos online with an underage teenager, authorities said. Mark Stinnard, 37, engaged in the relationship with the Riverdale youngster on his own time 3½ years ago and not while he was on the clock, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Stinnard was arrested in late September and charged with “engaging in sexual conduct with a child” and endangerment for manufacturing child pornography and “causing harm to a child,” the prosecutor said. No sexual assault charges were fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Raping Garfield Girl Captured In Georgia GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Raping Garfield Girl Captured In Georgia
Gotcha! Fugitive Accused Of Raping Garfield Girl Captured In Georgia A Passaic man sexually assaulted an underage girl in Garfield and was captured after fleeing to Atlanta, authorities said. Taquan Jackson, 33, remained held in the Atlanta City Detention Center pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges in Superior Court in Hackensack of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Garfield police alerted his office to a report that Jackson, who installs fire alarms, had “sexually assaulted the minor victim and left the area,” Musella said. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Special…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Meet The New Jersey Attorney Competing On 'The Bachelor' & Already Going Viral On Twitter Meet The New Jersey Attorney Competing On 'The Bachelor' & Already Going Viral On Twitter
Meet The New Jersey Attorney Competing On 'The Bachelor' & Already Going Viral On Twitter A 27-year-old attorney from New Jersey on this season of ABC's "The Bachelor" is already going viral. Virginia native Kristin Hopkins, currently of Jersey City, is among 32 contestants on Season 25 starring Matt James, premiering Monday, Jan. 4 at 8 p.m. A tweet from a woman who says she went to college with Hopkins went viral over the weekend. a girl i knew in college is gonna be on the bachelor and one time after an alumni event she took a subway w/ me & a man all the way in the wrong direction bc he was trying to cheat on his wife w/ me and i was too dull to notice. so anyways i…

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by Cecilia Levine