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Feds: NJ Postal Carrier, Cronies Conspire To Convert Stolen Credit And Economic Stimulus Cards
A Union County postal carrier stole credit and economic stimulus cards from the mail that he and three accomplices converted into cash and purchases, said federal authorities who arrested them Tuesday.
Kyle Williams, 35, was working for the U.S. Postal Service when he swiped the cards from July 2019 to August 2020 and shared them with his fellow Vauxhall defendants, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Jarid Brooks, 27, Justin Brooks, 21, Kyjuan Hutchins, 21, and Williams activated the stolen credit cards and then used them to buy gift cards and electronics, among other items, Carpenito said…
NJ Mom Who Gave Daughter, 11, Pills Causing OD Death Faces 7 Years In Jail
A Boonton mom is facing a seven-year prison sentence after she admitted giving her 11-year-old daughter unprescribed pills that ultimately killed her.
Shay Mooney, 35, plead guilty in July to child endangerment and said that she neglected to keep her prescription medications from her daughter, Wade Richardson, Daily Record reports.
Richardson died last December from a combination of lorazepam, a sedative, as well as fentanyl, a narcotic, the report says citing the child’s autopsy.
The child was found unconscious in an apartment in Boonton that was trashed with pill bottles, syringes, medic…
Gotcha! Morris Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say
A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago.
Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said.
Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said.
No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said.
Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Invest…
Seen HIM? Morris County Bank Robber Fled With Reported $2,000
UPDATE: A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago.
Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said.
Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said.
No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said.
Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of…
Accused Boonton Bank Robber Captured
UPDATE: A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago.
Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said.
Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said.
No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said.
Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief o…
