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Carload Of Fool's Gold Sinks Jersey City DEA Imposter's Plan For Riches: Feds Carload Of Fool's Gold Sinks Jersey City DEA Imposter's Plan For Riches: Feds
Carload Of Fool's Gold Sinks Jersey City DEA Imposter's Plan For Riches: Feds When a Massachusetts woman contacted federal authorities to report a man claiming to be one of them and asking for $330,000 in gold bars, they came up with a plan that would turn the tables and ultimately land the Jersey City imposter in police custody. The undercover agents set up a meeting with 38-year-old Gaurang Contractor in a Texas Roadhouse parking lot, and promised told two buckets of gold waiting for him inside a car's trunk. The gold was as real as his DEA badge. Investigators said Contractor contacted the woman in August and claimed to be a DEA agent named Oscar White, autho…
Dozen Displaced By 3-Alarm Newark Fire Dozen Displaced By 3-Alarm Newark Fire
Dozen Displaced By 3-Alarm Newark Fire A dozen people were displaced by a massive fire that tore through a Newark home and spread to nearby buildings overnight, authorities said. The fire broke out around 1:50 a.m. at 297 Clifton Ave., a 3.5-story wood frame house, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. The fire extended to adjacent occupied buildings at 295 Clifton Avenue and at 299 Clifton Avenue and was immediately upgraded to a second alarm, with a third alarm called at 2:34 a.m. The main fire building experience a partial collapse. No injuries have been reported, but 12 adults have been relocated from…
NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note
NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note A Bergen County dad whose car was stolen with his 11-year-old son still in the back seat said he desperately chased the speeding vehicle on foot terrified by the thought that he'd never see his boy again. Then came a moment of what he suspects was divine intervention. Now Daniel Reiser hopes others can learn from his ordeal. The youngster was "wet and frozen" from a morning soccer game when they pulled into the parking lot of the Chase Bank on County Road near Central Avenue in Tenafly around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Reiser said. "I went into the ATM vestibule just a few feet in…