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Somerset Armed Robber Gets 50 Years For Stealing $100K In Jewelry While Returning Luxury Car Somerset Armed Robber Gets 50 Years For Stealing $100K In Jewelry While Returning Luxury Car
Somerset Armed Robber Gets 50 Years For Stealing $100K In Jewelry While Returning Luxury Car A 37-year-old Somerset man was sentenced to 50 years in state prison on Friday, April 12, after being convicted of planning an armed robbery in Dec. 2021 that resulted in the victim being robbed of $100,000 worth of jewelry and cell phones at gunpoint, authorities said. On Dec. 4, 2021, Melvin Banks was scheduled to return a Mercedes S580 to the owner of a luxury car rental service in Riverdale at 9 p.m. Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, First Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Riverdale Police Chief Charles Quant Jr. said. At 9:31 p.m.…

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by Sam Barron
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Authorities: NJ Soccer Coach Showed Penis, Sexually Assaulted Player, 11, During Private Lesson Authorities: NJ Soccer Coach Showed Penis, Sexually Assaulted Player, 11, During Private Lesson
Authorities: NJ Soccer Coach Showed Penis, Sexually Assaulted Player, 11, During Private Lesson A Morris County youth soccer coach exposed himself and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old player during a private lesson, authorities said Thursday. Alejandro Almazan, 33, of Pompton Lakes, had the female victim jog with him to a private area within Independence Field in Riverdale on Aug. 9, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. There, Almazan "touched her intimate body parts" over her clothing and then pulled up his shorts and showed her his penis, Knapp said in a release with local police. Almazan -- who was the female victim's coach through the Ramapo Youth Soccer Association -…

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by Cecilia Levine