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Ex-Teacher, 76, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student In Mercer County Decades Ago Ex-Teacher, 76, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student In Mercer County Decades Ago
Ex-Teacher, 76, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student In Mercer County Decades Ago A 76-year-old former Mercer County high school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a student in the 1990s, authorities said. Joseph DePuglio, of Ewing, had a sexual relationship with the girl when he taught at Steinert High School in Hamilton, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. The victim, now an adult, reported the allegations to Ewing police at the end of 2022, Onofri said. DePuglio was arrested on Monday, March 27 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. He's accused of having supervisory or disciplinary power over the girl, Onofri said. The pair…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
Mercer County HS Teacher, Coach Had Inappropriate Relationship With Teen Student: Prosecutor Mercer County HS Teacher, Coach Had Inappropriate Relationship With Teen Student: Prosecutor
Mercer County HS Teacher, Coach Had Inappropriate Relationship With Teen Student: Prosecutor A teacher and coach at a Mercer County high school is facing sexual assault and child endangerment charges after having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teen student, authorities said. Anthony Linder-Creo, 24, was charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of second-degree child endangerment, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said on Thursday, Sept. 8. Linder-Creo, a business teacher and multi-sport coach at Steinert High School, allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student at his Robbinsville home on an occasion in Aug…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
New Jersey TV Reporter Scott Babashak Who Met Wife Working On Air Dies Suddenly New Jersey TV Reporter Scott Babashak Who Met Wife Working On Air Dies Suddenly
New Jersey TV Reporter Scott Babashak Who Met Wife Working On Air Dies Suddenly Former TV news reporter Scott Babashak of Trenton died of a heart attack Friday, May 27, reports WFMZ, where he previously worked. He was 54 years old. The Hamilton native graduated from the Steinert High School in 1985, where he was president of his graduating class, his obit says. He went on to graduate from Rider University and subsequently landed a job at NBC in New York City. Babashak met his wife Liz Keptner while working on air together at 69-WFMZ-TV in Allentown, PA, before the two moved to Sacramento, CA. Babashak and Keptner moved back to the Lehigh Valley to raise …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Video Captures NJ Teacher Yelling At Students 'I Hope You Get Coronavirus, Die Painful Death' Video Captures NJ Teacher Yelling At Students 'I Hope You Get Coronavirus, Die Painful Death'
Video Captures NJ Teacher Yelling At Students 'I Hope You Get Coronavirus, Die Painful Death' A Mercer County math teacher was captured on video shouting at teenagers playing in the park that they should “die a long, painful death” from the coronavirus. Hamilton's Steinert High School teacher identified by several news outlets as 15-year district teacher Nicole Griggs yelled from the other side of a fence at teens reportedly playing football at the former Homedell School on the 500 block of East Franklin Street. "Park closed," the teacher can be seen yelling on footage captured by one of the teens. "Get it through your head." One of the teens asks, “Wait, can we go over there?" pro…

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by Jon Craig