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27 NJ Boston Market Stores Issued Stop-Work Orders By Labor Department 27 NJ Boston Market Stores Issued Stop-Work Orders By Labor Department
27 NJ Boston Market Stores Issued Stop-Work Orders By Labor Department Boston Market stores across New Jersey owe its workers thousands of dollars in back wages, and the state's labor department is taking action. The NJDOL issued 27 stop-work orders to Boston Market locations throughout the state on Monday, Aug. 14 saying the rotisserie chicken franchise owes more than $600,000 in back wages to 314 employees. The investigation began after the NJDOL received a complaint from an employee at a restaurant in Hamilton last November. Since then, almost three dozen people have come forward, naming several other locations. Citations were issued for unpaid/late pa…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Addicted Hooker, Longtime Guy Pal Rob Drug Buyer Lured To Route 23 Motel: Wayne PD Addicted Hooker, Longtime Guy Pal Rob Drug Buyer Lured To Route 23 Motel: Wayne PD
Addicted Hooker, Longtime Guy Pal Rob Drug Buyer Lured To Route 23 Motel: Wayne PD A convicted hooker with a heart of coal and her longtime running mate were both captured after authorities said they lured a man to a Wayne motel and then robbed him at gunpoint. It wasn’t much of a surprise to police who flushed Katherine Berg, 34, of Paterson, and Emin Goroveci, 37, of Succasunna from the woods behind the Wayne Inn that they were the ones who concocted the setup, given their drug-related, violent histories. Three years ago, the pair robbed a Leonia man whom Berg met online of several valuables – including his car -- after she slipped the victim a mickey that knocked him u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Feds Bust North Jersey Man On Child Porn Charges Feds Bust North Jersey Man On Child Porn Charges
Feds Bust North Jersey Man On Child Porn Charges A Morris County man was arrested by federal agents Monday on child porn trafficking charges, authorities said. Igor Michael Terrero, 49, of Succasunna, shared more than 85 media files -- including "images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children" -- from Aug. 30, 2021, through April 20, 2022, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica S. Allen allowed Terrero's release on a $100,000 unsecured bond with home detention and electronic monitoring during a first appearance via video conference, Sellinger said. Terrero is charged with one count of distributing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Hookup Turns Into Robbery After NJ Man Is Drugged By Online 'Date' Hookup Turns Into Robbery After NJ Man Is Drugged By Online 'Date'
Hookup Turns Into Robbery After NJ Man Is Drugged By Online 'Date' A Leonia man was set up by a woman who met him online, drugged him at his home and then robbed him with help from two other men, authorities said. Katherine Berg, 32, of Paterson went to the victim’s Grand Avenue home in the early morning hours of June 26 and slipped him a drug that knocked him out, Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. A medical call brought police around 11 a.m. the next day, the chief said. A family member had found the 30-something victim with “numerous injuries and no memory of what had occurred,” Tamagny said. More than 24 hours had passed and the victim was immediately…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
$980,000 Settlement Reached In Case Of NJ Student Kissed, Groped By Teacher $980,000 Settlement Reached In Case Of NJ Student Kissed, Groped By Teacher
$980,000 Settlement Reached In Case Of NJ Student Kissed, Groped By Teacher A local school board in Morris County reportedly is paying $980,000 to settle a civil suit brought by the family of a former middle school student whose teacher admitted groping and making out with her.  Eric Strand, 61, who was also a Boy Scout leader and firefighter, pleaded guilty in May 2017 to child endangerment and criminal sexual contact for kissing the 14-year-old Hopatcong Middle School eighth grader several times and grabbing her butt over her clothing the year before. He was sentenced to three years in state prison In exchange for his plea, then was released after serving 36…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Toms River Native Maya Guberman Dies, 13 Toms River Native Maya Guberman Dies, 13
Toms River Native Maya Guberman Dies, 13 TikTok users were making memorial duets using footage posted by Morris County middle schooler Maya Guberman. The Roxbury Junior Gaels cheerleader and Eisenhower Middle School eighth grader died on Feb. 13, at 13 years old. More than $41,300 had been raised as of Sunday on a GoFundMe launched by her aunt, Dana Guberman Taggart, a longtime school teacher in town. The Toms River native was a two-year member of Three Danes CrossFit and member of the Eisenhower Drama Club. She had thousands of TikTok followers -- many who were mourning her loss with special video tributes and leaving heartfel…

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by Cecilia Levine