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Central Jersey Fire Chief Charged With Theft: Prosecutor Central Jersey Fire Chief Charged With Theft: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Fire Chief Charged With Theft: Prosecutor A Central Jersey fire chief has been charged with theft on accusations he used department funding to buy nearly $2,100 worth of personal items, authorities said. The investigation into Monroe Fire District No. 2 Chief James Carbin III was opened last February, after commissioners noticed financial discrepancies, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Taxes were being paid on items, when they were a tax-exempt entity, Ciccone added.  This led to an internal investigation where Carbin, 55, of Clarksburg, was found to have been buying personal items with the fire depa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Former PA Pastor Used Parish Funds On NJ Beach House, More: DA Former PA Pastor Used Parish Funds On NJ Beach House, More: DA
Former PA Pastor Used Parish Funds On NJ Beach House, More: DA A former Pennsylvania pastor admitted to stealing over $30,000 in parish funds, which he spent on a beach house on the New Jersey shore, and men with whom he had sexual relationships, authorities said. Monsignor Joseph McLoone, 58, was spared prison time and sentenced to five years of court supervision, the first nine months completed on electronic home confinement, restitution, and other conditions, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. McLoone, of Bryn Mawr, began his service as pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Downingtown in 2011 after the removal of Msgr.…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Report: Tenured Morris County Middle School Teacher Sent ‘Inappropriate’ Emails To Student, 15 Report: Tenured Morris County Middle School Teacher Sent ‘Inappropriate’ Emails To Student, 15
Report: Tenured Morris County Middle School Teacher Sent ‘Inappropriate’ Emails To Student, 15 A tenured middle school teacher in Morris County sent a series of “inappropriate” emails to an eighth grade student during the COVID-19 shutdown, according to district officials who say the communications may be just cause for dismissal. Dover Middle School teacher Andrew Lota has been put on administrative leave and is facing tenure charges by the state education commissioner after allegedly sending 163 documented emails to the 15-year-old student between March 18 and April 22 of 2020 — conduct described by Arbiter Carol Laskin as "unbecoming, constituting just cause for dismissal,” Da…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Riverdale Schools Sup't Placed On Administrative Leave Riverdale Schools Sup't Placed On Administrative Leave
Riverdale Schools Sup't Placed On Administrative Leave Riverdale Schools Interim Superintendent Geoffrey Gordon was placed on administrative leave Monday. School Principal Paul Kobliska and Business Administrator Jayson Gutierrez made the announcement in a letter posted to the district's website, saying they could not provide any further information. Gordon of Haworth was unanimously appointed by the Riverdale Board of Education to lead the K-8 district through June 30. He served as the interim superintendent for two years at Northern Valley Regional High School district and was a high school principal and superintendent in New Providence…

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by Cecilia Levine