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Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal
Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal New Jersey's Gurbir S. Grewal has joined a multi-state coalition of Attorneys General in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw a proposed “conscience” rule that would allow health care institutions to deny medically necessary care to patients on the basis of “religious, moral, ethical or other reasons.” New Jersey receives more than $11 billion in federal health care funding annually – funding that Grewal said could be terminated under the proposed rule if HHS determines the state has failed, or even “threatened” to fail, to comply with the rule’s requirem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Passaic County Social Services Worker Admits Stealing Food Stamps Passaic County Social Services Worker Admits Stealing Food Stamps
Passaic County Social Services Worker Admits Stealing Food Stamps PATERSON, N.J. – A Passaic County social services clerk admitted using used food stamps turned in by poor clients for herself. Carol Austin, 62, of Paterson agreed to forfeit her job and be permanently banned from holding any public office or “position of honor, trust or profit” in the state as part of a plea deal, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Friday. In exchange, she’ll be ordered to serve up to 364 days in the Passaic County Jail and pay restitution of more than $500 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the prosecutor said. Austin “was working for the Passaic County…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Passaic High School Teacher Charged In Student Sex Case Prosecutor: Passaic High School Teacher Charged In Student Sex Case
Prosecutor: Passaic High School Teacher Charged In Student Sex Case PASSAIC, N.J. -- Authorities on Wednesday arrested a Passaic High School teacher who they said had "sexually inappropriate conversations and behavior" with two teenage victims. Jose Maria, 39, was charged with four counts of child endangerment and one of official misconduct for incidents that authorities said occurred between 2010 and 2012.  The victims "were students at the school during the relevant time period and are now adults," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement. He was due in court in P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fort Lee Driver Gets Five-Year Minimum In DWI Crash That Killed Mother Of 4 Fort Lee Driver Gets Five-Year Minimum In DWI Crash That Killed Mother Of 4
Fort Lee Driver Gets Five-Year Minimum In DWI Crash That Killed Mother Of 4 FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Fort Lee man could be freed from prison in five years after being sentenced for the drunk-driving death of a mother of four in Queens. Vladimir Menin, 44, was driving with a suspended license and had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when his BMW hit 49-year-old Aissatou Diallo, 49, of Staten Island, knocking her off a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway bridge to her death in August 2016. Diallo had been standing outside her Chevy after a tire on an SUV driven by a relative went flat while she and family members were returning from a wedding in Queen. Witnesses report…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fugitive Who Sold 80 Lbs Of Pot To Bergen Detective Extradited From Canada Fugitive Who Sold 80 Lbs Of Pot To Bergen Detective Extradited From Canada
Fugitive Who Sold 80 Lbs Of Pot To Bergen Detective Extradited From Canada HACKENSACK, N.J. – A fugitive who fled the U.S. after admitting he sold 80 pounds of pot to an undercover Bergen County detective was extradited from Canada to be sentenced, authorities said Friday. James S. Norton, 46, had been a fugitive of justice since skipping out on his bail after taking a plea deal, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Norton, of Hogansburg, N.Y., was arrested in 2010 after authorities said they caught him red-handedselling marijuana to an undercover officer, Grewal said. The U.S. Marshals Service extradited him from Canada after authorities there …

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by Jerry DeMarco