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Montclair Lawyer James Ray III Convicted Of Murder Montclair Lawyer James Ray III Convicted Of Murder
Montclair Lawyer James Ray III Convicted Of Murder A 60-year-old Montclair lawyer has been convicted of murder in the 2018 death of the mother of his 6-year-old daughter, authorities announced. James R. Ray III was found guilty of first-degree murder and weapons offenses following a six-week trial before Superior Court Judge Verna G. Leath, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said Friday, May 12. The murder occurred nearly five years ago in the house the couple shared with their daughter on North Mountain Avenue in Montclair, when Ray shot Angela Bledsoe, 44, in the chest, face, and back, after she dropped the girl …

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by Cecilia Levine
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40 Newly-Minted Sheriff's Officers To Hit Passaic County's Streets, Sheriff Says 40 Newly-Minted Sheriff's Officers To Hit Passaic County's Streets, Sheriff Says
40 Newly-Minted Sheriff's Officers To Hit Passaic County's Streets, Sheriff Says Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik is instantly adding 40 officers to the streets amid the closing of the county jail to new inmates. The group is made of corrections officers who otherwise would have been laid off, said Berdnik, who’d promised there’d be no job losses once the jail is closed. The sheriff plans to swear them to their new positions at his Wayne headquarters on Thursday, March 31. The move “expands the number of officers deployed throughout Passaic County,” he said. The officers will be on foot, in parks and in vehicles, targeting crime-prone “hot spots” in the count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: NJ Rioter, 28, Confesses To Taking Part In Capitol Ambush In Viral TV Interview VIDEO: NJ Rioter, 28, Confesses To Taking Part In Capitol Ambush In Viral TV Interview
Video: NJ Rioter, 28, Confesses To Taking Part In Capitol Ambush In Viral TV Interview A 28-year-old New Jersey man is going viral in a television interview recounting the moment an Air Force veteran next to him was shot and killed while ambushing the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Thomas Baranyi, reportedly of Ewing, shows a WKRG reporter the blood of Ashli Babbitt on his hands before recalling her last words. Babbitt had climbed through the windows as Secret Service agents and police told rioters to "get back," Baranyi told the CBS affiliate. "As we raced up to grab people they shot her in the neck and she fell back on me," Baranyi told reporters.  "She started saying …

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by Cecilia Levine