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Man Placed Fake Explosive Device Near Lakewood Synagogue: Police Man Placed Fake Explosive Device Near Lakewood Synagogue: Police
Benjamin Gibber Arrested An Ocean County man was accused of strapping a fake explosive device to a utility pole near a synagogue, authorities said. Benjamin Gibber, 29, of Lakewood, was charged with third-degree creating a false public alarm. Lakewood police announced his arrest in a news release on Friday, Mar. 15. Officers responded to the pole near the intersection of Fourth and Forest avenues at around 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. The intersection is near the Satmar Shul synagogue. The state police bomb squad also responded to the scene. "After extraction, it was determined that the device was ine…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking
Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking A Jersey Shore man admitted in federal court on Thursday that he committed a series of violent assaults on members of the Jewish Orthodox community in and around Lakewood. What became a rampage over roughly seven hours began when Dion Marsh, 29, of Manchester, dragged a "visibly identifiable" Orthodox Jew out of his car, beat him and sped off in the victim's vehicle on April 8, 2022, authorities said. Marsh was driving a different car in the heavily Orthodox community hours later when he ran down victims in three separate incidents, attempting to kill each of them, U.S. Attorney for New Jer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Bergen's Rabbinic Council Ends Contracts With Kosher Chef Charged With Child Sex Assault Bergen's Rabbinic Council Ends Contracts With Kosher Chef Charged With Child Sex Assault
Bergen's Rabbinic Council Ends Contracts With Kosher Chef Charged With Child Sex Assault A Teaneck chef once praised in the Jewish community for his restaurants has been chopped from his contract with the local rabbinical council that upheld his kosher certification following his arrest on charges of child sex assault. The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County announced that it will not be renewing its contracts with Shalom "Sal" Yehudiel, 40, due to the charges slapped against him last week. The announcement was posted to Twitter Thursday, March 24 by Asher Lovy, the director of an organization aimed at fighting child sex assault in Orthodox Jewish communities. The Council las…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Lakewood Police Ticket Wedding Hosts Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Lakewood Police Ticket Wedding Hosts Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Lakewood Police Ticket Wedding Hosts Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Lakewood police broke up 17 over-sized gatherings the past week that violated state coronavirus prevention orders -- but didn't arrest anyone, contrary to multiple media reports, authorities said. Two wedding hosts, Shaul Kuperwasser, 43, and Eliyohu Zaks, 49, received summonses last week for maintaining a nuisance after holding weddings of more than 50 people in their homes, the department said in a statement. Lakewood is home to a large Orthodox Jewish community and one of the biggest yeshivas in the United States.  It had 69 of the 149 positive COVID-19 cases in the county as of Mo…

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by Jon Craig