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Antisemitic Carjacker Pleads Guilty To 2022 Jersey Shore Rampage: Prosecutors Antisemitic Carjacker Pleads Guilty To 2022 Jersey Shore Rampage: Prosecutors
Antisemitic Carjacker Pleads Guilty To 2022 Jersey Shore Rampage: Prosecutors A Manchester Township man admitted to a series of antisemitic attacks in Ocean County that hospitalized three people, including an Orthodox Jewish man who was stabbed, authorities said. Dion Marsh, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of terrorism on Wednesday, Jan. 24, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billheimer announced. Prosecutors will seek a 30-year state prison sentence without parole for Marsh. Billhimer praised police for potentially saving lives and reiterated that hate does not belong in Ocean County. "The evidence marshaled through the course of this investigation led us to the unmis…

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by Chris Spiker
Politics
'Jews Did 9/11:' Racist, Antisemitic Hackers Disrupt Passaic Council Meeting (VIDEO) 'Jews Did 9/11:' Racist, Antisemitic Hackers Disrupt Passaic Council Meeting (VIDEO)
'Jews Did 9/11:' Racist, Antisemitic Hackers Disrupt Passaic Council Meeting (Video) A live-streamed Passaic City Council meeting was disrupted by antisemitic hackers spewing racial slurs. Just more than 17 minutes into the Oct. 24 meeting, the hackers interrupted Mayor Hector Lora praising the city's police department (scroll for video). "Jews did 9/11. Israel did 9/11. Jews [unintelligible]. Shut up [racial slur]. You're a [racial slur]. Alright, so when are we going to put these Jews in these..." The mic cuts out. Passaic's Mayor and Council reflects the city's diverse population, being comprised of Orthodox Jewish, Latino, and Black members.  Officials request the ha…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Miami Killing Of Man Week Before NJ Wedding Arrest Made In Miami Killing Of Man Week Before NJ Wedding
Arrest Made In Miami Killing Of Man Week Before NJ Wedding An arrest has been made in last February's Miami killing of a 39-year-old man just a week before he was set to get married in Lakewood, NBC Miami reports. Hershy Schwartz was found shot dead in North Miami Beach on Feb. 19 in a strong-arm robbery, police said. A suspect in the killing, Louis Antuwn Redmon, 23, was arrested Wednesday, May 17 by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, NBC said. Redmon was being held in connection with Schwartz's death on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery, armed carjacking, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, records show. Update: Po…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Potential Coronavirus Exposure Temporarily Closes Paramus Private Day School Potential Coronavirus Exposure Temporarily Closes Paramus Private Day School
Potential Coronavirus Exposure Temporarily Closes Paramus Private Day School The Frisch School in Paramus will remain closed until at least Wednesday because dozens of students attended a bat mitzvah last month at a temple at the center of a coronavirus outbreak in Westchester County, officials said. Officials at the Orthodox Jewish school said that visit to Young Israel of New Rochelle potentially exposed the students to the virus, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. The students — some of whom since gone on a school trip to Canada — began a self-quarantine period earlier this week,  Principal Eli Ciner said Thursday. One of them developed symptoms and wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco