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Videos Show Street Racer Taunting Cops With Dangerous Stunts Before Newark Arrest Videos Show Street Racer Taunting Cops With Dangerous Stunts Before Newark Arrest
Videos Show Street Racer Taunting Cops With Dangerous Stunts Before Newark Arrest The social media accounts of the 19-year-old Queens man who was arrested in Newark for his dangerous stunts show him taunting police across the tri-state area. Antonio Ginestri, who'd been wanted by the NYPD and other agencies, had a history of provoking cops into pursuing him and then posting the videos on YouTube, amassing millions of views. Ginestri also operated a TikTok with more than 139K followers and had 23.1K followers on Instagram. Following his May 21 arrest in Newark, NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry said: "One of the most prolific street racers in NYC can no l…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
Sports
Fans Flock To Hoboken Hotel Hoping For Glimpse Of Lionel Messi (VIDEO) Fans Flock To Hoboken Hotel Hoping For Glimpse Of Lionel Messi (VIDEO)
Fans Flock To Hoboken Hotel Hoping For Glimpse Of Lionel Messi (Video) It's not often that a major sports GOAT comes to Hoboken. And fans weren't about to miss out on a chance to see international superstar Lionel Messi, who was in town for one of the most anticipated matches in Major League Soccer history (scroll for video). Crowds flocked to the W Hotel on Marine View Plaza between 2nd and 3rd in Hoboken on Friday, Aug. 25, the night before Messi made his Inter Miami debut against the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena in Harrison. @dailyvoicenewjersey Its not often Lionel Messi comes to Hoboken. Crowds flocked to the W Hotel on Aug. 25 hoping to …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison
NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison UPDATE: A convicted New Jersey “sleeper agent” for Hezbollah who scoped out potential terrorism targets in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Alexei Saab, a 45-year-old software developer who lived in Morristown, must serve just about all of the sentence delivered in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, May 23, because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Saab kept up appearances as an ordinary American citizen while working for Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) from 2000 to 2005, federal prosecutors said. Dur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Route 46 Stop Of Out-Of-State Driver Turns Up Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo: Little Ferry PD Route 46 Stop Of Out-Of-State Driver Turns Up Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo: Little Ferry PD
Route 46 Stop Of Out-Of-State Driver Turns Up Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo: Little Ferry PD A driver was caught with a loaded gun and illegal ammo during a Route 46 traffic stop, authorities said. Victor Rocha, 21, of of Spring, TX was stopped by Officer Joseph Convery near the corner of Route 46 and Grand Street in Little Ferry shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday for having heavily tinted front windows, Police Chief James Walters said. Rocha said he'd come from Times Square and was in the area for work, the chief said. A passenger said they were staying at the Knights Inn, he added. Rocha told Convery he owned the Chevy SUV, but a computer check showed a different registered ow…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
MANE EVENT: Armed Times Square Robber Chased Down By NYPD Horse MANE EVENT: Armed Times Square Robber Chased Down By NYPD Horse
Mane Event: Armed Times Square Robber Chased Down By Nypd Horse A horse walks into Times Square.... and chases down a man accused of robbing a street vendor, NYPD body cam footage shows. The bandit likely didn't realize he'd stirrup that kind of trouble after using a broken piece of glass to threaten a vendor who caught him swiping seven pairs of sunglasses, city police said. Now Ignacio Lewis, 34, is saddled with criminal charges. Lewis's tale of whoa began soon after he ignored a mounted officer's orders to put his hands against the wall, an NYPD Twitter post shows. In the video, Lewis takes one look at the horse, slowly turns and then bolts down W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years
NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years A would-be suicide bomber who detonated a device strapped to his chest in a crowded subway station near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years. Judge Richard J. Sullivan said the punishment fit the “heinous crime” when he sentenced Akayed Ullah for the December 2017 attack in subway tunnels beneath Times Square and the bus terminal. Ullah, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, began researching how to build a bomb about a year before the attack, federal authorities said. That morning, packed a homemade device with metal screws bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
VIDEO: 'This Medication Really Works, So There's A Hope,' Says New Jersey Coronavirus Patient VIDEO: 'This Medication Really Works, So There's A Hope,' Says New Jersey Coronavirus Patient
Video: 'This Medication Really Works, So There's A Hope,' Says New Jersey Coronavirus Patient The New Jersey healthcare worker who was the state’s first coronavirus patient said clinical trial medicines probably saved his life. "After I received the first dose my fever went down," 32-year-old James Cai, who lives and works in Fort Lee and Manhattan, told CBS New York. "Those two medications I think slowed down my virus," Cai said without naming them. Cai was initially hit with diarrhea, chest pains and a fever despite having no underlying medical conditions. He was admitted to Hackensack University Medical Center March 2, and remains there in isolation. The physicians assistant g…

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by Jon Craig
News
Company Wants To Try Out Flying Car In Jersey City: Report Company Wants To Try Out Flying Car In Jersey City: Report
Company Wants To Try Out Flying Car In Jersey City: Report Ferries, tunnels, a bridge, helicopters, kayaks, jet skis, swimming, walking (when it's been cold enough) -- all have been used to cross the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey.  And now a California startup wants to add a retro-futurist option to the commuter menu: flying cars.  Jersey Digs reports that Kitty Hawk Corp. has sought permission to erect a test hangar and a dock somewhere along Hudson Street in Jersey City for its Flyer, a small fan-driven craft that zips along at a height of about 10 feet.  The company submitted an application with the state Departmen…

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by Paul Milo
Events
Hello, Sailors: Fleet Week 2018 Is On, Plus Bergen Memorial Day Events Hello, Sailors: Fleet Week 2018 Is On, Plus Bergen Memorial Day Events
Hello, Sailors: Fleet Week 2018 Is On, Plus Bergen Memorial Day Events U.S. sailors have once again taken Manhattan, arriving on a flotilla of 14 ships that launched a Fleet Week packed with seven days of tri-state area events, exhibitions and spectacles. The USS Arlington led the way for the 2,300 sailors on Wednesday, as crew members in their whites stood shoulder to shoulder before the 25,000-ton warship – named for the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon -- docked at Manhattan’s Pier 90. For more than 35 years, on and off, residents have enjoyed the pageantry, as well as the chance to mingle – and take selfies, of course -- with the United States’ fighting forces …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Rutherford Man Who Supported ISIS Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen Ex-Rutherford Man Who Supported ISIS Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen
Ex-Rutherford Man Who Supported ISIS Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A Jordanian national who previously lived in Rutherford was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Monday for conspiring to support foreign terrorism in Iraq. Nader Saadeh, 23, was among a group of men charged by federal agents with "trying to provide material support" to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He took a plea deal from the government in exchange for the sentence. He also will have a lifetime of supervised release, under the sentence imposed by U.S. Dis…

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by Jerry DeMarco