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'Heartless And Despicable': NJ Broker Who Scammed $3.7M From Gold Star Families Sentenced
A former Army financial counselor from Colts Neck will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to scamming Gold Star families out of more than $3 million, authorities said. Caz Craffy, 42, was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 21 to 12 years and seven months in prison, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. He pleaded guilty to 10 charges on Tuesday, Apr. 16. Craffy, who's also known as "Carz Craffey," had been a major in the U.S. Army Reserve since 2003. His Army affiliation was terminated in January 2023, according to military records. Ac…
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NJ Native Among 3 Army Reservists Killed In Jordan Drone Attack: Officials
A New Jersey man has been identified as one of the three U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan over the weekend, the Department of Defense announced. Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, a Willingboro native, died alongside Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, GA, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia, the DOD said. The three soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve when a one-way, unmanned aerial system impacted their container housing units on Sunday, Jan. 28 in Jordan. “The loss of Sgt. William Jerome Riv…
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Famed 'Lean On Me' Paterson Eastside Principal Joe Clark Dies
He roamed the hallways of Paterson Eastside High School with a bullhorn and bat, wielding a brand of drill-instructor discipline that drew both admirers and critics alike. He held news conferences at 7 a.m. and once expelled 300 students for "fighting, vandalism, abusing teachers, and drug possession" – all in a single day. And he left such an indelible mark that John Legend, Wendy Calhoun and LeBron James were preparing to create a TV drama about him 30 years after his retirement. Joe Louis Clark, a Georgia-born, longtime South Orange resident who appeared on the cover of Time magazine an…
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: State Sen. Anthony Bucco Of Boonton Dead At 81
New Jersey Senate Republican Conference Leader Anthony R. Bucco (R-Morris) died Monday. He was 81 years old. Bucco died of a heart attack at Saint Clare's Hospital in Denville, a spokesperson for the family said in a statement. A Boonton native, Bucco served in the New Jersey New Jersey Senate since 1998 representing the 25th Legislative District. Bucco served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1957 to 1965. He married his wife Helen Jayne in 1959 and had one son, Anthony Mark, an attorney who followed in his father's footsteps on the political trail. Sen. Tom Keane, Jr. (R-Union) remembered B…
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Sup't: Westfield High School Principal Derrick Nelson Dies, 44
Derrick Nelson, a longtime educator who was appointed principal of Westfield High School two years ago, died Sunday night, Superintendent of Schools Margaret Dolan said in a message to parents. He was 44 years old. "Dr. Nelson touched us all with his kindness, compassion, integrity and endlessly positive attitude. We hold him and his family in our hearts as we grieve this loss together and I know you join me in granting his family the privacy they have requested," she wrote. There was no immediate word about funeral arrangements. The cause was not immediately available. Nelson serve…
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