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TGI Fridays Closing 7 NJ Restaurants, 30 Total Locations Across Northeast TGI Fridays Closing 7 NJ Restaurants, 30 Total Locations Across Northeast
TGI Fridays Closing 7 NJ Restaurants, 30 Total Locations Across Northeast TGI Fridays is closing nearly 30 "underperforming" locations across the northeast and will sell eight restaurants to the chain's former CEO, the chain said in a news release. The 27 closures include restaurants in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. In total, 36 TGI Fridays locations are shutting down nationwide. The company says about 1,000 employees, which represent more than 80% of those impacted, will be offered transfer opportunities. "As we continue along our path of transformation to revitalize the Fridays brand and …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
REVENGE MURDER: Convict In NJ Woman's Burning Death Gets Life In Prison REVENGE MURDER: Convict In NJ Woman's Burning Death Gets Life In Prison
Revenge Murder: Convict In NJ Woman's Burning Death Gets Life In Prison A New Hampshire man convicted of murder in the gruesome Massachusetts death of a New Jersey native has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, WCVB reports. Julian Squires, 48, from Manchester, was found guilty on charges of murder and kidnapping for his role in the Nov. 3, 2015 killing of Ashley Bortner, 29, of Paulsboro, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office previously said. Bortner was found gagged by clothing with her hands and feet tied behind her back, with burns over more than 70 percent of her body on railroad tracks. She had apparently been staying with …

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by David Cifarelli & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teen, 2 Adults Dead In Atlantic City Expressway Crash Teen, 2 Adults Dead In Atlantic City Expressway Crash
Teen, 2 Adults Dead In Atlantic City Expressway Crash A teen and two adults were killed when a car slammed into a tollbooth on the Atlantic City Expressway Sunday night, New Jersey State Police said. Reachthon Khiev, of Manchester, NH, was behind the wheel of a Honda heading east when he struck the Egg Harbor Toll Plaza near milepost 17.6 in Hamilton around 9:05 p.m., Sgt. Philip Curry said. The car went up in flames killing Khiev and two of his passengers, Reachsieh Khiev, 27, of Manchester, NH (front seat passenger), and Keotepie Khiev, 14, of Atlantic City (back seat passenger). A fourth backseat passenger, age 12, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Charged In Double Homicide Served Time For Terrorizing Elderly Jersey Shore Couple Ex-Con Charged In Double Homicide Served Time For Terrorizing Elderly Jersey Shore Couple
Ex-Con Charged In Double Homicide Served Time For Terrorizing Elderly Jersey Shore Couple A New Jersey ex-con accused of strangling and chopping two men to death at a New Hampshire hotel last week had only just been released from state prison in May after serving nine years for terrorizing an elderly couple following a sex assault. Theodore Luckey, 42, of Asbury Park had tied a former boyfriend to a motel room bed on their way to Atlantic City, then drove off with plans to end his life in 2009, court papers show. His car reportedly broke down and he randomly chose the elderly Jersey Shore victims' home. After allowing them to have dinner -- and paying for a frozen meal for hims…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
'We Thought He Was A Friend': NJ Man Arrested In Grisly Double Homicide At New Hampshire Hotel 'We Thought He Was A Friend': NJ Man Arrested In Grisly Double Homicide At New Hampshire Hotel
'We Thought He Was A Friend': NJ Man Arrested In Grisly Double Homicide At New Hampshire Hotel A New Jersey man has been arrested for strangling and chopping two men to death at a New Hampshire hotel last week, authorities announced. Theodore Luckey, 42, of Asbury Park, is accused of killing David Hanford, 60, of Seaside Heights, and Nathan Cashman, 28, of Manchester, NH on Aug. 21, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella said. The two men were found dead -- one in the lobby and another in a hotel room -- by police responding to multiple 911 calls around 7 p.m. at Country Inn and Suites in Bedford, Formella said alongside state and local police. Autopsies conducted by Deput…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Police Find AK-47 With Hollow Points, Handguns In Pickup Packed With 7 People Cliffside Park Police Find AK-47 With Hollow Points, Handguns In Pickup Packed With 7 People
Cliffside Park Police Find AK-47 With Hollow Points, Handguns In Pickup Packed With 7 People Cliffside Park police said they found an AK-47, two handguns and several rounds of hollow-point ammunition after they stopped a pickup truck packed with seven people before dawn Sunday. Detective Daniel Murtagh and Sgt. Sergio Khanukayev were on patrol when they approached the Chevy Avalanche at Anderson and Lafayette avenues, a few blocks from the Fort Lee border, just after midnight, Lt. Vincent Capano said. Seven people were inside -- including five in the back set, two of whom were sitting other passengers' laps, Capano said. The windshield also had an obstructed view, he said. The of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wayne PD: 'Agitated' Hummer Driver Carrying Loaded Gun, Ammo Wayne PD: 'Agitated' Hummer Driver Carrying Loaded Gun, Ammo
Wayne PD: 'Agitated' Hummer Driver Carrying Loaded Gun, Ammo WAYNE, N.J. -- An anxious Hummer driver in a Route 46 hotel parking lot was carrying a loaded gun, said police who arrested him. Nicholas Saykaly, a 34-year-old construction worker from Manchester, NH, was in the vehicle at the Ramada Inn on the highway’s eastbound side when he drew the attention of Officers Mark Ciavirella and Ryan Vallaro as they conducted safety and security checks along the highway's business corridor just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Saykaly was “agitated and acting in an animated manner,” Martin said. Talking with him, the officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco