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UPDATE: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd UPDATE: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd
Update: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd A Toms River man made several social media posts recounting how he threw smoke bombs and shot bear spray at the attendees of an Asbury Park church's anti-racism concert while shouting "White lives matter, too," according to an indictment returned by a state grand jury. The allegations are among new details that emerged with the release of the indictment against Nicholas G. Mucci, 28, who was arrested five weeks after the Jan. 27 attack at the Trinity Episcopal Parish on Asbury Avenue.Search warrants executed at Mucci’s home turned up an AR-style assault rifle, several large-capacit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Fan Files Police Report After NJ's Cardi B Throws Mic At Las Vegas Concert Fan Files Police Report After NJ's Cardi B Throws Mic At Las Vegas Concert
Fan Files Police Report After NJ's Cardi B Throws Mic At Las Vegas Concert Now the police are involved. A police report has been filed naming Cardi B, a Tenafly resident, after she threw a microphone at a fan who threw a drink at her at a Las Vegas concert on Saturday, July 29.  Footage of the incident has gone viral across social media. In a statement, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said a woman came to a police station claiming she was struck by an item that was thrown from the stage while she attended an event at the 3500 block of Las Vegas Boulevard. The statement does not name Cardi B. "The incident has been documented on a police report and no arrest o…

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by Sam Barron
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Knife-Wielding Man Charged After Hours-Long SWAT Standoff At River Edge Garden Apartment Knife-Wielding Man Charged After Hours-Long SWAT Standoff At River Edge Garden Apartment
Knife-Wielding Man Charged After Hours-Long SWAT Standoff At River Edge Garden Apartment UPDATE: A man who was seized when a SWAT team stormed his mother's garden apartment in River Edge is facing a host of charges. A construction worker by trade, Christopher C. Gomez, 38, had been living in shelters in New York City before recently moving in with his mother at the Oxford Terrace Apartments, authorities said. He'd become violent, however, so she fled and called police at 7:43 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, River Edge Police Chief Michael Walker said. Responding officers “tried to contend with him,” but Gomez retreated into the kitchen of the garden apartment and began picking up knive…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Violent Jersey City Jewelry Store Smash-And-Grab Caught On Video Violent Jersey City Jewelry Store Smash-And-Grab Caught On Video
Violent Jersey City Jewelry Store Smash-And-Grab Caught On Video A smash-and-grab of a Jersey City jewelry store captured on camera is being probed by police, and the five masked thieves are at large. Various reports say the women behind the counter were forced to get on the ground, and one worker was hit in the head with a gun as the masked men shattered display cases and grabbed whatever they could at Sara Jewelry on Newark Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HudPost (@hudpost) A bag with $20,000 in cash was stolen, the owner told police. The men loaded …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Homeless Man Assaults Newark Fire Captain With Food Can Homeless Man Assaults Newark Fire Captain With Food Can
Homeless Man Assaults Newark Fire Captain With Food Can A Newark fire captain putting out a fire at a homeless encampment was hospitalized after a homeless man struck him with a can of food, city officials said. The firefighters had just finished putting out the blaze under Route 21 at Riverside Avenue when the man struck the captain with the can around 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, a statement reads. The captain was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and the homeless man was arrested, and taken to the hospital for crisis evaluation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teen Brothers Attacked By Mob After Football Game At Elizabeth McDonald's Teen Brothers Attacked By Mob After Football Game At Elizabeth McDonald's
Teen Brothers Attacked By Mob After Football Game At Elizabeth McDonald's Two brothers from Elizabeth were hospitalized after being beaten — one of them badly — by a crowd after a high school football game Friday, Sept. 16, authorities said. The 17-year-old brother was found unconscious after apparently being pummeled and stomped behind the football stadium on Fillmore Street, according to the spokesperson for the city police department and RLS Media. His 19-year-old brother was treated for minor injuries to his head, police said. Authorities were seeking those responsible for the incident and spoke to the brothers' mom.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hackensack Carpenter Stabbed After Pool Game At Port Authority Bar Hackensack Carpenter Stabbed After Pool Game At Port Authority Bar
Hackensack Carpenter Stabbed After Pool Game At Port Authority Bar A 46-year-old Hackensack carpenter who stopped at the same Port Authority bar he's been going to for the past 25 years landed in the hospital this week when a fellow patron stabbed him over what he said was a game of pool. The victim, who requested anonymity, went into McAnn's for a couple of beers after work as he always does, this time with his cousin visiting from the United Kingdom on Thursday, Aug. 4, he said. "I don't know exactly what happened," said the victim, who requested anonymity. "All I know is we were playing pool, there was a dispute over money, and we got into a f…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Clifton, Paterson Men Shot, Authorities Investigate Clifton, Paterson Men Shot, Authorities Investigate
Clifton, Paterson Men Shot, Authorities Investigate Two men from Clifton and Paterson were hospitalized after being wounded in a barrage of gunfire Monday night, authorities confirmed. The 19-year-old Clifton resident and the other victim, 24, were wounded at the corner of Wabash and Crooks avenues in Paterson -- right near the Clifton border -- around 8:45 p.m., they said. Both arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center via private vehicles soon after, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief joint release. Witnesses said two gunmen exchanged gunfire, which investigators …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Killer Of NY Mom Found In Duffel Bag Sent Chilling Text Message To Traveling Husband: Report Killer Of NY Mom Found In Duffel Bag Sent Chilling Text Message To Traveling Husband: Report
Killer Of NY Mom Found In Duffel Bag Sent Chilling Text Message To Traveling Husband: Report "Your whole family is next." That's the chilling text message that Orsolya Gaal's husband received from the man who killed her, Pix11 reports. The 51-year-old Queens mom apparently told her 13-year-old son she was going out to see a show last Friday night, the outlet said. Instead, Gaal went out with another man who was believed to have killed her hours later in her basement.  The man then put her in a duffel bag found half a mile from her Forest Hills home.  Gaal's husband, Howard Klein, had apparently been away visiting colleges with their other 17-year-old son when …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Meadowlands Flea Market Vendor Savagely Beaten: 'I Honestly Thought He Was Dead,’ Witness Says Meadowlands Flea Market Vendor Savagely Beaten: 'I Honestly Thought He Was Dead,’ Witness Says
Meadowlands Flea Market Vendor Savagely Beaten: 'I Honestly Thought He Was Dead,’ Witness Says Onlookers watched in horror as three towering men out for revenge savagely beat a vendor at the Meadowlands Flea Market over the weekend, witnesses said. The weekly event was winding down on Saturday, April 2 when another vendor spotted the three men huddled near a truck in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. “They had to be 6-5, 6-6,” he said. “They were all wearin’ hoodies and black COVID masks.” “I’m not going to wait,” the vendor said he overheard one of them say. “I’m going to beat that [expletive] down right now.” Whatever the particular issue was, they didn't say…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'I Was Wrong': Will Smith Apologizes To Chris Rock 'I Was Wrong': Will Smith Apologizes To Chris Rock
'I Was Wrong': Will Smith Apologizes To Chris Rock Actor and rapper Will Smith has formally apologized to comedian Chris Rock after assaulting him on stage at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27. "Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable," the "King Richard" winner wrote on Instagram with his comments disabled Monday evening. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) "Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Bergen Robbery Trio Severely Beat Emerson Victim For Pair Of $600 Sneakers, Authorities Charge Bergen Robbery Trio Severely Beat Emerson Victim For Pair Of $600 Sneakers, Authorities Charge
Bergen Robbery Trio Severely Beat Emerson Victim For Pair Of $600 Sneakers, Authorities Charge Three Bergen County robbers severely beat a young Emerson man, taking a pair of $600 sneakers and a vape cartridge, in a violent pre-planned attack, authorities charged. Bergenfield residents Jacob Inglis, 19, and Colin Murphy, 18, and Cameron Schneid, 20, of New Milford were each seized at their homes early Wednesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. Their cellphones, among other items, were also confiscated, investigators said. The trio, all unemployed, "punched and kicked" the victim -- whom they know -- while robbing him of the Jordan sneakers and vape shortly before 1:…

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by Jerry DeMarco