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'Horror House:' $6.75M Pre-Trial Settlement Reached For NJ Woman Sexually Abused In Foster Care 'Horror House:' $6.75M Pre-Trial Settlement Reached For NJ Woman Sexually Abused In Foster Care
'Horror House:' $6.75M Pre-Trial Settlement Reached For NJ Woman Sexually Abused In Foster Care They called it a horror house. The Salmon household in Egg Harbor Township, that is. The foster home where a woman named only as J.T. was sexually abused by a man named Joseph Salmon during a five-week stay in 1972. And now, the State of New Jersey has agreed to pay J.T. $6.75 million in a settlement expected to be reached, with a $25 million trial verdict for a similar case was obtained last month. "The Salmon home was a horror house of abuse," said Vincent Nappo of the law firm Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, who represented J.T. alongside Matthew Bonanno, of Rebenack Ar…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Teresa Giudice Offers Cop Family Business Cards In Maserati Traffic Stop On Route 287 (VIDEO) Teresa Giudice Offers Cop Family Business Cards In Maserati Traffic Stop On Route 287 (VIDEO)
Teresa Giudice Offers Cop Family Business Cards In Maserati Traffic Stop On Route 287 (Video) Newly-released bodycam footage shows Teresa Giudice offering a police officer family business cards in a motor vehicle stop in a brand-new Maserati for drifting, weeks after her Mercedes Benz was stolen. The footage from the April 28 stop on Route 287 in Riverdale was released on YouTube by Drive Thru Tours.  In the video, the officer explains to the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star around 12:45 a.m. that she was going 55 mph, "a little slow" and drifting into another lane. "What state is the temp tag?" the office asks. "I just bought it. My car got stolen," she said referri…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Officer Fired For Hitting Jogger Hopes To Be Reinstated, Lawyer Says Jersey City Officer Fired For Hitting Jogger Hopes To Be Reinstated, Lawyer Says
Jersey City Officer Fired For Hitting Jogger Hopes To Be Reinstated, Lawyer Says Supporters are rallying for a Jersey City police officer who they say was unfairly fired for hitting a jogger while responding to an emergency in February 2022. A GoFundMe for officer Edwin Hernandez says he is suffering "extreme punishment" as a result of his termination. Dashcam footage published by Real Garden State captured the Feb. 8, 2022 incident in which a jogger, later identified as Douglas Salom, ran directly in front of Hernandez's Crown Victoria on Jersey Avenue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Real Garden State (@rea…

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by Cecilia Levine
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$8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life $8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life
$8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life Union County officials are expected to be presented with a check made out for $8 million in state funding that will go toward renovations to an indoor ice skating rink at the Warinanco Sports Center in Roselle. The check will be presented by State Senate President Nicholas Scutari on behalf of the State of New Jersey. “Right now, we have a great facility in use, but it can only be used seasonally," Commissioner Chair Rebecca Williams said. "With the construction of a new state-of-the-art indoor skating rink, we will be able to offer year-round use of the building, attracting even …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Son Of Infamous Bergen County Burglar Charged With ID Theft, Unemployment Fraud Son Of Infamous Bergen County Burglar Charged With ID Theft, Unemployment Fraud
Son Of Infamous Bergen County Burglar Charged With ID Theft, Unemployment Fraud The son of an infamous Bergen County burglar was charged with unemployment fraud after a shoplifting bust in Virginia, authorities said. A judge ordered Daniel Gatson Jr., 24, of Ridgefield released this week after he was booked into the Bergen County Jail hours earlier, records show. Gatson assumed another identity to open bank accounts, then applied for and received unemployment benefits from the state of New Jersey, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, without specifying the amount. Detectives in Fairfax County, VA discovered this while investigating a shoplifting, the prose…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Justice Department Considers Whether Murphy, Cuomo COVID Nursing Home Policies Killed Thousands Justice Department Considers Whether Murphy, Cuomo COVID Nursing Home Policies Killed Thousands
Justice Department Considers Whether Murphy, Cuomo COVID Nursing Home Policies Killed Thousands U.S. Justice Department officials said they are trying to determine whether COVID-19 policies of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents." Federal authorities said they hadn't launched an investigation. Rather, they said, they're conducting preliminary inquiries into COVID policies in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan while considering a possible civil rights investigation under a federal law that protects the rights of residents in state-run nursing homes, among others. Letters…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Union County Lawmaker Launches Bottled Water Drive For Newark Union County Lawmaker Launches Bottled Water Drive For Newark
Union County Lawmaker Launches Bottled Water Drive For Newark A member of the state Assembly is seeking donations of bottled water for residents of Newark who have been told to temporarily stop using tap water for cleaning and cooking due to unacceptably high levels of lead. The city has been coping with a lead crisis since 2017 that affects most households except those in Newark’s East Ward. The city distributed water filters to deal with the problem, but limited testing of a few homes recently revealed that the filters were not removing enough of the harmful contaminant.  Newark officials then announced they would distribute bottled water, bu…

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by Paul Milo
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FEDERAL LAWSUIT: Leonia Custodian Acquitted Of Killing Mom, Child Claims Wrongful Imprisonment FEDERAL LAWSUIT: Leonia Custodian Acquitted Of Killing Mom, Child Claims Wrongful Imprisonment
Federal Lawsuit: Leonia Custodian Acquitted Of Killing Mom, Child Claims Wrongful Imprisonment A Leonia custodian who spent four years behind bars before being acquitted in the double homicide of a mom and her child is suing the local, state and county agencies who had him jailed, according to a recent report. Michael C. Brady of Teaneck filed a federal lawsuit on Aug. 5 claiming malicious prosecution and wrongful imprisonment after being charged with the murder of Englewood's Tam Marie Pitts-Gaddy, 40, and her daughter Natasia, 5, in 2013, NorthJersey.com reports. Brady was unable to pay the $2 million bail set by a judge and remained jailed until being acquitted in 2017. The Berg…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Maywood Police K9 Fighting Cancer Headed To NJ Vets Hall Of Fame Maywood Police K9 Fighting Cancer Headed To NJ Vets Hall Of Fame
Maywood Police K9 Fighting Cancer Headed To NJ Vets Hall Of Fame MAYWOOD, N.J. — You might have heard of Remi, the Maywood police K9 who found a man who went missing on New Year's Eve and helped track a driver in a fatal hit and run. But what did you know about Zoey?  The first Bloodhound in the history of Bergen County law enforcement, Zoey is scheduled to be inducted into the New Jersey Veterinary Hall of Fame in March 2018. Zoey, 7, has been with the Maywood Police Department since May 2016. Her sole purpose is to trail people who are lost, missing or wanted. She has been in law enforcement nearly her entire life, beginning training at only 8 weeks …

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by Cecilia Levine