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Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs
UPDATE: A married New Jersey State Police detective couple caught lying about a North Wildwood bar fight agreed to give up their jobs on Monday, authorities said. Detective Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Ogden, 52, and Detective Sgt. Dorothy Ogden, 46, cut a deal with the state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) rather than go to trial, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Besides forfeiting their jobs, the Ogdens -- both of Hammonton – must successfully complete a pre-trial intervention program that will clear their records of false swearing charges, the attor…
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Grand Jurors Indict 14 In Shooting Of NJ State Trooper
Fourteen people were indicted Monday in connection with the shooting of a New Jersey State Police detective who was investigating a trailer park home invasion. Attempted murder and aggravated assault charges were returned by a state grand jury in Trenton against Najzeir “Naz” Hutchings 22, Kareen “Kai” Warner, 20, and ex-con Tremaine Hadden, 28, all of Bridgeton, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Eleven other defendants were indicted on various charges, he said. Imari Lazu, 23, of Bridgeton, was previously charged, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to commit witness tamper…
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NJ, NY, PA Among States Sharing Historic $4.3B Purdue Pharma Settlement
Oxycontin-maker Purdue Pharma has reached an historic $4.3 billion settlement with New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and a dozen other states that one attorney general said involved the “most that individuals have ever paid for breaking the law.” New Jersey expects to receive more than $110 million from the deal, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. As part of the settlement, the Sackler family must surrender ownership of the bankrupt drug company. They also must release more than 30 million family and Purdue Pharma documents that outline their roles in an opioid epidemi…
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Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says
A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun was killed in a police-involved July 4th shooting in Newton, the state's top law enforcement official confirmed Monday. Three uniformed police officers in the Sussex County town were responding to a 911 call when they had an encounter with the man outside a Clive Place home around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said a preliminary investigation found. "Two Newton police officers fired their service weapons, fatally wounding the man," Grewal said. "First aid was rendered by officers. The individual was pronounced deceased at the s…
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Sheriff: Attacker Admits Beating, Leaving Hudson Man For Dead Because He Thought He Was Gay
A Baltimore man admitted luring and then savagely beating a learning-disabled man from West New York in North Hudson Park, leaving him for dead, because he thought he was gay, authorities said. José Tobias Carranza Serrano, 18, was captured by police in Bayonne who found him and his clothes covered in blood while arresting him on a trespassing charge, it was revealed Wednesday. Carranza Serrano confessed to them that he lured the 37-year-old victim into a wooded area of the North Bergen park, where he tried to kill him because he "does not like homosexuals," an affidavit filed by the Hudson…
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Police Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of Trenton Man Who Died Weeks Later At Hospital
New Jersey's chief law enforcement official on Thursday released police bodycam footage of the arrest of a 64-year-old Trenton man who died 18 days later in the hospital. Joseph Ahr Sr., 64, was already being restrained by three police officers when a fourth pepper-sprayed him in the face last July 6, video released by state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal shows. “I can’t breathe,” Ahr says over and again, both before and after the officers got him up and sat him handcuffed on the front steps of his Monmouth Street house following a seconds-long struggle. They had responded there followi…
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NJ Physicians Have State Licenses Pulled For Sexual Misconduct
A psychiatrist accused of sexually assaulting patients and two doctors who admitted doing so were permanently barred from practicing in New Jersey, authorities said Wednesday. Dr. Carl J. Renner, 66, of Glen Rock had previously pleaded guilty to charges that he intentionally touched six female patients “inappropriately and without legitimate medical purpose or their consent” during exams and procedures at his Hasbrouck Heights practice, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Another doctor, Michael Tyshkov, 67, of Livingston, pleaded guilty to charges that he did the same to two fema…
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NJ Attorney General Releases Video Of Incident Involving Deceased Atlantic County Jail Inmate
New Jersey's attorney general released surveillance video Friday of an incident involving a 41-year-old Atlantic County Jail inmate who later died after being taken to a local hospital. Hamilton Township police responding to a trespassing call arrested Mario Terruso, of Mays Landing, shortly after 1 p.m. Sept. 15, 2019, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They processed Terruso and sent him to the county lockup after finding an outstanding warrant, Grewal said. Terruso began feeling ill at the jail, so corrections officers began preparing to transport him to the hospital, the attorney…
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NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most
Nearly 40% of all hate crimes reported in New Jersey last year were against Blacks, more than the combined total against whites, Jews, Latinos and Muslims, according to State Police crime figures released Tuesday. The town with the most reported bias incidents in 2020 was Lakewood, the figures show. More than half of all reported bias incidents in New Jersey last year involved straight harassment, as opposed to vandalism and other related crimes. More than 13% occurred at schools, parks or playgrounds. The county with the most, overall, was Monmouth. The preliminary data released Tuesday…
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State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash
Videos of a brief police pursuit that ended when a 23-year-old Trenton man crashed his sedan into woods off a highway were released Friday by authorities following his death. A Bordentown police officer began following the Nissan Maxima after Keron Roundtree, 23, brake abruptly on Route 206 shortly before 9 p.m. last Oct. 27, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Several violations followed over the next two minutes before the officer “activated his overhead lights and siren to make a motor vehicle stop,” Grewal said. Roundtree, who had an adult male passenger with him, hit the gas…
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: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd
Authorities on Tuesday identified a man who slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's early last week as a Union Township resident. Antwan Whitlock, 35, remained hospitalized Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson following the Dec. 27 incident in Clifton. He's charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and weapons possession and will be brought before a judge for a first appearance as soon as he's physically able. It began when three Clifton officers responded to…
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Shore Bar, JC Lounge Among NJ Bizzes Facing
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ON THE ROCKS: A dozen New Jersey bars and restaurants could have their liquor licenses temporarily suspended for what state authorities said are violations of Gov. Murphy’s COVID shutdown orders. Although most of the suspensions being sought by the ABC are for less than a month – including three for 10 days – a Jersey Shore bar and grill is looking at a possible 66-day suspension while pouring at a downtown Jersey City nightspot could stop for nearly three months. SEE LIST BELOW (with links to violation notices) New Jersey’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is asking a judge for the …
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Shore Bar, JC Lounge Among NJ Bizzes Facing
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elated Liquor License Suspensions
ON THE ROCKS: A dozen New Jersey bars and restaurants could have their liquor licenses temporarily suspended for what state authorities said are violations of Gov. Murphy’s COVID shutdown orders. Although most of the suspensions being sought by the ABC are for less than a month – including three for 10 days – a Jersey Shore bar and grill is looking at a possible 66-day suspension while pouring at a downtown Jersey City nightspot could stop for nearly three months. SEE LIST BELOW (with links to violation notices) New Jersey’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is asking a judge for the …
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Honors Trooper Shot While Protecting Woman From 'Lawless Caravan'
New Jersey State Police Trooper Rick Hershey was investigating a home invasion when the assailants returned and started shooting. Hershey took a bullet trying to protect their female target, but that wasn’t all. Despite a critical gunshot wound in his abdomen, the trooper whacked a fleeing vehicle with his service weapon in order to create a distinguishing mark that would help identify it. This week, the New Jersey State Police cited Hershey’s “fearless and courageous actions” in honoring him as its 2020 Trooper of the Year. It all began in the Harding Wood Trailer Park in the South Jerse…
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State Asks Judge To Stop Purported Animal Charity Run By Wyckoff Woman That Raised Millions
A Wyckoff woman raised millions of dollars by falsely claiming an organization she founded that places rescue dogs as service animals is a charity, said state authorities who’ve gone to court to shut her down. Janice Wolfe has “unlawfully raised millions of dollars since 2008 without registering Merlin’s Kids as a charitable organization,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Wolfe’s fundraising included “false and misleading claims” about the services provided by both Merlin’s Kids and an affiliated for-profit company, United K9 Professional Inc., he said. Meanwhile, tens …
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AG Releases Limited-View Video Of Clifton Police Car Striking, Killing Pedestrian, 65
A limited-view home surveillance video of a pedestrian being struck and killed by a Clifton police cruiser headed to a call was released Wednesday by New Jersey’s chief law enforcer. Officer Garrell Middleton was "responding to a radio alert of a crime in progress with the emergency lights on his patrol vehicle activated" when it struck the woman while making a turn at the intersection of Allwood and Brookwood Road at 7:11 p.m. Oct. 22, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The officer rendered aid to the 65-year-old victim before EMS personnel took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medi…
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Hasbrouck Heights Man, 32, Charged With Selling Untraceable 'Ghost Guns'
A Hasbrouck Heights man was charged with trafficking untraceable “ghost guns.” Michael Maresca, 32, was arrested outside the Macarthur Avenue home he grew up in following an investigation led by the state Division of Criminal Justice and Paterson police, authorities said. Assisted by Hasbrouck Heights police, detectives armed with a warrant seized several illegal weapons from the home, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Maresca, who operated an aquarium installation and maintenance company, had sold two “ghost guns” for $1,650 each to an undercover investigator at the residence,…
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Manager Of Bergen Apartments Pays $30,000 To Settle Discrimination Charge
The real estate company that manages a Bergenfield housing complex has agreed to pay $30,000 to an applicant who was denied an apartment because he planned to pay a portion of his rent with federal housing assistance, state authorities said. Tower Management Service – manager of the 237-unit Ivy Lane Apartments in Bergenfield – also has agreed to “significant policy changes” at all 18 of its apartment communities to prevent non-discrimination, particularly against applicants looking to cover their rent with Section 8 assistance, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Tower agreed to …
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NJ’s 1st Social-Distanced Verdict: Philly Man Convicted Of Stealing $17G In Unemployment Checks
A socially-distanced jury in Trenton convicted a Philadelphia man of conspiring with a state worker to steal $17,206 worth of unemployment checks. The conviction of Phillip Stewart III, 39, was the first verdict obtained by the state Division of Criminal Justice in a socially distanced jury trial during the COVID-19 pandemic, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Participants in the trial wore face masks “to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and maximize safety,” Grewal said. “There were plexiglass barriers between each juror in the jury box …
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AG: Real Estate Company Settles Rent Discrimination Lawsuit
A major real estate company has settled a complaint for discriminating against a tenant based on income, according to Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal. The manager of a 237-unit apartment complex in North Jersey has agreed to pay a former prospective tenant $30,000 to resolve allegations the company unlawfully rejected him because he planned to pay with federal Section 8 housing assistance, Grewal said on Friday. Tower Management Services, L.P., which manages Ivy Lane Apartments in Bergenfield and at least 17 other apartment complexes, also has agreed to make significant policy change…
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NJ: Hasbrouck Heights Used Car Dealer Pays $60,000 To Settle Consumer Protection Case
A Bergen County used car dealer is paying $60,000 to resolve violations of state consumer protection laws, authorities said. The state Division of Consumers had accused Bridge Auto Group in Hasbrouck Heights with: failing to include the mandatory disclosure language in advertisements; misrepresenting its Better Business Bureau and Yelp ratings on the company’s website; failing to disclose prior damage to its used vehicles when such information was known our should have been known by the dealership; charging consumers for pre-delivery services, including dealer preparation fees, without ite…
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Authorities: Clifton Officer Headed To Call Hits, Kills Female Pedestrian
A Clifton police officer headed to a call had his emergency lights activated when his cruiser struck and killed a female pedestrian Thursday night, authorities said. The officer was "responding to a radio alert of a crime in progress with the emergency lights on his patrol vehicle activated" when it struck the woman at the intersection of Allwood Road and Brookwood Road at 7:11 p.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. The officer rendered aid to the woman before EMS personnel took her to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where Grewal said she was pronounced dead at 7:4…
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Paramus School Therapist From Washington Township Loses License For Kissing, 'Sexting' Student
A Washington Township youth therapist had her license permanently revoked for making out and exchanging suggestive texts with a 17-year-boy she was counseling from a private Paramus High School, authorities said Wednesday. Tara Cardinale, 39, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact rather than go to trial following her arrest by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit earlier this year. Cardinale, who worked at the Alliance Academy, agreed to the permanent revocation of her New Jersey license as a clinical social worker as a condition of the plea, Attorney General G…
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NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses
The owners of an Essex County-based school bus company whose driver OD'd and crashed with 12 special-needs kids on board hired criminals and drug addicts, put unsafe vehicles on the road and tried to cover it all up, state authorities charged. Ahmed Mahgoub, 62, and his wife, Faiza Ibrahim, 47, both of East Hanover, knowingly hired drivers for F&A Transportation who “did not hold valid commercial driver’s licenses or required license endorsements, as well as drivers who had criminal histories or were using illegal drugs,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The couple doctored vehic…
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: 'Stop! Stop!' NJ Officers Shout Before Shooting Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle
"We don't wanna do this, man. Stop! Stop!" an officer shouts over and over again before police in Atlantic County shoot a Pennsylvania man who charged at them with a broken bottle, dramatic video released Friday shows. Officers alternately implore and command Amir Johnson, 30, to drop the bottle the Aug. 6 late-afternoon standoff in the middle of a Ventnor highway. “Put it down, bro, we don’t wanna do this,” an officer shouts. "Drop the bottle! Drop it! Stop! Stop!" the officers repeatedly shout at Johnson, of Wilkes Barre, to stop, but he doesn't, the video shows. He's only feet away whe…
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NJ Men Who Thought They Were Meeting Underage Girls For Sex Headed To Prison
Two South Jersey men were each sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison Wednesday for trying to lure what they thought were underage girls to meet them for sex. The “girls” whom William Singleton, 25, of Pemberton, and Charles Schlottfeld, 28, of Bayville met online were actually undercover detectives. Singleton and Schlottfeld were snagged during “Operation Open House,” a multi-agency undercover sting led by Grewal’s office that produced the arrests of two dozen men who he said used social media to try and hook up with underage teens. Singleton and Schlottfeld each thought…
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AG: Mid-State Correctional Officer Pepper Sprayed Inmate, Lied About It
A senior correctional officer from the Jersey Shore is accused of pepper spraying an inmate unjustly and then falsifying two reports about the incident, state authorities said. Jovanny Galindo, 32, of Neptune City filed a "special custody" and "use of force" report, saying the inmate was sitting down at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Wrightstown when the incident occurred. Galindo reported that the inmate ignored an order and threatened him -- prompting Galindo to use the pepper-spray on June 16, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said on Thursday. An investigation f…
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NJ SWAT Team Justified Killing Former UPS Employee Who Took Hostages, Shot At Ex-GF
A SWAT team was justified in shooting and killing a former UPS employee as he chased at an ex-girlfriend at his old job, firing a handgun at her, after taking her and another woman hostage, New Jersey's attorney general said Wednesday. The beaten, bleeding woman had broken away from William J. Owens, 39, of Sicklerville (Camden County) during what had been a 3½-hour standoff with police. Owens chased her, firing shots from a 9mm handgun, as the woman ran out an employee door into the parking lot of the UPS Mail Innovations facility on Birch Creek Road in Logan Township on Jan. 14, 2019, sta…
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California Man Caught In Sting Admits Traveling To NJ To Have Sex With 11-Year-Old Girl
A California man will be sentenced to seven years in state prison after admitting Thursday that he traveled to Elizabeth for what he believed was sex with an 11-year-old girl. The “father” who arranged the scenario was actually an undercover New Jersey State Police detective, authorities said. Ian Brewer, 25, of Pomona, began exchanging emails with the undercover detective in December 2019, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. “The undercover detective said that for a fee, Brewer could sexually assault the 11-year-old daughter of his girlfriend,” Grewal said. The detective claime…
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AG: Essex Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle
An Essex County prosecutor’s detective stuck a hidden GPS on a suspect’s vehicle without permission, then lied about where to find his county-issued cellphone when he was ordered to turn it in, state authorities said Friday. Timothy Kealy, 27, of Bloomfield, was working with the prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force when he bought and installed the tracking device without getting a supervisor’s permission to apply to a judge for a warrant, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. A court-issued warrant is required by law for law enforcement to install a GPS device on a vehicle. Kealy was suspe…
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Responders: NYC Homicide Suspect Dead In Paterson Standoff
UPDATE: A fugitive ex-con killed during a shootout in Paterson early Wednesday was wanted by the NYPD for the brutal beating death of his sometimes-girlfriend on a Harlem street. A loaded 9mm handgun was found near the body of Malik Canty, a 36-year-old Bloods gang member, after he was taken out by members of the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force in a second-floor Hamilton Avenue apartment at 6:30 a.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Canty had exchanged gunfire with his pursuers before he was killed, responders said. A SWAT team then made entry into th…
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