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ONLY IN JERSEY: Convicted Paterson Mayor Joey Torres Indicted For Trying To Run Again ONLY IN JERSEY: Convicted Paterson Mayor Joey Torres Indicted For Trying To Run Again
Only IN Jersey: Convicted Paterson Mayor Joey Torres Indicted For Trying To Run Again A court order banned ex-Paterson Mayor Joey Torres from ever running for public office again after being convicted of corruption. But he did it, anyway. Now he's in another familiar position: under indictment. A grand jury in Trenton returned an indictment on Tuesday, Sept. 26, charging Jose "Joey" Torres, 64, with criminal contempt. “It takes remarkable brashness to flout a state court order and then attempt to strong-arm the city clerk, via civil litigation, into allowing an impermissible campaign to proceed,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. “That is bold," the attorn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elizabeth Man Accused Of Killing Victim In Front Of Teen Girl They Were Fighting Over Elizabeth Man Accused Of Killing Victim In Front Of Teen Girl They Were Fighting Over
Elizabeth Man Accused Of Killing Victim In Front Of Teen Girl They Were Fighting Over An Elizabeth man was tracked down in Upstate New York and accused of killing a Queens man in front of the 17-year-old girl they were fighting over, the NY Daily News reports. Patshawn McMitchell, 24, was tracked down in Watertown, NY -- 30 miles from the Canadian border -- and returned to Queens on Thursday, police said. McMitchell was charged with murder for the killing of 23-year-old Dahmel Miller, in the Queensbridge Houses on Vernon Boulevard near 40th Avenue Sept. 8. Miller was shot in the buttocks and stomach somewhere between the front door and first floor of a building as the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ridgewood Man Charged With Violating Order Of Protection Ridgewood Man Charged With Violating Order Of Protection
Ridgewood Man Charged With Violating Order Of Protection A 46-year-old man from Bergen County is facing a criminal contempt charge in Yorktown after allegedly violating a court-issued Order of Protection in Northern Westchester. Ridgewood resident Benjamin Sanders surrendered himself into police custody on Thursday afternoon following reports that he violated a Westchester County Family Court Temporary Order of Protection by texting and calling his victim repeatedly earlier this month. Investigators from the Yorktown Police Department received a complaint regarding a domestic incident involving Sanders on March 16. After taking the report from th…

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by Joe Lombardi