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Morristown Man Convicted In Hotel Beating Death Of GF's 3-Year-Old Son: Prosecutor Morristown Man Convicted In Hotel Beating Death Of GF's 3-Year-Old Son: Prosecutor
Morristown Man Convicted In Hotel Beating Death Of GF's 3-Year-Old Son: Prosecutor A Morris County jury has returned a guilty verdict against a 29-year-old man who beat his girlfriend's 3-year-old son dead at a hotel in 2021, authorities announced. Edwin Urbina was convicted of first-degree murder with an aggravating factor, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, hindering apprehension, and tampering with evidence, following a seven-day trial, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Sentencing has been scheduled before Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Taylor, on March 16. Urbina will remain held until then. The boy arrived at Morristown Medical Ce…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Teacher Re-sentenced For Deadly Shooting Of Angelina Jolie's Former Bodyguard NJ Teacher Re-sentenced For Deadly Shooting Of Angelina Jolie's Former Bodyguard
NJ Teacher Re-sentenced For Deadly Shooting Of Angelina Jolie's Former Bodyguard Virginia Vertetis, infamously known as a “lady killer,” was sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey State Prison on Friday, according to a release by the Morris County police and court documents. Vertetis, 59, of Mount Olive, NJ, was first investigated following the murder of her boyfriend Patrick Gilhuley, as CBS News reported during her trial in 2018. Gilhuley, a retired New York Police Department officer and celebrity bodyguard for clients such as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, was found dead at their home at 2 Apollo Way in Flanders on March 3, 2014 just before 10 p.m. Vertetis was cha…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign 'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign
'Old School' Corruption: Morris Freeholder Hopeful Admits Taking $10G Bribe In Failed Campaign UPDATE: Not only did Mary Dougherty lose a Morris County freeholder election three years ago. She also admitted Friday that she accepted an illegal $10,000 contribution to the failed campaign. What Dougherty didn’t know at the time was that the contributor was working for state prosecutors. Dougherty, 60, of Morristown was one of five politicos from Morris and Hudson counties snared in the sting, which targeted what state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal called “old school” New Jersey corruption. Rather than go to trial, she took a deal from the government, pleading guilty Friday via tele…

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by Jerry DeMarco