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Central Jersey Fire Chief Charged With Theft: Prosecutor Central Jersey Fire Chief Charged With Theft: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Fire Chief Charged With Theft: Prosecutor A Central Jersey fire chief has been charged with theft on accusations he used department funding to buy nearly $2,100 worth of personal items, authorities said. The investigation into Monroe Fire District No. 2 Chief James Carbin III was opened last February, after commissioners noticed financial discrepancies, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Taxes were being paid on items, when they were a tax-exempt entity, Ciccone added.  This led to an internal investigation where Carbin, 55, of Clarksburg, was found to have been buying personal items with the fire depa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
4 Suspended In Asbury Park Football Coach's Trespassing Incident: Report 4 Suspended In Asbury Park Football Coach's Trespassing Incident: Report
4 Suspended In Asbury Park Football Coach's Trespassing Incident: Report Asbury Park High School's head football coach has been officially removed from that job amid an investigation, NJ Advance Media reports. The school board voted to remove Nick Famularo Thursday night, the outlet said. Additionally, Athletic Director Mark Gerbino, assistant football coach Lamar Davenport and Matt Ardizzone, a teacher and head wrestling coach have been placed on administrative leave with pay effective Nov. 8, NJ.com says. Earlier this month, Famularo was found half-naked trespassing at the high school’s football stadium with a woman, local police confirmed …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Former PA Pastor Used Parish Funds On NJ Beach House, More: DA Former PA Pastor Used Parish Funds On NJ Beach House, More: DA
Former PA Pastor Used Parish Funds On NJ Beach House, More: DA A former Pennsylvania pastor admitted to stealing over $30,000 in parish funds, which he spent on a beach house on the New Jersey shore, and men with whom he had sexual relationships, authorities said. Monsignor Joseph McLoone, 58, was spared prison time and sentenced to five years of court supervision, the first nine months completed on electronic home confinement, restitution, and other conditions, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. McLoone, of Bryn Mawr, began his service as pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Downingtown in 2011 after the removal of Msgr.…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Report: Tenured Morris County Middle School Teacher Sent ‘Inappropriate’ Emails To Student, 15 Report: Tenured Morris County Middle School Teacher Sent ‘Inappropriate’ Emails To Student, 15
Report: Tenured Morris County Middle School Teacher Sent ‘Inappropriate’ Emails To Student, 15 A tenured middle school teacher in Morris County sent a series of “inappropriate” emails to an eighth grade student during the COVID-19 shutdown, according to district officials who say the communications may be just cause for dismissal. Dover Middle School teacher Andrew Lota has been put on administrative leave and is facing tenure charges by the state education commissioner after allegedly sending 163 documented emails to the 15-year-old student between March 18 and April 22 of 2020 — conduct described by Arbiter Carol Laskin as "unbecoming, constituting just cause for dismissal,” Da…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: South Jersey Police Chief Investigated For Misconduct Prosecutor: South Jersey Police Chief Investigated For Misconduct
Prosecutor: South Jersey Police Chief Investigated For Misconduct After an investigation into several complaints of alleged misconduct by Linwood Police Chief John Hamilton, the Linwood Police Department will be supervised by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, authorities said. “As such, I am compelled to exercise the authority over the day to day activities of the Linwood Police Department until further notice,” Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said in a press statement. No details about the misconduct complaints have been released to the public. Linwood City Council placed Hamilton on paid administrative leave effective Jan. 1 and named …

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by Jon Craig