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Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops
Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops A couple from Secaucus is facing a litany of charges after scamming residents in multiple states out of more nearly $2.2 million, police said. Akeem Lee and Majda Hodzic-Lee called victims in Florida, Minnesota, Arizona, Kansas, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, saying they'd won the "Publishers Clearing House Lottery," Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. In exchange for the vehicles and large sums of money the victims were told they won, they were required by Lee and Hodzic-Lee to send cash, money orders and/or gift cards for taxes, fees and IRS …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jamaican Man, Peruvian Woman Admit Smuggling 22 Pounds Of Cocaine Into Newark Airport Jamaican Man, Peruvian Woman Admit Smuggling 22 Pounds Of Cocaine Into Newark Airport
Jamaican Man, Peruvian Woman Admit Smuggling 22 Pounds Of Cocaine Into Newark Airport Two people in two days this week admitted smuggling more than 22 pounds of cocaine combined into Newark Airport. Perez Omar Gibbs, 38, of Jamaica told a federal judge in Newark via videoconference that he hid more than six pounds of coke in two bags of coffee and four picture frames aboard a flight from Montego Bay, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. In an unrelated case, Honig said, Yolanda Fonseca Melgarejo, 59, a legal permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of Peru, told another judge in Newark that she concealed more than 15 pounds in chocolate candy on a flight …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Attendees At Clifton Fundraiser May Have Been Exposed To COVID-19, Health Officials Warn Attendees At Clifton Fundraiser May Have Been Exposed To COVID-19, Health Officials Warn
Attendees At Clifton Fundraiser May Have Been Exposed To Covid-19, Health Officials Warn Anyone who attended a fundraising dinner dance last weekend at a Clifton catering hall for a faith-based nonprofit that serves underdeveloped countries could have been exposed to the coronavirus, health officials warned on Saturday. Those who attended the March 14 Mustard Seed Ministries NJ 2020 Gala at the Valley Regency on Valley Road should contact their local health department, they said. Launched in 1978 in Jamaica, the Christian-based Mustard Seed Ministries (MSC) says it focuses primarily on helping more than 600 children and adults who’ve been disabled, infected with HIV or abandone…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ICE Promises More Sweeps After Capturing Murder Suspects, 113 Other Immigrants In New Jersey ICE Promises More Sweeps After Capturing Murder Suspects, 113 Other Immigrants In New Jersey
ICE Promises More Sweeps After Capturing Murder Suspects, 113 Other Immigrants In New Jersey Two fugitive murder suspects – one from Brazil who fled to Newark and another from El Salvador who was living in Elizabeth – were among 115 foreign nationals captured by ICE agents in New Jersey last week, officials said. Also seized in last week’s sweep of nationals illegally living in New Jersey were a Salvadoran MS-13 gang member found in Paterson and a deported child abuser from Mexico who was living In Guttenberg, they said. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement roundup targeted at-large criminal aliens, illegal reentrants and other immigration violators who were “a threat to …

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by Jerry DeMarco