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‘Crypto Con Man’: Imprisoned Instagrifter Gets 7 Federal Years For $8M Fraud Scheme ‘Crypto Con Man’: Imprisoned Instagrifter Gets 7 Federal Years For $8M Fraud Scheme
‘Crypto Con Man’: Imprisoned Instagrifter Gets 7 Federal Years For $8M Fraud Scheme UPDATE: Imprisoned Instagram influencer “Jay Mazini” apparently thought that rolling on his partners in crime could mitigate the damage of a conviction for scamming investors out of at least $8 million. Three years into a mandatory four-year New Jersey state prison sentence for kidnapping an online critic, the 28-year-old Instagrifter from Bergen County agreed to rat out his friends in exchange for leniency in a federal fraud case in Brooklyn. Trouble is: He didn’t deliver much, authorities said. Mazini, whose real name is Jebara Igbara, ended up sentenced to seven years in federal prison …
Tornado Watches, Warnings Issued Across Parts Of NJ Tornado Watches, Warnings Issued Across Parts Of NJ
Tornado Watches, Warnings Issued Across Parts Of NJ Several parts of New Jersey were under tornado watches and warnings, as per the National Weather Service on Saturday, April 1. Burlington and Mercer counties were under a tornado warning until 7:15 p.m., while parts of Browns Mills, Fort Dix, Hamilton Square, Marlton, West Freehold and White Horse were under the warning until between 7:30 and 7:45 p.m. Meanwhile, Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties were under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. Severe Thunderstorm Wa…
Modern Jazz Giant Wayne Shorter, The 'Newark Flash,' Dies At 89 Modern Jazz Giant Wayne Shorter, The 'Newark Flash,' Dies At 89
Modern Jazz Giant Wayne Shorter, The 'Newark Flash,' Dies At 89 Wayne Shorter had "courage in his heart, love and compassion for all, and a seeking spirit for the eternal future," fellow jazz giant Herbie Hancock said of his best friend following his death. Shorter, who influenced modern jazz as much if not more than most famed composers, passed away Thursday in Los Angeles. "The Newark Flash" was 89. Shorter was smooth before aficionados began calling jazz that. He was quite playful, too. The 12-time Grammy Award winner may be most widely known as the leader of Weather Report, pioneering a sound that became known as fusion. Shorter also collaborated…
Inmate Convicted In Major Child Porn Ring At NJ Federal Prison Gets Mandatory 40-Year Sentence Inmate Convicted In Major Child Porn Ring At NJ Federal Prison Gets Mandatory 40-Year Sentence
Inmate Convicted In Major Child Porn Ring At NJ Federal Prison Gets Mandatory 40-Year Sentence A convicted child-porn trafficker who was about to be paroled was sentenced to another 40 years behind bars for sharing thousands of child sex-abuse images with fellow inmates in the federal prison at Fort Dix, NJ. William H. Noble, of Lowell, MA, will have to live into his late 90s in order to see freedom again. Noble, 57, originally was imprisoned for 81 months following a guilty plea to federal child-porn trafficking charges in Boston in 2012. He was only a month from being paroled from the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix in Lakehurst when he was charged by the FBI in Febru…
Father Of 4-Year-Old South Jersey Boy Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot Charged Father Of 4-Year-Old South Jersey Boy Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot Charged
Father Of 4-Year-Old South Jersey Boy Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot Charged Authorities have jailed the father of a 4-year-old South Jersey boy who was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot earlier this month. Andrew Mack, a 31-year-old active duty member of the U.S. Navy, went to sleep with the loaded 9mm handgun next to him the night of Feb. 7, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said Wednesday. Young Lincoln Mack picked up the gun and went into another room of their home in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, about five miles from Fort Dix, to play with his sister, the prosecutor said. He then pointed the weapon at himself and pulled the trigger…
South Jersey Boy, 4, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot, Prosecutor Says South Jersey Boy, 4, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot, Prosecutor Says
South Jersey Boy, 4, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot, Prosecutor Says A 4-year-old Burlington County boy died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday night, authorities said. The call came in from the the Brown Mills section of Pemberton Township, about five miles from Fort Dix, at 7:07 p.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. The boy was rushed to the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, where he was pronounced dead of a gunshot to the head at 8 p.m., Coffina said. “We believe the gunshot wound was self-inflicted,” the prosecutor said, “but the circumstances of the shooting remain investigation. “We will provide updates as we learn more about this…
Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash
Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash A Fort Dix corrections officer with an apparent penchant for gambling delivered synth pot and suboxone to inmates in exchange for cash before being arrested by federal agents Thursday, authorities said. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark released Paul Anton Wright, 32, of Berlin, on a $100,000 unsecured bond Thursday afternoon after a brief hearing. Between February and September 2015, Wright “received thousands of dollars in cash payments from the relative of an FCI Fort Dix inmate and subsequently delivered contraband, including K2 [synthetic marijuana], to the inmate,” U.S. Attorney C…