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Paterson Council Prez, Wife, Campaign Chief Charged In Hare-Brained Scheme To Steal Election
State authorities announced a bunch of new election fraud charges on Wednesday against Paterson’s council president along with allegations against his wife and campaign manager, as well. Alex Mendez, 48, has been awaiting trial in a case, stemming from 2020 council races, that has undergone a series of one delay after another. The contests were conducted entirely by mail-in ballots as COVID was spreading. The new charges involved what the attorney general described on Oct. 25 as a hare-brained plot to steal ballots from mailboxes outside people’s homes, toss out those that didn’t vote for…
Police & Fire
Bayonne Performer Killed In Subway Chokehold Was Reeling From Mom's Murder, Family Says
Support is surging for the family of Jordan Neely, the 30-year-old Bayonne native who died after being placed in a chokehold while riding the New York City subway on Monday, May 1. According to a relative who launched a GoFundMe campaign, Neely was reeling from the 2007 murder of his own mom, Christie. "It’s been rough for him and all of us," Carolyn Neely writes. "We just want justice for him, please give what you can with your heart. He has so many fans, he will always be loved and remembered." New Yorkers may recognize Neely from his work as a Michael Jackson impersonator on subway pla…
Lifestyle
NJ's Brooke Shields Details Life As Sexualized Child Star In Hollywood
Brooke Shields, a Bergen County native, is baring all about her life growing up in front of the cameras. Shields is the subject of "Pretty Baby," a two-part documentary premiering on Hulu on Monday, April 3, that discusses her life growing up in the spotlight. The documentary is named after a 1978 movie where Shields played a child sex worker and did two nude scenes, even though she was only 12. The model/actress lived in Haworth and graduated from Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood. The documentary also features Shields' relationship with her late mother, who ba…
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Wood-Ridge Officers Clear Way For Newborn's Arrival
The sound of a newborn baby’s cry was music to the ears of two Wood-Ridge police officers who arrived moments after he did. Directed by new dad Michael Jackson to a second-floor bathroom where his wife had just given birth shortly before 3 a.m., Officers Roberto Cangialosi and Michael Mueller detected a heartbeat. Aleksandra "Sasha" Jackson had told them she “woke up with some pain in her back and abdomen” and “went into the bathroom thinking she was possibly suffering from minor intestinal pains,” Cangialosi said. Then the baby’s head crowned. Cangialosi said he and Mueller “began cleani…
Police & Fire
Paterson Councilman, Councilman-Elect, Two Others Charged With Election Fraud
State authorities on Thursday charged a sitting Paterson councilman, a councilman-elect and two other men with rigging a May 12 special election. Paterson City Councilman Michael Jackson and Councilman-Elect Alex Mendez conspired with Shelim Khalique of Wayne, and Abu Razyen of Prospect Park to play fast and loose with mail-in ballots made necessary for all voting in the special election due to the coronavirus pandemic, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. It began, he said, when the U.S. Postal Inspection Service alerted the Attorney General’s Office that hundreds of mail-in ballots wer…
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Michael Jackson's Iconic Crystal Moonwalk Socks Head To Franklin Lakes Auction Block
The crystal-studded socks that Michael Jackson wore the first time he ever performed the moonwalk on stage are heading to the auction block in Franklin Lakes. The Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction shop set bidding for the socks at $100,000 beginning Nov. 13. Shop owner Ed Cosinski received the iconic socks six weeks ago from longtime friend of the shop Frank DiLeo, a prolific top executive in the record business, he said. The socks -- estimated between $1 million and $2 million -- are part of the 50-piece "Frank DiLeo Michael Jackson Collection." Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - The Fi…