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AT LONG LAST: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years AT LONG LAST: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years
AT Long Last: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years Justice may have been delayed, but it isn't being denied to loved ones of a Bergen County businessman who was tortured, robbed and savagely slain in his Hudson River apartment three decades ago. Jimmy Polites began the night of Aug. 4, 1994 with friends at the tavern he co-owned in Fort Lee. Hours later he was bound to a chair and hanged with an electrical cord in his Edgewater townhouse. It has taken nearly 30 years for his killer to finally pay. Thomas Christopher James was released from a New York State prison late this week after serving 28 years for murdering a reputed Long Island mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Edgewater Ex-Con Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Laundering $850,000 In Drug Money Edgewater Ex-Con Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Laundering $850,000 In Drug Money
Edgewater Ex-Con Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Laundering $850,000 In Drug Money An ex-con from Edgewater is headed to federal prison for 10 years for laundering more than $850,000 in drug money. Bobbie L. Henderson III, 36, was living in the St. Moritz high-rise off Gorge Road when he conspired with others to launder what he thought were proceeds from drug sales, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Henderson was charged in Pennsylvania five years ago with fighting with police who took him into custody after he crashed his car in the middle of a highway and left it there. Rather than go to trial on the money laundering charge, he accepted a deal from the government, wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
COVID-19 Changing North Jersey's Real Estate Landscape, Realtors Swamped COVID-19 Changing North Jersey's Real Estate Landscape, Realtors Swamped
Covid-19 Changing North Jersey's Real Estate Landscape, Realtors Swamped With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak ongoing, many wealthy New Yorkers are leaving the city to head toward the suburbs. Buyers and renters in search of a "new normal" have been leaving New York City en masse and flooding the suburbs, where there is more space and less dense crowds. Others are riding out the outbreak at their second homes in the surrounding suburbs. The outbreak has kept New Milford realtor Jason Levine busy. "People want space to move around outdoors," said Levine, who owns TeamLevine ONE94 Real Estate Group with his wife, Katherine. "I would say about half the…

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by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine
News
UPDATE: Service On NJ Transit Trains Restored, But With Lingering Delays UPDATE: Service On NJ Transit Trains Restored, But With Lingering Delays
Update: Service On NJ Transit Trains Restored, But With Lingering Delays Trains were stopped Wednesday morning between North Philadelphia and Penn Station New York due to a problem with overhead power lines, Amtrak said in a statement.  The outage affected Amtrak trains as well as NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast Line and Midtown Direct rail service in both directions. Power was restored by about 11 a.m. but NJ Transit said that as of noon service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines would be suspended, except for trains already en route to their destinations.  By about 1 p.m., the agency said service had been restored but w…

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by Paul Milo