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Jersey City Man Shot Rival Gang Members: Feds Jersey City Man Shot Rival Gang Members: Feds
Jersey City Man Shot Rival Gang Members: Feds A 33-year-old Jersey City man was charged on Thursday, Dec. 19 with shooting rival gang members, authorities said. Micah Reid is a member of the Rutgers neighborhood street gang which operates in Triangle Park in Jersey City, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said.  On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2003,  Reid, driving a stolen vehicle, shot at members and associates of rival street gangs who were exiting a nightclub on Culver Avenue in Jersey City, Sellinger said. Six people suffered gunshot wounds, Sellinger said. Reid was charged with one count of violent crime in aid of racketeering …
Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds
Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds Three members of the Jersey City based Marion street gang were convicted in Newark federal court on Wednesday, Dec. 11 for their role in a racketeering conspiracy that included three murders, authorities said. Myron Williams, a 31-year-old Newark residnt, Khalil Kelley, a 25-year-old Jersey City resident and Roger Pickett, a 24-year-old Jersey City resident were involved in three murders in 2021 and 2022, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. On March 29, 2021,  Kelley and other gang members lured a rival gang member outside by sending him Instagram messages pretending to be the vict…
RHONJ Ex-Husband Sentenced For Hiring Mobster To Rough Up Wife’s New Man: Feds RHONJ Ex-Husband Sentenced For Hiring Mobster To Rough Up Wife’s New Man: Feds
Rhonj Ex-Husband Sentenced For Hiring Mobster To Rough Up Wife’s New Man: Feds It sounds like a juicy plotline from "The Real Housewives of New Jersey." Thomas Manzo, a Franklin Lakes resident and the ex-husband of Dina Manzo, one of the former cast members on the hit Bravo reality show, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday, Oct. 15, after being convicted of hiring a mobster to assault Dave Cantin, Dina's now current husband, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. In the spring of 2015, Manzo, 59 and a co-owner of The Brownstone, a Paterson catering hall, hired Lucchese Crime Family member John Perna to assault Cantin, Dina's then-boyfriend, paying for the …
9 NY, NJ Spas Selling Sex For Cash Exposed In Federal Investigation, US Attorney Says 9 NY, NJ Spas Selling Sex For Cash Exposed In Federal Investigation, US Attorney Says
9 NY, NJ Spas Selling Sex For Cash Exposed In Federal Investigation, US Attorney Says Four people have been charged with offering sexual favors at nine different massage parlors and spas across North Jersey and New York, federal officials said. Zhejun Piao, 37, a Chinese national, Miyeon Choi, 37, a South Korean national, Shangxian Cui, 36, Chinese national, and Meixiang Jin, 34, of Palisades Park, New Jersey, are charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit interstate travel or transportation in aid of a racketeering enterprise., U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Friday, Aug. 9. The following nine spas and massage parlors owned and operated by …
Former Notorious NJ Political Boss George Norcross Indicted For Racketeering Former Notorious NJ Political Boss George Norcross Indicted For Racketeering
Former Notorious NJ Political Boss George Norcross Indicted For Racketeering Former New Jersey Democratic kingmaker George E. Norcross III ran a criminal enterprise for nearly a dozen years during which he used his power and influence over elected officials to make laws that best served him, among other offenses, says a state indictment that charges him with racketeering. The poster boy of New Jersey political bosses, Norcross attended a news conference held on Monday, June 17 by state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin in Trenton -- uninvited -- to announce the indictment naming him and five co-defendants. When one of the attorney general's sta…
Reality Bites NJ ‘Real Housewives’ Ex Convicted Of Hiring Mobster To Beat Wife’s New Man Reality Bites NJ ‘Real Housewives’ Ex Convicted Of Hiring Mobster To Beat Wife’s New Man
Reality Bites NJ ‘Real Housewives’ Ex Convicted Of Hiring Mobster To Beat Wife’s New Man 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Reality bit the ex-husband of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo when he was convicted Tuesday of getting a mob soldier to throw her new beau a beating. Restaurateur Thomas Manzo, 59, who lives in the affluent Bergen County suburb of Franklin Lakes, rejected a plea deal from federal prosecutors and took his chances with a jury. That didn’t go so good. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Newark convicted Manzo on June 4 of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering, along with conspiracy and falsifying documents during a grand jury investigation. Althou…