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Fake Video Blaming NJ Teacher For Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death Triggers Threats, Lockdowns Fake Video Blaming NJ Teacher For Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death Triggers Threats, Lockdowns
Fake Video Blaming NJ Teacher For Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death Triggers Threats, Lockdowns Public schools in Linden have been forced to shelter in place after being targeted for threats over an erroneous post about the Charlie Kirk assassination, officials announced Thursday, Sept. 11. The firestorm began after numerous posts showed a video of a woman, believed to be a second-grade teacher in Linden, celebrating Kirk's death, Linden police said. The information is incorrect, Linden police stressed.  "The individual referred to is not, nor has ever been, an employee of Linden Public Schools, Linden New Jersey," police said. The school district has been flooded with threats o…

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by Sam Barron
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Extremely Nervous Trio Stopped On Route 17 Found With Loaded Handguns: Cops Extremely Nervous Trio Stopped On Route 17 Found With Loaded Handguns: Cops
Extremely Nervous Trio Stopped On Route 17 Found With Loaded Handguns: Cops A traffic stop in Paramus led to the arrest of three Paterson men after officers found two loaded handguns with high-capacity magazines, authorities said. Around 2:26 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, Paramus Police Officer Michael Mordaga stopped a 2014 Ford Escape traveling south on Route 17 at a high rate of speed, Deputy Police Chief Frank Scott said in a release. While approaching the vehicle, Mordaga saw two passengers not wearing seat belts. The driver, James Dixon, 20, was “visibly shaking while retrieving his motor vehicle documents and nervously stuttering in response to questions,” Scott s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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310-Pound Bloods Gang Member, Ex-Con Wanted By US Marshals Fights Cops: Police 310-Pound Bloods Gang Member, Ex-Con Wanted By US Marshals Fights Cops: Police
310-Pound Bloods Gang Member, Ex-Con Wanted By US Marshals Fights Cops: Police A Bloods gang member and ex-con wanted by the US Marshals Service in a string of charges across New Jersey was arrested in Paramus, where he tried fighting off Paramus officers, police said. Paramus officers Jason Hrbek, Michael Cleary, and Matthew Orefice responded to Howland Avenue for a dispute where they encountered Danny Urena, 32, of Passaic on Thursday, June 19 at approximately 1:15 p.m., Paramus Police Deputy Chief Frank Scott said. Urena, standing at 6 feet and 3 inches and weighing 310 pounds, gave officers a false name, tried fleeing, and “continually flailed his arms and le…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man With Phony License Plates Busted In Wallington: Police Man With Phony License Plates Busted In Wallington: Police
Man With Phony License Plates Busted In Wallington: Police A man was arrested in Wallington on Friday, April 11, while driving a car with a stolen license plate and giving police false information, authorities said. At 10:30 a.m., a license plate reader alerted officers to a blue Hyundai Santa Cruz traveling east on Wallington Avenue, displaying a stolen license plate registered out of New York, Wallington police said. During a traffic stop, the driver, Daniel Gatson, presented a driver’s license belong to an individual who had an active warrant in Virginia, police said. Gatson was charged with receiving stolen property, exhibiting a false governm…

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by Sam Barron