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Bergen Hebrew School, Mercer House Of Worship Among 200 Targets Of Swatting, Bomb Threats In US Bergen Hebrew School, Mercer House Of Worship Among 200 Targets Of Swatting, Bomb Threats In US
Bergen Hebrew School, Mercer House Of Worship Among 200 Targets Of Swatting, Bomb Threats In US UPDATE: A Hebrew school in Bergen County and a house of worship in Mercer were among nearly 200 Jewish targets of bogus bomb threats and swatting incidents across the country, law enforcement officials reported. In just 24 hours over this past weekend, 199 bogus bomb and swatting threats were delivered from one coast to the other, according to the Secure Community Network, a nonprofit that monitors antisemitic threats and coordinates security for Jewish institutions nationwide. It was shortly before 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, when Barnert Temple on southbound Route 208 in Franklin Lakes rece…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others A former New Jersey resident with a cockamamie political history must spend the next 20 years in federal prison for threatening to kill police officers, lawyers and judges, among others, in and around Monmouth County. Eric G. Hafner, 32, formerly of Fair Haven, also made calls and sent messages to state officials while phoning in bogus bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and the Monmouth Park Racetrack during a two-year terror campaign, federal authorities in Trenton said. Hafner told newspaper reporters in 2018 that he was on the lam for d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SWATTED: Bomb Threats Prompt Evacuation Of Jersey Shore Boardwalk: Prosecutor SWATTED: Bomb Threats Prompt Evacuation Of Jersey Shore Boardwalk: Prosecutor
Swatted: Bomb Threats Prompt Evacuation Of Jersey Shore Boardwalk: Prosecutor Bogus bomb threats aimed at Seaside Heights businesses were swatting incidents, authorities said. At approximately 8:50 a.m., on Monday, Sept. 11, the Seaside Heights Police Department received four phone calls indicating that two bombs were hidden at businesses on the Seaside Heights boardwalk, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Additionally, the callers indicated that they had operatives armed with guns on the Seaside Heights boardwalk, he said. The Seaside Heights boardwalk was temporarily evacuated as law enforcement assessed the credibility …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Bomb Threats At 3 Walmarts In Central Jersey Unfounded Bomb Threats At 3 Walmarts In Central Jersey Unfounded
Bomb Threats At 3 Walmarts In Central Jersey Unfounded There were bomb threats reported at three Walmart stores in Central Jersey, authorities said. The Monday, July 18 threats came at about 3:30 p.m. at 1126 Route 9 in Old Bridge, at the Edison Walmart on Route 27 and at the East Brunswick Walmart on Route 18. Police said each store was checked and cleared without further incident.  Last week, there was a similar threat on Monday, July 11 at Walmart's East Brunswick store.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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GOTCHA! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD GOTCHA! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD
Gotcha! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD What seemed like an unending series of phone threats that plagued Hackensack High School and city police for nearly three months led to the arrest of a stock clerk from Garfield, authorities announced. Christopher Vitone, 38, was seized at his job after Hackensack Police Detectives Chris Lara-Nunez and Felix Katsaroans identified him as the "swatter" responsible for one of the calls, which was made to Hackensack police on June 16, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said Monday. An investigation was continuing into more than a dozen other bomb threats and false alarms to both the city Boar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Brick Man Charged With Making Fake Bomb Threats That Evacuated Jenkinson Boardwalk Brick Man Charged With Making Fake Bomb Threats That Evacuated Jenkinson Boardwalk
Brick Man Charged With Making Fake Bomb Threats That Evacuated Jenkinson Boardwalk A 19-year-old Brick resident was charged with calling in the fake bomb threats that evacuated Jenkinson boardwalk earlier this month. Nkosi Jones called the main boardwalk office on June 3 and 4 reporting bomb threats that were later deemed unfounded, Point Pleasant police said. Jones was charged with two counts of false public alarm and two counts of terroristic threats. He was lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending court hearings. “I’d like to thank all of the surrounding agencies that responded on two separate occasions to assist our officers with evacuating and searching the boa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Canadian Teen Admits Making Princeton University Bomb Threat Prosecutor: Canadian Teen Admits Making Princeton University Bomb Threat
Prosecutor: Canadian Teen Admits Making Princeton University Bomb Threat A 16-year-old boy from Canada pleaded guilty on Friday to making several bomb threats at Princeton University, authorities said. The teenager, whose name was withheld as a juvenile, was charged with false public alarm, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The Canadian boy was sentenced to two years probation and 30 hours of community service, authorities said.  He also has to pay a $2,000 fine, undergo a psychological evaluation and lose his driver’s license for six months, they said. On Sept. 19, 2020, Princeton's Department of Public Safety received a …

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by Jon Craig