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Battle Rapper Serius Jones Caught Ditching Gun In Bathroom Of Bergen Restaurant: Police Battle Rapper Serius Jones Caught Ditching Gun In Bathroom Of Bergen Restaurant: Police
Battle Rapper Serius Jones Caught Ditching Gun In Bathroom Of Bergen Restaurant: Police A rapper from Bergen County who recently served time for pimping in California was carrying a gun when Ridgefield Park police investigating the possible violation of a restraining order found him in a local restaurant, authorities said. Saleem Bligen, 41, had fled when officers responded to a call at an apartment building where he once lived on Bergen Avenue and Mount Vernon Street shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, Lt. Art Jensen said. Officers Kenneth Knebl, Joe Avila, Christopher Dooley and Lavrone Green searched the nearby business district and found Bligen at a local eatery, the l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Imprisoned Gunman Who Killed Wife, Good Samaritan At Clifton Church Wants New Trial Imprisoned Gunman Who Killed Wife, Good Samaritan At Clifton Church Wants New Trial
Imprisoned Gunman Who Killed Wife, Good Samaritan At Clifton Church Wants New Trial A convict who's 10 years into serving two life sentences for shooting and killing his wife and a congregant at a Clifton church wants New Jersey's highest court to overturn his conviction. Joseph "Sanish" Pallipurath, 40, argues in an appeal to the state Supreme Court that his attorney should have mounted an insanity defense during his trial in Superior Court in Paterson in 2011. Reshma James, 24, had been trying to flee an abusive arranged marriage in India that continued after Pallipurath brought her back with him to California, prosecutors said at the time. James obtained a r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paranoid Hackensack Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years Paranoid Hackensack Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years
Paranoid Hackensack Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years UPDATE: The husband of a Hackensack woman who played dead for 45 minutes after he slashed her throat was sentenced to 14 years in state prison for the gruesome attack. Prosecutors said Jergere Minaya-Acosta, 52, believed his wife was cheating on him when he deliberately stabbed her twice in their Coles Avenue apartment in April 2019. Rosanna Cuevas played dead while her husband showered, changed into fresh clothes and tossed the bloody garments and knife into a garbage bin before fleeing to New York, detectives told Daily Voice at the time. She then ran to a neighbor for help. Minaya-Acost…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say
PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say A man with a history of abuse was charged with harassment after calling a woman 45 times in one day, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Cumberland County. Brian Knouse, 44 of Mechanicsburg, PA, was arrested in South Middletown Township on April 26 after attempting to contact a woman 45 times in a 24-hour period, police say. Knouse went to the woman’s home even after she told him to stop contacting her, says PSP. Knouse has a pattern criminal behavior, having previously plead guilty to charges in York and Cumberland counties for public intoxication, DUIs, harassment and assaults st…

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