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'Dream Come True': Edison Native Sworn In As Judge Is One Of NJ's Youngest 'Dream Come True': Edison Native Sworn In As Judge Is One Of NJ's Youngest
'Dream Come True': Edison Native Sworn In As Judge Is One Of NJ's Youngest An Edison woman has reached her lifelong dream of being appointed a judge and she's one of the youngest in New Jersey's history. Malia Reichmann was sworn in as an Edison municipal court judge on Monday, Sept. 30, the township said in a news release. The 32-year-old is a lawyer who graduated from Columbia Law School. Reichmann said it's a "dream come true" to be a judge in her hometown. "Thank you to Mayor Sam Joshi and the Edison Township Council for entrusting me with upholding laws that make our community safe, beautiful, and a welcoming place for everyone," said Reichman…

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by Chris Spiker
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80-Year-Old 'Careless Driver' Injured In Route 206 Crash: Police 80-Year-Old 'Careless Driver' Injured In Route 206 Crash: Police
80-Year-Old 'Careless Driver' Injured In Route 206 Crash: Police An 80-year-old Princeton woman was injured and cited for careless driving after causing a two-car crash in Montgomery on Thursday, May 2, authorities said. At 12:52 pm, the woman was driving a 2009 Honda northbound on Route 206 near Applegarth Road when she rear-ended a 2017 Chevrolet pickup truck that was stuck in traffic, Montgomery police said on Facebook. The woman complained of chest pains and was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, police said. The driver of the pickup truck and his passenger were not injured, police said.  The woman due to appear in Montgomery Municipal Co…

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by Sam Barron
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Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room
Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room A 71-year-old Moonachie trailer park resident was arrested after a resident found him naked and taking selfies in the laundry room, authorities said. Officers Scott Lemongello and Daniel Leoncini reviewed surveillance video at the Metropolitan Mobile Home Park and identified the birthday-suited, selfie-snapping suspect as Frank Volpe, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. The officers went to his trailer home and arrested Volpe, who was charged with lewdness and released pending a Municipal Court hearing, the chief said. The incident came a day after another Moonachie man was seized by b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mount Laurel Man Indicted for Stalking Neighbor, Bias Intimidation, Damaging Cars: Prosecutor Mount Laurel Man Indicted for Stalking Neighbor, Bias Intimidation, Damaging Cars: Prosecutor
Mount Laurel Man Indicted for Stalking Neighbor, Bias Intimidation, Damaging Cars: Prosecutor A 46-year-old Burlington County man has been indicted on multiple charges including bias intimidation of his black neighbors, damaging property, stalking, criminal mischief, drug and weapons violations. The 15-count grand jury indictment was returned Friday against Edward C. Mathews of Mount Laurel, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina Mathews was being held in Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, where he has been held since being taken into custody at his former residence in the 3600 block of Grammercy Way last summer, Coffina said. An investigation began July 2…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Police: There's Another Side To Fight Between Bergen Firefighter, Cellphone Store Employee Police: There's Another Side To Fight Between Bergen Firefighter, Cellphone Store Employee
Police: There's Another Side To Fight Between Bergen Firefighter, Cellphone Store Employee UPDATE: There's another side to an incident involving a New Milford firefighter and an employee at a cellphone store in Bergenfield whom he accused of attacking him in front of his young son, borough police said early Tuesday evening. Daily Voice left a message early Tuesday with an employee at the T-Mobile store on South Washington Avenue who said the manager was expected at work sometime during the day. The call wasn't returned, however, and the store -- which ordinarily closes at 8 p.m. on weekdays -- shut down early. No charges were filed by police. Bergenfield Police Detective Lt. Wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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88,000 Pot Cases Dismissed In NJ This Month, 270,000 More In The Pipeline 88,000 Pot Cases Dismissed In NJ This Month, 270,000 More In The Pipeline
88,000 Pot Cases Dismissed In NJ This Month, 270,000 More In The Pipeline New Jersey courts have dismissed or vacated 88,000 pot convictions since July 1, with plenty more to come, the state Judiciary announced. State authorities are still working out how the Garden State’s legal marijuana market will work. Meanwhile, the Judiciary has already knocked out less than a quarter of an initial 360,000 Municipal and Superior Court pot and hash cases in the nearly two weeks since weed officially became legal in New Jersey. These include not just old cases but those involving convicts serving time behind bars or on probation or parole, as well as those that haven't yet …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ROAD RAGE: Lodi Police Charge Englewood Driver, 22, With Waving Fake Gun ROAD RAGE: Lodi Police Charge Englewood Driver, 22, With Waving Fake Gun
Road Rage: Lodi Police Charge Englewood Driver, 22, With Waving Fake Gun An Englewood driver took her road rage against another motorist too far when she waved a fake gun, police in Lodi said. The two clashed “over one of the parties driving in an erratic manner” before stopping at the intersection of Essex Street and Riverview Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. Robert Salerno said. Adjah Brown, 22, “brandished a handgun, waved it in a menacing manner, and exchanged a few words with the people in the other vehicle before driving off” from the light, Salerno said. Police gave Brown a complaint summons to appear in Municipal Court on charges of simple assault…

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by Jerry DeMarco