Special Education Teacher Fired After Complaining About Understaffing In South Jersey: Lawsuit Special Education Teacher Fired After Complaining About Understaffing In South Jersey: Lawsuit
Special Education Teacher Fired After Complaining About Understaffing In South Jersey: Lawsuit A special education teacher has sued a South Jersey school district for firing her after she complained about understaffing. Bryanna Mostak, 30, of Hamilton, was fired after taking a medical leave due to stress and anxiety. Mostak claims her supervisors failed to respond to her complaints as an elementary school teacher in the Bordentown Regional School District. Mostak began the 2021 school year with seven special education students  "who often had very aggressive or violent tendencies and suffered from numerous physical, emotional, behavioral, and psychological challenges," the laws…
Masseuse Sexually Touched Clients At NJ Lifetime Fitness: Prosecutor Masseuse Sexually Touched Clients At NJ Lifetime Fitness: Prosecutor
Masseuse Sexually Touched Clients At NJ Lifetime Fitness: Prosecutor A 33-year-old masseuse with Lifetime Fitness Center in Middlesex County made sexual contact with multiple women, authorities said. Jonathan Saloka, who is from Hamilton but worked at the Plansboro gym, was arrested Thursday, Feb. 23 after multiple women alleged he'd touched them inappropriately while during a massage, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Saloka was charged with four counts of criminal sexual contact. The investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with information asked to call Detective Lauren Leyva of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’…
Discount Grocer Opens Third NJ Location Discount Grocer Opens Third NJ Location
Discount Grocer Opens Third NJ Location A popular discount grocery chain has opened a third location in New Jersey. Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, run by franchise operators Tracy and Kent Encarnacion, opened on Feb. 2 at 3057 Route 35 in Hazlet. It's the chain's third grocery store to open in New Jersey, joining Bargain Markets in Delran and Hamilton, and replacing ALDI market. The California-based supermarket chain offers shoppers deals on brand-name groceries, including fresh produce, meat, deli and dairy products, NJ Advance Media reports. The store carries a variety of natural and organic products, health and bea…
Brothers Killed 29-Year-Old Trenton Man: Prosecutor Brothers Killed 29-Year-Old Trenton Man: Prosecutor
Brothers Killed 29-Year-Old Trenton Man: Prosecutor Two brothers have been arrested following the deadly shooting of a 29-year-old Trenton man last week, authorities announced. Leon Mack, 31, was charged with murder, burglary, and weapons offenses, while his brother, Prince Mack, 29, of Trenton, faces the same as an accomplice for taking his brother to the victim’s home, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a press release Monday. Donnell Williams, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was found with a gunshot wound on the living room floor of his apartment in the 100 block of South Overbrook Avenue shortly after 4:05 p.…
SLEAZY PASS: Feds Charge Bi-State Duo With $1M Pennsy Turnpike Toll Scam SLEAZY PASS: Feds Charge Bi-State Duo With $1M Pennsy Turnpike Toll Scam
Sleazy Pass: Feds Charge Bi-State Duo With $1M Pennsy Turnpike Toll Scam Two men helped truckers and other drivers dodge $1 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls by registering E-ZPass transponders with bogus identities, federal authorities charged. Duvany Zambrano, 43, of Hamilton, NJ, and Sergio Jara, 37, of Allentown, PA, colluded with other unidentified co-conspirators to buy up thousands of the devices from retailers in both states, an FBI investigation found. E-ZPass transponders aren't all that difficult to find. Walmart is among those who sell them. Pennsylvania has more than 300 retail locations where state officials say customers can buy the transpon…
Santander Bank Plans To Shutter 4 Locations In Central, South Jersey: Report Santander Bank Plans To Shutter 4 Locations In Central, South Jersey: Report
Santander Bank Plans To Shutter 4 Locations In Central, South Jersey: Report Four Central and South Jersey branches of Santander Bank are set to shutter, NJ.com reports. Based in Boston, the agency is closing its locations on Route 33 in Robbinsville, Nassau Street in Princeton, Nottingham Way in Hamilton, and Berlin Road in Clementon, the outlet says citing a company spokesperson. It wasn’t immediately clear when the branches were shutting down operations, the report says. Click here for more from NJ.com.
NJ Elementary Teacher Arrested After 2.5 Years Of Giving Boy Vodka, THC Drops: Prosecutor NJ Elementary Teacher Arrested After 2.5 Years Of Giving Boy Vodka, THC Drops: Prosecutor
NJ Elementary Teacher Arrested After 2.5 Years Of Giving Boy Vodka, THC Drops: Prosecutor A Central Jersey elementary school teacher is facing charges for spending two and a half years supplying a now 13-year-old boy with THC and vodka, authorities announced Wednesday. Jennifer Debiec, a Bordentown resident and fifth-grade teacher at Mercerville Elementary School in Hamilton, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree child endangerment, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Investigators say Debiec, 39, supplied the boy with vodka, vape pens, and THC drops for about two and a half years. The investigation is ongoing, and no further details were released. Any…
Hamilton Man, 34, Sexually Assaulted Missing Trenton Teen Over Two Months, Police Say Hamilton Man, 34, Sexually Assaulted Missing Trenton Teen Over Two Months, Police Say
Hamilton Man, 34, Sexually Assaulted Missing Trenton Teen Over Two Months, Police Say A 34-year-old Hamilton man was charged with kidnapping a missing Trenton teen and sexually assaulting her over the course of two months, authorities said. Officers responding to someone in need of help via a text message on the 911 emergency system were told that the victim was sitting in a red Toyota near Lamont Avenue and Klockner Road around 8 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, Hamilton Police said. Police found the vehicle parked on the 1800 block of Klockner Road with a 14-year-old juvenile reported missing out of Trenton. The teen allegedly told officers that the Toyota belonged to her friend,…
Reports Of Armed Man Bring Lockdown, Shelter-In-Place Orders To Hamilton Schools: Police Reports Of Armed Man Bring Lockdown, Shelter-In-Place Orders To Hamilton Schools: Police
Reports Of Armed Man Bring Lockdown, Shelter-In-Place Orders To Hamilton Schools: Police Reports of an armed man brought lockdown and shelter-in-place orders to two Hamilton schools Wednesday morning, police said. Hamilton Police responded to Nottingham High School on Klockner Avenue after receiving reports of a male with a weapon walking toward the building shortly before 8:25 a.m. The high school was put under a lockdown while Crockett Middle School was put under a shelter-in-place order, police said. Follow-up investigations determined that the reports were unfounded and the threats were not credible. Both schools were released from their security orders a short time late…
Mom Of 2 Struck By Car In Hamilton Mom Of 2 Struck By Car In Hamilton
Mom Of 2 Struck By Car In Hamilton A mother of two was struck by a car in Hamilton, authorities said. The mother was trick-or-treating with her children on Halloween when she was struck near West Park Avenue and Lafayette Avenue just before 7:15 p.m., Hamilton Police said in a Wednesday, Nov. 2 release. She was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital for evaluation of non-life-threatening injuries. Meanwhile, Officers Alex Zuzzio, Sean Dorney, and Sgt. Ed Lugo walked the children around the neighborhood to carry on trick-or-treating until a vehicle with car seats arrived to pick them up. No further details were released.
Hamilton Driver, 55, Killed As SUV Veers Off Road, Slams Into Parked Van Hamilton Driver, 55, Killed As SUV Veers Off Road, Slams Into Parked Van
Hamilton Driver, 55, Killed As SUV Veers Off Road, Slams Into Parked Van A 55-year-old driver from Hamilton was killed as an SUV veered off the road and crashed into a parked van during the night on Sunday, Oct. 30, authorities said. Linda McBride was driving a 2014 Buick Enclave southbound on Whitehorse-Mercerville Road near Godfrey Drive when the vehicle crossed over the northbound lane and veered off the road around 10:15 p.m., Hamilton Police Division said. The vehicle then crashed into a 2016 Ford van that was parked in the driveway of 779 Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd. before it stopped against the retaining wall, police said. McBride was pronounced dead at t…
Police ID Man Fatally Struck By Cars In Hamilton (UPDATE) Police ID Man Fatally Struck By Cars In Hamilton (UPDATE)
Police ID Man Fatally Struck By Cars In Hamilton (Update) UPDATE: The victim has been identified as Antonio Santiago, 35, of Hamilton, police said. --------------- A man was killed after being struck by two passing cars in Hamilton, authorities said. The man was struck by an eastbound 2022 Honda HRV on E. Park Avenue at Berg Avenue just before 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, Hamilton Police Chief James M. Stevens said in a release. The Honda driver, Diego Marin, 39, of Hamilton, stopped and exited his vehicle after the crash when the victim was struck a second time by an eastbound 2013 Nissan Altima driven by Dominick Rogers, 20, of Hamilton, St…