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'Crazy Rescue Ladies' Who Had 170+ Pets In Disgusting NJ Home Sentenced, Prosecutors Say 'Crazy Rescue Ladies' Who Had 170+ Pets In Disgusting NJ Home Sentenced, Prosecutors Say
'Crazy Rescue Ladies' Who Had 170+ Pets In Disgusting NJ Home Sentenced, Prosecutors Say Two Brick Township women who called themselves the "Crazy Rescue Ladies" will spend nearly a year in jail after admitting to having more than 170 pets in deplorable conditions, authorities said. Michele Nycz, 60, and Aimee Lonczak, 51, were sentenced on Friday, Aug. 16 to 364 days in Ocean County Jail, county prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. The women pleaded guilty on Monday, June 24 to two counts of animal cruelty, and Lonczak also entered a guilty plea for child neglect. Brick Township police responded to a complaint of a suspected puppy mill run a…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Suspicious Powder At Bergen County Board Of Elections Brings Hazmat Team Suspicious Powder At Bergen County Board Of Elections Brings Hazmat Team
Suspicious Powder At Bergen County Board Of Elections Brings Hazmat Team A suspicious powder on an envelope sent to the Bergen County Superintendent of Elections Office brought a hazmat team to the county administration building in Hackensack on Wednesday. One person was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and was released after being evaluated, responders said. A county Hazardous Materials Unit tested the substance and determined it wasn't harmful, Bergen County Director of Communications Derek Sands said. It turned out to be powder from a fire extinguisher, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said, adding that there wasn't any "criminal nexus" th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Spills Debris, Shuts Down Route 195 Overturned Tractor-Trailer Spills Debris, Shuts Down Route 195
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Spills Debris, Shuts Down Route 195 A tractor-trailer overturned on Route 195, spilling debris and shutting down the highway, reports say. The tractor-trailer overturned in the eastbound lanes at exit 3 to Hamilton Square-Yardville Road in Hamilton Township shortly before 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, according to 511NJ. Debris spill and Overturned tractor trailer on I-195 eastbound at Exit 3 - Hamilton Square-Yardville Rd (Hamilton Twp) All lanes closed and detoured 20-25 minute delay use caution https://t.co/IBl9uNIDhO — 511NJ I195 (@511nji195) June 2, 2022 All lanes were closed and detoured, causing a 20- to 25-minut…

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by Valerie Musson