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'Mama's Boy' From New Jersey Chosen To Star On New Season Of 'The Bachelor' 'Mama's Boy' From New Jersey Chosen To Star On New Season Of 'The Bachelor'
'Mama's Boy' From New Jersey Chosen To Star On New Season Of 'The Bachelor' ABC's "The Bachelor" franchise has announced its next star. His name is Grant Ellis, and he's a 30-year-old day trader with New Jersey and New York roots. The Houston, Texas resident initially competed on this season of "The Bachelorette" starring Jenn Tran, who grew up in Bergen County. Ellis was eliminated just before Tran picked her final four. Ellis is a Newark native who played basketball for Hudson Catholic, and later at the collegiate level in New York for Iona University in New Rochelle, where he played guard and forward. His bio on the ABC website says he's a "mama’s boy who love…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey Shore Gym Rallies To Help Woman Get New Prosthetic Leg: Campaign Jersey Shore Gym Rallies To Help Woman Get New Prosthetic Leg: Campaign
Jersey Shore Gym Rallies To Help Woman Get New Prosthetic Leg: Campaign A fitness group is rallying to help a Jersey Shore amputee get a new prosthetic leg, according to a fundraising campaign. AMP'D Fitness in Belmar is collecting money to support AmyMarie DeLuca, a woman who joined the gym at the end of 2023. A GoFundMe page raised more than $12,500 from at least 290 donations as of Friday, Mar. 29. AMP'D owner Max Gomez created the GoFundMe and also had his leg amputated. The New Rochelle, New York, native said he lost his right leg below the knee after a severe motocross accident when he was 18. Gomez moved to the Shore in 2015 and opened up two AMP'D…

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by Chris Spiker
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Online Sting Scheme: Indian National Admits Scamming Elderly In NJ, Around World Online Sting Scheme: Indian National Admits Scamming Elderly In NJ, Around World
Online Sting Scheme: Indian National Admits Scamming Elderly In NJ, Around World UPDATE: An Indian national who participated in an international conspiracy that preyed on senior citizens in New Jersey and throughout the U.S. was sentenced to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison, authorities said. Ashish Bajaj, 29, of India, will have to serve out the entire term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty also sentenced Bajaj to two years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $2.4 million in restitution to his victims. Bajaj lived in different parts of the United States, including New Rochelle, NY, and Anahe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Gunpoint Rapist Robbed, Kidnapped One Of His Saddle Brook Victims: Prosecutor Gunpoint Rapist Robbed, Kidnapped One Of His Saddle Brook Victims: Prosecutor
Gunpoint Rapist Robbed, Kidnapped One Of His Saddle Brook Victims: Prosecutor Authorities on Friday seized a former Montclair High School football star who they said kidnapped and robbed one of multiple rape victims at gunpoint in Saddle Brook. There may be other victims, they said. Fokam Parfait, a 25-year-old repeat offender, fled the kidnapping rape on a motorcycle last Friday, March 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in announcing his arrest a week later. Investigators from his Special Victims Unit and Saddle Brook police found that Parfait had also sexually assaulted “multiple” victims while armed in the township. Parfait – who played safety and lin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor GOTCHA! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor
Gotcha! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor UPDATE: Authorities charged three hardcore criminals from Newark with robbing a defenseless 80-year-old shopper in the parking lot of a Costco off Route 46 in Teterboro. Ex-cons Alex Carroll, 35, David Fate, 38, and Tariq Kyam, 57, all have extensive, violent criminal histories, records show. Kyam and Fate were both charged with committing two robberies in 2009, one of which left a Verona gas station attendant shot dead. Kyam served nearly nine years behind bars after Fate testified against him. How much time Fate served in exchange for his testimony couldn't immediately be determined. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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4 Arrests Made, 221 Calls To Police Placed During Hoboken's Santacon 4 Arrests Made, 221 Calls To Police Placed During Hoboken's Santacon
4 Arrests Made, 221 Calls To Police Placed During Hoboken's Santacon Police responded to 221 calls for service, 28 medical calls, 8 motor vehicle summonses and ordered three city ordinances during Hoboken's Santa Con, they said Tuesday. The annual event returned with vaccine requirements on Saturday, but that didn't stop people from letting loose. The following four arrests were made, Hoboken Police Lt Danilo Cabrera said. Michael Koziol 26 y/o Male from Bloomfield, NJ Date & Time: 12/18/21 at 6:22 PM Location: 81 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030 Charge: Aggravated Assault on Law Enforcement Officer Incident Detail: On Saturday, December 18, 2021, at …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-BF Sentenced For Kidnapping Of NY Woman Found Dead In Suitcase Ex-BF Sentenced For Kidnapping Of NY Woman Found Dead In Suitcase
Ex-BF Sentenced For Kidnapping Of NY Woman Found Dead In Suitcase The ex-boyfriend of a 24-year-old Westchester, NY woman whose body was found dead in a suitcase in Connecticut has been sentenced to decades behind bars for his role in her 2019 kidnapping. Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas, age 25, of Queens, pleaded guilty in White Plains federal court to kidnapping Valerie Reyes in New Rochelle and illegally transporting her to Fairfield County, where her body was found in a suitcase a week later in Greenwich. US Attorney Audrey Strauss announced that Rojas has been sentenced to 360 months in prison following his guilty plea in February last year. He was als…

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by Zak Failla
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UPDATE: Body Of NYC Forensic Dentist, 72, Found In Backyard Bergen Pool UPDATE: Body Of NYC Forensic Dentist, 72, Found In Backyard Bergen Pool
Update: Body Of NYC Forensic Dentist, 72, Found In Backyard Bergen Pool In the latter years of his career, Dr. Richard Boguslaw gave names to the dead.  The 72-year-old widowed Montvale resident, whose body was found Wednesday afternoon in his backyard pool, was a forensic dentist with the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office. He also was a member the past dozen or so years of the Region 2 Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team in New York and New Jersey. DMORTs, as the teams are known, respond to mass deaths -- such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina -- to help identify the deceased. Besides identifying human remains, forensic dentists also…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Montvale PD: Detectives Nab Verizon Store Robber Montvale PD: Detectives Nab Verizon Store Robber
Montvale PD: Detectives Nab Verizon Store Robber Montvale detectives arrested a Bronx man who they said robbed $16,000 worth of cellphones from a local Verizon Wireless store with an accomplice two months ago.  Investigators found Victor A. Manzanillo, 27, after police from several departments chased down and captured three other Bronx men who pulled a similar job late last month at a Verizon store in Denville, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said Thursday. SEE: Police Capture Morris County Verizon Store Robbers After Chase Manzanillo and an associate made off with more than 15 cellphones and an employee's wallet f…

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by Jerry DeMarco