Boy, 1, Killed, Others Injured In NJ Turnpike Amazon Tractor-Trailer Crash Boy, 1, Killed, Others Injured In NJ Turnpike Amazon Tractor-Trailer Crash
Boy, 1, Killed, Others Injured In NJ Turnpike Amazon Tractor-Trailer Crash A 1-year-old boy was killed and a 3-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when an Amazon truck struck a Maryland family’s vehicle from behind late Friday on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury, authorities said. Young Messiah Gray and the other boy were passengers in a Toyota Camry driven by 24-year-old Kazara P. Leacock, who sustained injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, as did passenger Cheryl Leacock, 64, NJ State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Randallstown, MD, family was headed south on the Turnpike when their vehicle was struck near mile marker 69 in Cranbury …
Mahwah PD: Amazon Delivery Impostor Comes To Resident's Door Mahwah PD: Amazon Delivery Impostor Comes To Resident's Door
Mahwah PD: Amazon Delivery Impostor Comes To Resident's Door Two of Mahwah’s finest nabbed a man who impersonated an Amazon employee in an attempt to collect a fraudulently ordered package, authorities said. In doing so, they helped crack a series of thefts in at least three area towns, including Montvale and New Milford, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. The Laurel Court resident held onto the box and called police, who captured the accused thief and his alleged getaway driver, both of whom are from Paterson, Jaffe said Thursday. Luis D. Deleon, 24, fled without the package, then got into a waiting 2019 Honda CRV that Lt. Harry Hunt and Officer Teil…
#PJPants4Ever: Twitter Says Employees Can Work From Home Permanently #PJPants4Ever: Twitter Says Employees Can Work From Home Permanently
#PJPants4Ever: Twitter Says Employees Can Work From Home Permanently Some Twitter employees won’t ever have to return to their offices, even after the coronavirus lockdown ends. Twitter employees who maintain servers or handle other jobs involving physical labor still must come in, CEO Jack Dorsey wrote in an email to his staff on Tuesday. Many others can simply continue to work remotely, Dorsey told them. Twitter is even boosting its employees’ allowance for work-from-home supplies to $1,000. “If our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen,” Twitter’s Je…
COVID Price Gouging Prompts 3,000 NJ Complaints, 500 AG Warnings, 90 Subpoenas COVID Price Gouging Prompts 3,000 NJ Complaints, 500 AG Warnings, 90 Subpoenas
COVID Price Gouging Prompts 3,000 NJ Complaints, 500 AG Warnings, 90 Subpoenas New Jersey authorities are continuing an ongoing crackdown on price gougers during the coronavirus pandemic. The state Division of Consumer Affairs has issued at least 514 cease-and-desist letters and 89 subpoenas to businesses reported to have violated laws during the pandemic, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. The state has so far received 2,978 complaints involving 1,800 businesses related to the COVID-19 emergency, Grewal said.  About 90 percent of the complaints involve inflated prices for surgical masks, hand sanitizer, disinfectant spray and wipes, food, b…
COVID-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive COVID-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive
Covid-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive At least one Amazon employee at a Mercer County warehouse reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus, increasing the reported total in New Jersey to three on Monday. Amazon confirmed a diagnosed case of coronavirus in the company's Robbinsville facility, NJ.com reported. "We’ve taken extreme measures to keep people safe, tripling down on deep cleaning, procuring available safety supplies & maintaining safe distances," Amazon tweeted. "Our employees are heroes fighting for their communities & we couldn’t be more grateful." The report came amid a protest by workers at A…
NJ Authorities Ask Consumers To Report Coronavirus Price Gougers NJ Authorities Ask Consumers To Report Coronavirus Price Gougers
NJ Authorities Ask Consumers To Report Coronavirus Price Gougers Authorities asked New Jersey residents Thursday to report any local merchants charging exorbitant amounts for virus-killing cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer and other products. They also threatened to nail gougers. The state Division of Consumer Affairs sent warning letters Thursday to 10 retailers suspected of significantly inflating prices of items associated with the current concerns related to COVID-19, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The letters warned retailers that New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) protects consumers from "gross and unreasonable inflation of the pr…
Amazon Stores Coming To Willowbrook, American Dream Malls Amazon Stores Coming To Willowbrook, American Dream Malls
Amazon Stores Coming To Willowbrook, American Dream Malls Brick-and-mortar Amazon stores are set to open in two North Jersey malls. The retail Goliath will open 4-Star shops at American Dream in East Rutherford and Willowbrook in Wayne. Amazon 4-Star shops will carry "customer favorites" and top-selling items as well as new and trending items. Everything in stock will have a minimum rating of 4-stars. The stores are expected to open within the year.
Get A Load Of This: Jersey City Mom Says Amazon Shipped Her Dirty Diapers Get A Load Of This: Jersey City Mom Says Amazon Shipped Her Dirty Diapers
Get A Load Of This: Jersey City Mom Says Amazon Shipped Her Dirty Diapers The box of diapers that Jersey City mom Nassley Sales purchased this month on Amazon felt heavier than usual when she lifted it. When she opened it, she knew why. Sales says the neatly-folded diapers were filled with excrement and urine. "I take the plastic bag out and immediately notice that it is heavier than normal," she said in a Facebook post.  "I place them on my bed next to my exposed child. "I turn on the lights to my greatest shock.. these diapers are SOILED! It stinks of poop and urine! The packaging was tampered with and Amazon actually sold me neatly placed soiled diaper…
Fairview Deliveryman Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Fairview Deliveryman Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Fairview Deliveryman Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A Fairview delivery driver sexually assaulted a pre-teen in town, authorities charged. Mario A. Castaneda, 40, who recently worked for Amazon, remained Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a victim under 13 and child endangerment. After Fairview police were told of the alleged assault three weeks ago, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, his Special Victims unit joined them in an investigation. Castenada, of 4th Street -- a Cliffside Park native who's also lived Palisades Park -- w…
Amazon Opening Distribution Center In Franklin: Report Amazon Opening Distribution Center In Franklin: Report
Amazon Opening Distribution Center In Franklin: Report Retailing giant Amazon plans to open a distribution center in Franklin Township, local officials told mycentraljersey.com.  In addition to the distribution center, slated to open by June, the company is also opening two warehouses at Weston Canal Road and Randolph Road. The site is under construction.  More than 1,000 positions on two shifts will be created, with hundreds more temporary positions created during peak holiday periods.