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Wrong-Way BMW Driver Missing Front Tire Found With Heroin On Suspended License In Fair Lawn: PD Wrong-Way BMW Driver Missing Front Tire Found With Heroin On Suspended License In Fair Lawn: PD
Wrong-Way BMW Driver Missing Front Tire Found With Heroin On Suspended License In Fair Lawn: PD A 37-year-old intoxicated and suspended Morristown driver was found with heroin, a crack pipe, and other drug paraphernalia in Fair Lawn over the weekend, authorities said. Photo(s) of the day, 10/27/2024: In response to multiple 911 telephone calls reporting a white colored vehicle with... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Sunday, October 27, 2024 Fair Lawn Police Officer Tiller Uriarte stopped the white BMW driven by Christopher Granados as he had been driving in the wrong direction of Saddle River Road and Morlot without a front tire around 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27, police said in a …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Con Driving On 2 Flats Found With Gun, Hollow-Point Bullets At Franklin Twp School: Cops Ex-Con Driving On 2 Flats Found With Gun, Hollow-Point Bullets At Franklin Twp School: Cops
Ex-Con Driving On 2 Flats Found With Gun, Hollow-Point Bullets At Franklin Twp School: Cops A 49-year-old Burlington Township ex-convict was found with a loaded gun and drugs at a Somerset County school one early-morning this week, authorities said. Police in Franklin Township were notified around 6:10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, that someone was driving on two flat tires on the property of a local private school, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Arriving officers found Quincy K. Clark coming out of the bushes with his hands in his pockets, they said. Officers conducting the investigation found a high-capacity ammunition magazine on Clark, and a more extensive sea…

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by Cecilia Levine
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60K NJ Residents Without Power Following Stormy Night 60K NJ Residents Without Power Following Stormy Night
60K NJ Residents Without Power Following Stormy Night Thousands of New Jersey residents remain without power following thunderstorms that swept through the region Wednesday, June 26. As of Thursday morning, June 27, JCP&L was reporting 54,000 outages across North Jersey. The most widespread were reported in: More than 1,800 in Ringwood; several hundred. in Wayne; Nearly 3,000 in Boonton Township; 660 in Mine Hill; 1,200 in Mount Arlington; nearly 700 in Vernon; 700 in Stockholm; 1,400 in Great Meadows; 880 in Buttzville. PSE&G was reporting just over 5,000 residents without power, most in Bergen County (1,600 with 223 in Fort Lee, 243…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen
Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Jerome “Righteous" Roberts will have to see his 70th birthday before he can taste freedom again. A convicted killer who aimed to "flood the streets" of Trenton with a "motherlode" of heroin, Roberts, 53, was sentenced this week to what will be a minimum of 17 years in federal prison for his role in a drug ring that once dominated the capital city. Federal jurors had convicted Roberts, of Delran, of drug conspiracy following a three-week trial in Trenton in October 2021. U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner, in turn, sentenced the Bloods gang leader to a 245-month prison sentence t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds
South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds A Trenton-area ex-con who served time for drug and weapons convictions is headed to federal prison for 25 years. Timothy “Young Money” Wimbush, 33, will have to serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Wimbush rejected a plea offer from the government after he was caught armed and dealing during a gun war in Trenton. Taking his chances with a jury, he was convicted in October 2021 of selling and conspiring to sell heroin and possessing a firearm and ammo as a convicted felon. That led to a 300-month prison sentence handed down by…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Burlington Opening Pair Of NJ Stores Burlington Opening Pair Of NJ Stores
Burlington Opening Pair Of NJ Stores Two more New Jersey Burlington stores are on their way. Burlington, formerly Burlington Coat Factory, will be opening one store in Morristown in March and another in Rio Grande in April, its website shows. The Morristown store will be located at 191 E. Hanover Ave., and the Rio Grande store in the Rio Grande Plaza, according to job postings from Burlington. The company is headquartered in Burlington Township and currently operates 44 stores in New Jersey.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Driver, 31, Killed In Burlington County Crash With Freightliner Driver, 31, Killed In Burlington County Crash With Freightliner
Driver, 31, Killed In Burlington County Crash With Freightliner A 31-year-old driver was killed and another seriously hurt in a crash on I-295 overnight. Stanley Altidor, 31, of Florence Township, was operating a Chevrolet Equinox behind a Freightliner when he struck the back of the truck near milepost 46.6 around 3:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes in Burlington Township, New Jersey State Police said. Altidor was taken to Virtua Mount Holly Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The passenger, a 27-year-old woman of Hampton, VA suffered serious injuries and was taken to Cooper Trauma Center. The driver…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fatal Overdose In South Jersey Blamed On Fake Prescription Drug, 1,000 Pills Seized: Prosecutor Fatal Overdose In South Jersey Blamed On Fake Prescription Drug, 1,000 Pills Seized: Prosecutor
Fatal Overdose In South Jersey Blamed On Fake Prescription Drug, 1,000 Pills Seized: Prosecutor A 26-year-old man from South Jersey has been arrested in connection with selling counterfeit prescription drugs (CPDs) that contained fentanyl, authorities said. Marques A. Palmer, of Burlington Township, was charged with first-degree strict liability for a drug-induced death and the possession and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Florence Township Police Chief Brian Boldizar. An investigation began in April 2021, when Florence Township police were dispatched to the 200 block of Fifth Avenue in the Roebling s…

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by Jon Craig
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Suspended NJ Jail Officer Indicted In Shooting That Killed Medical Worker, Wounded Patient Suspended NJ Jail Officer Indicted In Shooting That Killed Medical Worker, Wounded Patient
Suspended NJ Jail Officer Indicted In Shooting That Killed Medical Worker, Wounded Patient A suspended New Jersey corrections officer who opened fire in a doctor's office when he couldn't book an appointment has been indicted for murder, authorities said. Bruce Gomola Jr., 52, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Gomola, from Burlington Township, worked at Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly at the time of last summer's fatal shooting at a medical office, Coffina said. He has been suspended without pay and is being held in a detention facility in northern New Jersey, Coffin…

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by Jon Craig
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7 Sex Offenders From South Jersey, Pennsylvania, Did Not Report New Addresses, Prosecutor Says 7 Sex Offenders From South Jersey, Pennsylvania, Did Not Report New Addresses, Prosecutor Says
7 Sex Offenders From South Jersey, Pennsylvania, Did Not Report New Addresses, Prosecutor Says Seven convicted sex offenders from South Jersey and Pennsylvania have been indicted for moving without telling law enforcement, authorities said. Four of the seven registered sex offenders (shown above) have been newly charged and are in custody, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office. Three of the men remained at-large as fugitives on Friday. While not yet in custody, the trio also were charged with the new offense of failing to notify law enforcement of their new current addresses. The seven sex offenders indicted by a Burlington County grand jury, and charged, …

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by Jon Craig
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Christmas Comes Early For Kittens Left For Dead At South Jersey Recycling Center Christmas Comes Early For Kittens Left For Dead At South Jersey Recycling Center
Christmas Comes Early For Kittens Left For Dead At South Jersey Recycling Center Finding objects that have been thrown away improperly with recyclables is not out of the norm for recycling workers. But when staffers heard saw movement and heard cries coming from a backpack on a conveyor belt at the Burlington County Recycling Center, they knew this wasn't trash. To their shock and surprise, three small kittens were inside the bag. They had apparently been placed in the backpack and abandoned in a recycling container. Miraculously, the cuddly kittens survived getting dumped into a recycling collection truck and then loaded onto the conveyors at the recycling center. T…

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by Cecilia Levine
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State Police: Missing Burlington Man Has Seizure Disorder, Dementia State Police: Missing Burlington Man Has Seizure Disorder, Dementia
State Police: Missing Burlington Man Has Seizure Disorder, Dementia Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating a Burlington Township man last seen on Monday. Emmanuel U. Ubabukoh, 65, suffers from dementia and a seizure disorder and is in need of his medication, New Jersey State Police said. Ubabukoh was last seen around 3 p.m. Monday, at his Salem Road home. He is described as a black male, 5 feet and 5 inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown eyes and a bald head.  He was last seen wearing a red sweater and grey dress pants. Anyone with information is asked to call the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit at (609) 882-2000 ext. 2554 …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philadelphia Man Faces 18 Years In State Prison For Sexual Assault Near NJ Highway Exit Philadelphia Man Faces 18 Years In State Prison For Sexual Assault Near NJ Highway Exit
Philadelphia Man Faces 18 Years In State Prison For Sexual Assault Near NJ Highway Exit A 54-year-old Philadelphia man who abducted a woman walking along a Mount Laurel highway last year, has admitted to sexually attacking her, authorities said. Donald Cramer, Jr., of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to a first-degree attempted sexual assault charge on Thursday in Superior Court, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. The victim was a woman in her 50s from Marlton, Coffina said. Cramer Jr. will be sentenced to 18 years in state prison under his plea agreement, Coffina said. Cramer's plea was entered before Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland in Mount Holly. …

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by Jon Craig
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Major Dealer In Violent Trenton Drug Crew Headed To Fed Pen For Plea-Bargained 13 Years Major Dealer In Violent Trenton Drug Crew Headed To Fed Pen For Plea-Bargained 13 Years
Major Dealer In Violent Trenton Drug Crew Headed To Fed Pen For Plea-Bargained 13 Years A confessed member of a violent "war ready" Trenton drug-dealing crew must spend more than 13 years in federal prison for his role in a massive heroin trafficking operation. Omar “Stacks” Council, 41, is the latest of 23 defendants to take guilty pleas in exchange for leniency when he admitted participating in a trafficking network that flooded the streets of the state capital with heroin and other drugs amid shootouts with rival gang members Council -- also known as "Snow" and "Y-O" -- must serve out the entire 160-month plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal pris…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Burlington County Corrections Officer Charged With Murder In Doctor's Office Shooting Burlington County Corrections Officer Charged With Murder In Doctor's Office Shooting
Burlington County Corrections Officer Charged With Murder In Doctor's Office Shooting A 51-year-old corrections officer at the Burlington County Jail was arrested after he shot and killed an employee and injured a patient at a Mount Laurel medical office, authorities charged. Bruce Gomola Jr. became upset during an appointment for his dad at Delaware Valley Urology when he pulled a .40 caliber handgun on a patient services representative who tried talking the situation over with him Friday afternoon, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Police Department Chief Stephen Riedener said.  The bullet went through 44-year-old Stephanie Horton's…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'We Know How To Find You': 8 Busted With Child Porn In South Jersey Investigation 'We Know How To Find You': 8 Busted With Child Porn In South Jersey Investigation
'We Know How To Find You': 8 Busted With Child Porn In South Jersey Investigation Eight men were charged with possession and distribution of child pornography during a continuing South Jersey investigation dubbed “Operation Safe Quarantine." A dramatic rise in internet activity was spurred by the COVID-19 quarantine -- increasing chances of child exploitation online, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Coffina's office received 52 cyber tips between March 17 and July 16. Last year, his office only had 29 during the same time period. “Those who believe the anonymity of cyberspace will mask their illegal activity could not be more mistaken," said Coffina, not…

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by Jon Craig
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Teaneck Church Treasurer, Preacher Headed To Fed Pen For Taking $5.3M From Religious Hate Group Teaneck Church Treasurer, Preacher Headed To Fed Pen For Taking $5.3M From Religious Hate Group
Teaneck Church Treasurer, Preacher Headed To Fed Pen For Taking $5.3M From Religious Hate Group A Teaneck man was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Tuesday for helping a religious hate group preacher steal more than $5.3 million from the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ to pay for luxury cars, lavish vacations and private school for his children. Lincoln Warrington, the 49-year-old church treasurer, teamed up with Jermaine Grant, 44, of Burlington Township to funnel the money into Warrington's pockets through a dummy entertainment company, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They bought buy luxury cars, designer clothing and real estate, took family trips to Disne…

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by Jerry DeMarco