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UPDATE: North Arlington Mom Slain In Suspected Murder-Suicide Was Pregnant UPDATE: North Arlington Mom Slain In Suspected Murder-Suicide Was Pregnant
Update: North Arlington Mom Slain In Suspected Murder-Suicide Was Pregnant UPDATE: A North Arlington couple from India were both found dead in what was believed to be a murder-suicide after a neighbor heard their 3½-year-old daughter crying, the husband’s father said. "My daughter-in-law was seven months pregnant," Bharat Rudrawar told the news agency Press Trust of India in Mumbai. "We had been to their house and were planning another trip to the US to be with them again.” Balaji Bharat Rudrawar, 33, and Arati Balaji Rudrawar, 31, were going to have a boy, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. She was in the third trimester, they said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Feds Hold Longtime Most-Wanted Fugitive In Child Sex Abuse Case On Kid Porn Charges NJ Feds Hold Longtime Most-Wanted Fugitive In Child Sex Abuse Case On Kid Porn Charges
NJ Feds Hold Longtime Most-Wanted Fugitive In Child Sex Abuse Case On Kid Porn Charges A Canadian fugitive accused of sexually assaulting children who was captured at Newark Airport after 17 years on the run was ordered held on kiddie porn charges Monday afternoon. Perth De, also known as “Parthasarthie Kapoor,” 47, had been one of Canada’s “Ten Most Wanted” fugitives when federal agents nabbed him on Jan. 21, 2020 as he tried to fly to his native India from Newark. An examination of several cellphones in his luggage “revealed numerous videos of children being sexually abused,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. “Some of the videos had been distributed from the cellular…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
'American Dream Come True': Dr. Oz Surprises NJ Restaurateur With $10,000 'American Dream Come True': Dr. Oz Surprises NJ Restaurateur With $10,000
'American Dream Come True': Dr. Oz Surprises NJ Restaurateur With $10,000 Faith, hope and patience is what Morris County restaurateur Mickey Chopra says inspired him to help others during the pandemic, even though he was struggling. Everything came full circle for Chopra last week, when Dr. Oz surprised him with $10,000 for the launch of his new series, "Surprise Restaurant Rescue." "I may be born in India but here, right here is where you see America," said Chopra, who owns I2I Italian and Indian Fusion and Vinnie's Pizza and Ristorante in Boonton. "I wasn't going to let the pandemic shatter my American Dream."  Chopra moved to the U.S. from India at just …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program
Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program A Middlesex County staffing firm has agreed to pony up $345,000 to settle federal allegations that it underpaid highly-skilled foreign nationals who were brought to the U.S. to work under a special visa program currently under fire from the Trump Administration. Edison-based Savantis Solutions didn’t admit or deny the Justice Department’s allegations, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. Instead, it agreed to pay back wages and interest to current and former company employees who entered the United States on H-1B visas. Although federal authorities didn’t specify their nation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Body Of NJ Swimmer Missing In Outer Banks Recovered Body Of NJ Swimmer Missing In Outer Banks Recovered
Body Of NJ Swimmer Missing In Outer Banks Recovered The body of a 34-year-old man from South Jersey, who disappeared while swimming in North Carolina's Outer Banks, has been found, authorities said. Sundara Baskar Pooraswamy-Chinna, a citizen of India, was employed by an information technology firm in Maple Shade, Burlington County, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Pooraswamy-Chinna jumped from a rented pontoon boat about 12:30 p.m. on Labor Day to swim in Currituck Sound, the Commission said in a statement. When Pooraswamy-Chinna began to struggle in the rough water, others on the boat tossed a life jacke…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Morris County Event Planner Is Fan Favorite On Netflix Reality Show 'Indian Matchmaking' Morris County Event Planner Is Fan Favorite On Netflix Reality Show 'Indian Matchmaking'
Morris County Event Planner Is Fan Favorite On Netflix Reality Show 'Indian Matchmaking' She's stunning. She's smart. And somehow, Nadia Jagessar is still single. The 32-year-old event planner from Morris County is not only one of the contestants on Netflix's reality dating show "Indian Matchmaking," but she is one of the favorites. The show follows popular Indian matchmaker Sima Taparia, who matches clients across the U.S. and India. The contestants who are given the resumes -- or "bio data" -- of several different potential partners suggested by Taparia, who they meet for the first time, often accompanied by their families. Like most of the contestants, Jagessar -- whose bi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Missing Edison Man Found Dead On Staten Island Beach Missing Edison Man Found Dead On Staten Island Beach
Missing Edison Man Found Dead On Staten Island Beach An Edison man whose roommate said he disappeared was found dead 12 hours later on a  State Island beach, authorities said. A passerby saw Jagadeesh Koppanati's body on the shoreline of Cedar Grove Beach in the New Dorp area of Staten Island’s East Shore around 6 a.m., Saturday, a spokesperson for the NYPD said. The 27-year-old didn't specify where he was going when he left their house wearing a mask and gloves Friday night, his roommate told The Advance/SILive.com, speculating he may have been going to a party. The roommate -- whose name was not published -- asked Koppanati …

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by Cecilia Levine