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Pair Charged In $18K Jewelry Heist After Deflating Victim's Tire In Central Jersey Pair Charged In $18K Jewelry Heist After Deflating Victim's Tire In Central Jersey
Pair Charged In $18K Jewelry Heist After Deflating Victim's Tire In Central Jersey A pair of New York men have been charged with stealing $18,000 worth of jewelry after deflating a victim's tire, authorities said. The crime took place on August 19, 2022, after the victim visited a jewelry store in Iselin, South Brunswick police said. After leaving the store and traveling Route 27 the victim stopped at a pharmacy. Investigators believe two males inserted a tire-deflation device into the tire of the victim’s vehicle. The victim stopped in the parking lot of Dusal’s Italian Restaurant on Route 27 in Kendall Park to see why their tire was going flat.  When the victim pu…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Police: NY Man, 28, Tried To Fill Fraudulent Codeine Prescription At Warren County Walgreens Police: NY Man, 28, Tried To Fill Fraudulent Codeine Prescription At Warren County Walgreens
Police: NY Man, 28, Tried To Fill Fraudulent Codeine Prescription At Warren County Walgreens A New York man was found with several stolen prescription blanks after attempting to fraudulently receive Codeine from a Warren County Walgreens, authorities charged. The 28-year-old Jackson Heights man —whose name authorities did not make public — tried to fill a fraudulent Codeine prescription on a stolen New York State blank from Walgreens in Warren County around 12:30 p.m. on March 22, Mansfield Township police said. The man tried but was prevented from running away as officers arrived, police said. A search of the man’s vehicle turned up several additional prescription blanks, which p…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash
Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash A 39-year-old woman from South Jersey has been arrested in connection with a fatal tractor-trailer crash, authorities said. Kimberly Holmes of Cumberland County was charged with causing death or injury while driving with a suspended license, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Br At 6:12 a.m. on Tuesday, authorities responded to 19A Cottage Lane on a report of an unconscious man laying on a warehouse loading dock. Police found Uttam Sharma, 43, of Jackson Heights, New York,  who was pronounced dead a…

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by Jon Craig
News
Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area
Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Federal authorities announced charges Monday against an accused Libyan terrorist on the 32nd anniversary of the Flight 103 bombing over Scotland that killed 270 people. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is charged with terrorism-related crimes in the 1988 bombing over the village of Lockerbie that killed 190 Americans in all, Attorney General William Barr said Monday. The victims in modern-day history’s worst attack on Americans before 9/11 included 33 New Jerseyans and 61 New York State residents, as well as 11 from Massachusetts, nine from Pennsylvania and five from Connecticut (see list below). …

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by Jerry DeMarco