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Authorities ID Edison Commuter Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train Authorities ID Edison Commuter Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train
Authorities ID Edison Commuter Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train Authorities have identified the man struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train as a 37-year-old father from Edison. Praveen Desini was hit just east of the Edison station about 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday by Manhattan-bound Northeast Corridor train 3920, NJ Transit officials said. Desini was en route to the train station to commute to his job in New York when he was struck in a tragic accident, according to a GoFundMe.com page set up to raise money for his cremation expenses. The married father of a 2-year-old son, Desini was described on the fundraising page as a “good husband, best dad to …

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by Jon Craig
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Ex-Workers: Ferry Company Dumped Raw Sewage, More Into Hudson, Manhattan Waterways Ex-Workers: Ferry Company Dumped Raw Sewage, More Into Hudson, Manhattan Waterways
Ex-Workers: Ferry Company Dumped Raw Sewage, More Into Hudson, Manhattan Waterways Two former employees have accused New York Waterway of dumping raw sewage, oil, fuel, batteries and other waste into the Hudson River, Raritan Bay and other waterways surrounding Manhattan “for years.” After issuing dumping complaints to the company, EPA investigators returned weeks later to find ferry bathrooms that were under investigation “either locked or removed entirely,” a federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former NY Waterway fuelers and overnight mechanics Rafi Khatchikian and Ivan Torres alleges. “NY Waterway cynically put out-of-order signs on bathrooms and even removed toile…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Transit Supervisor Gets 5 Years In Prison For Siphoning $2.1M From Employer NJ Transit Supervisor Gets 5 Years In Prison For Siphoning $2.1M From Employer
NJ Transit Supervisor Gets 5 Years In Prison For Siphoning $2.1M From Employer A former NJ Transit supervisor will spend five years in prison after siphoning $2.1 million out of the transportation agency, authorities said.  Richard E. Schade, 63, of Lumberton, set up four fake companies and approved payments to them for services such as landscaping and maintenance at NJ Transit properties in 2015, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said Friday. The scheme was uncovered in October 2015 when an internal audit revealed the unexplained payments. Schade -- formerly a facilities supervisor -- had authority to approve payments of up to $5,000…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash UPDATE: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash
Update: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash A dozen people were hospitalized Monday morning after a New Jersey Transit bus rear-ended another, sending it into a guardrail, on their way to the Lincoln Tunnel. Port Authority Tunnel and Bridge agents had to cut off the doors and spread the stairwell to get to those injured on the bus that veered off the road and struck the guardrail on the ramp from the northbound New Jersey Turnpike to eastbound Route 495 in Secaucus around 7:15 a.m. Ten passengers and both drivers were hospitalized, responders said. Four of those injured were placed in collars and on backboards after complaining of b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Edison Man, 48, Pulled Knife On Worker At Woodbridge Train Station Edison Man, 48, Pulled Knife On Worker At Woodbridge Train Station
Edison Man, 48, Pulled Knife On Worker At Woodbridge Train Station A 48-year-old man was arrested after pulling a knife on a contract worker who was power washing a building at a New Jersey Transit train station, authorities said. The worker was not hurt during the attack at 11:15 a.m. Sunday at the Metropark station in Woodbridge, Kate Thompson, a New Jersey Transit spokeswoman, said. Police arrested Barry Sharp of Edison, and recovered a knife. Sharp was charged with aggravated assault and was being held by New Jersey Transit police, Thomson said. The  worker is not employed by NJ Transit, she said.

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by Jon Craig
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NJ's Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 1,500, Murphy Moves Primary NJ's Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 1,500, Murphy Moves Primary
NJ's Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 1,500, Murphy Moves Primary New Jersey's primary election will be moved from Tuesday June 2 until Tuesday July 7, Gov. Phil Murphy announced at Wednesday's briefing, noting an additional 3,088 new positive cases had been reported. The state has recorded 47,437 positive cases of COVID-19, Murphy said. Another 275 state residents have died of coronavirus, bringing New Jersey's total deaths to 1,504, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday. "It is still increasing,'' Murphy said. "We need to tighten rather than loosen (restrictions). Sadly, fatalities are continuing to spike." Murphy also announced new executive order…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Teenage Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train In Edison UPDATE: Teenage Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train In Edison
Update: Teenage Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train In Edison This story has been updated. Emergency crews responded to a report of a pedestrian hit by a train in Edison. Local firefighters were called about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to assist with lighting to help New Jersey Transit police in their investigation. Additional details were not immediately available. The accident occurred about 6:45 p.m. near Route 27 and Parsonage Road in Edison, according to initial reports. The train was headed to Trenton from New York Penn Station, transit officials said.  Service along the Northeast Corridor line resumed with hour-long delays as of 8 p.m., authoriti…

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by Jon Craig
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Newark Man Who Illegally Dumped Piles Under Three NJ Highways Gets Probation, Community Service Newark Man Who Illegally Dumped Piles Under Three NJ Highways Gets Probation, Community Service
Newark Man Who Illegally Dumped Piles Under Three NJ Highways Gets Probation, Community Service A Newark man was sentenced to probation and 300 hours of community service Monday for illegally dumping construction material, medical waste, lead paint and other items from his rubbish removal business beneath a trio of highways. Superior Court Judge Mayra V. Tarantino declined the state Attorney General’s Office request that Abdullah S. Bryant, 41, spend 364 days in the county jail for his guilty plea to criminal mischief and opted for three years of probation and the community service. Bryant -- who did business under various names, including International Rubbish Removal – admitted last…

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by Jerry DeMarco