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2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say 2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say Life imitated art when a reputed Gambino crime family captain threatened to burn down a Jersey Shore restaurant, then went to a service station across the street and tried to buy and fill a plastic gas can, federal authorities said. In what could’ve been a scene from any number of modern-day mob movies, Joseph Lanni of Staten Island became a walking cliché, the Justice Department said in announcing an organized-crime takedown that stretched all the way to Sicily. Lanni and fellow Staten Islander Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero “became belligerent” after being asked to leave Roxy’s Bar and G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ 'Firebomb' Death Of Worker, 69: Long Island Biz Owner Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter NJ 'Firebomb' Death Of Worker, 69: Long Island Biz Owner Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter
NJ 'Firebomb' Death Of Worker, 69: Long Island Biz Owner Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter UPDATE: A trucking and warehouse operator from Long Island ignited a “firebomb” at a waste management facility near Newark Airport that killed a 69-year-old worker, New Jersey authorities charged. Mark Cadieux of Lynbrook, NY, dumped more than 9,000 pounds of aerosol cans container pressurized dry shampoo into a rented trash bin, sparking the May 2022 fire, state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. The Dumpster had been taken to the Waste Management facility on Julia Street in Elizabeth, where its highly-combustible contents ignited “within minutes” of being dumped out, the attorney g…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Plow Employee Who Splashed Lakewood Orthodox Jews With Snow Fired: Report Plow Employee Who Splashed Lakewood Orthodox Jews With Snow Fired: Report
Plow Employee Who Splashed Lakewood Orthodox Jews With Snow Fired: Report A snowplow worker slammed on social media for tossing snow onto a pair of unsuspecting Orthodox Jewish men has been fired from his job, NJ Advance Media reports. Donny Klarmann posted then deleted the video, which shows the plow driver dumping a load of snow onto the men walking to Saturday services then driving away. One of the workers can be heard chuckling. The man's employer, Waste Management, issued a statement on Tuesday, Feb. 1:  “While the incident did not involve a company vehicle or company equipment, the employee associated with this social media post is no longer employed with W…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Lakewood Snowplow Driver Splashing Slushy Snow Onto Orthodox Jews Under Investigation Lakewood Snowplow Driver Splashing Slushy Snow Onto Orthodox Jews Under Investigation
Lakewood Snowplow Driver Splashing Slushy Snow Onto Orthodox Jews Under Investigation A snowplow operator was suspended after a video was posted on social media showing a pile of slushy snow being tossed onto a pair of Orthodox Jewish people walking in Lakewood, NJ Advance Media reported. The original story about Saturday's incident -- now under investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and Lakewood police -- was broken by The Lakewood Scoop. A spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office confirmed the joint investigation for Daily Voice.  The video shows the plow's operator driving on a snow-covered street as two men in traditional Orthodox Jewish attire…

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by Jon Craig