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'You're Dead!': Man Threatened To Kill ICE Officer's Family During NJ Protest, Feds Say 'You're Dead!': Man Threatened To Kill ICE Officer's Family During NJ Protest, Feds Say
'You're Dead!': Man Threatened To Kill ICE Officer's Family During NJ Protest, Feds Say A Brooklyn man is facing federal charges after prosecutors said he threatened to kill a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and the officer's family during a demonstration outside an ICE detention facility in New Jersey.  Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, 27, of Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat, the US Department of Justice announced on Monday, June 1.  According to federal prosecutors, the alleged threats were made on Wednesday, May 27, during a demonstration outside an ICE detention facility in N…
'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight,' Trump Says As US Hits Iran’s Oil-Rich Kharg Island 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight,' Trump Says As US Hits Iran’s Oil-Rich Kharg Island
'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight,' Trump Says As US Hits Iran’s Oil-Rich Kharg Island Iran has issued a stark warning to the United States and its allies after a massive wave of US and Israeli airstrikes targeted Kharg Island, Iran’s most critical oil export hub. Click here for a new, updated story - From 'Civilization Will Die' To Two-Week Truce: Trump Announces Deal With Iran The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared on Tuesday, April 7, that its “restraint is over” and vowed retaliation that could extend “beyond the region.” The strikes, carried out early Tuesday morning, hit over 50 military targets on Kharg Island, including radar stations, air defense sy…
Trump Voter Sues Bedminster Golf Club Over Alleged Sexual Harassment During Employment Trump Voter Sues Bedminster Golf Club Over Alleged Sexual Harassment During Employment
Trump Voter Sues Bedminster Golf Club Over Alleged Sexual Harassment During Employment A woman who both voted for President Donald Trump and worked at the Trump National in Bedminster has filed a lawsuit against the golf club, alleging she faced sexual harassment and women were treated as nothing but a prop. Maria Hadley, of Long Valley, filed the suit against the golf club in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County on Monday, Jan. 12, under New Jersey's Conscientious Employee Protection Act and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (see suit attached at the bottom of this news article). The suit describes a toxic workplace where female employees are forced t…
At Charlie Kirk Memorial, Widow Offers Forgiveness As Trump Vows ‘Hate’ For Enemies At Charlie Kirk Memorial, Widow Offers Forgiveness As Trump Vows ‘Hate’ For Enemies
At Charlie Kirk Memorial, Widow Offers Forgiveness As Trump Vows ‘Hate’ For Enemies Charlie Kirk’s widow and President Donald Trump delivered sharply different messages during a memorial for the 31-year-old conservative activist, who was shot and killed at an event in Utah earlier this month. Mourners filled the 63,000-seat State Farm Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21, in Glendale, Arizona, where some of the most prominent figures in Trump’s administration and right-wing politics took the stage. Many vowed “retaliation” and “retribution,” but Erika Kirk — the widow of Charlie Kirk — urged forgiveness, telling mourners she has forgiven the 22-year-old accused gunman. “My husband,…
Nurse Fired Over 'Baby Swap-Gate' At NJ Hospital, Lawsuit Says Nurse Fired Over 'Baby Swap-Gate' At NJ Hospital, Lawsuit Says
Nurse Fired Over 'Baby Swap-Gate' At NJ Hospital, Lawsuit Says A nurse says she was fired from a New Jersey hospital after reporting an alleged newborn mix-up that led to two mothers breastfeeding the wrong babies. The alleged incident happened on July 5 when "two babies had been swapped, placed in the incorrect rooms, and breastfed by the incorrect mothers” before nurse Joyce Fisher even started her 7 a.m. shift at Virtua Voorhees Hospital, according ot the complaint filed Aug. 27 in Camden County Superior Court. Fisher said she arrived for her morning shift around 7 a.m. and received a report from the overnight nurse, who said she had retur…
NJ Mayor Says Cops Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Feud With Police Chief Heats Up NJ Mayor Says Cops Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Feud With Police Chief Heats Up
NJ Mayor Says Cops Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Feud With Police Chief Heats Up The feud between the mayor and police chief in a North Jersey town is getting hotter — and now it’s tangled up in allegations of secret phone recordings. Just two weeks after Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney filed a scathing Aug. 18 lawsuit accusing Mayor James P. Dodd of retaliation, harassment, and defamation, the mayor says he was blindsided by news that all calls to and from town phone lines — even outside Town Hall — have been recorded and stored. According to Dodd, the town learned of the practice after receiving an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request about call recordings. Last…
Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit
Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit A Bergen County jury on Thursday, Aug. 7, awarded more than $2.1 million to a veteran Teaneck police officer who claimed in a lawsuit that he was targeted, demoted, and hit with “fabricated” charges after speaking out about misconduct inside the department. Officer Glenn Coley, hired in 2002, filed his lawsuit in April 2022 against the Borough of Teaneck, the Teaneck Police Department, then Chief Glenn O’Reilly, Capt. Michael Ferrante, Sgt. Jeanette Williams, and Sgt. Kenneth Egbert.  The 53-page complaint alleges the department and borough officials discriminated against him because o…
US Issues Global Alert After Strikes On Iran’s Nuclear Site US Issues Global Alert After Strikes On Iran’s Nuclear Site
US Issues Global Alert After Strikes On Iran’s Nuclear Site The US State Department has issued its first global travel warning since the October Hamas attacks on Israel, urging Americans abroad to be on high alert amid intensifying conflict in the Middle East. The “Worldwide Caution” alert, posted Sunday, June 22, follows a series of US missile strikes on Iran's most fortified nuclear site and two other targets — a direct escalation that now places the US alongside Israel in its military campaign against Iran.  Iran has promised retaliation against the US. The State Department warned of growing threats to US citizens overseas, including the po…
Iran Leader Warns US Of Possible 'Irreparable Damage'; Trump Says 'The Next Week Will Be Big' Iran Leader Warns US Of Possible 'Irreparable Damage'; Trump Says 'The Next Week Will Be Big'
Iran Leader Warns US Of Possible 'Irreparable Damage'; Trump Says 'The Next Week Will Be Big' As the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates, President Donald Trump is not saying if the United States will get involved. But on Wednesday morning, June 18, Trump said, "The next week is going to be very big — maybe less than a week.” When questioned about the possibility of a US strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump stated, "I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.” Tehran has warned that such a move would be met with strong retaliation if it occurs. Earlier on Wednesday, Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei cautioned that any US mil…
Israel Kills Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientists, Military Chiefs In Surprise Attack: Officials Israel Kills Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientists, Military Chiefs In Surprise Attack: Officials
Israel Kills Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientists, Military Chiefs In Surprise Attack: Officials In one of the most dramatic military moves in the region in years, Israel has reportedly killed Iran’s highest-ranking military leaders and top nuclear scientists in a direct strike aimed at crippling Iran’s weapons programs. The attack, part of "Operation Rising Lion," was launched Friday, June 13, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would continue “for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”  Scroll to see a list of Iranian officials and nuclear scientists killed in the attack. Netanyahu warned that Iran’s nuclear capabilities have reached a dangerous new level…
Three NJ Men Get Lengthy Sentences In South Carolina Revenge Shooting Gone Wrong: Authorities Three NJ Men Get Lengthy Sentences In South Carolina Revenge Shooting Gone Wrong: Authorities
Three NJ Men Get Lengthy Sentences In South Carolina Revenge Shooting Gone Wrong: Authorities Three New Jersey men were recently sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting into a car full of people in retaliation for a robbery in South Carolina- only they shot the wrong people, authorities said. Vernon Jenkins, 42, Altariq Cole, 39 and Dyshawn Hines, 42, were previously convicted of attempted murder, the Lexington County Sheriff's Office said. The sheriff's office did not say where in New Jersey the suspects were from. On Monday, Feb. 20, 2023 at 7:30 p.m., two people were sitting in a car in the parking lot of a Country Inn and Suites when they were blocked by two other vehicles …
Illegal Ticket Quotas, Racism Cited In 55-Page Lawsuit Filed By Former North Jersey Detective Illegal Ticket Quotas, Racism Cited In 55-Page Lawsuit Filed By Former North Jersey Detective
Illegal Ticket Quotas, Racism Cited In 55-Page Lawsuit Filed By Former North Jersey Detective A former detective has filed a lawsuit against a North Jersey police department, claiming years of retaliation, harassment, and racism by top brass drove him out of the department in early 2024. William Pepe, the Pompton Lakes Police Department's only Black officer at the time, filed the 55-page complaint (attached) in Passaic County Superior Court on Wednesday, March 26. The lawsuit names the Borough of Pompton Lakes, the police department, and multiple unnamed officers as defendants. Borough Administrator Michael Carelli said the borough has not been served an official lawsuit and decline…