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Jacket With Name, Phone Number Led Feds Right To Capitol Rioter From New Jersey: DOJ Jacket With Name, Phone Number Led Feds Right To Capitol Rioter From New Jersey: DOJ
Jacket With Name, Phone Number Led Feds Right To Capitol Rioter From New Jersey: DOJ A Toms River man wearing a jacket with his business's name and phone number on the front of it to the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection has been arrested more than three years later. Robert Coppotelli was charged with four misdemeanor counts of illegally entering the Capitol and disrupting the joint session of Congress to count the electoral college votes in the 2020 Presidential election. The accusations against Coppotelli were outlined in a court document filed on Friday, Feb. 16. Prosecutors with the U.S. Department of Justice said an anonymous tip in July 2021 identified …

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by Chris Spiker
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FBI Raids NYPD Union's Manhattan HQ, Local Prez's Long Island Home FBI Raids NYPD Union's Manhattan HQ, Local Prez's Long Island Home
FBI Raids Nypd Union's Manhattan HQ, Local Prez's Long Island Home FBI agents armed with warrants descended on the lower Manhattan headquarters of an NYPD union and at the Long Island home of its controversial president. Federal authorities weren't disclosing why the Sergeants Benevolent Association and Ed Mullins were targeted. An FBI spokeswoman said only that the bureau was "carrying out a law enforcement action in connection with an ongoing investigation." Mullins, a department veteran of 39 years who took over as SBA president in 2002, was conspicuously silent on Tuesday. His attorney, Andrew Quinn, declined comment. Mullins, who lives in P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pennsylvania Lawyer With 'To-Do List' For Killing US Senators Has Been Disbarred Pennsylvania Lawyer With 'To-Do List' For Killing US Senators Has Been Disbarred
Pennsylvania Lawyer With 'To-Do List' For Killing US Senators Has Been Disbarred A Pennsylvania lawyer has been disbarred after police found a "to-do list" of people to murder including US Senators, according to the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Kenelm L. Shirk III, 71, was angry about the results of the 2020 presidential election so he allegedly made a “to-do list” of people to murder in the US government, loaded his car up with firearms and ammunition and went to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21, 2021, states the US DOJ. Shirk allegedly threatened to kill his wife as well as and planned a "suicide by cop" if confronted by law enforcement, accor…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Camden County Man, 33, Arrested In US Capitol Riots, Reports Say Camden County Man, 33, Arrested In US Capitol Riots, Reports Say
Camden County Man, 33, Arrested In US Capitol Riots, Reports Say A 33-year-old man from Camden County is the latest New Jersey resident charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, according to multiple news reports. Lawrence Stackhouse of Blackwood was arrested on Monday and charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds, and disorderly or disruptive conduct, according to USA Today. Stackhouse was identified to law enforcement by co-workers, after he had called out from work on Jan. 5 and 6, the Courier Post reported. He reportedly had been reprimanded for violating his company's policy by displaying politica…

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by Jon Craig
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SABOTAGE: Former Carteret Mayoral Candidate, Massive Beastie Boys Fan Charged With Voter Fraud SABOTAGE: Former Carteret Mayoral Candidate, Massive Beastie Boys Fan Charged With Voter Fraud
Sabotage: Former Carteret Mayoral Candidate, Massive Beastie Boys Fan Charged With Voter Fraud A 43-year-old former Carteret mayoral candidate has been accused of voting twice during the November 2020 presidential election as different people with similar names, authorities said Thursday. Frederick Gattuso -- who according to his Facebook is a massive Beastie Boys fan -- was arrested without incident and charged with one count of third-degree fraudulent voting, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Ciccone did not say which political party that Gattuso is registered in, or who he might have voted for.  Gattuso was charged after an investiga…

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by Jon Craig
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12 Pennsylvanians, South Jersey Man Arrested During Storm Of U.S. Capitol 12 Pennsylvanians, South Jersey Man Arrested During Storm Of U.S. Capitol
12 Pennsylvanians, South Jersey Man Arrested During Storm Of U.S. Capitol A dozen Pennsylvania residents and a South Jersey man were among those arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday, authorities said. Leonard Guthrie, of Cape May, NJ, and Terry Brown, of Myerstown, PA, were both charged with unlawful entry in the attack, the U.S. Capitol police said. An additional 12 Pennsylvania residents, whose towns of residences were not provided, were charged with violating the curfew imposed by DC Mayor Muriel Browse, issued at 6 p.m. Anthony Tammaro, 60, also charged with unlawful entry Tara Coleman, 40, also charged with unlawful entry James Si…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
These NJ Counties Voted For President Trump, Four Flipped From Red To Blue These NJ Counties Voted For President Trump, Four Flipped From Red To Blue
These NJ Counties Voted For President Trump, Four Flipped From Red To Blue Unsurprisingly, New Jersey remains blue. Democrat Joe Biden easily won the Garden State in the presidential election with nearly 61% of votes counted. Roughly  37.9% of New Jerseyans voted in for President Donald Trump.  Where did those votes come from, and which counties shifted from red to blue since the 2016 Election? This year, voters in five NJ counties supported Trump (the first number is the percentage of county voters in favor, the second is the estimated percentage of votes counted so far): Cape May: 56.1%, 88% Ocean: 61.7%, 86% of votes reported Salem: 53.7%, 77% Suss…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win
Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Democrat Joe Biden won Pennsylvania Saturday morning, putting him on the path to becoming the 46th president of the United States.  Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to take the presidency, the Associated Press reported at 11:25 a.m. The former vice president holds narrow leads over incumbent President Donald Trump in key swing states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as Nevada, Arizona and Georgia. Biden is expected to address the nation later in the day Saturday, along with his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, who will become the first female and first p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pass The Plywood: Philadelphia Businesses Boarding Up In Case Of Election Day Violence Pass The Plywood: Philadelphia Businesses Boarding Up In Case Of Election Day Violence
Pass The Plywood: Philadelphia Businesses Boarding Up In Case Of Election Day Violence The City of Brotherly Love is not bracing for a hurricane: Just the 2020 Presidential Election Many businesses in Philadelphia have secured doors and boarded up windows in case of riots or looting. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden campaigned across Pennsylvania on Monday, a key battleground state. Trump, who was neck-and-neck with Biden in election eve polling, continued to tarnish the integrity of the election process. View this post on Instagram If you have not done so already we encourage you to vote tomorrow. We a…

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by Jon Craig
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'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge 'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge
'Dangerous, Reckless' Trump Caravan Clogs Garden State Parkway, Cuomo Bridge A caravan of cars sporting Trump 2020 and Israeli flags jammed up parts of North Jersey and Westchester County Sunday. Footage of the parade reportedly lead by a Jewish group in support of President Donald Trump shows drivers getting out of their cars and halting traffic on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and Garden State Parkway. The parade stopped briefly at rally in the West Nyack Palisades Center, but continued on toward another in Union County, reports say. The caravan backed the northbound side of the Garden State Parkway up nearly five miles, police said. JEWS FOR @realDonaldTru…

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by Cecilia Levine