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State Police: Seven Arrested With Heroin, Cocaine, $313K, Firearms, High Capacity Magazines State Police: Seven Arrested With Heroin, Cocaine, $313K, Firearms, High Capacity Magazines
State Police: Seven Arrested With Heroin, Cocaine, $313K, Firearms, High Capacity Magazines State, city and local police broke up what they called a dangerous drug-dealing ring that brought addiction and violence to Trenton. New Jersey State Police arrested six men and a woman on multiple drug and firearms charges after a year-long investigation with the Trenton Police Department. During the probe, detectives seized more than four kilograms of cocaine, one bundle of heroin, 30 grams of marijuana, a 9mm handgun, a .40 caliber handgun, a 9 mm assault weapon, two high capacity magazines, hollow point ammunition, a 2016 Toyota Highlander, a 2010 BMW X5, and more than $313,000 cash, au…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
WATCH: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask WATCH: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask
Watch: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask SEEN HER? Clearer video shows a woman assaulting a Staples customer in Hackensack, breaking the victim’s leg, after she asked the assailant to wear her coronavirus mask. Margot Kagan, 54, of Teaneck was using the fax/copy machine at the Hackensack Avenue store Wednesday afternoon when the suspect approached another machine with her face mask pulled below her mouth, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Kagan, who’d had liver transplant surgery four months ago and was walking with a cane, said she asked the woman to put on her mask. SEE VIDEO BELOW The woman became angry and rushed at Kagan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
FBI Links Attorney Who Killed NJ Federal Judge's Son To Similar 'Deliveryman' Killing FBI Links Attorney Who Killed NJ Federal Judge's Son To Similar 'Deliveryman' Killing
FBI Links Attorney Who Killed NJ Federal Judge's Son To Similar 'Deliveryman' Killing UPDATE: The FBI on Wednesday officially linked a man who killed a federal judge’s son in New Jersey while posing as a deliveryman to the death of a fellow men’s rights lawyer from California in a similar ambush. Attorney Marc Angelucci was shot dead at his home in the San Bernadino Mountains of California on July 11 by a gunman who was believed to have dressed as a delivery driver. It was similar to an ambush the FBI says attorney Roy Den Hollander, 72, launched Sunday night at the home of U.S. District Court Judge Ester Salas. "As the FBI continues the investigation into the attack …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Did Attorney Who Killed NJ Federal Judge's Son Dressed As Deliveryman Do Same To Cali Lawyer? Did Attorney Who Killed NJ Federal Judge's Son Dressed As Deliveryman Do Same To Cali Lawyer?
Did Attorney Who Killed NJ Federal Judge's Son Dressed As Deliveryman Do Same To Cali Lawyer? UPDATE: The FBI on Wednesday officially linked a man who killed a federal judge’s son in New Jersey while posing as a deliveryman to the death of a fellow men’s rights lawyer from California in a similar ambush. Attorney Marc Angelucci was shot dead at his home in the San Bernadino Mountains of California on July 11 by a gunman who was believed to have dressed as a delivery driver. It was similar to an ambush the FBI says attorney Roy Den Hollander, 72, launched Sunday night at the home of U.S. District Court Judge Ester Salas. "As the FBI continues the investigation into the attack a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Union County Man Who Thought He Was Buying Car In Paterson Shot, Robbed Instead Union County Man Who Thought He Was Buying Car In Paterson Shot, Robbed Instead
Union County Man Who Thought He Was Buying Car In Paterson Shot, Robbed Instead A Union County man who went to Paterson thinking he was buying a car got shot in the leg and robbed instead, city police said. The 41-year-old Kenilworth victim drove himself to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, responders said. He’d been shot in the area of 9th Avenue and East 28th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. His injury wasn’t life-threatening, they said. They didn’t address an unconfirmed report that city police had a suspect in custody. Barely a half…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Three More Shot, Two Critically, In Paterson Three More Shot, Two Critically, In Paterson
Three More Shot, Two Critically, In Paterson Ongoing warfare continued to escalate in Paterson when two men were critically wounded and another injured in a street corner shooting Friday night. Responding officers found the critically injured city men – one 58 and the other 35 – at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 26th Street shortly after 9 p.m., authorities said. Also wounded was a 35-year-old Newark man, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. All were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, they said. This comes after four other…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Christopher Columbus Statue Topples In Trenton Christopher Columbus Statue Topples In Trenton
Christopher Columbus Statue Topples In Trenton A 61-year-old statue of Christopher Columbus was removed from downtown Trenton on Wednesday morning by a city public works crew as pressure mounts nationwide to remove symbols of oppression. The city statue of the explorer, located at the north end of Columbus Park on Hamilton Avenue, was removed from the Chambersburg neighborhood.  Christopher Columbus was a controversial figure and is not representative of the ideals the nation was founded on, Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora said earlier. Gusciora said the statue will be placed in storage. The park will be renamed. As the statue was hoi…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: One Dead, Another Wounded When Gunfire Erupts At Englewood Party UPDATE: One Dead, Another Wounded When Gunfire Erupts At Englewood Party
Update: One Dead, Another Wounded When Gunfire Erupts At Englewood Party Authorities identified a Newark man who was killed and an Englewood man who was wounded when gunfire broke out during at a house party in Englewood. Douglas Perry, 43, was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. It was the third homicide this past week in Bergen County, which had nine all of last year. Alex Glover, 29, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Responders found both in the street in the 100 block of 2nd Street near the corner of 4th Street, Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Father, Self-Made Entrepreneur Who Helped Many Shot Dead In Paterson Father, Self-Made Entrepreneur Who Helped Many Shot Dead In Paterson
Father, Self-Made Entrepreneur Who Helped Many Shot Dead In Paterson TRIBUTE: A Paterson man who drew the respect, admiration and love of many was gunned down Thursday night, the fourth person shot and killed in the city over the past two weeks. Andrew Piskunov, 33, came from a tough neighborhood.  He had scrapes with the law, like many people he grew up around.  But he put that behind him and became a self-made man, a selfless source of strength and goodness, friends and loved ones said. Piskunov leaves behind a 14-year-old daughter, as well as a single mom whom he's taken care of "in every single way" since she lost her husband a few years back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Children Critically Shot Near Trenton Park Children Critically Shot Near Trenton Park
Children Critically Shot Near Trenton Park UPDATED: Authorities are investigating a drive-by shooting near a Trenton park that critically wounded three people including two children.  A fourth passer-by, a 7-year-old girl playing in the park, suffered severe head injuries from a fall while fleeing the crime scene, according to Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora. She remains hospitalized in guarded condition, he said at a news conference. Gunfire was reported about 9 a.m. Wednesday near North Montgomery and Wood streets, authorities said. A girl and a boy, ages 10 and 12,  struck by gunfire in a vehicle when shooting broke out, po…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Paterson Shooting Spree: Four Struck In One Incident, Hospital Area Shut Down In Another Paterson Shooting Spree: Four Struck In One Incident, Hospital Area Shut Down In Another
Paterson Shooting Spree: Four Struck In One Incident, Hospital Area Shut Down In Another No fewer than three separate shootings overnight in Paterson wounded four men in one and forced the street outside St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center closed in another. Struck on 10th Avenue near East 23rd Street shortly before 1:30 a.m. were three city residents – 32, 28 and 22 – and a 32-year-old man from Newark. Two of them were taken to St. Joe's, and the other two arrived via private vehicles, authorities said. Two hours later, a 38-year-old city man was shot outside the medical center near the corner of Main and Mary streets, they said. None of the injuries were considered life-th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Three Men Wounded In Paterson Shooting Three Men Wounded In Paterson Shooting
Three Men Wounded In Paterson Shooting For the second time in less than 48 hours, three victims were wounded in a shooting in Paterson. Gunfire erupted on Jefferson Street, just off North Main Street, shortly after 5:30 p.m. City police found the men – 24, 22 and 18 – with gunshot wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. All three were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Valdes and Baycora didn’t say whether they had any suspects. They asked that anyone who may have seen something …

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by Jerry DeMarco