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'Privacy At Risk:' NJ Rep. Calls On Feds To Probe Drone Activity
Rep. Tom Kean, R-NJ, is joining the chorus of people wanting answers about the drones seen hovering in the skies over New Jersey. "The safety and privacy of our residents must be a top priority, and right now, both are being put at risk," Kean said in a release. "I am calling for the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, and other appropriate federal agencies to deploy greater resources to investigate and address this escalating issue. Additionally, an in-depth public briefing from authorities should take place immediately. The drones first appea…
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Drone 'Size Of A Car' Spotted By Sparta Resident
The skies over New Jersey remain a puzzling hotspot for drone sightings as reports continue nearly two weeks after they first emerged, with residents growing increasingly uneasy (scroll for video). On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Warren County officials confirmed they are working with the FBI-Newark, New Jersey State Police, and the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to monitor, assess, and investigate the unusual activity. This follows a similar announcement from Morris and Somerset counties, where prosecutors, sheriffs, and emergency management offices are coordinating efforts …
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FBI, Police Search Central Jersey Town For Man Wanted In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack (
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Schools in Jamesburg and Spotswood were put in a shelter-in-place as the FBI and local police searched for a suspect wanted in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, authorities said. Gregory Yetman fled into the woods at approximately 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, after authorities tried to serve him with a federal arrest warrant on Main Street in Helmetta, Jamesburg police said. He was described as a white male in his 40s wearing a red jacket and a ball cap. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call FBI Newark at (973) 792-3000. No other details were immediately…
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FBI Mitigates Threat Against NJ Synagogues
The FBI has interviewed a suspect who allegedly made a broad threat to synagogues in New Jersey, mitigating them as of Friday, Nov. 4, law enforcement sources told multiple news outlets. The FBI's Newark office had no immediate update on the case, but the office of the New Jersey Attorney General — and the governor of the state — said that the threat against the Jewish community had been "mitigated." Sources said the suspect had autism and lives in New Jersey. He was bullied in the past and had anger at Jews, they said. But he told law enforcement he would not hurt anyone because he …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver
An angry South Jersey police officer doused a drunk driver with pepper spray twice after he’d been handcuffed, then filed a false report about the incident, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Thursday alleges. Another officer had handcuffed the disruptive driver and was beginning to put him in the rear of a patrol vehicle at a local gas station when Bridgeton Police John Grier III “grabbed a large can of OC spray and pulled out the pin,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. Grier, 49, of Cedarville, told the officer to “step back,” then asked the driver, “Do you want to …
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Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man, 64, Dead At Mall In Bergen County
UPDATE: With his dying breath, an Albany man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Bergen County shopping mall identified his alleged killer -- a 70-year-old convicted bank robber from North Bergen. "Augusto. Augusto," Omar Cruz, 64, told responders, a law enforcement source said. A check of Cruz's cellphone led them to Augusto G. Perez. Perez was charged with murder, illegal weapons possession and suppressing evidence in Tuesday night's killing of Cruz on the Maywood side of Bergen Town Center off eastbound Route 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. The 5-foot-6-in…
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: NJ Rioter, 28, Confesses To Taking Part In Capitol Ambush In Viral TV Interview
A 28-year-old New Jersey man is going viral in a television interview recounting the moment an Air Force veteran next to him was shot and killed while ambushing the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Thomas Baranyi, reportedly of Ewing, shows a WKRG reporter the blood of Ashli Babbitt on his hands before recalling her last words. Babbitt had climbed through the windows as Secret Service agents and police told rioters to "get back," Baranyi told the CBS affiliate. "As we raced up to grab people they shot her in the neck and she fell back on me," Baranyi told reporters. "She started saying …
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Feds: Somerset County Man Who Chatted With Undercover Detective Had Hundreds Of Child Porn Pics
An undercover detective nabbed a Somerset County man who federal authorities said trafficked child porn images, federal authorities said. John Schulenburg, 65, of Basking Ridge, is charged with distribution and possession of child pornography in an indictment handed up Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Schulenburg has remained free on $100,000 unsecured bond since his arrest last November, the U.S. attorney said. The undercover investigators conducted an online session with Schulenberg last July using a publicly available peer-to-peer (P2P) pr…
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: State Officials Address Deadly Jersey City Shooting
State officials gathered Wednesday afternoon to address Tuesday's deadly Jersey City shooting that left a police detective, three civilians and the two gunmen dead. Governor Phil Murphy assured the public that there is no ongoing security concern, noting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is working with Jewish and other communities of faith to address their concerns during a press conference at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Jersey City. "We saw the very worst of humanity," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. "But in the response… we also saw the very best.…
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