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I-270 Drag Racer Throws Stolen Charger In Reverse Before Arrest: Cops
A car reported stolen out of New Jersey was at the center of a drag racing scandal in Maryland that landed one man behind bars. Capitol Heights resident Keith Andre Gorham, 25, pushed things to the limit and now faces more than a dozen charges after he was caught racing a Dodge Charger that had been taken from Highland Park, NJ, a spokesperson for the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday. The arrest came following reported racing late on Veteran's Day in the area of I-270 and I-70 in Frederick County. According to the sheriff's office, deputies were called to the ar…
Police & Fire
DWI Off-Duty Officer Charged In Double-Fatal Somerset County Crash, Victims IDd: Prosecutor
An off-duty Edison police officer was charged with vehicular homicide in connection with one of the two double-fatal crashes that occurred in Somerset County over the weekend, authorities announced. Amitoj Oberoi, 29, of Somerset, was charged with two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide, as well as DWI, and several motor vehicle violations, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said Wednesday, Aug. 30. Oberoi is employed as an Edison police officer and was off-duty at the time of the crash, the prosecutor said. Oberoi was driving a 2007 Audi Q7 heading southbound on Somerset St…
Business
Popular NJ Kosher Restaurant Shutters After 16 Years, Another Expected To Replace It
As the old adage goes: When one door closes, another one opens. While a longtime New Jersey kosher restaurant will be closing in June, a new one is expected to open in its place. Park Place, open for 16 years in Highland Park, announced its last day in business will be on Sunday, June 4. While the restaurant declined to provide further information, it did say a another kosher meat restaurant is expected to take over in the same space sometime soon. Posted by Park Place Kosher on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Park Place, 120 Raritan Avenue, Highland Park.
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These Popular NJ Restaurants Closed In 2022
New Jerseyans will be entering a new year without some of their longtime favorite restaurants. The establishments were more than just places to grab a bite. They were the go-to spot for every family occasion where patrons became close with the management and wait staff. They provided a taste of childhood and comfort. There was an attachment there, and leaving them in 2022 was sad for some. Here are some of the New Jersey restaurants that closed in 2022 that patrons will miss most: Inkwell Coffee House, Long Branch Brooklyn's Pizzeria, Edgewater Ice Cream By Mike, Ridgewood East, T…
Business
Stop & Shop To Shutter Another NJ Store
Stop & Shop has announced the closure of its third New Jersey store this year. The Highland Park grocery store is slated to close sometime in 2023. A Stop & Shop spokesperson cited operating performance as the reason for not renewing the lease at 424 Raritan Ave. Stop & Shop closed stores in Paramus and Dayton earlier this year.
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Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son
UPDATE: A New Jersey man who admitted killing his former girlfriend, kidnapping their young son and fleeing to Tennessee last summer was sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years in state prison, authorities said. Tyler Rios, 28, must serve 25½ years before he’ll be eligible for parole under the deal brokered with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office for killing 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar, taking his son with him as he drove her body to Tennessee in the trunk of her car and dumping the corpse in a field there on July 8, 2021. That means he’d still be in his early 50s when he’s eventually releas…
Sports
Pittsburgh Steelers' QB Dwayne Haskins' BAC 3X Legal Limit, On Ketamine When He Died: Reports
New details are emerging about Pittsburgh Steelers' Quarterback and New Jersey native, raised in Maryland, Dwayne Haskins, 24, who was struck dead by a dump truck on a Florida highway on Saturday, April 9. The 24-year-old Highland Park, NJ native, who was raised in Potomac, Maryland, was trying to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 while trying to get gas in Florida when he was struck and killed, authorities previously said. Haskins death has been ruled an accident caused by blunt force, multiple media outlets report citing an autopsy report released by the Broward Medical Ex…
Police & Fire
Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor
The driver who struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this year was arrested, as was a woman who lied about the incident to police, authorities in Central Jersey said. Raulito Peralta, 22, of Highland Park, struck and killed New Brunswick's Treasa M. Daye-Fennie while she was crossing a street in Franklin Township last February, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Estrella Caballero-Cruz, 21, of Highland Park, was charged with providing a false report to police. Daye-Fennie was crossing Somerset Street near High Street around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, wh…
Sports
Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died
Moments after Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins, 24, was struck dead by a dump truck on a Florida highway on Saturday, April 9, his wife made a chilling call to 911, as heard in the audio recording of the call obtained by South Florida Fox Sports host Andy Slater. Haskins’ wife Kalabrya Haskins, can be heard telling the 911 operator that she was on the phone with he husband who said he would call her back, but he “had to go walk and get gas.” WARNING: The following audio may be disturbing for some listeners. NEW: 911 audio from the morning Dwayne Hask…
Sports
Dwayne Haskins Was Drifting Into Traffic With Arms Up Before Florida Highway Death: Report
An eyewitness is recounting details in last weekend's death of Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins. Florida resident Chris Stanley told an NBC affiliate station he believes he saw the 24-year-old athlete on Interstate 595 while heading home from the airport. The man walking on the side of the highway was drifting into the right late with his arms slightly raised, Stanley said. Concerned, he called 911. Six minutes later, the crash was reported, NBC says. “That's why it's just very disturbing," Stanley said said. "I just didn't under…
Sports
Dwayne Haskins Had Chilling Final Instagram Story
"'It is what it is' will keep you at peace." That's the last story that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins posted to Instagram just hours before he died. Dwayne HaskinsDwayne Haskins Instagram (dh_simba7) The 24-year-old Highland Park native was trying to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 in Florida when he was struck and killed by a dump truck early Saturday, April 9, ESPN reports. He spent the days before he died doing what he loved with those he loved: Training with his teammates and relaxing in the sun. Haskins grew up in New Jersey but…
Sports
Steelers QB Dwayne Haskins Of NJ Killed By Dump Truck On Florida Highway: ESPN
Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins died after being struck by a dump truck while walking on a Florida highway early Saturday, April 9, ESPN reports. He was 24 years old. ALSO SEE: Dwayne Haskins Had Chilling Final Instagram Story Haskins was trying to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 when he was struck, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda told ESPN. The Highland Park native had been training in South Florida with his teammates, the outlet said. Statement from Head Coach Mike Tomlin: pic.twitter.com/hI5QaKzBUq — Pitts…
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Pair Of $1 Million Lottery Tickets Sold In NJ
Two lottery tickets each worth $1 million were sold in New Jersey. One ticket was from a Powerball drawing and the other was from a Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers from Saturday's Powerball drawing were 05, 36, 39, 45, and 57. The Red Power Ball number was 11 and the Power Play was 2X. The winning Powerball ticket was purchased from Raceway #2117, 60 Raritan Ave., Highland Park in Middlesex County. The winning numbers from Friday's Mega Millions drawing were 17, 32, 40, 59, and 61. The Gold Mega Ball was 18, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. The second-tier prizew…
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Captured
! Here’s How FBI, Local Law Enforcers Nabbed NJ Fugitive, Rescued Boy, Found Mom’s Body
UPDATE: The New Jersey man who authorities said abducted his 2-year-old son and killed the child’s mother led police and FBI agents to her body after they stormed a Tennessee hotel room and captured him, authorities said Sunday. Tyler Rios, 27, will likely be prosecuted federally because state lines were crossed, they suggested. Union County prosecutor’s detectives had called their colleagues at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office around 3 a.m. Saturday telling them they believed Rios was in the area. Rios had abducted his son, Sebastian, and was suspected of harming Yasemin Uyar, 24, of Ra…
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Mom Of Abducted NJ Boy Found Dead In Tennessee
UPDATE; A New Jersey mom who’d gone missing after she and her 2-year-old son were abducted by the child’s father was found dead in Tennessee, authorities confirmed Sunday. The family of 24-year-old Yasmine Uyar of Rahway first disclosed the news late Saturday. Young Sebastian Rios had been found unharmed at a family member's home in Monterey, Tennessee, late Friday. Here's how it went: FBI, Local Law Enforcers Nab NJ Fugitive, Rescue Boy, Find Mom’s Body His father, Tyler Rios, 27, of Highland Park was also captured, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Dep…
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Abducted NJ Toddler Found In Tennessee, Dad In Custody, Mom Remains Missing
A 2-year-old boy abducted by his dad was found unharmed in Tennessee while his mom remained missing as of Saturday morning, authorities in Union County said. Tyler Rios, 27, of Highland Park was arrested without incident, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Department Director Jonathan Parham said. Yasmine Uyar of Rahway, had yet to be found, they said. Rios was convicted of aggravated assault on a domestic violence victim and was placed on conditional probation out of Middlesex County just last year, court records show. A multi-agency investigation was la…
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ALERT: Mom Of Abducted NJ Boy Found Dead In Tennessee
A New Jersey mom who’d gone missing after she and her 2-year-old son were abducted by the child’s father was found dead in Tennessee, authorities confirmed Sunday. The family of 24-year-old Yasmine Uyar of Rahway first disclosed the news late Saturday. Young Sebastian Rios had been found unharmed at a family member's home in Monterey, Tennessee, late Friday. His father, Tyler Rios, 27, of Highland Park was also captured, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Department Director Jonathan Parham said. Uyar’s body was later found in a wooded area off Route 40, …
Obituaries
NJ Man, 29, Studying To Become Priest Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash
A 29-year-old man studying to become a priest was struck and killed in New York City by a drunken hit-and-run driver late Tuesday night, according to Catholic Church officials. Ngu Quoc Tran, who went by Peter, was walking on Manhattan’s East Side when he was struck by the driver, who was arrested after he car was involved in another collision, the Diocese of Metuchen said. Born and raised in the An Giang Province in the south of Vietnam, Tran moved to the U.S. in August 2017 and lived at the Saint John Vianney House of Discernment in Highland Park. Tran began pre-theology in Spring 2…
News
Feds: Multi-County Burglary Crew Broke Into 40 North Jersey Pharmacies Seeking Codeine
A gang of burglars used bricks and rocks to break into at least 40 pharmacies in Hudson, Bergen and several other counties, targeting specific prescription drugs that they could sell, federal authorities said. Ten men, all from Jersey City, were charged in the three-month spree following an investigation led by Secaucus police, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Tuesday. Surveillance video captured images of the burglars breaking into some of the victimized pharmacies in North Bergen, Jersey City, Guttenberg, West New York, Secaucus, Lyndhurst, North Arlington, Linden, Iselin, Madis…
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Winners
: 10 Lottery Tickets, $10K Each Sold Across New Jersey
Ten Mega Millions lottery tickets good for $10,000 each were sold across New Jersey. The third-tier prizewinning tickets from the Friday, Jan. 22 drawing matched four of the five white balls and the gold ball winning $10,000. A ticket good for $1 million was sold in Ocean County. The third-tier prizewinning tickets were purchased from the following locations: Bergen County: Krauszer’s Food Store, 403 Midland Ave., Garfield; Burlington County: Wawa #8423, 76 Springside Rd., Westampton; Mercer County: 7-Eleven #27391, 1517 Pennington Ave., Ewing; Mercer County: Pennington Luk Oi…
Lifestyle
Hunterdon County Woman, 27, Seeks $25K Week Before Life-Saving Intestinal Surgery
The Hunterdon County community is rallying to support a Flemington native who is more than $25,000 short on donations needed for surgery to treat her rare medical condition. Jacqueline “Jacqui” Heid, 27, has a condition mostly resulting from Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS), which compresses the first portion of the small intestine — called the duodenum — between the Superior Mesenteric Artery and the aorta, causing severe bloating and pain after eating, she told NJ.com. Heid’s condition, which onset after she was involved in a serious car accident in 2013, affects just .013 perce…
News
Complete Rundown Of George Floyd Marches, Vigils Planned Across Garden State
Many more marches and other demonstrations in memory of George Floyd are planned in New Jersey and across the nation this week. Protests over Floyd’s death in Minneapolis have swept across the country Four Minnesota police officers who were at the scene of Floyd’s death were fired, and one of them, Derek Chauvin, was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. At least seven such rallies were set for Tuesday, June 2 including: In Princeton, the Coalition for Peace in Princeton will hold a peaceful protest at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Nassau and Witherspoon streets. In Kean…
Police & Fire
Middlesex Child Molester Gets 5 Years For Trying To Hook Up With ‘Boy,’ 14
A convicted child molester from Middlesex County was sentenced to five years in state prison Friday for trying to lure a 14-year-old “boy” – actually an undercover detective -- to a local park for sex. Harold Gordner, 42, of Highland Park, admitted last September that he had sexually explicit chats and sent naked photos of himself, along with links to porn videos, to what turned out to be a New Jersey State Police investigator trolling social media for predators. Gordner, who already was registered as a Megan’s Law sex offender, “asked several times whether he could send a car service to pi…
Police & Fire
Lyndhurst Police Stolen Car Chase Ends With Newark Crash, 3 Burglary Suspects Seized
A Lyndhurst police stolen car chase through Nutley and Belleville before dawn Wednesday ended with a crash off Route 21 in Newark and the arrests of three burglary suspects. Officer Rich Jasinski was on patrol on 10th Street when he saw a Honda Accord headed east on Kingsland Avenue tailgating another vehicle and going back and forth across the double-yellow line, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Jasinski followed the Accord to Ridge Road, then onto Park Avenue and 8th Street before it returned to Kingsland headed west. Discovering that the sedan had been reported stolen out of Fairfiel…
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