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NJ Victim Seriously Burned In Chemical Attack Carried Out By FL Pair Hired By Ex-BF: Cops NJ Victim Seriously Burned In Chemical Attack Carried Out By FL Pair Hired By Ex-BF: Cops
NJ Victim Seriously Burned In Chemical Attack Carried Out By FL Pair Hired By Ex-BF: Cops Three Florida residents are in custody after police said one paid two others to carry out a chemical attack on his ex-girlfriend in New Jersey, who was airlifted to a hospital with serious burns, police said. William DiBernardino, 49, of Boynton Beach, FL, recruited Jmarr McNeil, 39, and Betty Jo Lane, 38, in the Friday, July 26 incident in Monroe (Gloucester County), Police Chief Thomas Gilbert said. The 42-year-old victim was returning from work when the attack happened, police said. As she opened her car door, Lane threw a cup of a highly caustic acid on her, and she suffered burns acros…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Flown To Hospital With Facial Injuries After Hackettstown Hammer Attack: Police Woman Flown To Hospital With Facial Injuries After Hackettstown Hammer Attack: Police
Woman Flown To Hospital With Facial Injuries After Hackettstown Hammer Attack: Police A 28-year-old woman was flown to a hospital after a 42-year-old man smashed her car windows with a hammer, wounding her face in Hackettstown, authorities said. The incident occurred around 2:45 p.m. at the Douglas Blake Memorial Field on Monday, Dec. 26, police said. There, the 42-year-old man from Mansfield Township took a hammer to two windows of the victim's vehicle, leaving her with serious injuries to her face.  She was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center and he was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, simple assault with a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fleeing Shoplifter In Bayonne Drags Person On Scooter, Hits Police Car: Police Fleeing Shoplifter In Bayonne Drags Person On Scooter, Hits Police Car: Police
Fleeing Shoplifter In Bayonne Drags Person On Scooter, Hits Police Car: Police A shoplifter struck a pedestrian and a police car while trying to make her escape from the Bayonne Walmart Sunday, police said.  Siedah Smith, 34, of Jersey City loaded up a shopping cart with more than $230 worth of merchandise and left it in the self-checkout lane around 4 p.m., according to store security. She left the store, found a receipt on the ground and retrieved the shopping cart without paying. Security called Bayonne police when Smith refused to stop as she  continued towards her vehicle with the merchandise, police said.   Police arrived as Smith was driving…

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by Paul Milo