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North Bergen Cop Resigns After Sexual Assault Charge: Police North Bergen Cop Resigns After Sexual Assault Charge: Police
North Bergen Cop Resigns After Sexual Assault Charge: Police Roberto Gonzalez, a police officer in North Bergen resigned last November after being charged with sexual assault. Gonzalez was previously suspended after he was charged with sexual assault in Essex County in March 2023, according to the police department's annual discipline report. The criminal case remains pending, police said. Following an Internal Affairs investigation, the department moved for termination, but Gonzalez chose to resign, police said. A lifelong North Bergen resident, Gonzalez previously worked as a dispatcher for the police department. He joined the department as a poli…

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by Sam Barron
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'You Know Who I Am': South Jersey Councilman Flips Out On Cop During Traffic Stop (VIDEO) 'You Know Who I Am': South Jersey Councilman Flips Out On Cop During Traffic Stop (VIDEO)
'You Know Who I Am': South Jersey Councilman Flips Out On Cop During Traffic Stop (Video) The New Jersey State PBA President is calling for the resignation of a councilman in Gloucester County following the release of bodycam footage of a recent traffic stop. The footage shared by NJ Advance Media shows the traffic stop involving Paulsboro Councilman Theodore Holloway at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at Penn Line Road and Wes Adams Street in the borough. Holloway immediately becomes agitated when the officer pulls him over. "You can't be serious!" Holloway yells. Holloway threatened the officer, saying he would talk to Police Chief Gary Kille about the stop…

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by Sam Barron
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Embattled NJ Councilman Used Position To Threaten Liquor Store: Prosecutor Embattled NJ Councilman Used Position To Threaten Liquor Store: Prosecutor
Embattled NJ Councilman Used Position To Threaten Liquor Store: Prosecutor Sergio Rodriguez, a 29-year-old member of the Dover Town Council, was arrested and charged on Thursday, Jan. 2, after he threatened to use his power to shutter a liquor store last year, prosecutors said. On Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, Rodriguez entered a Dover liquor store and told an employee that the store’s liquor license would not be renewed if they continued to sell alcohol to individuals seen drinking in a nearby courtyard, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll and Chief of Detectives Robert McNally said. The business owner spoke to Rodriguez at a later time, and duri…

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by Sam Barron
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, Reports Say: What We Know NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, Reports Say: What We Know
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, Reports Say: What We Know Update: New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he would fight any potential federal charges after the New York Times reported that he had been indicted on campaign finance violations.  In his first public comments since news broke Wednesday evening, Sept. 25, Adams denied any wrongdoing and said the Biden Administration had made him a "target" because he fought federal immigration policy.  “I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit. If I’m charged, I know I am innocent,” he said in a video statement. “I will request an immediate trial so that Ne…

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by Cecilia Levine