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Clifton Man, 26, Federally Charged In Bloomfield Synagogue Firebombing: Police Clifton Man, 26, Federally Charged In Bloomfield Synagogue Firebombing: Police
Clifton Man, 26, Federally Charged In Bloomfield Synagogue Firebombing: Police A 26-year-old Clifton man has been federally charged with trying to firebomb an Essex County synagogue, authorities said. Nicholas Malindretos was charged by complaint with one count of attempted use of fire to damage and destroy a building used in interstate commerce in connection with the 3:20 a.m. incident Sunday, Jan. 29 at Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. A search was under way for the man who tried to throw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a North Jersey synagogue Sunday, Jan. 29.Bloomfield PD Surveillance cameras at the synagogue rec…

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by Cecilia Levine
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British Man Hired Undercover Agent To Arrange Sex With Drugged Girls: Feds British Man Hired Undercover Agent To Arrange Sex With Drugged Girls: Feds
British Man Hired Undercover Agent To Arrange Sex With Drugged Girls: Feds A British citizen has been charged with trying to pay for sex with New Jersey girls while giving them drugs, federal authorities said. Stephen Hudson, 51, of Ealing, England, is charged with one count of attempted online enticement of a minor and one count of travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, they said. He was charged on Monday, May 9, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger He appeared by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge José R. Almonte in Newark federal court and was detained. According to authorities, from April 14, to Friday, May 6, H…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds Bust Springsteen For DWI At Sandy Hook Feds Bust Springsteen For DWI At Sandy Hook
Feds Bust Springsteen For DWI At Sandy Hook A federal park ranger who arrested Bruce Springsteen after stopping the veteran rocker on the Jersey Shore reported that he “strongly” smelled of alcohol, had “glassy eyes” and was “visibly swaying back and forth” during a DWI field test. Springsteen also refused a breath test following the Nov. 14 stop at the Gateway National Recreation Area near the Sandy Hook Lighthouse shortly after 4 p.m., Park Service Officer R.L. Hayes wrote on a trio of summonses. “The Boss,” 71, reportedly was chatting with fans that sunny Saturday on the federally-owned, six-mile-long barrier split in Middletown b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Officer Admits Collecting No-Show Traffic Detail Money Jersey City Officer Admits Collecting No-Show Traffic Detail Money
Jersey City Officer Admits Collecting No-Show Traffic Detail Money A Jersey City police officer admitted via teleconference in federal court in Newark on Tuesday that she collected more than $9,000 with a colleague's help for what turned out to be no-show traffic duty. Gicella Sanchez, 36, struck a plea deal with the government rather than go to trial for the scheme after it was sniffed out by the FBI. Police departments routinely provide off-duty officers to direct traffic on certain jobs by private contractors. The officers are required to “complete and provide…a voucher that indicated, among other things, the hours worked on particular off-duty ass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Federal Case: North Bergen Man Charged With Knocking Out Postal Worker Federal Case: North Bergen Man Charged With Knocking Out Postal Worker
Federal Case: North Bergen Man Charged With Knocking Out Postal Worker A 34-year-old North Bergen man was arrested after a parking dispute at a local post office turned violent last month, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Tuesday.   Eduardo Perez parked his pickup in an employee space at the Woodcliff Station post office June 22, authorities said. When Perez returned to retrieve the vehicle after the station closed, a postal vehicle was blocking the entrance to the parking lot, per the policy at the post office.  The exit remained open but Perez allegedly demanded that postal workers move the vehicle so he could leave through th…

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by Paul Milo