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Ex-Con Fugitive From NJ Caught With Guns, Drugs, Ammo Faces Lengthy Federal Prison Stretch Ex-Con Fugitive From NJ Caught With Guns, Drugs, Ammo Faces Lengthy Federal Prison Stretch
Ex-Con Fugitive From NJ Caught With Guns, Drugs, Ammo Faces Lengthy Federal Prison Stretch Cedric Lewis had been out of state prison all of two months when detectives from the Essex County Sheriff's Office learned that he'd armed himself with a rifle, two pistols and a pair of extended magazines while selling heroin and cocaine. With the heat on, the Bloomfield ex-con headed south. Three months later, deputy U.S. marshals in Atlanta had him in custody. Lewis, 29, will be headed to federal prison for a much longer stretch than before after taking a deal from the government. Lewis pleaded guilty via videoconference with a federal judge in Newark on Thursday, July 28,  to two …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bucknell Grad, 23, Dead After Mysterious Mid-Air Fall/Jump From Plane Bucknell Grad, 23, Dead After Mysterious Mid-Air Fall/Jump From Plane
Bucknell Grad, 23, Dead After Mysterious Mid-Air Fall/Jump From Plane Police were trying to piece together if a 23-year-old Bucknell University graduate jumped or fell out of a plane moments before it made an emergency landing with the pilot on board. Charles Crooks — who was not wearing a parachute — was found in trees in the backyard of a North Carolina home about 30 miles south of Raleigh-Durham International Airport, around 7 p.m. Friday, July 29, the New York Post reports. Police believe he either jumped or fell approximately 3,500 feet out of the 10-person plane. It was unclear how he died. The plane had lost its right wheel when it crash landed at the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing Englewood Man Still Hasn't Been Found SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing Englewood Man Still Hasn't Been Found
Seen HIM? Two Years Later, Missing Englewood Man Still Hasn't Been Found Ruben Wilson had a habit of wandering off and sometimes traveling significant distances from his Englewood home despite dementia and other challenges. The 6-foot, 240-pound Wilson always turned up, though -- from as close as Teaneck, Hackensack and Tenafly, and as far as the Jersey Shore. He was once found with his dog in Englewood Cliffs. Another time, he drove nearly 70 miles to Wall Township. That changed after Wilson went missing more than two years ago. Ruben always enjoyed an early cup of coffee with his son, Shalom Kennedy, loved ones said. That didn't happen the morning of May 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Services Held For Longtime Bergen Mom Killed In Wrong-Way Sussex Crash Services Held For Longtime Bergen Mom Killed In Wrong-Way Sussex Crash
Services Held For Longtime Bergen Mom Killed In Wrong-Way Sussex Crash A longtime Saddle Brook resident who was killed in a fiery wrong-way crash in Sussex County last week was laid to rest. Janet Esser, 58, was driving a Ford Escape that crossed the double-yellow lines and crashed head-on into a Freightliner box truck on Ross Corner Sussex Road (Route 565) in Wantage Township last Wednesday, May 11, authorities said. Her SUV burst into flames, killing her, NJ State Police said. An investigation was continuing, they said, without speculating on a cause. SEE: Driver Killed In Fiery Sussex County Crash With Box Truck, State Police Say The Hackensack-born Esser…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fugitive Who Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl Nabbed At Newark Airport: Prosecutor Fugitive Who Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl Nabbed At Newark Airport: Prosecutor
Fugitive Who Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl Nabbed At Newark Airport: Prosecutor A 26-year-old Union City man wanted out of North Carolina for armed robbery has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Hermes Navarro-Cuevas was arrested by members of Homeland Security Investigations at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark on Friday, May 13 around 12:40 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The crimes occurred in January and February 2022, authorities said. Navarro-Cuevas knew his victim, authorities said. He was remanded to the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny and on sex assault…

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by Cecilia Levine
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1,000-Pound Shark Pinged Off NJ Coast 1,000-Pound Shark Pinged Off NJ Coast
1,000-Pound Shark Pinged Off NJ Coast A 1,000-pound shark was tracked off the New Jersey coast last month. Ironbound, who measure 12-feet 4-inches long, was tracked April 28 in South Jersey, but as of May 9 was swimming along the shores of North Carolina.   Ironbound is named after West Ironbound Island near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, where he was first tagged in 2019.  He is 53 white shark SPOT-tagged by OCEARCH in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities Over 80 children worldwide— between the ages of six and 13-years-old— were groomed by a California man to produce child porn— including five children from New Jersey, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, posed as an 11-year-old girl called “Lizzy” to form online relationships with the children and convince them to perform and record sexual acts on other children in their lives, according to a report released by the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force. VIDEO PRESS RELEASE: Child Sexual Predator Suspect "Lizzy" Arrested Po…

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Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall
Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall The family of a 3-year-old Pennsylvania toddler who was swept away to her death by the rapids of a North Carolina waterfall early Monday morning is detailing the incident. Nevaeh Jade Newswanger's Denver parents say they have been working on a construction site in North Carolina and decided to hike up a trail nearby on Sunday, April 10. Nevaeh was playing in the sand nearby when she slipped and fell into the water, her parents said on a GoFundMe page. "We desperately tried to rescue her but the current was so strong and it swept her down the river and over the falls where the angels caught…

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by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine
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Bird Flu Has Landed In NJ Bird Flu Has Landed In NJ
Bird Flu Has Landed In NJ There's a bird flu outbreak in the United States, but so far only wild ducks have been infected in New Jersey, specifically in Cape May, authorities said. While the outbreak is driving up the price of eggs and chicken nationwide, properly cooked foul is harmless to humans even when it's infected by the flu, agriculture experts say.  The current bird flu outbreak, first reported in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana, is considered the worst since 2015. In New Jersey, 21 Mallard ducks in Cape May have tested positive for the flu so far, according to USDA findings from February. A…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Pilot In Fiery Residential NJ Crash Climbed Out Of Cockpit, Waited For First Responders: Report Pilot In Fiery Residential NJ Crash Climbed Out Of Cockpit, Waited For First Responders: Report
Pilot In Fiery Residential NJ Crash Climbed Out Of Cockpit, Waited For First Responders: Report The pilot of a small plane that crashed in a residential New Jersey town on Monday, April 4, climbed out of the cockpit and stood on the street, waiting on first responders, NJ Advance Media reports. The 53-year-old pilot from North Carolina was treated for minor injuries and released from the hospital as of Tuesday, April 5, the outlet says citing local police. The single-engine Mooney M20M went down in a yard at the corner of Griesheimer and Main streets in Manville around 1 p.m. The crash-landing location is just north of Central Jersey Regional Airport, the FAA said.  Posted by Ma…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Beef Jerky Products Sold In NJ Recalled Over Listeria Concerns Beef Jerky Products Sold In NJ Recalled Over Listeria Concerns
Beef Jerky Products Sold In NJ Recalled Over Listeria Concerns Hundreds of pounds of a popular beef jerky product sold in eight states — including New Jersey — are being jerked from shelves due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. California-based Boyd Specialties is recalling approximately 1,634 pounds of ready-to-eat jerky products that could potentially be contaminated, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. Jerky products subject to recall were produced on Wednesday, Feb. 23. At least 70 different types have been yanked from store shelves due to the contamination concern. The products s…

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by Zak Failla
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Feds: Ponzi Schemer Funded House, Car, More With $6.8M From Investors In NJ, Elsewhere Feds: Ponzi Schemer Funded House, Car, More With $6.8M From Investors In NJ, Elsewhere
Feds: Ponzi Schemer Funded House, Car, More With $6.8M From Investors In NJ, Elsewhere New Jersey residents were among more than two dozen victims who lost a combined $6.8 million to a North Carolina con man running a Ponzi scheme, federal authorities charged. David Schamens, 64, of Greensboro, NC, promised annual return rates of 12% to 30% when he began soliciting investments in 2014 in Secaucus-based TradeStream Analytics LTD, as well as in other entities with names such as TD Trading LLC, TFG Trading LLC, and Tradedesk Financial Group Inc., U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He then launched Tradestream Algo Fund, an algorithm-based trading pool that he clai…

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by Jerry DeMarco