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Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Central Jersey Chipotle, Restaurant Closed Temporarily Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Central Jersey Chipotle, Restaurant Closed Temporarily
Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Central Jersey Chipotle, Restaurant Closed Temporarily A driver was hospitalized after crashing into a Chipotle in Monmouth County, forcing the restaurant to close temporarily, authorities said. Holmdel police responded to the crash at the Chipotle on Route 35 at around 4:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, the department said in a Facebook post. The car hopped over the parking lot's curb, broke through the wall, and the front end went into the restaurant's interior. The car driver was brought to Bayshore Hospital with neck pain. No one was injured inside the restaurant. The township's buildings and construction department said Chipotle will…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Shake Shack Opens First NJ Drive-Thru Restaurant In Middlesex County Shake Shack Opens First NJ Drive-Thru Restaurant In Middlesex County
Shake Shack Opens First NJ Drive-Thru Restaurant In Middlesex County Shake Shack has opened its first Garden State drive-thru location in North Brunswick. The new restaurant is at 240 Grand Ave. along northbound Route 1. The 3,500-square-foot Shake Shack features a double drive-thru; it represents only the 32nd restaurant – out of the burger chain’s more than 500 locations system-wide – to feature a drive-thru.  Shake Shack’s menu includes made-to-order Angus beef burgers, crispy chicken, hand-spun milkshakes, house-made lemonades and more.  The Shake Shack opening will be followed by another fast casual dining addition at MainStreet NB. Chipotle…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant
Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant Rapper Lil Tjay, who was shot and critically wounded outside an Edgewater restaurant last summer, was arrested on gun charges stemming from that incident after returning this week from a world tour. The 22-year-old Bronx rapper, born Tione Jayden Merritt, had three handguns hidden in his car when he and a companion were shot during what authorities said was a botched robbery on June 22, 2023. The weapons were stashed in a secret compartment that detectives uncovered during a court-approved search of the vehicle, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. An arrest wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
GOTCHA! Arrests Made In Shooting Of Rapper 'Lil TJay' During Edgewater Robbery GOTCHA! Arrests Made In Shooting Of Rapper 'Lil TJay' During Edgewater Robbery
Gotcha! Arrests Made In Shooting Of Rapper 'Lil TJay' During Edgewater Robbery UPDATE: An ex-con from the Bronx shot rapper “Lil TJay” and a companion during a robbery attempt in Edgewater, authorities said. Mohamed Konate, 27, was being held Wednesday evening pending extradition to Bergen County to face charges that include attempted murder, armed robbery and weapons charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced shortly before 8 p.m. Konate shot Tione Jayden "Lil Tjay" Merritt, 21, of the Bronx multiple times, leaving him with life-threatening injuries, and wounded Antoine Boyd, 22, also of the Bronx, at the Promenade a short distance south of the George …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mexican Restaurant Worker Reported Hurt In South Jersey Chemical Spill, Reports Say Mexican Restaurant Worker Reported Hurt In South Jersey Chemical Spill, Reports Say
Mexican Restaurant Worker Reported Hurt In South Jersey Chemical Spill, Reports Say Police, firefighters and EMS crews were called to a Mexican restaurant on a report of a chemical spill in Atlantic County. EMS crews were called for one employee reportedly exposed to an unspecified chemical according to an 8 p.m. Sunday night report. The hazmat incident was reported about 8 p.m. at a Chipotle restaurant 6813 Tilton Road in Egg Harbor Township, initial reports said. No other details including the type of chemical and the extent of the employee's apparent injuries were not immediately available. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
News
Runaway Pickup With Kids Inside Slams Into Montvale Restaurant Runaway Pickup With Kids Inside Slams Into Montvale Restaurant
Runaway Pickup With Kids Inside Slams Into Montvale Restaurant A possible tragedy was avoided when a pickup truck with two kids left inside slammed into the front of a restaurant in Montvale. An Upper Saddle River resident had parked the 2020 Chevy Silverado in front of the Chipotle at The Shoppes at DiPiero Farm when it rolled forward and struck a parked vehicle around 9 p.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. A 13-year-old who was waiting in the truck with a 9-year-old old tried to stop the pickup but apparently put it in reverse instead, Sanfilippo said. The truck rolled backwards through the parking lot before crashing through the fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream ‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream
‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream UPDATE: The 5-year-old daughter of a convicted sex offender who died by suicide after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his Carlstadt home on Saturday was there when he shot and killed his ex-wife the night before, authorities said. The little girl apparently told her grandparents, who lived upstairs, that James Cox had killed Massiel Deoleo, 34, of Mahwah, in the downstairs apartment of the family's 6th Street home sometime Friday night. “Daddy killed Mommy,” she told them, but said Cox had assured her that it was only a nightmare, responders said. Police got the girl and the grandparents o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
SWAT STANDOFF: Two Dead As Carlstadt Sex Offender Shoots Ex-Wife, Himself SWAT STANDOFF: Two Dead As Carlstadt Sex Offender Shoots Ex-Wife, Himself
SWAT Standoff: Two Dead As Carlstadt Sex Offender Shoots Ex-Wife, Himself UPDATE: The 5-year-old daughter of a convicted sex offender who died by suicide after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his Carlstadt home on Saturday was there when he shot and killed his ex-wife the night before, authorities said. The little girl apparently told her grandparents, who lived upstairs, that James Cox had killed Massiel Deoleo, 34, of Mahwah, in the downstairs apartment of the family's 6th Street home sometime Friday night. “Daddy killed Mommy,” she told them, but said Cox had assured her that it was only a nightmare, responders said. Police got the girl and the grandparents o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Chipotle With Drive-Thru Lane Opens In Central Jersey Chipotle With Drive-Thru Lane Opens In Central Jersey
Chipotle With Drive-Thru Lane Opens In Central Jersey Chipotle has opened a new Central Jersey location. The Edison restaurant on Route 1 is complete with a Chipotlane, or drive-thru lane, and is open for takeout. Customers can enjoy the dining area with limited seating and heightened safety protocols. The restaurant is open every day from 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. The new Edison Chipotle is looking for employees to fill approximately 25 positions. Chipotle also offers a debt-free college degree program and English as a second language plus access to mental healthcare for employees and their families.  Those interested in joining Chi…

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by Cecilia Levine