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Toms River Woman Posed As Doctor, Prescribed Medicine Without A License: Prosecutor Toms River Woman Posed As Doctor, Prescribed Medicine Without A License: Prosecutor
Toms River Woman Posed As Doctor, Prescribed Medicine Without A License: Prosecutor A 62-year-old woman from Toms River has been charged with multiple offenses including practicing medicine without a license, authorities said. Maria F. Macburnie, also known as Marife L. Macburnie, was additionally charged with forgery, drug dealing and health care claims fraud, they said. Macburnie presented herself as Dr. Fe Almazon-Condit who is a relative of Macburnie’s with an active license to practice medicine, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division. An inves…

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by Jon Craig
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FBI Bust Nets 7 Arrests, 8 Illegal Weapons After Newark Shooting Spree: Police FBI Bust Nets 7 Arrests, 8 Illegal Weapons After Newark Shooting Spree: Police
FBI Bust Nets 7 Arrests, 8 Illegal Weapons After Newark Shooting Spree: Police Authorities recovered eight illegal weapons and arrested seven individuals in what Newark police are calling "an intense violence reduction operation." The FBI and the US Attorney General's Office were among the agencies deployed in the city's hotspots following four non-fatal shootings that injured eight people Tuesday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. According to O'Hara, the following arrests were made: Sabir Williams, 25, Mahdee S. Johnson, 24, and Safiatou Dieng, 23, all of Newark, were arrested Thursday on the 100 block of Goodwin Avenue. Police saw a hand-to-…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes
Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes ATF agents busted a convicted felon who they said trafficked guns to Jersey City that were used in crimes, including at least one shooting. A federal judge in Georgia ordered Jonathan Brown, 26, held Wednesday pending a detention hearing this Friday after special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested him on gun trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. As an ex-con with several previous convictions, Brown, of Covington, GA, couldn’t buy the firearms himself, so he used straw purchasers in and around Georgia, then trafficked …

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by Jerry DeMarco