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Fugitive NJ Ex-Con Captured After Weapons Seizure Faces Federal Charges Fugitive NJ Ex-Con Captured After Weapons Seizure Faces Federal Charges
Fugitive NJ Ex-Con Captured After Weapons Seizure Faces Federal Charges Cedric Lewis had been out of state prison all of two months when detectives who’d been watching him moved in and found several weapons – including a rifle loaded with 30 rounds of ammo – along with crack and heroin that they said belonged to him. With the heat on, the Bloomfield ex-con headed south but was captured by U.S. marshals in Atlanta three months later. Lewis, 29, will be headed to federal prison for a much longer stretch than before depending on the outcome of a grand jury indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Newark that charges him with being a convicted felon in possess…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Edison Shooter, 29, Slammed With 48 Years In Prison Prosecutor: Edison Shooter, 29, Slammed With 48 Years In Prison
Prosecutor: Edison Shooter, 29, Slammed With 48 Years In Prison A 29-year-old man from Middlesex County is looking at spending his next 48 years in state prison, authorities said. Christopher “C-Dub” Thompson of Edison was sentenced on Thursday for fatally shooting a 23-year-old man from New Brunswick in October 2018, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Thompson was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Buck for the murder of Larenz O’Garro.  In a separate case, Thompson was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for possessing a handgun after a prior conviction. In total, Thompson will have to serve …

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by Jon Craig
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$1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NJ, Jackpot Balloons To $600M $1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NJ, Jackpot Balloons To $600M
$1M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NJ, Jackpot Balloons To $600M He or she might be a runner up, but someone in New Jersey bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $1 million. One of five second-prize winners in Friday's blockbuster $520 million lottery, the lucky customer bought the ticket at at Jersey Bagel & Food Mart on Sicklerville Road in Sicklerville, lottery officials said. In doing so, he joined others from Massachusetts, California and Georgia, as well as a winner from New York whose ticket is worth $2 million thanks to the 2x Megaplier. Players had a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize by matching five white ball numbers.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Army Soldier, Teen Boy Charged In Sussex County Killing Of 20-Year-Old Corporal Hayden Harris Army Soldier, Teen Boy Charged In Sussex County Killing Of 20-Year-Old Corporal Hayden Harris
Army Soldier, Teen Boy Charged In Sussex County Killing Of 20-Year-Old Corporal Hayden Harris A 23-year-old Fort Drum soldier and 16-year-old boy are facing murder and kidnapping charges in the Sussex County killing of 20-year-old U.S. Army Cpl. Hayden Harris. Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, and the unidentified teen were arrested earlier this month after Harris' body was found buried in snow, in a wooded area off Ross Road in Byram Dec. 19, authorities in Sussex County previously said. Mellish, of Brooklyn, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, handgun possession, suppression of evidence and more, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday. The teen was charged wi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Bergen Wingman Who Thought He Bought Plane Scammed Out Of $10,000 Police: Bergen Wingman Who Thought He Bought Plane Scammed Out Of $10,000
Police: Bergen Wingman Who Thought He Bought Plane Scammed Out Of $10,000 A Bergen County man who thought he’d put a down payment on a Cessna got taken for $10,000 by a scam artist who told him the aircraft had crashed, authorities said. The Glen Rock victim told borough police he thought he had an agreement to purchase a 2004 Cessna 182T for $200,000 through a website called planecheck.com, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. As part of the deal, he told police, he sent the purported seller a $10,000 non-refundable deposit. The “seller” was to have flown the aircraft from Georgia and to Greenwood Lake Airport in West Milford for delivery, Ackermann said. Wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: NJ Couple Left Emaciated Dog Chained To Backyard Fence For Days After Moving Away Authorities: NJ Couple Left Emaciated Dog Chained To Backyard Fence For Days After Moving Away
Authorities: NJ Couple Left Emaciated Dog Chained To Backyard Fence For Days After Moving Away A Union County couple who left their dog tied to a backyard fence for days after moving to Georgia has been charged with animal cruelty, authorities said Thursday. Curtis Swan and Aaleyah Clay's male Husky was found emaciated and bleeding with infected wounds in the backyard of a Roselle home on Nov. 20, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Roselle Police Chief Brian Barnes jointly announced Thursday. Swan, 27, and Clay, 29, were both charged with third-degree causing serious bodily injury to a domesticated animal via neglect, as well as abandonment of a domesticated animal, a di…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win
Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Democrat Joe Biden won Pennsylvania Saturday morning, putting him on the path to becoming the 46th president of the United States.  Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to take the presidency, the Associated Press reported at 11:25 a.m. The former vice president holds narrow leads over incumbent President Donald Trump in key swing states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as Nevada, Arizona and Georgia. Biden is expected to address the nation later in the day Saturday, along with his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, who will become the first female and first p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Biden Overtakes Trump In Pennsylvania Biden Overtakes Trump In Pennsylvania
Biden Overtakes Trump In Pennsylvania Joe Biden cruised ahead of President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania Friday morning, a state crucial in determining the outcome of the 2020 Election -- days after polls closed. While the count is ongoing, an additional 5,500 votes put the former vice president on track to win his native state, where he had been trailing Trump by nearly 18,000 votes just before 9 a.m. The Keystone state's 20 electoral votes would put Biden well past the 270 needed to win, despite votes still being counted in Nevada, Arizona and Georgia (where Biden was inching ahead of the Trump Friday morning). President Trum…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Almost There: Ballot Counting Continues In PA Almost There: Ballot Counting Continues In PA
Almost There: Ballot Counting Continues In PA Vote counting continued Friday morning in Pennsylvania, where Joe Biden has been inching ahead of Donald Trump largely in part due to mail-in ballots. UPDATE: Biden Pulls Ahead Of Trump In Pennsylvania Workers at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia had approximately 50,000 mail-in votes remaining as of Friday morning -- four days after polls closed, CBS reports. Counting was expected to end Friday afternoon, with workers processing approximately 10,000 ballots an hour. Pennsylvania was among several key states the results hinge on, including Georgia (where Biden beat Tr…

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Trump Sues Pennsylvania Where Uncounted Ballots Could Tip Presidential Race In Biden's Favor Trump Sues Pennsylvania Where Uncounted Ballots Could Tip Presidential Race In Biden's Favor
Trump Sues Pennsylvania Where Uncounted Ballots Could Tip Presidential Race In Biden's Favor U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign filed lawsuits in Michigan -- where Joe Biden won -- and Pennsylvania, where thousands of votes still hadn't been counted in the 2020 Election. Pennsylvania was among six states that had yet to be called including Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada. Expect more fireworks as Trump's personal lawyer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has joined the election fray. Giuliani tweeted: "En route to Philadelphia with legal team. Massive cheating. @realDonaldTrump up by 550,000 with 75% counted. Will not let Ph…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
If Democrats Wrest Control Of US Senate, NJ's Menendez Lands Key Leadership Post If Democrats Wrest Control Of US Senate, NJ's Menendez Lands Key Leadership Post
If Democrats Wrest Control Of US Senate, NJ's Menendez Lands Key Leadership Post When the dust settles, and the fate of the U.S. Senate majority is decided, New Jersey's senior senator could land one of the top leadership posts. But it's likely to take days -- or even weeks -- to know the outcome as Senate races in Georgia and North Carolina remained too close to call on Wednesday. Bob Menendez, a U.S. senator since 2006, is widely considered the leading contender to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. But that's only if Democrats retake a majority of seats in the Senate -- which they lost control of six years ago. According to Politico and ot…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Consultant Admits Bribing Former NJ Assemblyman Consultant Admits Bribing Former NJ Assemblyman
Consultant Admits Bribing Former NJ Assemblyman A computer consultant admitted in federal court Wednesday that he bribed a former New Jersey state assemblyman currently under indictment in connection with a series of kickback schemes. Jeanmarie Zahore, 56, of Rahway told a U.S. District Court judge in Newark via teleconference that he made the corrupt payments when Willis Edwards III was the acting business administrator for the city of Orange. Zahore received a $350,000 contract without competitive bidding from the Orange City Council in September 2015 for JZ Nettech, a computer consulting business that he operated from his home, U.S. A…

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by Jerry DeMarco