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'Shocks The Conscience': Jersey Shore Doctor Who Exploited Undocumented Home Servants Sentenced 'Shocks The Conscience': Jersey Shore Doctor Who Exploited Undocumented Home Servants Sentenced
'Shocks The Conscience': Jersey Shore Doctor Who Exploited Undocumented Home Servants Sentenced A doctor from Tinton Falls will spend time in prison for the abusive exploitation of two undocumented women from India, including denying one woman lifesaving surgery for a brain aneurysm, authorities said. Harsha Sahni, 68, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 28 to two years and three months in prison, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. The former rheumatologist with a practice in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal and harbor aliens and filing a false tax return. According to cour…

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by Chris Spiker
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Jersey Shore Pulmonologist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Child Surrenders Medical License: AG Jersey Shore Pulmonologist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Child Surrenders Medical License: AG
Jersey Shore Pulmonologist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Child Surrenders Medical License: AG A Wall Township doctor agreed to give up his license after he was indicted and accused of sexually abusing a child for more than a decade, authorities said. Cornelius Gallagher voluntarily released his medical license through a temporary court order on Monday, Sept. 9, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a news release on Thursday, Sept. 12.  According to the Andreozzi and Foote law firm, Gallagher was a pulmonologist for Shore Pulmonary. He also was previously associated with Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center, and Ocean…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Motorcycle Driver Crashes Into Cargo Van, Dies In Central Jersey Motorcycle Driver Crashes Into Cargo Van, Dies In Central Jersey
Motorcycle Driver Crashes Into Cargo Van, Dies In Central Jersey A Monmouth County man was killed when his motorcycle crashed into a cargo van, authorities said. William Eckert III, 54, of Eatontown, died in the crash on Monday, Apr. 8, according to a Shrewsbury police spokesperson. It happened at around 2:05 p.m. on Route 35, about 300 feet south of Sycamore Avenue. Eckert was driving a 2016 black motorcycle when he crashed into an unoccupied 2019 cargo van. Paramedics rushed him to Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. Police were investigating the cause of the crash.

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Philly Man Accused Of Attacking Man He Knew With Sledgehammer On Jersey Shore: Police Philly Man Accused Of Attacking Man He Knew With Sledgehammer On Jersey Shore: Police
Philly Man Accused Of Attacking Man He Knew With Sledgehammer On Jersey Shore: Police A Philadelphia man was accused of hitting another man in the head with a sledgehammer in Monmouth County, authorities said. Michael Gonzales, 36, was arrested on Friday, Apr. 5, a Middletown police spokesperson said. He was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes.  Investigators said Gonzales hit a 64-year-old Edison man in the head several times with a handheld sledgehammer at Crown Tire on Route 36 in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. The victim was airlifted to Jer…

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by Chris Spiker
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'We Lost Our Internet Grandma:' Whimsical NJ TikTok Star Lynja Yamada Davis Dies At 67 'We Lost Our Internet Grandma:' Whimsical NJ TikTok Star Lynja Yamada Davis Dies At 67
'We Lost Our Internet Grandma:' Whimsical NJ TikTok Star Lynja Yamada Davis Dies At 67 Lynn "Lynja" Yamada Davis, 67-year-old TikToker and New Jersey resident who thrilled millions with her cooking and humor, has died. Davis, of Holmdel, died of esophageal cancer at Riverview Medical Center on Jan. 1, the New York Times reports. Her death was announced by her children on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 12. "Our mom, Lynn Yamada Davis (aka Lynja, the goat, the best to ever do it, small in stature but massive in might, Marge Simpson, Snow White, the bus driver, the queen that was never not slaying, Fort Lee’s finest, the grilling grandma, the internet’s grandma, mini lynnie, little …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Meet New Jersey's First Babies Of 2023 (UPDATED) Meet New Jersey's First Babies Of 2023 (UPDATED)
Meet New Jersey's First Babies Of 2023 (Updated) Oh baby! New Jersey's first baby of 2023 was born just 29 minutes after the ball dropped at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Zaia Cassandra weighs 7 pounds and was due to arrive Jan. 10 — but instead gave her parents and three brothers a New Year's thrill. The family is resting comfortably in their private room in the hospital's award-winning, newly-designed Mother-Baby Unit. Zaia CassandraNewark Beth Israel Medical Center The second, Jared, was born at Hackensack University Medical Center to Edelmira Gonzalez Perez and Ronald Urizar Godoy, of Paterson, at 12:45 a.m. He weighs 6 pound…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
No AC Closes Jersey Shore Hospital ER, Patients Diverted (DEVELOPING) No AC Closes Jersey Shore Hospital ER, Patients Diverted (DEVELOPING)
No AC Closes Jersey Shore Hospital ER, Patients Diverted (Developing) Air conditioning was not working at a Jersey Shore hospital forcing its emergency room to temporarily close Wednesday, July 20, officials confirmed. The malfunction at Riverview Medical Center occurred around 9 a.m. as temps climbed into the 90s. HAPPENING NOW: Riverview Medical Center in Redbank transporting multiple patients to other facilities after experiencing a power outage. pic.twitter.com/XX0aesZgcW — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) July 20, 2022 The following statement was released to News12: This morning, some of the air conditioning units at Hackensack Meridian Rivervie…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Longtime Union Beach Mayor Paul Smith Dies At 66 Longtime Union Beach Mayor Paul Smith Dies At 66
Longtime Union Beach Mayor Paul Smith Dies At 66 Union Beach Mayor Paul J. Smith Jr., who was serving his ninth year as the town’s mayor, died Thursday at the age of 66. “I am broken-hearted along with all the members of the borough council to have to share with you the news of the passing of our beloved friend and longtime mayor of Union Beach,” Councilman Albin J. Wicki wrote on Facebook. The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office said on social media that Smith died from “health complications." He died of cardiac arrest at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank after falling at home, local officials said. Smith was a member of the borough cou…

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by Jon Craig