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‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police ‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police
‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police A GNC employee in Hunterdon County told police he was simply “bored” when he decided to throw energy drinks around the store and parking lot and cause damage to the walls, authorities said. Officers responding to the Flemington GNC saw purple energy drinks thrown in the middle of the parking lot and all over the store, as well as damage to a wall inside the store, police said. A follow-up investigation found that one of the store’s employees, Nicholas Tampano, 18, had started throwing expired cans at the building and causing the damage because he was “bored,” police said. Tampano, of Flemi…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
Report: GNC Closes Additional 40 New Jersey Stores Report: GNC Closes Additional 40 New Jersey Stores
Report: GNC Closes Additional 40 New Jersey Stores After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June, GNC has announced closures of an additional 40 stores. The nutritional supplement company had originally planned on closing just 10 stores. According to NJ.com, the following 50 stores have either closed, or will soon: Blackwood, Gloucester Premium Outlets Bridgewater, Bridgewater Commons Cinnaminson, The Shoppes At Cinnaminson Closter, Heidenberg Plaza Delran, Hartford Corners Denville, The Shoppes At Union Hill Denville,  Diamond Spring Road Deptford, Deptford Mall East Hanover, Hanover Commons East Rutherford, American Dream Mall E…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY
List: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY GNC on Wednesday released a list of stores that the company is closing in New Jersey and New York as part of its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retailer, which had 5,200 stores in the U.S. and 7,300 worldwide at the end of March, said it expects to close anywhere from 800 to 1,200 of them, beginning with those listed below. GNC already was submerged in an estimated $700 million in debt and facing delisting on the New York Stock Exchange when COVID-19 struck. The coronavirus pandemic “created a situation where we were unable to accomplish our refinancing and the abrupt cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills
Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills Edgewater police nabbed a pair of counterfeiters from the Bronx who hit several stores in town, authorities said. The manager of a River Road GNC called police Wednesday after the men used three bogus $100 bills to pay for low-priced items, receiving genuine cash as change, before fleeing in a white Mercedes Benz E350 Police Chief Donald Martin said. The car pulled into the parking lot of The Square shopping center when Officer Tyler Iafelice spotted it, Martin said. A search turned up $600 in bogus $100 bills and the same amount in real money, he said. Charged with forgery, money launder…

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by Jerry DeMarco