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Remnants Of Hurricane Ian To Drench NJ This Weekend Remnants Of Hurricane Ian To Drench NJ This Weekend
Remnants Of Hurricane Ian To Drench NJ This Weekend As Hurricane Ian loosens its grip on Florida and turns to the Carolinas, New Jersey will be getting some remnants of the storm over the weekend. Rain is expected to begin in the evening hours Friday, Sept. 30 and continue through around the same time on Sunday, Oct. 2, according to the National Weather Service. The northern-most part of the Garden State can expect about a quarter inch to an inch-and-a-half of rain, while the Jersey Shore and the southern-most areas of the state could between three and four inches. Highs will be in the mid-60s with lows in the high 40s or low 50s. Meanwhil…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PARTY TIME: NJ Park Police Union Prez Accused Of Running Up $160,000 Tab On Members' Dime PARTY TIME: NJ Park Police Union Prez Accused Of Running Up $160,000 Tab On Members' Dime
Party Time: NJ Park Police Union Prez Accused Of Running Up $160,000 Tab On Members' Dime A former New Jersey park police union chief indulged himself on the members’ dime, spending $160,000 in dues on dinners at upscale restaurants, airfare and out-of-state trips unrelated to the local's business, authorities charged. Chris Smith, 48, of the Warren County town of Hope, “will now pay his dues,” Thomas Eicher, executive director of the New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, said after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him with theft. Smith tapped the funds of two unions he led in a “continuous theft scheme” between 2014 and 2019, when Smith was presi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wanted Route 17 Driver Had Air Pistol, Ski Mask, More: Rochelle Park PD Wanted Route 17 Driver Had Air Pistol, Ski Mask, More: Rochelle Park PD
Wanted Route 17 Driver Had Air Pistol, Ski Mask, More: Rochelle Park PD A driver from Staten Island was caught with an air pistol, a ski mask and an outstanding warrant when Rochelle Park police stopped him on Route 17, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka pulled over the BMW with Florida transporter plates for multiple equipment violations on the southbound highway around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lt. James M. DePreta said. The driver, 22-year-old Devonte Thomas, was unable to provide a valid registration or proof of insurance, he said. While Kiszka was dealing with him, backup Officer Jorge Orihuela spotted what looked like a handgun sticking out from beneath the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mega Millions Tickets Good For $1M, $2M Sold In PA Mega Millions Tickets Good For $1M, $2M Sold In PA
Mega Millions Tickets Good For $1M, $2M Sold In PA While the Mega Millions ticket winning the $1.28 billion jackpot was sold in Illinois, two Pennsylvania players got lucky as well. The tickets from the Friday, July 28 drawing are good for $1 million and $2 million. Six tickets worth $2 million were sold in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Arkansas and three in Florida. Twenty tickets good for $1 million a piece were sold in Pennsylvania, New York, and 18 other states. The winning numbers were13, 36, 45, 57, 67, with the Mega Ball of 14. The jackpot is rolling back to $20 million for the next drawing Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 11 p.m.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hackensack Ex-Con Assaulted Female Neighbor As She Held Baby, Police Charge Hackensack Ex-Con Assaulted Female Neighbor As She Held Baby, Police Charge
Hackensack Ex-Con Assaulted Female Neighbor As She Held Baby, Police Charge An ex-con with an extensive criminal history was jailed after he assaulted his Hackensack neighbor as she held her young baby, authorities said. Robert Grembowiec, 49, apparently became upset over a water cooler that leaked in front of his apartment door, according to Capt. Darren DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. Grembowiec knocked on her door and she opened it on Monday holding her 9-month-old child, the captain said. Grembowiec then hit her several times on the arm with a mini souvenir baseball bat, he said. The woman went to Hackensack University Medical Center after co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Gronk Announces NFL Retirement Gronk Announces NFL Retirement
Gronk Announces NFL Retirement Gronk's professional football career will soon be coming to an end.  The 33-year-old New England Patriots tight end, whose real name is Rob Gronkowski, announced his retirement on Instagram Tuesday, June 21. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rob Gronkowski (@gronk) Gronk grew up in Amherst, NY but attended Woodland Hills High School in Churchill Pennsylvania for his senior year.  He played 11 seasons in the NFL, nine of which were with the Patriots, before signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020.  Gronk announced an initia…

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by David Cifarelli & Cecilia Levine
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$6.8M COVID-19 Scam: Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Gets 4+ Years, No Parole $6.8M COVID-19 Scam: Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Gets 4+ Years, No Parole
$6.8M Covid-19 Scam: Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Gets 4+ Years, No Parole A dual New York/Florida resident was sentenced in New Jersey to a plea-bargained 51 months in federal prison for fraudulently collecting more than $6.8 million in COVID-19 payroll protection loans -- $3 million of which he lost in the stock market. Gregory J. Blotnick, 35, will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti sentenced Blotnick in Newark to two years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution of $4,577,631. Blotnick told the judge last f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pittsburgh Steelers' QB Dwayne Haskins' BAC 3X Legal Limit, On Ketamine When He Died: Reports Pittsburgh Steelers' QB Dwayne Haskins' BAC 3X Legal Limit, On Ketamine When He Died: Reports
Pittsburgh Steelers' QB Dwayne Haskins' BAC 3X Legal Limit, On Ketamine When He Died: Reports New details are emerging about Pittsburgh Steelers' Quarterback and New Jersey native, raised in Maryland, Dwayne Haskins, 24, who was struck dead by a dump truck on a Florida highway on Saturday, April 9. The 24-year-old Highland Park, NJ native, who was raised in Potomac, Maryland, was trying to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 while trying to get gas in Florida when he was struck and killed, authorities previously said.  Haskins death has been ruled an accident caused by blunt force, multiple media outlets report citing an autopsy report released by the Broward Medical Ex…

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by Jillian Pikora
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UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson
Update: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street and sped off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities Over 80 children worldwide— between the ages of six and 13-years-old— were groomed by a California man to produce child porn— including five children from New Jersey, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, posed as an 11-year-old girl called “Lizzy” to form online relationships with the children and convince them to perform and record sexual acts on other children in their lives, according to a report released by the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force. VIDEO PRESS RELEASE: Child Sexual Predator Suspect "Lizzy" Arrested Po…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died
Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died Moments after Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins, 24, was struck dead by a dump truck on a Florida highway on Saturday, April 9, his wife made a chilling call to 911, as heard in the audio recording of the call obtained by South Florida Fox Sports host Andy Slater. Haskins’ wife Kalabrya Haskins, can be heard telling the 911 operator that she was on the phone with he husband who said he would call her back, but he “had to go walk and get gas.” WARNING: The following audio may be disturbing for some listeners. NEW: 911 audio from the morning Dwayne Hask…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Dwayne Haskins Was Drifting Into Traffic With Arms Up Before Florida Highway Death: Report Dwayne Haskins Was Drifting Into Traffic With Arms Up Before Florida Highway Death: Report
Dwayne Haskins Was Drifting Into Traffic With Arms Up Before Florida Highway Death: Report An eyewitness is recounting details in last weekend's death of Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins. Florida resident Chris Stanley told an NBC affiliate station he believes he saw the 24-year-old athlete on Interstate 595 while heading home from the airport. The man walking on the side of the highway was drifting into the right late with his arms slightly raised, Stanley said. Concerned, he called 911. Six minutes later, the crash was reported, NBC says. “That's why it's just very disturbing," Stanley said said. "I just didn't under…

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by Jon Craig