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Rider University Locked Down For 'Active Shooter' Threat
A shelter-in-place was lifted Monday afternoon, April 3, after a call threatening a possible active shooter, authorities said. Lawrence Township police said it was investigating the call made to Rider University Public Safety. Alerts started at about 1:15 p.m. and the lock down lasted about an hour. "There is no active shooter situation on campus at this time," Lawrence police said at about 2:15 p.m. “We will share more info with you ASAP. Investigation is ongoing," the university said in a statement canceling the shelter-in-place. Anyone with information regarding this threat is asked t…
Obituaries
Body Of NJ Student, 24, Recovered From Delaware River In PA
Human remains recovered from the Delaware River in Pennsylvania last week have been identified as a New Jersey college student, officials say. The body found by a fisherman in Falls Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, March 21 was that of 24-year-old Zachary Lodato, said Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck in a release. Lodato had been officially missing since Jan. 27, she said. "He is confirmed to be the person witnessed jumping from the Trenton Makes Bridge on that date," reads the release. Preliminary examination reveals "no obvious signs of trauma" though the offici…
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Peeping Tom Breaks Into Rider Student's Dorm Hoping For Glimpse: Police
A Ewing man was arrested and charged with burglary after he broke into a Rider University dormitory and tried to look into a female room, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious male at the campus around 12:35 Monday heard from two female students that the male in question had entered behind them and followed them into their residence hall. Once inside, the male allegedly stayed in the hallways and approached their room door before standing directly in front, bending over, and trying to look under the door and inside the room. Students then contacted Rider Univers…
Obituaries
New Jersey TV Reporter Scott Babashak Who Met Wife Working On Air Dies Suddenly
Former TV news reporter Scott Babashak of Trenton died of a heart attack Friday, May 27, reports WFMZ, where he previously worked. He was 54 years old. The Hamilton native graduated from the Steinert High School in 1985, where he was president of his graduating class, his obit says. He went on to graduate from Rider University and subsequently landed a job at NBC in New York City. Babashak met his wife Liz Keptner while working on air together at 69-WFMZ-TV in Allentown, PA, before the two moved to Sacramento, CA. Babashak and Keptner moved back to the Lehigh Valley to raise …
Police & Fire
Missing NJ College Student May Be Headed To Maryland, Police Say
A missing college student from New Jersey may be heading to Maryland, police say. Rider University student Jordan Clark-Sherman, 26, was last seen in Trenton around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Lawrence Township Police said Friday. Clark-Sherman stands 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs about 200 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes, police said. Clark-Sherman is considered endangered and may have a possible destination of Maryland, according to police. Anyone with information about Clark-Sherman’s location is urged to contact Lawrence Township Police Detective Ryan Dunn at (609) 844-7125 or (609) 8…
Obituaries
'She Wasn't A Bad Kid': Mom Of 15-Year-Old Killed In Double Fatal Stolen Car Crash Speaks Out
Majia Horner wasn't a bad kid, her mom Jennifer Horner says: "She just made a bad choice." The 15-year-old Newark girl was driving a stolen Jeep that crossed a double-yellow line and struck a westbound Acura RDX in Princeton earlier this month, according to her mom and local police. Majia and the other driver, Jodi Marcou, 61, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, were both pronounced dead at the scene. A 14-year-old passenger in the Jeep was hospitalized with serious injuries, police and the teen's mom said. Horner says she's heartbroken that her daughter took two lives. J…
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2 Killed When Teenage Girl Crashes Stolen Jeep In Princeton
Two people were killed when a 15-year-old driver from Newark crashed a stolen Jeep in Mercer County, authorities said. The driver of the Jeep also left her teenage passenger critically hurt in Sunday's head-on crash in Princeton. Jodi Marcou, 61, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, and the teen driver of the Jeep were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Princeton police. The girl's name was not released. The 14-year-old passenger in the Jeep was in critical condition at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. He also is from Newark. Acc…
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NJ Violin Teacher Sexually Assaults 12-Year-Old Student, Authorities Say
An accomplished violinist and music teacher sexually assaulted a 12-year-old student of his in 2016, authorities announced. Dezheng Ping, 57, of Lawrence, was arrested and charged on Sept. 23 in Middlesex County, Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. An extensive investigation found that Ping sexually assaulted the child during violin lessons held at Ping's then-Plainsboro home, Ciccone said alongside Plainsboro Police Chief Fred Tavener. Ping is employed by Rider University at the Westminster Choir College and provides private violin instruction in West Windsor and Plainsboro. He was cha…
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Racist Hackers Zoom Bomb Rider University Black Sorority Event
Officials at Rider University in Lawrenceville are condemning racism and hatred after a Zoom event for a black sorority was interrupted by dozens of individuals chanting racial slurs and content. The virtual "Galentine's Day" event was hosted by Zeta Phi Beta sisters and another Greek organization on Feb. 11, as part of the university's Black History Month celebration, NJ.com reports. Just five minutes before the party began, hosts noticed an "unusual number of users" waiting to enter the Zoom meeting, NJ.com says. A number of uninvited users then changed their Zoom names to racist phrase…
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