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Somerset County Man Tried Selling Child Porn On Social Media, Prosecutor Says Somerset County Man Tried Selling Child Porn On Social Media, Prosecutor Says
Somerset County Man Tried Selling Child Porn On Social Media, Prosecutor Says A Somerset County man was arrested for child porn possession and trying to sell the images over social media, authorities said Thursday. Agents with the US Department of Homeland Security and other local officials raided Siddh B. Shah's Winding Way home in Hillsborough on Sept. 30, seizing computers and other electronic devices, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, said. An investigation found Shah had uploaded more than 200 images depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of a child, Robertson said. The investigation also found that Shah was selling the child p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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High School In Paterson Locked Down Amid Unconfirmed Reports Of Gunman Seeking Revenge High School In Paterson Locked Down Amid Unconfirmed Reports Of Gunman Seeking Revenge
High School In Paterson Locked Down Amid Unconfirmed Reports Of Gunman Seeking Revenge UPDATE: The words "active shooter" terrified some parents of students at a public high school in Paterson -- when, in fact, it was the term used by authorities to describe the law enforcement response to a report Wednesday that an assault victim had gone there with a gun. City Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said no one with a gun showed up at John F. Kennedy High School, which was temporarily locked down before city police and Passaic County tactical units arrived. They established a perimeter as part of an "active shooter" response and began searching the school and surrounding area…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Teacher Accused Of Ripping Hijab Off Student Was Trying To Fix Her Hood, Attorney Says NJ Teacher Accused Of Ripping Hijab Off Student Was Trying To Fix Her Hood, Attorney Says
NJ Teacher Accused Of Ripping Hijab Off Student Was Trying To Fix Her Hood, Attorney Says A New Jersey teacher accused by a former Olympian of pulling a 7-year-old student's hijab off was just trying to fix her hood, her attorney told Daily Voice. "This is not a story about a teacher who forcibly removed a student’s hijab," said Samantha Harris, the attorney representing Tamar Herman, a teacher in the Maplewood South Orange school district.  "This is a story about social media, misinformation, and what happens when people publicize rumors without any knowledge of or regard for the truth." The story began getting media attention after former Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad took …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Olympian Accuses NJ Teacher Of Pulling Hijab From 7-Year-Old Student's Head Olympian Accuses NJ Teacher Of Pulling Hijab From 7-Year-Old Student's Head
Olympian Accuses NJ Teacher Of Pulling Hijab From 7-Year-Old Student's Head A North Jersey family is accusing their 7-year-old daughter's teacher of pulling her hijab from her head. The Wyatts told ABC7 the incident happened at the Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood. The family's story took off when 2016 fencing Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad shared the incident on social media, saying the teacher “forcibly removed the hijab of a second-grade student.” I wrote this book with the intention that moments like this would never happen again. When will it stop? Yesterday,... Posted by Ibtihaj Muhammad on Thursday, October 7, 2021 Tamar Herman's attorney Samantha…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down Looks like we're all going to have to be productive today: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were down globally since 11:41 a.m. Monday. It was not immediately clear what was causing the outage, or how long until it would be fixed. BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all down in a massive outage for Facebook services. Looks like it’s a DNS problem https://t.co/AhebBXBeo0 pic.twitter.com/uEOdex2XcZ — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 4, 2021 “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products," Facebook communications exec Andy Stone said on Twitter…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino Explains Why He Called Police On His Brother Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino Explains Why He Called Police On His Brother
Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino Explains Why He Called Police On His Brother Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is speaking out on calling the police on his brother after a social media user called him "despicable" for it. Maximo Sorrentino showed up to Mike's Holmdel house on Tuesday, with gifts for his newborn son, Romeo. He rang the bell and, minutes later, police cars pulled up looking for him. The "Jersey Shore" star later explained he was simply protecting his family. Click here for more on the incident from the New York Post.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Alleged Kidnap Victim Of Instagram Influencer Took $100,000 Payoff To Change Story Prosecutor: Alleged Kidnap Victim Of Instagram Influencer Took $100,000 Payoff To Change Story
Prosecutor: Alleged Kidnap Victim Of Instagram Influencer Took $100,000 Payoff To Change Story The twisting tale of a Wayne man allegedly kidnapped by Instagram influencer “Jay Mazini” took another turn when Bergen County authorities charged him with taking a $100,000 bribe to back off his story. Amjad Mashal, 29, was arrested outside his business in Clifton, where detectives also found drugs, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. The trouble began when “Mazini” – whose real name is Jebara Igbarra -- picked up Mashal at the 7-Eleven on Palisade Avenue in Fort Lee on March 15, authorities said at the time. Igbarra, of Edgewater, had cultivated a reputation for distribu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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‘Anti-Vax Momma’: Stripper From Bergen Busted For Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram ‘Anti-Vax Momma’: Stripper From Bergen Busted For Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram
‘Anti-Vax Momma’: Stripper From Bergen Busted For Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram A celebrity Instagram stripper from Bergen County who called herself “Anti-Vax Momma” was charged by federal authorities with selling forged COVID vaccine cards online. Jasmine Clifford, 31, of Lyndhurst sold 250 or so phony Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine cards for $200 each, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said Tuesday. Doing the math, that’s $50,000. Clifford – known as “5Star Jazzi” -- also connected customers to Nadayza Barkley, 27, who worked in a medical office on Long Island and added the names of 10 or so buyers to a state vaccine database for a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars
Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars A confessed predator who was busted when he showed up for what he thought would be sex with a 15-year-old boy at the Jersey Shore was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in prison. Robert Lisicki, 51, of Metuchen didn’t realize the person he’d been communicating with on social media was actually an undercover detective, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Lisicki planned meeting the “boy” for sex, even discussing the things he’d planned do to, Bruck said. Detectives who were waiting arrested Lisicki when he arrived at the planned location in Toms River, the attorney general…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile
Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile Most of the time, Lily Magno isn't wearing her dentures. The 25-year-old New Jersey native feels comfortable without them, so she doesn't see the need to wear them. Not even when she films a TikTok for the world to see. But a year ago, Magno didn't want anyone to know the truth about her smile.  In the spring of 2020, the dance teacher and social media guru lost three of her top teeth due to a gum infection -- 12 years after the skateboarding accident that caused it. Magno was insecure. She was embarrassed. She was depressed. It wasn't until she embraced her dentures and new smile that…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Photo Posted By Missing Girl To Social Media Leads Detectives Right To Her In NJ Photo Posted By Missing Girl To Social Media Leads Detectives Right To Her In NJ
Photo Posted By Missing Girl To Social Media Leads Detectives Right To Her In NJ A photo of a billboard shared to social media by a Staten Island teen reported missing is ultimately what led authorities to her, CBS2 reports. The photo was of a sunset -- and in the corner, a billboard for New Jersey attorney Jim Lynch. The lawyer said he saw an email that read "help," and decided to open it, CBS2 says. Social media photo, expert sleuthing lead police to missing Staten Island teen - https://t.co/E7ZJnUu6ds https://t.co/60Rd1WMMF1 — NYPD bot (@NYPDbot) August 18, 2021 It was from an NYPD detective assigned to the case of the teen, missing since April. The detective as…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Childhood Weakness Is TikTok Superpower For CT Woman With Sensitive Gag Reflex Childhood Weakness Is TikTok Superpower For CT Woman With Sensitive Gag Reflex
Childhood Weakness Is TikTok Superpower For CT Woman With Sensitive Gag Reflex A Connecticut woman says her childhood weakness has become her TikTok super power. Lauryn D’Agostino and boyfriend Devin Murphy, of Litchfield, are going viral for their gag-inducing pranks on the video-sharing app. D’Agostino, 33, says her sensitive gag reflex was something her sister used to prank her about when they were young. Then, one day this year, Murphy asked D'Agostino if he could record her watching a video of a baby gagging to see if she'd have a similar reaction. Spoiler alert: She did. "It went viral, D’Agostino said. "We were in shock." D’Agostino owns a marketing company…

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