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Morristown Woman Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For Smuggling $2M In Airplane Parts To Iran Morristown Woman Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For Smuggling $2M In Airplane Parts To Iran
Morristown Woman Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For Smuggling $2M In Airplane Parts To Iran A Morristown woman must spend the next year and a half in federal prison for helping smuggle more than $2 million worth of aircraft parts to buyers in Iran who authorities said have ties to Hezbollah and Hammas. Joyce Eliabachus, 53, was the principal officer and operator of Edsun Equipments, a purported New Jersey-based aviation parts trading company that she ran from her home, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. She conspired with others in “an international procurement network that surreptitiously acquired large quantities of aircraft components from United States-based manufacturers and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Body Of Bergen Man Who Drowned 5 Weeks Ago Recovered From Deepest Part Of Lake Tahoe Body Of Bergen Man Who Drowned 5 Weeks Ago Recovered From Deepest Part Of Lake Tahoe
Body Of Bergen Man Who Drowned 5 Weeks Ago Recovered From Deepest Part Of Lake Tahoe The body of a Closter man who went missing in Lake Tahoe five weeks ago was found more than 1,500 feet below the surface, authorities said. Ryan Normoyle, a talented 29-year-old woodworker, had recorded the final cellphone images of himself happily jumping off a rented boat that he’d rented on Aug. 10 during a three-week West Coast vacation last month. “It looks like he was playing around in the water didn’t know the boat was in gear,” South Lake Tahoe Police Lt. Travis Cabral said. The Dumont native "wasn’t able to make it back to the boat,” which washed up in Glenbrook, Nevada, Cabral sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Largest US Dark Web Sweep Ever: 179 Busted, Half-Ton Drugs, $6.5M Seized In Operation DisrupTor Largest US Dark Web Sweep Ever: 179 Busted, Half-Ton Drugs, $6.5M Seized In Operation DisrupTor
Largest US Dark Web Sweep Ever: 179 Busted, Half-Ton Drugs, $6.5M Seized In Operation DisrupTor Authorities seized more than $6.5 million in cash and virtual currency, as well as more than half a ton of drugs, in the largest dark web bust ever in the U.S., the Justice Department announced Tuesday. A total of 179 buyers and sellers were charged worldwide by law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe as part of Operation DisrupTor, named for the heavily-encrypted private web browser (Tor) most often used to access the dark web, authorities said. More than 600 pounds of fentanyl, heroin, other opioids and cocaine were seized in the U.S. alone. Authorities charged 121 peopl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Feds Pursue Bank Accounts, Mansion Bought By Bergen Lawyer With $9M In COVID Relief Funds Feds Pursue Bank Accounts, Mansion Bought By Bergen Lawyer With $9M In COVID Relief Funds
Feds Pursue Bank Accounts, Mansion Bought By Bergen Lawyer With $9M In COVID Relief Funds Federal authorities have moved to seize 11 bank accounts, an investment account and a million-dollar Cresskill home bought by a Cliffside Park lawyer accused of scamming lenders out of $9M intended for small businesses crippled by COVID-19. Jae H. Choi, 48, got the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds from three lenders on behalf of non-existent businesses that he claimed provided educational services, an indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark alleges. Choi fabricated the existence of hundreds of employees, manipulated bank and tax records, and falsified a d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Weather
Dueling Forecasts: New, Old Farmers' Almanacs Clash On Winter Weather Predictions Dueling Forecasts: New, Old Farmers' Almanacs Clash On Winter Weather Predictions
Dueling Forecasts: New, Old Farmers' Almanacs Clash On Winter Weather Predictions Want an early read on the weather outlook for the winter of 2020-21? The new and old Farmers' Almanacs have each released their winter weather forecasts -- and they're not exactly in agreement. One says the northeast will see a light winter while the other says cold and snowy. "If you love the cold of winter, you’re going to love our forecast if you live in the northern half of the country," the Farmers' Almanac said, noting a major blizzard the second week of February will be among several big storms in the area. “This storm may bring up to 1-2 feet of snow to cities from …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NOAA: Endangered Whale Struck By 2 Vessels Off Jersey Shore NOAA: Endangered Whale Struck By 2 Vessels Off Jersey Shore
NOAA: Endangered Whale Struck By 2 Vessels Off Jersey Shore The right whale calf found floating off the Jersey Shore last week had evidence of at least two separate vessel collisions, federal authorities said. The carcass of the North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species, was spotted on Thursday by an aerial survey team from the Center for Coastal studies off the coast of Elberon (part of Long Branch), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a statement. On Monday, NOAA released preliminary results on a necropsy, finding that the whale had several propeller wounds across his head and chest, and a likely rudd…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
COVID-19: You May Have Had Virus And Not Known It, CDC Says COVID-19: You May Have Had Virus And Not Known It, CDC Says
Covid-19: You May Have Had Virus And Not Known It, CDC Says There have been around 2.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States since the pandemic began in mid-March. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now saying that it's possible that just 10 percent of people infected with the virus are included in that number because most cases went undiagnosed. Dr. Robert Redfield, the CDC's director, said in a media briefing that a "good estimate" is 10-to-1 for those infected with COVID to those testing positive. That means the number of people who have or had COVID in the United States is about 25 …

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Princeton Divorcee Dates Ethiopian Man On New Season Of '90 Day Fiancé' Spinoff Princeton Divorcee Dates Ethiopian Man On New Season Of '90 Day Fiancé' Spinoff
Princeton Divorcee Dates Ethiopian Man On New Season Of '90 Day Fiancé' Spinoff A 28-year-old Princeton divorcee is featured on a TLC "90 Day Fiancé" spinoff. Ariela is a freelance writer dating Biniyam, a 29-year-old dancer and gymnast from Ethiopia, on the TLC series, "90 Day Fiance: The Other Way." The first episode of the spinoff’s second season aired Monday, June 8. The show features Americans who uproot their lives in the U.S. for a shot at love with their significant  others in foreign countries. For Ariela, that means going to Ethiopia. She met Biniyam while waiting for a cab outside a hotel. "I was waiting for a taxi outside a local hotel and …

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by Valerie Musson
News
Public Puzzled By Planes Circling State Of Liberty: 'Welcome To Federal State Of New China' Public Puzzled By Planes Circling State Of Liberty: 'Welcome To Federal State Of New China'
Public Puzzled By Planes Circling State Of Liberty: 'Welcome To Federal State Of New China' Some looked on puzzled while others grew concerned when a group of propeller planes circled the Statue of Liberty before dusk Wednesday pulling banners that said: "Congratulations to federal state of new China!" in English and Chinese. What was it about? The stunt was organized by fugitive Chinese billionaire businessman Miles Guo and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. In a live stream from a boat in New York Harbor on the anniversary of the 1989 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Guo said that "from today the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will no longer be the l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters
Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters A now-former aide to New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer admitted using the U.S. House of Representatives seal to falsify letters written on the federal lawmaker’s letterhead. Patrick Sheehan, 29, of West Milford, was working as director of community outreach in Gottheimer’s Sussex County office in Newton when he “falsified and mailed” a series of letters that purported to be from another staffer containing false information about the congressman and that employee, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said following Friday's guilty plea. Sheehan then “falsified multiple copies of a letter on [G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Permanently Closing Stores Nationwide Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Permanently Closing Stores Nationwide
Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Permanently Closing Stores Nationwide Victoria’s Secret will permanently close about 250 stores in the U.S. and Canada this year, parent company L Brands announced.  Ohio-based L Brands did not detail the closure locations, but there are 42 Victoria's Secret stores in New Jersey and 1,000 nationwide.  L Brands also announced that 51 Bath & Body Works stores in the U.S. and Canada will close this year. There are 10 Bath & Body stores in New Jersey and 1,635 stores nationwide. The popular retail chain joins others in announcing permanent store closures in recent weeks including J.Crew, Neiman Marcus, JC Pe…

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by Jon Craig
News
Vicious Giant Hornets With Venomous Sting Spotted For First Time In US Vicious Giant Hornets With Venomous Sting Spotted For First Time In US
Vicious Giant Hornets With Venomous Sting Spotted For First Time In US As if a global pandemic and worldwide economic crisis aren't enough to occupy us, there's now news of the arrival of a vicious, freakish-looking hornet with a venomous sting in the United States for the first time. Asian giant hornets can use shark-fin shaped appendages to destroy a beehive, decapitating its victims in a matter of minutes. “It’s a shockingly large hornet,” said Todd Murray, Washington State University's Extension entomologist and invasive species specialist. “It’s a health hazard, and more importantly, a significant predator of honey bees.” That's especially concerning sin…

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by Joe Lombardi