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Correctional Officer From Union Gets 4 Years For Smuggling Fentanyl Into Prison For Cash Correctional Officer From Union Gets 4 Years For Smuggling Fentanyl Into Prison For Cash
Correctional Officer From Union Gets 4 Years For Smuggling Fentanyl Into Prison For Cash A former senior correctional police officer at Northern State Prison in Newark was sentenced to four years behind bars Friday for smuggling fentanyl and marijuana to an inmate. Roberto Reyes-Jackson, 31, Irvington, smuggled “multiple single-dose wax folds of a powder compound laced with fentanyl to inmate Aaron Copeland” between September and December 2016, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. He also smuggled a small amount of marijuana to Copeland, Grewal said. In exchange, Reyes-Jackson was paid hundreds of dollars by Copeland’s girlfriend, Tyeesha Powell, the attorney general …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Duo Charged In Route 80 Killing Now Accused Of Another Just Days Earlier Duo Charged In Route 80 Killing Now Accused Of Another Just Days Earlier
Duo Charged In Route 80 Killing Now Accused Of Another Just Days Earlier Two men charged with stalking and shooting a driver dead on Route 80 last month killed another man four days earlier on Long Island, authorities there said. Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, and Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centerreach, are charged with murder in the Jan. 14 shooting death of Justin Gottlieb, 27, of Plainview, Nassau County police said Thursday. Authorities captured and charged Coudrey and Regan on Jan. 22 after Louis Perez, 27, of the Bronx, was shot in his car on Route 80 in Lodi several days earlier. The new charges stem from an apparent drive-by shooting in Plainview, Nassa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ: Morris County Dentist Who Exposed Patients To Heart Infection Can Resume Practice This Year NJ: Morris County Dentist Who Exposed Patients To Heart Infection Can Resume Practice This Year
NJ: Morris County Dentist Who Exposed Patients To Heart Infection Can Resume Practice This Year A Morris County dentist who exposed more than a dozen patients to a heart infection that killed one of them agreed to a five-year license suspension and thousands of dollars in penalties, authorities said. Because the move includes time already in suspension, John Vecchione will be allowed to begin a probationary period on Aug. 31, provided he follows certain conditions and demonstrates his "fitness and competency to resume practice," Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Vecchione was temporarily suspended from practice in August 2016 amid allegations that he failed to mai…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Two Sentenced In Jersey Shore Child Sex Sting Two Sentenced In Jersey Shore Child Sex Sting
Two Sentenced In Jersey Shore Child Sex Sting Two Ocean County men were sentenced to plea-bargained state prison terms for planning sexual encounters with underage teens who were actually police, authorities said. Volvi Lowinger and Brian Degnan were among 24 men nabbed in a "To Catch a Predator"-type sting dubbed “Operation Open House.” Lowinger, a 25-year-old student from Lakewood who worked at a dry cleaning business, was sentenced last Friday to four years in state prison by a Superior Court judge in Toms River after previously pleaded guilty to luring. Degnan, a 34-year-old data entry clerk from Toms River, was sentenced Tuesday …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO (WATCH): Multi-Agency Initiative Smashes NJ-PA Gun-Running Ring, 36 Weapons Seized VIDEO (WATCH): Multi-Agency Initiative Smashes NJ-PA Gun-Running Ring, 36 Weapons Seized
Video (Watch): Multi-Agency Initiative Smashes Nj-pa Gun-Running Ring, 36 Weapons Seized A rifle that fired the bullet that killed a 2-year-old girl being held by her mother was among more than 36 firearms and over a pound of meth that was seized in a joint takedown of a major gun trafficking ring operating in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, authorities announced Monday. The attorneys general’s offices in both states worked in tandem with NJ State Police, Philadelphia police and the FBI, DEA and ATF in “Operation Zombie,” which produced the arrests of five alleged ring members from Philadelphia who authorities said brought guns and meth into Camden. A semi-automatic rifle that th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ: Bergenfield Housing Complex Manager Broke Civil Rights Law Rejecting Apartment Applicant NJ: Bergenfield Housing Complex Manager Broke Civil Rights Law Rejecting Apartment Applicant
NJ: Bergenfield Housing Complex Manager Broke Civil Rights Law Rejecting Apartment Applicant The manager of a Bergenfield housing complex rejected a potential tenant who planned to pay rent with federal Section 8 housing assistance, violating New Jersey's civil rights law, state authorities charged. Tower Management Service – manager of the Ivy Lane Apartments in Bergenfield – “wrongfully rejected the would-be tenant for not meeting a minimum income requirement” by recognizing the federal contribution, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. The prospective tenant would have been responsible for covering no more than $386 of his overall monthly rent of $995, while the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized UPDATE: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized
Update: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized UPDATE: Authorities captured and charged three Long Island men in connection with the shooting death of a driver on Route 80 in Lodi last weekend. "It was not a random shooting -- it was a targeted killing," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said during a news conference Thursday in Hackensack with Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti and New Jersey State Police Lt. Colonel Fritz Frage. Anzilotti identified the trio as: Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach, NY; Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, NY, the alleged shooter; Robert Plunkett, 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Slain Officer ID'd In Jersey City Bloodbath As Bergen Dad, Two Shooters, 3 Civilians Also Dead Slain Officer ID'd In Jersey City Bloodbath As Bergen Dad, Two Shooters, 3 Civilians Also Dead
Slain Officer ID'd In Jersey City Bloodbath As Bergen Dad, Two Shooters, 3 Civilians Also Dead UPDATE: A police officer, two suspects and three civilians were killed in what became a Jersey City gun battle Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed. The slain officer was identified as Joseph Seals, a 17-year department veteran and father of five -- including a newborn -- who lived in North Arlington. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Joe’s family during this Christmas season and beyond,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said. “We take for granted sometimes the selfless work a police officer does when they wear that uniform. In the end they are people that volunteered to keep every…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man Dead In Secaucus Domestic Incident, Authorities Say UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man Dead In Secaucus Domestic Incident, Authorities Say
Update: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man Dead In Secaucus Domestic Incident, Authorities Say What began as a domestic incident at a Secaucus condo Sunday night turned into a shootout with police that left a man dead, authorities said. Following protocol, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said his office was investigation the police-involved shooting death in the 300 block of Sea Isle Key in Harmon Cove. Secaucus Mayor Mike Gonnelli told reporters at the scene that the incident began as a domestic dispute that required a police response around 5:45 p.m. Responders said a subject was barricaded. Local police were joined by a Hudson County SWAT team, Hudson County sheriff’s of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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State Suing Companies In Newark, East Orange And Kearny Over Polluting State Suing Companies In Newark, East Orange And Kearny Over Polluting
State Suing Companies In Newark, East Orange And Kearny Over Polluting The state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced six lawsuits against suspected polluters as part of an initiative to crack down on companies operating in low-income and minority communities throughout the state.  The companies cited have been accused of releasing hazardous materials into the soil and water of their host cities like Newark and Camden, often near residential areas.  “Today’s six enforcement actions are just the latest salvo in our ongoing efforts to stand up for environmental justice and to fight for communities across the state that have been ignored in the p…

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by Paul Milo
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Swastikas Found Scrawled At Glen Rock Middle School Swastikas Found Scrawled At Glen Rock Middle School
Swastikas Found Scrawled At Glen Rock Middle School Detectives were investigating the discovery Thursday morning of two swastikas drawn in pencil in a boy's bathroom at the Glen Rock Middle School, authorities said. School officials contacted them after discovering the symbols in the middle school section of a building that also houses the borough high school, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Detective Sgt. Jim Calaski "made all appropriate notifications," while the school "has also reached out to parents and is following up with the student body," the chief said. "As of this time there is no evidence to support that this incident is relat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DEP Files Lawsuit Against Newark Company Over Odor Complaints DEP Files Lawsuit Against Newark Company Over Odor Complaints
DEP Files Lawsuit Against Newark Company Over Odor Complaints Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine McCabe said Thursday that the state is suing a company in over noxious smells allegedly emanating from a production facility the company owns in Newark's East Ward/   Darling Ingredients, a multinational corporation which recycles inedible animal products for use in the manufacture of items like gelatin and animal feed, owns the plant on Wilson Avenue, where inspectors found 320 permit violations between September 2018 and June, according to the suit, which was filed in Superior Cour…

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by Paul Milo