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ICE Seeking Detainee Who Escaped From NJ Jail ICE Seeking Detainee Who Escaped From NJ Jail
ICE Seeking Detainee Who Escaped From NJ Jail Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are looking for a 31-year-old man who escaped from the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark Friday. Luis Cordon-Guzman, Guatemalan national, was deported from the U.S. on April 24, 2019, and illegally reentered on an unknown date and location, a felony under federal law. He has multiple pending felony charges out Trenton stemming from a March 16 arrest by local police, ICE officials said. Following his arrest, ICE filed an immigration detainer with the Mercer County Correctional Facility (MCCF) in Trenton, and Cordo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash
Update: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program
Feds: NJ Firm Pays $345G For Short-Changing Foreign Nationals In Trump-Opposed Visa Program A Middlesex County staffing firm has agreed to pony up $345,000 to settle federal allegations that it underpaid highly-skilled foreign nationals who were brought to the U.S. to work under a special visa program currently under fire from the Trump Administration. Edison-based Savantis Solutions didn’t admit or deny the Justice Department’s allegations, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. Instead, it agreed to pay back wages and interest to current and former company employees who entered the United States on H-1B visas. Although federal authorities didn’t specify their nation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
TV TONIGHT: Two NJ Natives Compete For Love On CBS Reality Dating Show 'Love Island' TV TONIGHT: Two NJ Natives Compete For Love On CBS Reality Dating Show 'Love Island'
TV Tonight: Two NJ Natives Compete For Love On CBS Reality Dating Show 'Love Island' One is from the Jersey Shore, the other Morris County. Both are looking for love as contestants on Season 2 of CBS dating show "Love Island," which runs every night at 9 p.m. Meet Moira Tumas, 28, of Brielle, and Justine Nbida, 27, of Rockaway. Tumas grew up just a mile from the Jersey Shore in Brielle and studied communication design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has acting experience at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England, Bustle reports. Tumas currently works as a “shopping-channel model” and loves to draw, her CBS biography says. She also l…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
North Jersey Family Opens 3rd Taco Shop -- This One In Union County North Jersey Family Opens 3rd Taco Shop -- This One In Union County
North Jersey Family Opens 3rd Taco Shop -- This One In Union County A taco shop owned by a North Jersey family is taking the area by storm. Folklore Artisanal Taco opened this week on North Avenue West in Cranford, in a space formerly occupied by Little Buffalo. Owner Owner Sergio Capdevielle's family operated several restaurants in Mexico in the 1970s.  Folklore's flagship store opened in West Orange and then last year, a second came to Chatham. Thank you Cranford for making this opening day amazing!! Mucho love and muchos Tacos!! ❤️🌮 Posted by Folklore Artisanal Taco on Thursday, July 30, 2020 Orders come with four tacos, which range in price betwe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Murder, Rape Charges Dropped In Rutherford Woman's Beating Death After Judge Rejects DNA Proof Murder, Rape Charges Dropped In Rutherford Woman's Beating Death After Judge Rejects DNA Proof
Murder, Rape Charges Dropped In Rutherford Woman's Beating Death After Judge Rejects DNA Proof Murder and rape charges were dropped against a Guatemalan national accused of killing a 50-year-old Rutherford woman more than six years ago after a judge refused to allow prosecutors to use DNA evidence against him. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said she had no choice, leaving the family of Karen Splettstoesser without justice. Rafael Camey is now in the hands of federal immigration officials who are expected to deport him. The issue bounced around the court system before coming to a halt last month. Superior Court Judge Marilyn C. Clark initially granted a defense request …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man In US On Visa Sentenced For Raping Unconscious Victim In Jersey City Man In US On Visa Sentenced For Raping Unconscious Victim In Jersey City
Man In US On Visa Sentenced For Raping Unconscious Victim In Jersey City A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping an unconscious woman in his basement apartment in Jersey City, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.  Silver Iwuchukwu, 28,  assaulted the unconscious 18-year-old woman in his basement apartment Oct. 29, 2017, authorities said. The assault was captured on surveillance video. Iwuchukwu was convicted by a jury in July.  The woman did not know Iwuchukwu before the attack, authorities also said. Iwuchukwu is a Nigerian national in the country on a student visa, NJ.com reported. He must serve at least 85 pe…

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by Paul Milo
Business
Dover Taqueria Brenda Lee Reopens Year After 7-Alarm Fire Dover Taqueria Brenda Lee Reopens Year After 7-Alarm Fire
Dover Taqueria Brenda Lee Reopens Year After 7-Alarm Fire It's certainly been a while since the Dover community has tasted the food from Brenda Lee's. Or sat in the chairs. Or chatted with owner Alfredo Jimenez. The Warren Street taqueria reopened this week at 15 E Blackwell St., two blocks away from the previous location. The opening comes nearly a year after a 7-alarm fire tore through the block, displacing 80 families and destroying five buildings. Owner Jimenez immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico 18 years ago. He later began working at Dover's original Brenda Lee's with his sister, eventually saving enough money to purchase it as h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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POLL: Sussex County's New ICE Ballot Question Similar To Another That AG Nixed POLL: Sussex County's New ICE Ballot Question Similar To Another That AG Nixed
Poll: Sussex County's New ICE Ballot Question Similar To Another That AG Nixed The Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders unanimously voted to put a question on the ballot similar to the one New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal told them not to: "Should Sussex County aid ICE?"  (Story continues below poll). The board is asking voters to weigh-in on if it should "make county-owned tools, resources, personnel, and real and intellectual property" should be made reasonably available to ICE. Grewal last month criticized a similar ballot question that would have asked the county sheriff to ignore his "immigrant trust directive," and gave the Free…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Newark Man, An Ex-Military Interpreter, Charged With Human Smuggling Newark Man, An Ex-Military Interpreter, Charged With Human Smuggling
Newark Man, An Ex-Military Interpreter, Charged With Human Smuggling A citizen of Afghanistan who became a lawful permanent resident of the United States after working as a military interpreter was indicted Friday for his alleged role in a scheme to illegally bring Afghans into the United States, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.  Mujeeb Rahman Saify, 32,  who has lived in Newark and New York, became a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. in 2009 following a stint as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan.  Authorities say that from August 2016 through February 2017, he worked with groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan to bring tw…

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by Paul Milo
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Passaic Teen Challenges ICE Agents During Raid Passaic Teen Challenges ICE Agents During Raid
Passaic Teen Challenges ICE Agents During Raid A Passaic teen who refused to open to the door for apparent ICE agents recalled the terrifying experience in a recent New York Times article. The girl -- Liza, who lives with her parents-- said she was startled awake at 1 a.m. Sunday by knock on the door by people she believed to be ICE agents, the article says. “'They said, ‘We need to talk to you, can you come outside, can you open the door?’" The Times reports.  "'I said, ‘Do you have permission to come inside my house, do you have a paper?’'" Liza saw several "know your rights" posts on Instagram -- and knew not to open her door.…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Who Tried To Smuggle Foreigners Into US Via Newark Airport Sentenced Man Who Tried To Smuggle Foreigners Into US Via Newark Airport Sentenced
Man Who Tried To Smuggle Foreigners Into US Via Newark Airport Sentenced A man from India will serve just over a year in prison for attempting to sneak foreign-born nationals into the United States in exchange for hefty cash payments, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Tuesday.   The Department of Homeland Security learned that Bhavin Patel, 39, was trying to smuggle Indians and citizens of other countries into the U.S. by way of Thailand. From there, the people were to be flown to Newark Liberty International Airport.  An undercover agent posing as a smuggle began to meet with Patel in Thailand beginning in October 2013. On three o…

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by Paul Milo