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Jersey Shore Dog Fighter Who Dumped Dead Pit Bull In Trash Goes To Fed Pen Jersey Shore Dog Fighter Who Dumped Dead Pit Bull In Trash Goes To Fed Pen
Jersey Shore Dog Fighter Who Dumped Dead Pit Bull In Trash Goes To Fed Pen An Asbury Park man who dumped his dead dog in a trash bin after a lost fight in Virginia was sentenced to a plea-bargained two years in federal prison Wednesday. Mario Atkinson, 42, of Asbury Park was the fifth defendant to plead guilty in a multi-state dog fighting case that stretched from New Jersey to New Mexico. There's no parole in the federal prison system, which means he'll have to serve just about all of his sentence. During his guilty plea last June, Atkinson told a judge that he dumped a pit bull of his who lost a $1,000 fight in Virginia after the dog died on the ride back to New…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question
NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a multi-state coalition of elected officials who are intending to challenge President Donald Trump and the federal government’s decision to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. On Monday night, the Commerce Department announced it would indeed reintroduce the question, which had been asked until 1960. The lawsuit was filed by Attorneys General in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
4 Sent To Federal Prison In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To NM 4 Sent To Federal Prison In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To NM
4 Sent To Federal Prison In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To NM Four men who participated in an interstate dog-fighting network that stretched from New Jersey to New Mexico were sentenced to varying federal prison sentences, authorities announced Monday. The last of them, 32-year-old Lydell "Sinn" Harris of Vineland was sentenced Monday to 17 months in prison. Sentenced earlier this month were: Anthony “Monte” Gaines, 37, of Vineland: 42 months; Frank Nichols, 40, of Millville: 57 months; Pedro Cuellar, 47, of Willow Springs, Illinois: 12 months in prison.  All four previously pleaded guilty. A fifth co-defendant, Mario Atkinson, 42, of Asbu…

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by Jerry DeMarco