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Ex-Mobster Turned NJ Councilman, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG
A former Gambino crime family associate who reinvented himself as a New Jersey councilman and vowed to do things "the right way" has been indicted alongside his son and another man in an alleged loansharking scheme involving threats of violence, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30.
John E. Alite, 64, of Englishtown, was indicted on multiple charges of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, money laundering, terroristic threats, and conspiracy, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. His son, John P. Alite, 35, of Manalapan, was indicted on charges of usury, cons…
NJ Teacher Impregnated By 13-Year-Old Expected To Get 5 Years In Plea Deal
Laura Caron, the New Jersey school middle school teacher who was impregnated by her 13-year-old student, has pleaded guilty, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30.
Caron, a 36-year-old Cape May Court House resident, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said.
Per the terms of a plea agreement, Caron, who taught fifth grade at Middle Township Elementary School is expected to be sentenced to five years in prison, along with forfeiting her teacher's license and all public employment, authorities said.
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48 Years Later, NJ Family's Murder Remains Unsolved: Njsp
Gary Deal, Joan Deal and their three-year-old son, Jason, were brutally murdered in their Atlantic County home 48 years ago in one of New Jersey's most notorious unsolved crimes.
On Monday, Oct. 30, 1978, the bodies of the Deal family were discovered inside their residence on Mays Landing Road, New Jersey State police said. Gary and Joan, both 26, sustained multiple gunshot wounds as well as injuries inflicted by a sharp-edge weapon while Jason was found dead in his bedroom after sustaining fatal injuries, police said.
For the past 48 years, detectives have pursued numerous leads and r…
Bergen County Man Found Guilty In Sex-Related Choking High-Rise Death: Report
A 28-year-old Bergen County man has been found guilty in the 2019 choking death of a 19-year-old woman during a sexual encounter at a Hackensack high-rise, NorthJersey.com reports.
Michael Gaffney, who was 21 at the time, was convicted of guilty of reckless manslaughter around 9:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, following a trial that began Oct. 6, the outlet reported.
Gaffney, of Maywood, was 21 when Francis Garcia, of Bloomingdale, lost consciousness during a sexual encounter in her car outside a Hackensack party on Nov. 2, 2019, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
During the trial, Bergen Cou…
Sleeping Truckers Targeted In Back-To-Back Philly Meat Heists; 3,000 Pounds Of Crab Stolen
Two truck drivers were asleep in their cabs when thieves struck just two days apart in Philadelphia, making off with 3,000 pounds of frozen snow crab and approximately $10,000 worth of beef, according to police.
The latest theft happened around 4:12 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, when a driver sleeping inside his tractor-trailer awoke to find people stealing cargo in the 5200 block of Devereaux Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, police said.
The thieves had cut the padlock on the rear of the trailer and removed five pallets of beef valued at approximately $10,000, according to the Philadelphia Poli…
Newborn Found Dead In Movie Theater Toilet: Nearly 30 Years Later, Mom Faces Murder Charges
Nearly three decades ago, a newborn baby boy was found dead inside a Long Island movie theater bathroom.
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, his mother was arrested hundreds of miles away in Hampton, Virginia, as detectives cracked the 1996 cold case.
Michelle Chronick Tyson, 59, is facing multiple counts of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her newborn baby in November 1996 when she was 29 years old, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
Investigators say that at around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 18, 1996, the newborn was found inside a toilet in the women's bathroom o…
