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Teen NJ Wrestler Suffers Spinal Cord Injury During Match Teen NJ Wrestler Suffers Spinal Cord Injury During Match
Teen NJ Wrestler Suffers Spinal Cord Injury During Match An Old Bridge High School wrestler remains hospitalized after suffering a serious neck injury during a match over the weekend, prompting an outpouring of support from the school’s wrestling community. Junior athlete Adriana Maria, 16, was injured at approximately 12 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, during the final match of the day, when she was taken down and pinned by an opponent, another female wrestler from Perth Amboy, according to Old Bridge wrestling coach John Post.  "It was a very routine move," Post said. "There was nothing malicious or harmful done by Adriana's opponent. It was a sta…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bullet Missed, But Knife Didn’t: JC Man Wanted In Brutal Bergen County Attack, Officials Say Bullet Missed, But Knife Didn’t: JC Man Wanted In Brutal Bergen County Attack, Officials Say
Bullet Missed, But Knife Didn’t: JC Man Wanted In Brutal Bergen County Attack, Officials Say A Jersey City man is being sought on attempted murder charges stemming from a stabbing last week in Hasbrouck Heights, authorities said Monday, Aug. 25. Yusef E. Muhammad, 33, stabbed a 33-year-old woman multiple times in the torso and fired a handgun at the victim just before stabbing her but she dodged the bullet, while in a parked vehicle in Hasbrouck Heights on Aug. 18, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Muhammad drove the victim in her vehicle to HMH Hackensack University Medical Center at approximately 9:25 p.m. and then drove off, Musella said. The vehicle was late…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Essex County Surgeon Has License Suspended After Disfiguring Patient: AG Essex County Surgeon Has License Suspended After Disfiguring Patient: AG
Essex County Surgeon Has License Suspended After Disfiguring Patient: AG A surgeon who practiced in Essex County had his license suspended for seven years after a botched surgery led to the permanent disfiguring of a patient, authorities announced, Wednesday, July 23. Dr. David Greuner, who practiced general, thoracic and vascular surgery in Roseland and West Caldwell initially lost his license amid allegations his “inability or unwillingness to grasp the very fundamentals of vascular surgery and the practice of medicine in general” made him a clear and imminent danger to the public, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Three patients suffered severe complica…

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by Sam Barron
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NJ Motorcyclist Was Thrown 50 Feet After Car Pulled In Front Of Him, Now He's Fighting For Life NJ Motorcyclist Was Thrown 50 Feet After Car Pulled In Front Of Him, Now He's Fighting For Life
NJ Motorcyclist Was Thrown 50 Feet After Car Pulled In Front Of Him, Now He's Fighting For Life Roberto Chavez-Rivas was thrown 50 feet from his motorcycle when a car pulled out in front of him on Route 22 last month. After a 6-hour brain surgery, Chavez-Rivas remains fighting for his life. A GoFundMe launched by the 23-year-old's friends has raised $56,000 as of Wednesday, June 4. The crash happened just after 7 p.m., near School Road, when a 62-year-old driver from Whitehouse Station turned in front of Roberto’s motorcycle, Hunterdon County prosecutors said. Roberto Chavez-Rivas Roberto Chavez-Rivas Facebook Chavez-Rivas, whose Facebook says he's a technician at Merced…

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by Cecilia Levine