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NJ Man Learns His Fate For Beating Parents Dead, Covering Bodies With Laundry: Report NJ Man Learns His Fate For Beating Parents Dead, Covering Bodies With Laundry: Report
NJ Man Learns His Fate For Beating Parents Dead, Covering Bodies With Laundry: Report A 34-year-old man from Gloucester County has been sentenced to 80 years in New Jersey state prison for beating his parents to death and then covering their bodies with laundry, NJ Advance Media reports.  Ryan E. Coles, 34, was convicted in March on two murder counts in the 2016 killings of Edward M. Coles Jr., 58, and Rosemarie Coles, 55, in their West Deptford home, the outlet said. Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Kramer sentenced Coles to two consecutive 40-year terms in prison for the two murder counts, with a requirement that he serve 85 percent of that time before he is eligible fo…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Students' Spring Break Plans Fouled By Airline Cancellations: Reports NJ Students' Spring Break Plans Fouled By Airline Cancellations: Reports
NJ Students' Spring Break Plans Fouled By Airline Cancellations: Reports Foul weather in Florida was blamed for wrecking spring break travel plans for many New Jersey high school students, as originally reported by NJ Advance Media. FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando, as well as in Baltimore and New York, among others. More than 3,500 US flights were canceled nationwide, according to The Associated Press. Seniors at West Deptford and Gateway Regional High Schools in Gloucester County were among those whose flights were canceled, according to 6ABC…

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by Jon Craig
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'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study 'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study
'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study Researchers at Rutgers University will be studying the long-term health effects of chemicals in a Gloucester County town's contaminated water supply. The pollution came from a plastics plant near Paulsboro. Solvay Solexis and Arkema of West Deptford settled a class-action lawsuit to clean up the drinking water believed contaminated back to 1980. PFAS — which are "forever" chemicals — are man-made chemicals that have been used in industry and manufacturing of consumer products since the 1950s, Rutgers says. Paulsboro, a town of 6,000 on the Delaware River, recorded the highest rate of …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
Fugitive Wanted For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees were n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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IT'S OVER: Fugitive Sought For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide IT'S OVER: Fugitive Sought For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
IT'S Over: Fugitive Sought For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of his own hand in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Manhunt On For Traveling Nurse Following Attack On HUMC Patient Care Tech: Sources UPDATE: Manhunt On For Traveling Nurse Following Attack On HUMC Patient Care Tech: Sources
Update: Manhunt On For Traveling Nurse Following Attack On Humc Patient Care Tech: Sources UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees were n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack
Update: Humc Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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These Are The Families Displaced By Massive West Deptford House Fire These Are The Families Displaced By Massive West Deptford House Fire
These Are The Families Displaced By Massive West Deptford House Fire There's been an outpouring of community support for the families devastated by a deadly fire that destroyed their homes in West Deptford Thursday. The fire broke out around 4:15 a.m. Thursday on the 1300 block of Tatum Street in West Deptford and spread to a neighboring home, leaving one woman dead and four others hurt. Several pets were also unaccounted for. Among the victims were John Travis and his fiancee, Brittany. They were parents to a newborn baby, Jack Jack, and now they've lost everything.  Travis' 54-year-old mother, Jill, died in the fire. Friends of the Travis f…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine