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Gloucester County Opens New Center To Fight Abuse Against Children Gloucester County Opens New Center To Fight Abuse Against Children
Child Advocacy Gloucester County A new Child Advocacy Center has opened in Gloucester County to deal with the steady rise in abuse and neglect cases, authorities said. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new center at 432 Glover St. in Woodbury took place on Tuesday, April 23. Local prosecutors said they found the need for a larger space necessary due to a rise in the number of crimes against children during and following the coronavirus pandemic.  Child abuse and neglect cases rose from 3,334 cases in 2000 to 4,355 last year in Gloucester County, according to the Rutgers University School of Social Work.  Statewi…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: NJ Adult Daycare Center Employees Sentenced For Abusing Disabled Victims Prosecutor: NJ Adult Daycare Center Employees Sentenced For Abusing Disabled Victims
Prosecutor: NJ Adult Daycare Center Employees Sentenced For Abusing Disabled Victims Five workers of a former adult daycare center in Middlesex County have been convicted and sentenced for their involvement in the physical abuse of two patients with severe disabilities, authorities said Friday. New Brunswick resident and former Broadway Respite and Home Care employee Asia Lunn, 24, was convicted of abandonment and neglect of a disabled person on July 23, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a release Friday. Lunn was sentenced to 180 days in county jail, five years probation and a $1,000 fine, Ciccone said. Lunn’s conviction and sentencing follows a nearly t…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Wayne Dad Charged With Beating 4-Week-Old Son Wayne Dad Charged With Beating 4-Week-Old Son
Wayne Dad Charged With Beating 4-Week-Old Son A Wayne father beat his 4-week-old son, leaving him with serious injuries, authorities charged. Slobodan Todoric, a 30-year-old Spring Valley native, was released with pre-trial monitoring, among other conditions, following a first appearance before a judge in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on Tuesday. It began with the unresponsive infant being taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center on May 31, 2020, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint release. Emergency room doctors discovered external and internal injuries, …

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by Jerry DeMarco