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Thursday, nov 21
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Paterson Officers Charged With Covering For
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Captain Indicted For Brutally Beating Woman
UPDATE: The other shoe finally dropped with the arrests of three Paterson police officers in connection with what authorities said was the kidnapping and brutal beating of an off-duty female NYPD commander from New Jersey by a fellow captain she'd been dating. Giuseppe Ciarla, Juan Cruz-Fernandez and Jason Schmid let then-NYPD Capt. Hariton Marachilian leave after finding the victim with clearly visible injuries from a vicious beating outside a Paterson restaurant in December 2022, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Marachilian and the female captain had been out to dinner wi…
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Complaint Alleges How
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Captain Kidnapped, Brutally Beat Woman In Paterson
An off-duty NYPD commander kidnapped and brutally beat a New Jersey woman outside a restaurant in Paterson, authorities charged. Capt. Hariton Marachilian, a 45-year-old Long Island resident, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, Dec. 7, following his arrest for the alleged Dec. 10, 2022 incident. In what to some might resemble staged professional wrestling violence, a complaint filed by Paterson police says Marchilian viciously grabbed the victim by the hair and smashed her head into the dashboard of his car. But that was only the beginning, it says. Marchilian then chased…
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'True American Hero': Northampton County Army Vet With 2 Purple Hearts Receives National Honor
A New Jersey teacher and US Army veteran with two Purple Hearts received a national honor for the sacrifices she made for America. US Army SSG Vanessa Schieber, of Northampton County, PA, was name among the Patriot Project's honorees for 2023. The Purple Heart Patriot Project is a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission. Vanessa SchieberNational Purple Heart Honor Mission Schieber, 37, enlisted in the Army in April 2007 and served for 11 years a member of the 101st Airborne Division, and later the 1st Armor Division. Her first deployment came in 2008, as part of Operation Ira…
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Jersey Shore HS Teacher, Iraq War Vet Documenting Breast Cancer Battle On Instagram
A New Jersey high school teacher and Gulf War veteran who is battling breast cancer is taking to social media to spread hope. Sandy Jessop, of Wall, served alongside her now-husband, Christian Jessop, during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004, then deployed again to Iraq in 2008. The couple share three children together and are both high school teachers. About one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandy -- a teacher at Freehold Regional High School -- was diagnosed with breast cancer. "It was confirmed I have breast cancer on Saturday," she wrote in an Instagram post. "I expect a long hard r…
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Bethlehem Police Officer Matthew Ragusa Who Died By Suicide Gave Others Hope
The Lehigh Valley community is mourning the loss of a Bethlehem police officer who died by suicide on July 4. Matthew Ragusa was "a beckon of light to countless citizens who needed hope in their darkest hour," wrote Robert Corsi. Corsi organized a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses and other needs for his wife Stephanie, and three sons, Xavier, 13, Braxton, 10, and Lex, 6. The campaign had raised more than $33,000 as of Thursday evening. Matthew RagusaGoFundMe photo Prior to joining the Bethlehem Police Department in 2015, Ragusa served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Cor…
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