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Ex-NJ Bank Employee Stole $1M From Customer, Used Money To Fund Business Ventures: Cops Ex-NJ Bank Employee Stole $1M From Customer, Used Money To Fund Business Ventures: Cops
Ex-NJ Bank Employee Stole $1M From Customer, Used Money To Fund Business Ventures: Cops A former bank employee has been charged with stealing nearly $1 million from a customer whom he'd befriended then invested the money in side business ventures, authorities in Burlington County announced. Agha Hasan, 41, of Bordentown, is facing a litany of charges including theft by deception and tax evasion stemming from the  $998,188 in stolen money, dating back to 2018, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. The investigation began last year after fraud investigators for Santander Bank contacted police about questionable transactions conducted and overseen by Ha…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Santander Bank Plans To Shutter 4 Locations In Central, South Jersey: Report Santander Bank Plans To Shutter 4 Locations In Central, South Jersey: Report
Santander Bank Plans To Shutter 4 Locations In Central, South Jersey: Report Four Central and South Jersey branches of Santander Bank are set to shutter, NJ.com reports. Based in Boston, the agency is closing its locations on Route 33 in Robbinsville, Nassau Street in Princeton, Nottingham Way in Hamilton, and Berlin Road in Clementon, the outlet says citing a company spokesperson. It wasn’t immediately clear when the branches were shutting down operations, the report says. Click here for more from NJ.com.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Philly Man Charged With South Jersey Bank Robbing Spree Philly Man Charged With South Jersey Bank Robbing Spree
Philly Man Charged With South Jersey Bank Robbing Spree A Philadelphia man is accused of spending the summer sticking up Camden County banks, authorities say.  George Drake, 28, was already in custody in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but now awaits extradition to New Jersey on multiple robbery charges, said Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay in a statement Monday, Jan. 9.  Investigators say Drake was responsible for a string of heists during the summer of 2022. In each robbery, authorities say the 28-year-old calmly passed the teller a demand note before making off with the cash.  Police believe he stuck up the PNC Bank at 500 Mon…

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by Mac Bullock
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Suspect Nabbed In Knifepoint Kidnapping, Robbery: Trenton Police Suspect Nabbed In Knifepoint Kidnapping, Robbery: Trenton Police
Suspect Nabbed In Knifepoint Kidnapping, Robbery: Trenton Police A suspect was charged with kidnapping and robbery after holding a man at knifepoint and forcing him to withdraw cash from ATMs in Trenton on the Fourth of July, police said. Raheem Biddle is accused of approaching a man, grabbing him by the neck, and forcing him to the ground while armed with a knife near W. Front Street in Trenton around 12:30 a.m., local police said in a release on Monday, July 11. Biddle threatened the victim and demanded that he hand over all of his cash, according to police. After the victim complied, Biddle allegedly forced him at knifepoint to walk to two nearby ATM…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Postal Carrier Admits Dumping Election Ballots NJ Postal Carrier Admits Dumping Election Ballots
NJ Postal Carrier Admits Dumping Election Ballots A postal carrier from Hudson County admitted Thursday in federal court that he dumped 1,875 pieces of mail -- including general election ballots and campaign flyers – instead of delivering them. Nicholas Beauchene, 26, of Kearny was nabbed by special agents of the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General after a Saddle Brook man reported finding dumped bundles of mail in a dumpster behind a North Arlington bank last fall. The mail tossed by Beauchene included 99 general election ballots destined for residents in West Orange and 276 campaign flyers from local candidates for West Or…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Halfway House Runaway Gets 6½ Years For Eastern PA Bank Robbery Spree Feds: Halfway House Runaway Gets 6½ Years For Eastern PA Bank Robbery Spree
Feds: Halfway House Runaway Gets 6½ Years For Eastern PA Bank Robbery Spree A 53-year-old man who was on parole when he ran away from a halfway house was sentenced to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay more than $6,700 in restitution for a spree of bank robberies in Southeaster Pennsylvania last year, federal authorities said. Michael Edmondson in September 2019 pleaded guilty to a four-count indictment charging him with robbing four banks in Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Philadelphia counties, First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. The charges arose from Edmondson’s early 20…

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by Cecilia Levine