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Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report
Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report The number of brutal murder confessions continues to mount for imprisoned New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, who reportedly is scheduled to plead guilty to five more killings, all of women on Long Island. Cottingham, now 76, has been serving multiple life sentences in South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, NJ, for more than four decades for killing six Garden State women between 1967 and 1980. He's spent a considerable part of that time lately claiming he's committed several other killings. “For a long time now I have been trying to understand the darkness that enveloped my soul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Raid Of Long Island Cigar Shop Leads To Drug Charges For Central Jersey Man: Police Raid Of Long Island Cigar Shop Leads To Drug Charges For Central Jersey Man: Police
Raid Of Long Island Cigar Shop Leads To Drug Charges For Central Jersey Man: Police A raid of a Long Island cigar shop that turned up THC gummies led to drug charges for four men, including one from New Jersey. Ujaval Darji, 27, of Monmouth Junction, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after the bust at Bellmore Cigars, Vapor, Lotto Store, in Bellmore earlier this week, the Nassau County Police Department reported. Police said officers executed a search warrant and discovered that the THC gummies were being sold at the location. The three other men arrested were: Dinesh Venkata, age 47, of Richmond Hill Aashutos…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Police: NJ Resident Beat, Threatened Long Island Woman With Steak Knife, Drove Into 2 Cop Cars Police: NJ Resident Beat, Threatened Long Island Woman With Steak Knife, Drove Into 2 Cop Cars
Police: NJ Resident Beat, Threatened Long Island Woman With Steak Knife, Drove Into 2 Cop Cars A 24-year-old New Jersey woman was arrested after police said she assaulted another woman and then drove into two police cars during a Long Island pursuit. Luvleek Alexandre, of Newark, pushed past a 77-year-old man into an apartment on Union Avenue and started striking a 20-year-old woman with a closed fist at about 10:10 Aug. 13, according to the Nassau County Police Department. The 77-year-old victim told Alexandre to leave and pulled her away from the 20-year-old, said police.  That's when Alexandre grabbed the 20-year-old's cell phone and threw it, breaking the phone, accord…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Hit-Run Driver In Long Island Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father Surrenders, Report Says Hit-Run Driver In Long Island Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father Surrenders, Report Says
Hit-Run Driver In Long Island Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father Surrenders, Report Says Click here for an updated story: Man Charged For Hit-Run NY Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father The hit-and-run driver who was allegedly behind the wheel when he struck and killed Nicki Minaj’s father on Long Island last week is reportedly in police custody. Original story - Nicki Minaj's Father Identified As Nassau County Hit-Run Crash Victim Police said that Minaj’s father, 64-year-old Robert Maraj, was walking on Roslyn Road in Mineola near the intersection of Raff Avenue at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12 when he was struck by an unknown driver who fled the scene…

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by Zak Failla
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Bergen Prosecutor: Transient Makes Dozens Of Threatening Bias Calls While Crossing U.S. Bergen Prosecutor: Transient Makes Dozens Of Threatening Bias Calls While Crossing U.S.
Bergen Prosecutor: Transient Makes Dozens Of Threatening Bias Calls While Crossing U.S. A traveling entrepreneur phoned in anti-black and anti-Semitic threats to more than two dozen government officials and a private business in Edgewater, as well as to others in River Edge, West New York and elsewhere while driving across the United States, authorities charged. Using number-blocking technology, Steve Ortiz, 44, of Union City, placed similar calls to locations in North Carolina and New Mexico, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Members of Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit learned that Ortiz made calls to Edgewater over the past few months while he was “transien…

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by Jerry DeMarco