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Drones Force Trump To Cancel Trip To NJ Golf Club
President-elect Donald Trump said he is canceling a trip to his golf club in Somerset County because of the numerous drone sightings in New Jersey. Trump made the comments at a press conference on Monday, Dec. 16, where he was repeatedly asked about the drones and the federal government's response. "The government knows what is happening," Trump said. "Something strange is going on." Trump said the White House and the military should be as transparent as possible about what the drones are. "For some reason they want to keep people in suspense," Trump said. "They don't want to tell the peo…
Business
Healthcare Companies Boost Executive Security After CEO's Manhattan Slaying
Healthcare companies are intensifying security measures for their executives following the targeted fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan this week. The incident prompted security officials at major companies to hold a conference call on Wednesday, Dec. 4, the day of the shooting, to assess risks for their senior leadership teams, according to the Financial Times. “Could this happen to us? What are we not doing today that we could be doing?" Dave Komendat, founder of a risk management service told the outlet. "These were the questions chief sec…
Police & Fire
Teen Burglar Caught After Ransacking Bergen County Apartment, Police Say
A Maywood resident returned to her apartment on Tuesday, Nov. 19, to find a light on in the rear bedroom and assumed her husband was home, authorities said. Instead, an unknown man emerged, fled through the bedroom window, and left the Howcroft Road apartment ransacked, according to Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny. Officers from Maywood and Rochelle Park police departments responded to the scene at 5:14 p.m., established a perimeter, and began their search, Kenny said. They determined the suspect had entered through an unlocked rear window, he added. Shortly after, Detective Brian Rubio…
News
FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says
An Iranian operative and two associates living in America have been charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting United States citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump. Federal authorities have charged Farhad Shakeri, an alleged operative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with two New York City associates in a plot to assassinate a US citizen critical of the Iranian government. The case highlights the continued threat posed by Iran’s attempts to silence dissidents and even target top US. officials. According to the Department of Justice criminal complai…
News
Marriott Hotel Off I-95 In NJ Gets Event Space Upgrades
The Glenpointe Marriott in Teaneck just got a major upgrade. The project included the replacement of carpeting, wall coverings, paint and furniture throughout the first and second-floor pre-function spaces, boardrooms, and meeting rooms, as well as the 1,200-person capacity ballroom, according to a press release from Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, which managed the project. The "capital improvement project" was a collaboration between Sanzari Enterprises, HotelStudio, and Kimmerle Newman Architects. Soho Art Consulting also assisted in bringing in commissioned artwork from New Jersey art…
Police & Fire
Thieves Stole NJ Assemblyman's Car While Family Slept, Police Say
A Jersey Shore assemblyman's car was stolen by thieves in Hazlet, authorities said. Assemblyman Paul Kanitra, R-Brick Township, said in a Facebook post that his car was taken from his mother-in-law's house in Hazlet just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Kanitra was in Washington, D.C. for his work as the owner of the lobbyist firm Lobbyit.com. Kanitra said the thieves drove up to the home in a stolen white BMW with temporary plates. "They ripped off every screen window in the house," Kanitra posted. "They then broke one of the windows and climbed in." In a news release, …
Real Estate
Magical Escape With Sparkling Backyard Oasis Listed At $3.85M On NJ Lake
A sparkling mansion featuring more than 8,000 square feet of luxury is on the market for a cool $3.85 million in Morris County. "Chateau Moderna," as it's called in the listing by Tony Nabhan of Keller William City Views Realty, sprawls across 3.79 acres of 797 W. Shore Dr. in Kinnelon. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Nabhan (@tony.nabhan) 797 W. Shore Drive in Kinnelon. Jonathan Ayala Visual Grip Something out of Beverly Hills, the home is in the highly-coveted Smoke Rise community and has six bedrooms, six full…
News
Rapper Lil Uzi Vert Falls In Love With Mini Pig At NJ's Largest Exotic Pet Store
Don't be fooled by the face tats, Lil Uzi Vert is a softie at heart. The popular rapper, whose real name is Symere Bysil Woods, fell in love with a mini pig at NJ Exotic Pets in Lodi. Uzi flew into Teterboro on Monday, July 15, according to the store's spokesperson Chris Rivera. He came to the pet shop specifically looking for a mini pig. "We didn't have them at the time but a couple days passed and yesterday, the store manger reached out to Uzi's team because they just got some in," Rivera said. Uzi, a Philadelphia native who turns 29 later this month, was at the store later t…
Schools
Traumatized By Break-In, NJ College Student Develops Emergency App
An MBA fellow at Rowan University has designed an app to enhance the security of students at the Glassboro campus. Siena Rampulla was a victim of an off-campus break-in in March 2022, as reported by Daily Voice. Jorge L. Navaheredia, 29, of Sicklerville, had broken into several women's homes including Rampulla's, according to Glassboro police. He was caught hiding under a kitchen sink with panties, police said. A search of the suspect's vehicle turned up additional panties and mail from burglary victims, police said at the time. A pre-trial conference for Navaheredia is set for Feb. …
News
Bergen County's Cardi B Throws Mic At Concertgoer Who Splashed Her With Drink (
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Cardi B fights back. Viral footage captured Bergen County resident and R&B star Cardi B throwing a microphone at a concertgoer who tossed a drink at her on stage during a Las Vegas performance. The incident happened on Saturday, July 29 at Drai’s Beachclub, in the middle of the 30-year-old Tenafly resident's performance of "Bodak Yellow" — the opening lyrics of which are quite fitting for the incident. The 6-second clip shared by TikTok user emprezzz876 had been viewed 24M times as of Sunday, July 30. The show resumed after security intervened. It was not immediately clear if any cha…
Police & Fire
TikTok Clip Shows Car Full Of 'Forgotten Baby' Pranksters In Pursuit With Paramus Mall Security
"Drive away, bro." The pranksters who police believe are responsible for a string of "forgotten baby" pranks at Paramus malls have posted footage of their slow-speed pursuit with mall security to TikTok. The video, captioned "catch us if you can," was posted Tuesday, July 4. It shows a baby doll in a carrier in the back seat of a light green Tesla, dodging security in Toyota RAV4s at Westfield's Garden State Plaza the day prior. "Record, record!" the occupants of the car can be heard saying, laughter echoing throughout. "Drive away, bro," someone says toward the end of the 56-s…
Police & Fire
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: Smash-And-Grab Thieves Swiftly Snatch $1.5M In Bling From Paterson Store
Four methodical burglars needed all of a half-minute to smash their way into a jewelry store on Paterson's south side and snatch what the owners reported was more than $1.5 million worth of bling. Clothed in a variety of hats, facemasks, gloves and construction vests, the burglars covered a doorbell cam and popped the locks on the front security gate at the Ramadanco International jewelry store on Getty Avenue before dawn earlier this month, according to various reports. Security video shows them smashing the bottom-half glass of the front door and climbing in. The jewelry was all in stand…
News
Happy Ending At Newark Airport After Thief Snatches Wedding Band At TSA Checkpoint
A thief was steps from fleeing with a fellow traveler's wedding band at Newark Airport when TSA and Port Authority officers teamed up to catch him, authorities said. Told that the ring was missing from a screened bin, a Transportation Security Administration supervisor reviewed surveillance video and saw the thief snatch it, the TSA's Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police who were called to the checkpoint watched the video, got a good look at the thief and headed in his direction, Farbstein said. Moments later they returned to the checkpoint with the ring and the man in custody after …
News
Unaccompanied Minors Banned From Popular NJ Mall Day After Christmas
Teens and children will not be allowed to enter a popular New Jersey mall without an adult chaperone the day after Christmas this year, NJ Advance Media reports. Cherry Hill Mall's rule for the busiest day of the year was first implemented a few years back, when teens broke into melees forcing the mall closed and locking shoppers inside of stores until security guards could restore control. Local police will be beefing up patrols at the mall as well. The weeks before and after Christmas include some of the busiest shopping days of the season. Over the last few years,... Posted by Ch…
News
Stalker Used Apple AirTag To Track Woman Home From Bar, She Says
A woman claims that a man attached an Apple AirTag tracking device to her car to stalk her after she left a bar, according to the New York Post. "Jeana," of Maryland, wrote on her now-private Twitter account that she left a bar around 2 a.m. on Dec. 18 then discovered the AirTag on her car. The small tracking device helps users find things like wallets and bags. Apple AirTagApple “It was 2 am and I was driving away with no cars around me and I kept getting this alert for like 30 mins straight,” The New York Post says Jeana wrote in a viral Twitter thread. She also apparently shared a …
Events
Tiësto Headlining Thanksgiving Eve Show At American Dream Mall
Tiësto will be headlining a concert at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford on Thanksgiving Eve. The international EDM DJ will be spinning his hits at Nickelodeon Universe, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Nov. 24. General admission tickets are $111.87, with VIP admission tickets going for $190.97. Click here to buy tickets. The BusinessProximity Don Ghermazian, co-chief executive of American Dream and chief executive of Triple Five will be giving away 30 concert packages to patients within Project Extreme, not-for-profit organization, providing unique, innovative, and individualized …
Police & Fire
Security Guard Charged In Dog Attack At NJ Restaurant
A 33-year-old security guard whose K9 officer bit a man outside of a New Jersey restaurant has been charged with aggravated assault, authorities said. Steven T. Rudy was working as a private guard during the incident involving a 26-year-old man outside of Adelphia Restaurant in Deptford on July 29, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office said. The man, Khalif Hunter, of Burlington City, began yelling at Rudy and other guards after getting up from a curb, authorities said. Hunter can be seen in a 15-second clip posted to Facebook walking off as someone calls Rudy a "white p****y," at…
Police & Fire
Man Who Tried To Get Fair Lawn Kids To Open School Doors: District Employee
FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A man who a group of Fair Lawn 4th graders said tried to get them to open their school's doors is an employee of the district, police said Friday. The Warren Point School boys told police they'd been reading near a stairwell in the original school building on Monday when the man "came up to the door on the 30th Street side of the building and knocked on the door, motioning for the students to open [it]," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. "He then went to the playground side of the building and attempted the same thing" before leaving, the sergeant said. "E…
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