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Tappin' IT: Manager Admits Embezzling $4.5M From NJ Brain Injury Fund For Sex With Gal Pals
The now-former manager of a fund for traumatic brain injury patients in New Jersey admitted diverting more than $4.5 million in public money to women he was having sex with, authorities said.
Harry Pizutelli, 64, of Edison, pleaded guilty by videoconference to conspiring to commit health care fraud before a federal judge in Trenton, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Wednesday, Jan. 4.
One of the women who benefitted from the scheme, Maritza Flores, 45, of Toms River, pleaded guilty to the same charge, as well as to tax evasion, Sellinger said.
In exchange, Pizutelli had amorou…
Trio Busted With Ammo, Stolen Guns: Newark PD
Three men were arrested in Newark after police found two with stolen guns and one with ammunition, authorities said.
Trouble began when officers patrolling Rose Street saw a speeding car turning from Brenner Street onto 18th Avenue, then Winans Avenue around 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 13, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said.
The vehicle stopped in the area of Winans Avenue near Kipp Street, where Raquil Hayes, 19, of Newark, got out of the vehicle with a gun, Malave said.
Upon becoming aware of police presence, he ran into a home but was arrest…
Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (Update)
UPDATE: Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was found safe.
***Original story below***
Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help in locating a missing woman with dementia.
Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was last seen walking away from her Pintail Court home in Bensalem just before 9 a.m. on Monday, June 28, local police said.
She needs to take daily medication for her dementia, police said.
Patel also has family in Trenton and Edison, NJ, and may have gotten on a SEPTA bus, they added.
Patel stands 5'0" tall and weighs 70 pounds. She has salt and pepper hair pulled back in a ponyta…
SWAT Raid: Bergen Auto Detailer Charged With 20 Guns, 15 Rifles, Grenade Launcher — All Stolen
A Moonachie auto detailer wanted by federal authorities was caught with 20 stolen handguns, 15 stolen rifles, a stolen grenade launcher – and sports memorabilia that wasn't his, either, authorities said.
Abdel W. Shileh, a 35-year-old Palestinian national, faces a staggering 81 counts involving the possession of stolen weapons, armed burglary and other offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Detectives from Musella's Narcotics Task Force watched late last week as Shileh met with a pair of gun buyers -- Michael Hayes, 31, of Jersey City and Turron Ward, 43, of Irvington – at h…
