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$1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee, Bergen Authorities Charge $1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee, Bergen Authorities Charge
$1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee, Bergen Authorities Charge A now-former product manager at Bergen County-based Stryker Corporation stole $1 million worth of medical equipment that she then resold, authorities charged. Jacqueline M. Riley didn’t stop there: She also screwed the resellers themselves by pocketing payments for products that never made it to them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. One who paid for medical equipment reported getting a box filled with “old silverware, junk and even a pair of used woman's shoes.” Online complaints about Riley, 32, of Roseland were quickly spreading among resellers as Musella’s detectives investi…

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Flawed DNA Test Gets Bergen Man Doing Life For Beating, Burning Woman, 70, New Trial Flawed DNA Test Gets Bergen Man Doing Life For Beating, Burning Woman, 70, New Trial
Flawed DNA Test Gets Bergen Man Doing Life For Beating, Burning Woman, 70, New Trial DNA evidence found under the fingernails of a 70-year-old Bergen County woman bludgeoned and burned in her home wasn’t reliable enough to convict a man who’s now serving a life sentence for her murder, a state appeals court ruled. Daniel Rochat, 46, of Wood-Ridge, has already been moved from New Jersey State Prison in Trenton to the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack in anticipation of a new trial following the Appellate Division ruling. He remains charged with various counts of murder and felony murder, as well as aggravated arson, desecrating human remains, burglary, hindering arrest and f…

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WATCH: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets WATCH: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets
Watch: Commuter Abuses NJ Train Conductor With Racial, Sexual Epithets Disturbing cellphone video recorded on a New Jersey Transit train shows a man accused of assaulting a conductor spewing hateful profanity against him. The video was shot by Kore James of Paterson, who said he stopped recording and rushed to the conductor's aid when things got physical at the Ridgewood train station. James, a 28-year-old landscape architect, said Thomas Vitulano was already on the the Hoboken-bound train when he got on Monday afternoon in Allendale. "The conductor that was punching holes in tickets was coming around checking everyone's ticket," he said. "The gentleman didn…

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by Jerry DeMarco