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Canadian Hockey Fans Boo US National Anthem After Tariffs Ordered Canadian Hockey Fans Boo US National Anthem After Tariffs Ordered
Canadian Hockey Fans Boo US National Anthem After Tariffs Ordered In a striking display of discontent, Canadian hockey fans booed the US national anthem during NHL games, expressing their displeasure hours after President Donald Trump's newly imposed tariffs on Canadian goods went into effect on Saturday, Feb. 1.  This reaction underscores the growing tension between the two neighboring countries. At the Ottawa Senators game against the visiting Minnesota Wild, fans jeered during "The Star-Spangled Banner," signaling their frustration with the US administration's trade policies.  Similarly, in Calgary, spectators at a Flames game against the De…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Duo In Country Illegally Ran 'Open-Air' Drug Market In Bucks, Police Claim Duo In Country Illegally Ran 'Open-Air' Drug Market In Bucks, Police Claim
Duo In Country Illegally Ran 'Open-Air' Drug Market In Bucks, Police Claim Cocaine, methamphetamine, and psychedelic mushrooms were seized from a Bensalem apartment where police say two men ran an “open-air” drug market. Township police executed a search warrant at the Bucks Meadows Apartments, 3131 Knights Road, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, the department said in a statement.  Detectives had received an anonymous tip about drug sales in a unit at the complex and spent weeks staking out the building, authorities wrote. Investigators said they saw "numerous drug transactions" from clients arriving "on foot and by vehicle" from "various neighborhoods in and around Bucks C…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Gun-Running Jersey Shore Coke Dealer Nabbed In FBI Sting Gets 5 Years, No Parole Gun-Running Jersey Shore Coke Dealer Nabbed In FBI Sting Gets 5 Years, No Parole
Gun-Running Jersey Shore Coke Dealer Nabbed In FBI Sting Gets 5 Years, No Parole A confessed cocaine dealer from Freehold who sold smuggled guns to buyers working for the FBI was sentenced to a plea-bargained five years in federal prison. Enrique Quijada, 25, who was in the country illegally, must serve out the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Quijada – also known as “El Enano 13” and “Kike” -- worked for a crew that sold handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, among other weapons, to what turned out to be FBI operatives in and around Monmouth and Ocean counties. Rather than face trial, he took…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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4 Previously Deported Immigrants Found In Pennsylvania, Two Had Guns, USDOJ Say 4 Previously Deported Immigrants Found In Pennsylvania, Two Had Guns, USDOJ Say
4 Previously Deported Immigrants Found In Pennsylvania, Two Had Guns, Usdoj Say Four undocumented people who were previously deported have been located in Pennsylvania and have been charged with illegal reentry, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The arrests happened in York, Franklin, and Huntingdon Counties. Guadalupe Diaz-Hernandez, 30, was previously deported from the United States to Mexico in Oct. 2013. He was found in in York County. Junior Gonzalez-Nane, 43, was previously deported from the United States to the Dominican Republic in Feb. 2010. He was found in Huntington County. Diaz-Hernandez and Gonzal…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Deportee Who Raped Paterson Girl, 15, After Illegally Re-Entering US Gets 7¾ Years Deportee Who Raped Paterson Girl, 15, After Illegally Re-Entering US Gets 7¾ Years
Deportee Who Raped Paterson Girl, 15, After Illegally Re-Entering US Gets 7¾ Years UPDATE: A deportee who snuck back into the U.S. and was living illegally in Paterson was sentenced Tuesday to 95 months in federal prison for raping a 15-year-old city girl. Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, a 35-year-old Mexican citizen who was born in Ecuador, had been deported in 2010, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. He'd re-entered the United States when he approached the girl in Passaic County in April 2019, had sex with her, then took her with him on a planned trip to Chicago, Honig said. They never made it that far, however. An Ohio state trooper pulled Morales-Pedraza’s 201…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Illegal Immigrant Admits Raping Paterson Girl, 15, Taking Her Across State Lines Illegal Immigrant Admits Raping Paterson Girl, 15, Taking Her Across State Lines
Illegal Immigrant Admits Raping Paterson Girl, 15, Taking Her Across State Lines A deportee who'd been living illegally in Paterson after sneaking back into the country admitted Tuesday that he raped a 15-year-old city girl whom he convinced to travel out of state with him, federal authorities said. Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, a 34-year-old Mexican citizen, also pleaded guilty via video conference with a U.S. District Court judge in Newark to illegally re-entering the United States. The Ecuadoran-born Morales-Pedraza, who’d been deported in 2010, approached the girl in April 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. After having sex with her, he took the girl …

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by Jerry DeMarco