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Shoe Salesman Turned Internist Wrote Himself Bogus Scripts For Years, NJ Authorities Charge Shoe Salesman Turned Internist Wrote Himself Bogus Scripts For Years, NJ Authorities Charge
Shoe Salesman Turned Internist Wrote Himself Bogus Scripts For Years, NJ Authorities Charge Sagy Grinberg could’ve been a modern-day success story. A former shoe salesman, he went to medical school in the West Indies, got married on top of Mt. Carmel and took a prized residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark. Then things went sideways. For more than five years, state authorities said, Grinberg forged other doctors’ names on nearly 70 prescriptions for oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, Cialis and a bunch of other drugs – apparently all for himself. The crimes came to light in March 2021, they said, when a Walgreens in Vauxhall notified a New Jersey doctor about a dozen scripts …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NY Trio Led Police On Two Pursuits After PA Pharmacists Refused To Fill Fake Prescription NY Trio Led Police On Two Pursuits After PA Pharmacists Refused To Fill Fake Prescription
NY Trio Led Police On Two Pursuits After PA Pharmacists Refused To Fill Fake Prescription Three men from New York sent police on a chase in Pennsylvania after they failed to fill a fraudulent prescription, police say. Northwest Regional police received a report of someone trying to fill a fake prescription at Sloan's Norlanco Pharmacy in Mount Joy Township around 7 p.m. Friday, Apr. 1— and it wasn’t an April Fool’s Day prank, as the script was filed several days prior, according to the department’s release. Officers Kris Hart and Dan Gordon responded to the call, approaching the building as one of the suspects were exiting the store. Outside the store, the other two suspects w…

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by Jillian Pikora
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INSIDE JOB: Ex-Head Of Drug Task Force Stole $200K+ PA AG Says INSIDE JOB: Ex-Head Of Drug Task Force Stole $200K+ PA AG Says
Inside JOB: Ex-Head Of Drug Task Force Stole $200K+ PA AG Says The former head of a central Pennsylvania county drug task force stole more than $200,000 from the agency over five years, alleges the Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Former Lancaster County Det. Sgt. John Burkhart stole money seized during drug investigations using two separate schemes, according to Attorney General Shapiro's release on Tuesday, Mar. 13. The first scheme involved $150,000 in seized cash from the drug task force safe, where seized money was stored before it was formally forfeited and placed in a bank account, the release explains. The second scheme involved ski…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years
Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years One of a nest of criminals who paid New Jersey high school students to cash COVID stimulus checks stolen from the mail was sentenced to four years in federal prison. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, must serve just about all of the plea-bargained sentence rubber-stamped by a U.S. District Court judge in Newark via videoconference on Monday, Feb. 14. Bennett -- a reputed associate of a group called "The Members" -- recruited U.S. Postal Service employees to steal checks, checkbooks, debit cards, and credit cards from the mail in excha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives
East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives What at first seemed like a run-of-the-mill package theft led Palisades Park detectives to an organized theft ring that used bogus IDs to buy high-end luxury cars, authorities said. Jeon Kichul, a 43-year-old Korean national, was arrested last December after Detective David Chun identified him as the porch pirate who swiped a package containing a baseball glove from outside a resident’s home, Capt. Shawn Lee said. Kichul, who was also carrying bogus ID, was released pending further investigation, said Lee, the officer in charge of the department. Chun then learned that Jeon was "part of a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Heroin Stolen From Evidence By Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Heroin Stolen From Evidence By Pennsylvania State Police Corporal
Heroin Stolen From Evidence By Pennsylvania State Police Corporal A Pennsylvania state police corporal stole heroin, used it at work and attempted to use work software to cover it all up, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Corporal Brian Edward Rickard, 48, of Honesdale, was charged by the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Integrity and Professional Standards, Internal Affairs Division in conjunction with the Office of Attorney General, according to the release. Corporal Rickard is accused of stealing heroin from the Troop R evidence room, "ingesting it while at work and home, and using work computers and programs to cover up the theft…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Central PA Man Wanted For Forgery, Police Say Central PA Man Wanted For Forgery, Police Say
Central PA Man Wanted For Forgery, Police Say Police in Central Pennsylvania have issued an arrest warrant for a man wanted in a forgery case, authorities announced. De-Andre Jamahl Rice, 29, is wanted on one count of forgery, Carlisle police announced on Oct. 28. Rice also was previously wanted for forgery on Aug. 22, but it was not immediately clear if that was a separate case. Carlisle Police did not immediately return Daily Voice's request for more information placed Thursday. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact Carlisle Police at (717) 243-5252.

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by Jillian Pikora
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‘Anti-Vax Momma’: Stripper From Bergen Busted For Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram ‘Anti-Vax Momma’: Stripper From Bergen Busted For Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram
‘Anti-Vax Momma’: Stripper From Bergen Busted For Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram A celebrity Instagram stripper from Bergen County who called herself “Anti-Vax Momma” was charged by federal authorities with selling forged COVID vaccine cards online. Jasmine Clifford, 31, of Lyndhurst sold 250 or so phony Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine cards for $200 each, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said Tuesday. Doing the math, that’s $50,000. Clifford – known as “5Star Jazzi” -- also connected customers to Nadayza Barkley, 27, who worked in a medical office on Long Island and added the names of 10 or so buyers to a state vaccine database for a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Man Tried Buying Firearm With Bogus Documents In York County, Police Say SEEN HIM? Man Tried Buying Firearm With Bogus Documents In York County, Police Say
Seen HIM? Man Tried Buying Firearm With Bogus Documents In York County, Police Say Police in Lower Windsor Township are seeking a man who they say tried buying firearms with bogus documents last summer. Scheron Tyrone Bryant tried purchasing the gun from Bluestone Firearms in Lower Windsor Township using a falsified document in June 2020, local police said. A warrant for Bryant's arrest was obtained on March 23. Bryant frequents York City and has connections to Brooklyn, NY.  If seen or know of his whereabouts please contact LWTPD at 717-244-8055. 

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by Cecilia Levine