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First Convict Sentenced Federally In Trenton Protest Firebombings First Convict Sentenced Federally In Trenton Protest Firebombings
First Convict Sentenced Federally In Trenton Protest Firebombings UPDATE: A South Jersey man was sentenced today to 28 months in federal prison for trying to set fire to a police cruiser during a video-recorded riot that broke out following a peaceful protest last year in Trenton. Killian F. Melecio, 20, of Columbus must serve just all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Melecio admitted via video conference in U.S. District Cout in Trenton earlier this year that he stuffed a shirt he’d gotten from another man into the gas tank of the vehicle and tried to ignite it on May 31, 2020. The protest earlier that day in respo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Man Indicted For Embezzling $200K From Philadelphia High Tech Firm, Feds Say South Jersey Man Indicted For Embezzling $200K From Philadelphia High Tech Firm, Feds Say
South Jersey Man Indicted For Embezzling $200K From Philadelphia High Tech Firm, Feds Say A 54-year-old Atlantic County man has been indicted in a long-running securities fraud scheme, federal authorities said. Joseph Geromini of Linwood, NJ, allegedly embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from his former employer, a Philadelphia-based technology start-up, according to a grand jury indictment. A separate but related complaint by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accuses the former chief operating officer of spending much of the embezzled money on lavish personal expenses, including: buying a Land Rover, leasing a summer home on Nantucket Island,  buying Philade…

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by Jon Craig