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Drugged PA Driver Rattles Resident After Predawn Crash Off NJ Highway: Police Drugged PA Driver Rattles Resident After Predawn Crash Off NJ Highway: Police
Drugged PA Driver Rattles Resident After Predawn Crash Off NJ Highway: Police A driver from Philadelphia who'd just crashed his car off Route 17 before dawn Friday banged on a nearby resident's door, shouting incoherently, and was arrested moments later, authorities said. Bret Michaels Staab, 41, crashed his 2022 Nissan Sentra on Manhattan Avenue in Waldwick, then abandoned it there, shortly after 6:30 a.m. Jan. 12, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. Police got a call from a resident when Staab began banging on the door of a Dora Avenue home, the lieutenant said. They found Staab on a nearby street and an assortment of drugs -- heroin, crack, prescription meds and mor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Grandmother, 80, Fights Armed Robber Outside NJ Costco Grandmother, 80, Fights Armed Robber Outside NJ Costco
Grandmother, 80, Fights Armed Robber Outside NJ Costco An armed robber in a Costco parking lot got more than he bargained for when an 80-year-old grandmother fought back. The surprised bandit stuck what turned out to be a BB gun in the window of the woman's car in the Teterboro Landing lot across the airport on eastbound Route 46 last Thursday afternoon, Moonachie Police Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. "NO!" the woman shouted, vowing not to let him take anything without a fight, Napolitano said. The robber grabbed her purse, dropped the BB gun and fled with two accomplices in a gray sedan with temporary registration tags, the sergeant said. …

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Feds: Price-Gouging NJ Company Admits Giving ‘Mask Up’ New Meaning Feds: Price-Gouging NJ Company Admits Giving ‘Mask Up’ New Meaning
Feds: Price-Gouging NJ Company Admits Giving ‘Mask Up’ New Meaning Representatives of a Mahwah-based company admitted selling N95 protective masks at a 400% markup to a grocery store chain at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, federal authorities said. TSC Agency and two partners bought 250,000 of the filtering facepiece respirators at $1.09 apiece mask from a foreign manufacturer in mid-March 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. TSC then sold 100,000 of the masks to the unidentified chain for $5.25 each, violating federal price-gouging laws, she said. The logistics company – located on Lethbridge Plaza off southbound Route 17 near the S…

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by Jerry DeMarco