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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack NJ Transit Employee Made $700K Selling Stolen Phones: OAG
A 37-year-old NJ Transit employee and Hackensack resident, was arrested and charged in a scheme to sell phones purchased with public funds for a personal profit of more than $700,000, authorities said. Peejay Manila, who had been employed with NJ Transit since December 2019, sold NJ Transit-owned iPhones to cellphone buy-back companies after purchasing them using NJ Transit funds authorized only for official purposes, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. From November 2020 through September 2024, Manila sold 850 phones and other electronic devices to a cellphone trade-in c…
Chester, PA
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Chester Heights Couple’s Murder Tied To Border Patrol Agent’s Killing: Officials
The brutal slaying of a Chester Heights couple in their home is now linked to the recent killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, authorities announced on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Richard and Rita Zajko were shot dead inside their Highland Drive home on Dec. 31, 2022, investigators said. Their bodies were discovered on Jan. 2, 2023, after a family member requested a welfare check. Initially, authorities had not determined if the double homicide was a random act of violence, but new evidence suggests otherwise. According to PSP Media's Criminal Investigation Unit, a firearm purchased by …
Newark, NJ
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FedEx Delivery Driver Robbed: Montclair Police
A FedEx driver was robbed of packages on Friday, July 12, authorities said. Officers responded to a parking lot by Grove Street on a report of strong-arm robbery, Montclair police said. A FedEx delivery driver had parked her truck on Oxford Street and began unloading when three people ran up to her from behind, grabbed the packages from her arm and fled in different directions, police said. Two suspects ran toward Oxford Street to a gold Honda, while another suspect entered a silver Honda which fled toward Walnut Street, police said. The first suspect was described as a Black male, with&nb…
