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: Tornado Touches Down In Springfield
A tornado that touched down on Rt. 22 in Springfield was captured on video Wednesday afternoon as a wave of storms passed through the area. The National Weather Service confirmed the EF-0 tornado touched downat 2:47 p.m. and lasted nearly four minutes at speeds up to 70 mph. The funnel, seen mostly in the first few seconds of a video posted to Facebook, is seen sending debris flying as it makes contact with the ground. One witness reported seeing the mayhem caused as the cloud spiraled though a business in the 300 block of Rt. 22. "At Christmas Tree Store and the shopping cart holder …
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Springfield Man Who Ran Sham East Hanover Wellness Company For People, Pets Sentenced
A 52-year-old Springfield man who made more than $1 million trading stock in his sham wellness company was sentenced Wednesday to 25 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. For six months beginning in June 2012, James Farinella controlled up to 98 percent of the stock in Pazoo Inc., a publicly traded company that operated out of a building on Route 10 in East Hanover. The company claimed to sell wellness products, including merchandise for pets, according to authorities and a published company overview. The company, however, was just a front for a pump-and…
