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Lucchese Mob Ran Illegal Gambling Ring Across NJ; 39 Arrested Including Councilman: AG Lucchese Mob Ran Illegal Gambling Ring Across NJ; 39 Arrested Including Councilman: AG
Lucchese Mob Ran Illegal Gambling Ring Across NJ; 39 Arrested Including Councilman: AG A two-year investigation into an underground gambling empire allegedly run by members of the Lucchese Crime Family has led to charges against 39 individuals, including mob leaders, poker club managers, sportsbook agents — and even a sitting Prospect Park councilman, authorities said. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the takedown on Friday, April 11, following multi-agency raids at 12 locations across northern New Jersey earlier in the week. Among the sites: four poker clubs operating out of Totowa, Garfield, and Woodland Park, including two hidden behind functioning restaurants,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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Girl's Accused Mall Abductor Has Lengthy Criminal History Across Bergen County, Records Show Girl's Accused Mall Abductor Has Lengthy Criminal History Across Bergen County, Records Show
Girl's Accused Mall Abductor Has Lengthy Criminal History Across Bergen County, Records Show A 23-year-old Bergen County man accused of abducting a teen girl and sexually assaulting her at the Willowbrook Mall has a crime-riddled past stretching back several years. Denys Ludisaca has five pages worth of offenses on the NJ Courts website dating back to 2019, when he was first arrested for criminal trespass and drug offenses. In February 2020, he was charged with receiving stolen property in Bergenfield. Days later in Teaneck, Ludisaca was intoxicated when he was involved in a hit-and-run crash, charges indicate. He racked up dozens of additional traffic offenses that year. He w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cape May, NJ
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Mom Found Dead In Fridge In Cape May Forest Had Moved To NJ To Be Closer To Daughters: Family Mom Found Dead In Fridge In Cape May Forest Had Moved To NJ To Be Closer To Daughters: Family
Mom Found Dead In Fridge In Cape May Forest Had Moved To NJ To Be Closer To Daughters: Family Laura Hughes moved to New Jersey from Virginia in 2023 with the hope of being closer to her two teen daughters. "We thought it was a new beginning," said Cornel Alston, the father of her girls. Instead, the family is left mourning Hughes' loss days after the discovery of her remains, found stuffed in a refrigerator in a wooded area of the Belleplain State Forest on Sunday, Dec. 22. The timeline around 50-year-old Hughes' death isn't adding up for Alston, who says authorities have given him little information, compounding the pain of the loss. The NJ Courts website shows that Christop…

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by Cecilia Levine