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COVID-19: Ex-NY Jet Sentenced For Bogus $1.2M  Relief Loan COVID-19: Ex-NY Jet Sentenced For Bogus $1.2M  Relief Loan COVID-19: Ex-NY Jet Sentenced For Bogus $1.2M  Relief Loan
Covid-19: Ex-NY Jet Sentenced For Bogus $1.2M Relief Loan Former NY Jet Josh Bellamy was sentenced to prison time for fraudulently claiming more than $1.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds that he spent on luxury items and a Hard Rock Hotel stay, federal prosecutors said. The 32-year-old Florida resident was sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison last Friday, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, court papers show. The former NFL athlete also must pay restitution. Bellamy obtained a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $1.2 million for his company, Drip Entertainment LLC, under bogus documents and false inf…
Camden Man Stabbed Dead In Broad Daylight: Police Camden Man Stabbed Dead In Broad Daylight: Police Camden Man Stabbed Dead In Broad Daylight: Police
Camden Man Stabbed Dead In Broad Daylight: Police A 47-year-old man was stabbed dead in Camden on Thursday, Dec. 16, authorities said. Michael Lane was found with a stab wound on the 2400 block of Federal Street around 3:10 p.m., Acting Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said. He was taken to Cooper Hospital and died of his injuries at approximately 4:45 p.m. The deceased male has been identified as Michael Lane, 47, of Camden. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Kevin Courtney with the CCPO Homicide Unit at 856-397-6770 or CCPD Detective Shawn Donlon at 856-6…
MURDER: Man Gunned Down In Jersey City Restaurant MURDER: Man Gunned Down In Jersey City Restaurant MURDER: Man Gunned Down In Jersey City Restaurant
Murder: Man Gunned Down In Jersey City Restaurant UPDATE: The victim was identified as a 16-year-old Jersey City boy, authorities said Friday. One person was shot and killed in a Jersey City eatery Thursday around lunchtime, authorities confirmed. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head around noon at 600 Communipaw Ave., which comes up on Google Maps as an empanada shop. The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Unit and JCPD are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred this morning in the area of 600 Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City in which one man was killed. More information to follow. — ProsecutorSuarezHCPO (@H…
Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway
Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Elizabeth Elyce Jalloh has a name with a story to tell. "Elizabeth" is an homage to her mom Charlotte Fatoma's grandmother, whom she says is beautiful, kind and caring.  The baby's middle name is after the 911 dispatcher, Elyce Rivera, who coached Fatoma through the entire delivery over the phone on the side of Pennsylvania's Interstate 476 in late October.  Fatoma and her baby met Rivera for the first time early this week on the "Today Show." There, Fatoma asked Rivera -- whom she describes as being "patient, kind and angelic -- to be her new daughter's godmother. "There w…
These Homes Have Most Spectacular Christmas Light Displays In North Jersey (ICYMI) These Homes Have Most Spectacular Christmas Light Displays In North Jersey (ICYMI) These Homes Have Most Spectacular Christmas Light Displays In North Jersey (ICYMI)
These Homes Have Most Spectacular Christmas Light Displays In North Jersey (ICYMI) There's no shortage of Christmas light displays this year in North Jersey.  Load your car up with snacks and loved ones and take a drive out to these displays. Did we miss one? Email [email protected]. Lights on Lozier, 181 Lozier Court, Paramus: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. John Russo began decorating his Paramus home in 2015, after a promise to his girlfriend that if he beat cancer, he'd learn how. His house has been shining bright ever since. John Russo and Toni Alessio Paladino and their Paramus display.John Russo/Toni Alessio Paladin…
Newark Officer Shot Taking Down Armed Suspect Gets Hospital Release  He'll Never Forget Newark Officer Shot Taking Down Armed Suspect Gets Hospital Release  He'll Never Forget Newark Officer Shot Taking Down Armed Suspect Gets Hospital Release  He'll Never Forget
Newark Officer Shot Taking Down Armed Suspect Gets Hospital Release He'll Never Forget A Newark police officer who was shot while taking down an armed suspect was released from the hospital on Wednesday and then promptly promoted (scroll down for video). Officer Nicholas Edert, 23, was rushed to University Hospital for treatment of a non life-threatening gunshot wound suffered near 14th Avenue and 14th Street around 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. He was promoted to the rank of detective by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and O’Hara, immediately after leaving the hospital with his parents and and hundreds of fellow officers present.  O'Hara and B…
100+ Lakewood Yeshiva Students Home With Mysterious Illness -- Not COVID: Report 100+ Lakewood Yeshiva Students Home With Mysterious Illness -- Not COVID: Report 100+ Lakewood Yeshiva Students Home With Mysterious Illness -- Not COVID: Report
100+ Lakewood Yeshiva Students Home With Mysterious Illness -- Not COVID: Report More than 100 young men from various yeshivas across the Lakewood area were home this week with a mysterious illness -- and it's not COVID, The Lakewood Scoop reports. Approximately 50 students from each Jewish school came down with a fever and weakness last Thursday, and have been bedridden ever since, the outlet said.  They all apparently tested negative for COVID-19. Click here for more from The Lakewood Scoop.
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor 'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor 'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor A 58-year-old man was charged with murder in the killing of his 84-year-old mother-in-law in Nutley, authorities announced. James Pica, 58, called 911 and told dispatchers he killed the woman on Tuesday evening, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Barbara Ann Bezzone was found lying on the floor unresponsive with severe injuries when police responded to 73 Prospect St., around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday night,  She was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:45 p.m., and Pica was arrested and charged with murder, au…
UNDERCOVER BUST: NJ Go-Go Bar Workers Accused Of Promoting Prostitution, Selling Coke To Guests UNDERCOVER BUST: NJ Go-Go Bar Workers Accused Of Promoting Prostitution, Selling Coke To Guests UNDERCOVER BUST: NJ Go-Go Bar Workers Accused Of Promoting Prostitution, Selling Coke To Guests
Undercover Bust: NJ Go-Go Bar Workers Accused Of Promoting Prostitution, Selling Coke To Guests Assaults. Shots fired. An overdose. These are just some of the calls over the last two years that sparked a an undercover investigation into AJ's Go-Go Bar in Hudson County, leading to nine arrests for cocaine distribution and prostitution this week, authorities in Secaucus announced on Wednesday. During the investigation, undercover detectives purchased various quantities of cocaine from different employees of the establishment. Detectives were also offered sex for cash by numerous employees of the premises, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The six-month long probe culminated on…
Suspicious Death Of Female Probed In Nutley Suspicious Death Of Female Probed In Nutley Suspicious Death Of Female Probed In Nutley
Suspicious Death Of Female Probed In Nutley Authorities were investigating a "suspicious death" Tuesday night in Nutley. A spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said only that the incident involved a female. Preliminary reports say the crime was committed at 73 Prospect St. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
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