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'Dangerously Insane': Facebook Slams PA Man Accused Of BBQing Dog, Lighting $100 Bills On Fire 'Dangerously Insane': Facebook Slams PA Man Accused Of BBQing Dog, Lighting $100 Bills On Fire 'Dangerously Insane': Facebook Slams PA Man Accused Of BBQing Dog, Lighting $100 Bills On Fire
'Dangerously Insane': Facebook Slams PA Man Accused Of BBQing Dog, Lighting $100 Bills On Fire A 49-year-old Pennsylvania man was "incredibly intoxicated" and burning $100 bills in a fire pit after shooting his dog then putting it on a hot barbecue grill, recent news reports say. Northampton Township officers responding to reports of an open fire found Nikolay Lukyanchikov sitting on a bench at his Holly Knoll Drive home near a fire pit and burning couch with a gun setting $100 bills on fire with lighter fluid, according to an affidavit obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Once the fire was out, officers noticed an animal -- later determined to be Lukyanchikov's dog -- badly burne…
Friends Of Jersey City Man Beaten To Death Rally To Help Family Find Answers Friends Of Jersey City Man Beaten To Death Rally To Help Family Find Answers Friends Of Jersey City Man Beaten To Death Rally To Help Family Find Answers
Friends Of Jersey City Man Beaten To Death Rally To Help Family Find Answers Support is surging for the family of a 40-year-old Jersey City man beaten to death in his apartment last month. More than $13,300 had been raised as of Wednesday morning on a GoFundMe honoring Benjamin Stone. Stone was Benjamin Stone was found lifeless in his Storms Avenue apartment by officers performing a welfare check on April 27 around 1:30 a.m., and pronounced dead 30 minutes later, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The Regional Medical Examiner later ruled the cause of death to be multiple blunt force trauma to the torso and the manner of death to be homicide. M…
UPDATE: Authorities ID Man, 23, Gunned Down In Jersey City UPDATE: Authorities ID Man, 23, Gunned Down In Jersey City UPDATE: Authorities ID Man, 23, Gunned Down In Jersey City
Update: Authorities ID Man, 23, Gunned Down In Jersey City A 23-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night in Jersey City. Emmanuel Garcia was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body near Princeton Avenue and Brown Place around 11 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased at 11:24 p.m., Suarez said. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are actively investigating this case.  No arrests…
Back So Soon? NJ Home Depot Chainsaw Thief Returns To Swipe $200 Tool Set, Police Say Back So Soon? NJ Home Depot Chainsaw Thief Returns To Swipe $200 Tool Set, Police Say Back So Soon? NJ Home Depot Chainsaw Thief Returns To Swipe $200 Tool Set, Police Say
Back So Soon? NJ Home Depot Chainsaw Thief Returns To Swipe $200 Tool Set, Police Say Come here often? A New Jersey man who tried stealing a chainsaw from a Home Depot store last month came back three weeks later -- this time to swipe a $200 tool set, police said. Alexander Carrion, 37, of Newark, was arrested the first week of April for the attempted theft from the Orange Street Home Depot in Bloomfield, Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. On April 26, Carrion returned to the same store and tried stealing a Ryobi tool set, DeMaio said. A prevention employee saw him walk past all points of sale with the tool set, authorities said. Carrion was arrested and issued a s…
Authorities ID 23-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Jersey City Authorities ID 23-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Jersey City Authorities ID 23-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Jersey City
Authorities ID 23-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Jersey City A 23-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night in Jersey City. Emmanuel Garcia was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body near Princeton Avenue and Brown Place around 11 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased at 11:24 p.m., Suarez said. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are actively investigating this case.  No arrests…
Italian Restaurant To Replace Wyckoff's Shuttered The Plum & Pear Italian Restaurant To Replace Wyckoff's Shuttered The Plum & Pear Italian Restaurant To Replace Wyckoff's Shuttered The Plum & Pear
Italian Restaurant To Replace Wyckoff's Shuttered The Plum & Pear An Italian restaurant that formerly operated out of two different Bergen County locations is coming to Wyckoff. La Cambusa is set to take over the space formerly occupied by The Plum and Pear -- which closed in 2018, according to its Facebook page. La Cambusa at times operated out of spaces in Garfield and Ridgewood, and is hoping for a May opening. Please submit resumes to [email protected] with the position you are applying for in the subject header. Working experience is required for all positions. Posted by La Cambusa on Sunday, April 25, 2021 La Cambusa, 393 Franklin Ave., Wycko…
Daughter Of Jersey City Teacher Who Went On Racist Tirade During Class Apologizes To Students Daughter Of Jersey City Teacher Who Went On Racist Tirade During Class Apologizes To Students Daughter Of Jersey City Teacher Who Went On Racist Tirade During Class Apologizes To Students
Daughter Of Jersey City Teacher Who Went On Racist Tirade During Class Apologizes To Students "You did nothing to deserve this treatment." That's the message Aliya Jackson had for the Jersey City's Dickinson High School students who sat helplessly in an online class her father went on a racist and profane tirade, according to NJ Advance Media. Twice. Howard Zlotkin, who taught the Landscape Design class at Dickinson High School, has since been suspended for the incidents in which he vocalized his sentiments on the Black Lives Matter movement, George Floyd and more, students told NBC New York. "I hear people whining and crying about Black Lives Matter," Zlotkin says, "but Geor…
Man, 31, Injured In Montclair Shooting Man, 31, Injured In Montclair Shooting Man, 31, Injured In Montclair Shooting
Man, 31, Injured In Montclair Shooting A 31-year-old man was injured in a Montclair shooting last Friday, authorities said. An anonymous caller reported a possible shooting on Mission Street at 10:36 p.m. Friday, adding the incident had happened about an hour earlier, Montclair Police Sgt. Terence Turner said. The caller reported hearing a possible gun shot and then saw a male victim bleeding from the leg enter a red vehicle and leave the area, Turner said. East Orange General Hospital called Montclair Police Dispatch saying a shooting victim had come to the emergency room for treatment and the shooting happened in Montclair, p…
Piscataway Man, 45, Tried Having Sex With Girl, 15, Secaucus Police Say Piscataway Man, 45, Tried Having Sex With Girl, 15, Secaucus Police Say Piscataway Man, 45, Tried Having Sex With Girl, 15, Secaucus Police Say
Piscataway Man, 45, Tried Having Sex With Girl, 15, Secaucus Police Say A 45-year-old Piscataway man was arrested for trying to have sex with an individual who he believed was a 15-year-old girl, authorities said. Barry Sloben was chatting with the "girl" on an online dating app April 9, and drove to Walmart in Secaucus later that day to meet her -- although the was not successful in that attempt, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Sloben was arrested on April 26 at 8:26 p.m. following an investigation, Miller said. He was arrested at Secaucus Police Headquarters for Enticing a Child [2C:13-6A], and was served his complaint summons. Sloben was released…
Man Punched Woman, Bit Her Nose In Lancaster Motel Argument, Authorities Say Man Punched Woman, Bit Her Nose In Lancaster Motel Argument, Authorities Say Man Punched Woman, Bit Her Nose In Lancaster Motel Argument, Authorities Say
Man Punched Woman, Bit Her Nose In Lancaster Motel Argument, Authorities Say A 32-year-old man was arrested for punching a woman in the face and biting her nose after smashing a television in the motel room they were renting last week in Lancaster County, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to the Travelodge Motel on Columbia Avenue in East Hempfield around 5:45 p.m. last Friday, where the female victim was in the office and bleeding profusely from her nose, township police said. She and a man, later identified as Stephon Walls, had been renting a room at the motel when they began arguing, police said. During the argument, Walls smashed the television i…
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