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Newark, NJ
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Authorities ID Man Killed In Weekend Irvington Shooting Authorities ID Man Killed In Weekend Irvington Shooting Authorities ID Man Killed In Weekend Irvington Shooting
Authorities ID Man Killed In Weekend Irvington Shooting Authorities have identified the 28-year-old victim of a weekend Irvington shooting. Ricky Alston, of Irvington, was shot on the 800 block of Stuyvesant Avenue Sunday, Nov. 22, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Irvington Police Director Tracy Bowers said. Alston, formerly of Newark, was transported to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:05 p.m., they said. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday. The investigation is active and ongoing.   Anyone with information should contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homici…

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Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Grisly Killing Jersey City Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Grisly Killing Jersey City Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Grisly Killing
Jersey City Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Grisly Killing A 65-year-old man was charged with murder after his 67-year-old girlfriend was found dead with a gash across her neck Monday in their shared Jersey City apartment, authorities said. Kimberly Haston was found lifeless on the floor of her Court House Place apartment with a gash across her neck by Jersey City police officers performing a welfare check around 2 p.m., Nov. 23, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Haston was taken to Jersey City Medical Center where she was pronounced dead just after 3:50 p.m., Suarez said. Hason's boyfriend Rand March shared the apartment with her,…

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North Hunterdon, NJ
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Man Driving Stolen Van Rams NJ State Police Car With Troopers Inside On Route 78 Man Driving Stolen Van Rams NJ State Police Car With Troopers Inside On Route 78 Man Driving Stolen Van Rams NJ State Police Car With Troopers Inside On Route 78
Man Driving Stolen Van Rams NJ State Police Car With Troopers Inside On Route 78 A 29-year-old man driving a van stolen rammed a police vehicle carrying a pair of New Jersey State troopers Monday on Route 78, reports say. Brandon Marsalis Wesley, who has no address, was heading westbound on the highway in a 2017 GMC Savana with New Jersey registration, while being pursued by NJSP troopers, Lehigh Valley Live reports. Pennsylvania State Police used a pursuit intervention technique, stopping the stolen van near the Route 33 interchange around 2:45 p.m., the report says citing police and court papers. An NJSP car carrying two troopers pulled in front of the stolen car whe…

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Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Authorities: Elderly NJ Woman Lived In Squalor As Aide, Daughters Spent $280K Of Her Money Authorities: Elderly NJ Woman Lived In Squalor As Aide, Daughters Spent $280K Of Her Money Authorities: Elderly NJ Woman Lived In Squalor As Aide, Daughters Spent $280K Of Her Money
Authorities: Elderly NJ Woman Lived In Squalor As Aide, Daughters Spent $280K Of Her Money A 91-year-old Union County woman living in squalor had more than $280,000 stolen from her by her home health aide and her two daughters, authorities said Monday. Denise Letren, 64, of Union Township is charged with second-degree theft, second-degree theft by deception, and third-degree neglect of an elderly person for whom she had a responsibility to care, while 30-year-old Carmen Letren of Newark and 32-year-old Danielle Letren of Lake Hopatcong are each charged with third-degree theft, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said Monday. The 91-year-old victim realized she …

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Jersey City, NJ
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Prosecutor: Union City Man Busted With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos On Cell Phone Prosecutor: Union City Man Busted With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos On Cell Phone Prosecutor: Union City Man Busted With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos On Cell Phone
Prosecutor: Union City Man Busted With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos On Cell Phone A 45-year-old Union City man was busted with more than 1,000 child pornography photos on his cell phone, authorities said Tuesday. Detectives executed a search warrant at Felix Martinez's home, acting on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Martinez was arrested at his house just before 9 a.m. Monday, and charged with endangering the welfare of a child for possession of child porn. Suarez credited the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit…

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North Hunterdon, NJ
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NJ Town's Republican Town Council Candidate Who Lost By 3 Votes Calls For Recount NJ Town's Republican Town Council Candidate Who Lost By 3 Votes Calls For Recount NJ Town's Republican Town Council Candidate Who Lost By 3 Votes Calls For Recount
NJ Town's Republican Town Council Candidate Who Lost By 3 Votes Calls For Recount A Republican candidate running for the Clinton Common Council is calling for a recount after losing to the Democratic incumbent by just three votes in this year's election. Nicholas Bruno ran against incumbents Rielly Karsh and Megan Johnson, for two open seats to serve a three-year term on Nov. 3. According to election results posted Friday, Bruno received 909 votes while Johnson won with 912. And now he wants a recount. "I have filed for a recount because of the narrow margins separating all 3 candidates and anticipate an order to recount in the next coming days," Bruno said in a Fa…

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Edison, NJ
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Murphy Addresses Restaurant Hecklers With Compassion For Those Stressed By Pandemic Murphy Addresses Restaurant Hecklers With Compassion For Those Stressed By Pandemic Murphy Addresses Restaurant Hecklers With Compassion For Those Stressed By Pandemic
Murphy Addresses Restaurant Hecklers With Compassion For Those Stressed By Pandemic Gov. Phil Murphy said he was largely unaffected by the group of women who harassed him and his family over the weekend while dining out Saturday in Red Bank. The governor addressed the 36-second encounter that began circulating Sunday afternoon on social media during Monday's COVID-19 briefing. "I would say, one, that I'm a big boy and I have thick skin," Murphy said. "It doesn't impact me at all." The only part that seemed to bother him, though, was that the women involved his family. "Leave my family out of it," he said. The governor, his wife Tammy Murphy, and their four children were…

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by Cecilia Levine
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Man, 22, Critical After Self-Inflicted Union County Gun Range Shooting Man, 22, Critical After Self-Inflicted Union County Gun Range Shooting Man, 22, Critical After Self-Inflicted Union County Gun Range Shooting
Man, 22, Critical After Self-Inflicted Union County Gun Range Shooting A 22-year-old man who turned the gun on himself over the weekend at a Union County shooting range was in critical condition Monday, authorities said. The man had gone to RTSP on Route 22 with three friends when he fired three shots down the range, then shot himself around 7:20 p.m. Saturday, Union Township Police Director Dan Zieser said. The unidentified victim was taken to University Medical Center in Newark, where he remained in critical condition, Zieser said.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Winning Powerball Ticket Good For $50K Sold In Bergen County Winning Powerball Ticket Good For $50K Sold In Bergen County Winning Powerball Ticket Good For $50K Sold In Bergen County
Winning Powerball Ticket Good For $50K Sold In Bergen County A winning New Jersey Lottery ticket good for $50,000 was sold in Bergen County. The Powerball ticket from Saturday's drawing was sold at ShopRite of Lodi, and won the third-tier prize. The winning numbers were 51, 54, 57, 60 and 69.  The Red Power Ball number was 11. The Multiplier number was 02. 

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Newark, NJ
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NJ Turnpike Toll Collector Robbed At Gunpoint In Newark NJ Turnpike Toll Collector Robbed At Gunpoint In Newark NJ Turnpike Toll Collector Robbed At Gunpoint In Newark
NJ Turnpike Toll Collector Robbed At Gunpoint In Newark Authorities are seeking the individual who robbed a New Jersey Turnpike toll collector at gunpoint over the weekend. The female collector was held at gunpoint robbed of the cash in her register by an individual in an older model BMW Saturday afternoon, State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The incident occurred at the interchange 14 in Newark around 2:15 p.m. The toll collector was not injured.  "This is an active investigation and there is no further information available at the moment," Marchan said.

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