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Report: NJ School Bus Driver Suspended For Refusing Face Mask Report: NJ School Bus Driver Suspended For Refusing Face Mask Report: NJ School Bus Driver Suspended For Refusing Face Mask
Report: NJ School Bus Driver Suspended For Refusing Face Mask A Lakewood school bus driver has been temporarily removed from his post pending an investigation after refusing to wear a mask, according to a recent news report. The school district's security director and retired police lieutenant spotted the male driver without a mask while transporting 13 students to an elementary school Wednesday morning, NJ.com reports. The driver violated the state's face mask mandate on both days of school before Wednesday -- Friday and Tuesday, the district's board attorney Michael Inzelbuch told the news outlet. Inzelbuch was not immediately available when Daily …
Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K
Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K A search warrant of a Newark couple's home turned up 12 stolen vehicles including a jet ski, 10 motorcycles and sedan, and nearly $14.700 in cash, authorities said. Jose Ventura, 34, and Carmen Y. Martinez, 31, were charged Thursday with receiving stolen property after a nearly two-month investigation, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Search warrants executed at a home on the 700 block of South 11th Street turned up $14,741.00 in cash; three motorcycles stolen out of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City; seven motorcycles with defaced vehicle identification…
TRAGEDY: Hudson County Man Dies After Being Struck By Hit-Run Car, Run Over By Bus TRAGEDY: Hudson County Man Dies After Being Struck By Hit-Run Car, Run Over By Bus TRAGEDY: Hudson County Man Dies After Being Struck By Hit-Run Car, Run Over By Bus
Tragedy: Hudson County Man Dies After Being Struck By Hit-Run Car, Run Over By Bus A 50-year-old man struck by a hit-and-run vehicle was lying in the street when he was run over by a bus, killing him Thursday night in Bayonne.  ** UPDATE: A man accused of leaving the scene after hitting a pedestrian who was then run over by an NJ Transit bus and killed has been arrested, authorities said. ** John Hagans, of Jersey City, was trying to cross Avenue C  when he was struck by a dark-colored, southbound vehicle around 10:20 p.m. at 25th Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Moments later, an NJ Transit bus ran over Hagans, who was pronounced …
Secaucus PD: Man Refusing To Leave Route 3 Motel Had Heroin, 2 Warrants Secaucus PD: Man Refusing To Leave Route 3 Motel Had Heroin, 2 Warrants Secaucus PD: Man Refusing To Leave Route 3 Motel Had Heroin, 2 Warrants
Secaucus PD: Man Refusing To Leave Route 3 Motel Had Heroin, 2 Warrants A Jersey City man refusing to leave a Route 3 motel was jailed after he was found with heroin, local police said. Secaucus police officers responding to the Roadway Inn on the eastbound side of the highway found Antonio McNeill, 48, who was refusing to leave around 9:20 p.m. Saturday, Chief Dennis Miller said. McNeill had two outstanding warrants: One out of Trenton for $250 and the other out of Jersey City for $100, Miller said. He was later found with heroin and charged with hindering apprehension, according to the chief. McNeill was served his complaint warrants and taken to the Hudson…
COVID-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores COVID-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores COVID-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores
Covid-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores Liquidation sales are under way at all 13 Century 21 stores after the company announced Thursday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The impetus was a non-payment of approximately $175 million declined by the company's insurance provider as a direct result of losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a press release. The off-price retail store in business for more than 60 years was left with "no viable alternative" to closing," the company's co-CEO Raymond Gindi said.  "While retailers across the board have suffered greatly due to COVID-19, and Century 2…
Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All 13 Stores Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All 13 Stores Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All 13 Stores
Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All 13 Stores Liquidation sales are under way at all Century 21 stores after the company announced Thursday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The impetus was a non-payment of approximately $175 million declined by the company's insurance provider as a direct result of losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the off-price retail company said in a press release. In business for more than 60 years, Century 21 was left with "no viable alternative" to closing all 13 stores the company's co-CEO Raymond Gindi said.  Century 21 has four New Jersey locations: East Rutherford, American Dream…
DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed HUMC Nurse DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed HUMC Nurse DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed HUMC Nurse
DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed Humc Nurse A Union City driver was sentenced to a plea-bargained nine years in state prison for a DWI crash that killed a popular Hackensack University Medical Center nurse in Jersey City last year, authorities said Thursday. Jonathan Ortiz-Guananga, 27, struck a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to death by auto and assault by auto rather than go to trial for the early-morning May 5, 2019 crash on Paterson Plank Road that killed Adriana Riano of North Bergen. He was sentenced Thursday by Superior Court Judge Judge Patrick J. Arre to eight years in New Jersey state prison for one charge of secon…
Former NJ Army Guardsman Rejects Plea Deal In 'Upskirt' Photo Charge Former NJ Army Guardsman Rejects Plea Deal In 'Upskirt' Photo Charge Former NJ Army Guardsman Rejects Plea Deal In 'Upskirt' Photo Charge
Former NJ Army Guardsman Rejects Plea Deal In 'Upskirt' Photo Charge The case of a former New Jersey Army National Guardsman accused of snapping photos up women's skirts will be heading to trial after he rejected a plea deal in Sussex County, according to a recent news report. Stephen Grogan, of Branchville, has been accused in four "upskirting" incidents across the U.S. since 2018 -- the year he separated from the state's National Guard, the NJ Herald reports. Grogan appeared in front of Sussex County Judge Louis S. Sceusi in a virtual hearing Tuesday, for an invasion of privacy charge stemming from a 2018 incident in a Montague supermarket. Grogan's attor…
Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week
Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week A new Amazon delivery station will open its doors this week in North Jersey. The West Caldwell facility on Patton Drive is nearly 160,000 square feet, and will create more than 130 full- and part-time jobs. All jobs pay at least $15 an hour (click here to apply).  Delivery stations power the last mile of the order process and help speed up deliveries for customers. Packages are shipped to a delivery station from neighboring Amazon Fulfillment and Sortation Centers, loaded into delivery vehicles and delivered to customers. Delivery stations offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to b…
Woman Fatally Struck By Her Own Car In Somerset County Woman Fatally Struck By Her Own Car In Somerset County Woman Fatally Struck By Her Own Car In Somerset County
Woman Fatally Struck By Her Own Car In Somerset County A woman died when she was run over by her own car that she parked on a hill in Somerset County, authorities said. Kathleen McAdams had parked her car on a downhill slope on Easy Street in Bridgewater, when she was struck around 10:15 a.m., local police said. McAdams was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where she was later pronounced dead. Police did not release McAdams' age or any other details. The crash is being investigated by the Bridgewater Police Department Traffic Safety Unit. Any witnesses to the crash are asked to call Officer Kennedy at the Br…
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