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UPDATE: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Birthday Party Shooting UPDATE: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Birthday Party Shooting UPDATE: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Birthday Party Shooting
Update: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Birthday Party Shooting A Linden man fired multiple rounds into a vehicle, killing the driver outside of a Somerset County birthday party over the weekend, said authorities who charged him and one other man Monday. Sometime Saturday night, Roobino Philemon, 30, of West Orange and a friend showed up to a birthday party being held at a Bayberry Road in Bridgewater, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint statement. The homeowner from the front door told Philemon and the other man to leave as they were not welcome, Robertson said. Philemon and the man went to their car and stopped at Foot…
Trespasser, 18, Airlifted After Fall From Mysterious Jefferson Rope Swing Trespasser, 18, Airlifted After Fall From Mysterious Jefferson Rope Swing Trespasser, 18, Airlifted After Fall From Mysterious Jefferson Rope Swing
Trespasser, 18, Airlifted After Fall From Mysterious Jefferson Rope Swing An 18-year-old woman who snuck onto a property in Jefferson Township was airlifted to the hospital after sustaining an injury on a rope swing, authorities said. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday evening, on the private Schoolhouse Road property in Oak Ridge owned by Newark Watershed, Jefferson Township Lt. Robert Bush said.  Initial reports said the woman fell approximately 15 feet but police did not disclose details. "The property is private and there are multiple warning signs against trespassing and illegal parking," Bush said. "The rope swing has been ther…
Authorities: Ex-Union Officials Stole More Than $50K From Hudson County Workers' Pension Funds Authorities: Ex-Union Officials Stole More Than $50K From Hudson County Workers' Pension Funds Authorities: Ex-Union Officials Stole More Than $50K From Hudson County Workers' Pension Funds
Authorities: Ex-Union Officials Stole More Than $50K From Hudson County Workers' Pension Funds Three people including two former union officials stole more than $50,000 of pension funds for workers at two Hudson County factories, authorities said. Francisco Jara and Elkin Garcia, a former shop steward, as well as Marta Garay, cashes pension loan checks and kept a portion of the funds, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Monday. The thefts occurred on various dates between June of 2017 and July of 2019, Suarez said. The money was from employees working at Star Snacks Company in Jersey City and Gel Spice Company in Bayonne, she said. Jara is 63, lives in Brooklyn and is a …
Reopening Date Set For NJ Indoor Dining, Casinos Reopening Date Set For NJ Indoor Dining, Casinos Reopening Date Set For NJ Indoor Dining, Casinos
Reopening Date Set For NJ Indoor Dining, Casinos Indoor dining can resume at 25 percent capacity in New Jersey on July 2, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday in a tweet. Casinos can reopen the same day, also at 25 percent capacity, the governor said. Additional health and safety guidance will be released within the next several days, he added. Restaurants were. limited to takeout and delivery service in mid-March to stop the spread of coronavirus, and reopened for outdoor dining on June 15. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
Double Irvington Stabbing Kills Man, Injures Woman Double Irvington Stabbing Kills Man, Injures Woman Double Irvington Stabbing Kills Man, Injures Woman
Double Irvington Stabbing Kills Man, Injures Woman A man died and a woman was injured after being stabbed over the weekend in Irvington, authorities said. Alfred Julio Fernandez, 28, and a 42-year-old woman who was not identified by authorities were stabbed near 30 40th St., just before 3 a.m. Sunday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Irvington Police Director Tracy Bowers said. Fernandez was pronounced dead at University Hospital, while the woman sustained non life-threatening injuries, Stephens and Bowers said. No arrests had been made as of Monday morning. Additional information will be released as i…
Morristown Officials Revoke Bar's Outdoor Dining License After Crowds Pack Beer Garden Morristown Officials Revoke Bar's Outdoor Dining License After Crowds Pack Beer Garden Morristown Officials Revoke Bar's Outdoor Dining License After Crowds Pack Beer Garden
Morristown Officials Revoke Bar's Outdoor Dining License After Crowds Pack Beer Garden A Morristown bar had its outdoor dining license revoked by township officials for overcrowding and failing to follow new coronavirus regulations. Photos of  posted by neighbors show more than 100 people, many without face masks, packed into an outdoor beer garden at Tashmoo Bar & Restaurant on Dehart Street Friday evening. Township officials ordered the bar closed at 9 p.m., revoking its outdoor dining license. ** ALSO SEE: Reopening Date Set For NJ Indoor Dining, Casinos ** Township business administrator Jillian Barrick told Morristowngreen.com she spent most of&n…
Authorities: Morris County Suspect Captured After Fatally Stabbing Man While Children Were Home Authorities: Morris County Suspect Captured After Fatally Stabbing Man While Children Were Home Authorities: Morris County Suspect Captured After Fatally Stabbing Man While Children Were Home
Authorities: Morris County Suspect Captured After Fatally Stabbing Man While Children Were Home A Morris County man was arrested after stabbing 35-year-old man to death during an argument while two children were home, said authorities who charged him.  Edilson D. Trejo, 21 -- who lives at the Parsippany Road apartment where the incident occurred -- took a shower, changed his clothes then fled the Parsippany Road apartment, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a release with local police. The victim's body was found at the apartment with multiple stab wounds in his neck and torso after the incident was reported around 5:50 Saturday morning, Knapp said. …
NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad
NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad A 53-year-old police officer died on his way home from work when another driver crossed into his lane and hit his car head-on in Mays Landing, authorities said. Taquaysha Bell, 28, of Trenton, was heading westbound on the White Horse Pike in a  2010 Chevy Silverado when she crossed into the eastbound lane near Moss Mill Road, hitting a 2003 Honda Civic around 11:05 p.m., Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The Civic driver, Michael Luko Sr. -- who was driving home from his job as an officer with the New Jersey Human Services Police Department -- was airlifted to  Atlan…
Birthday Party Gone Bad: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Shooting That Brought SWAT Team Birthday Party Gone Bad: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Shooting That Brought SWAT Team Birthday Party Gone Bad: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Shooting That Brought SWAT Team
Birthday Party Gone Bad: Pair Charged In Fatal Bridgewater Shooting That Brought SWAT Team Two men were in custody following a weekend shooting that brought the Somerset County SWAT team. Sometime Saturday night, Roobino Philemon, 30, of West Orange and a friend showed up to a birthday party being held at a Bayberry Road in Bridgewater, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint statement. The homeowner from the front door told Philemon and the other man to leave as they were not welcome, Robertson said. Philemon and the man went to their car and stopped at Foothill Road near the intersection of Bayberry Road, when the homeowner came out and told Philemon -- …
VIDEO: Sussex County Hiker Dubbed 'Calm Queen' In Close Encounter With Bear VIDEO: Sussex County Hiker Dubbed 'Calm Queen' In Close Encounter With Bear VIDEO: Sussex County Hiker Dubbed 'Calm Queen' In Close Encounter With Bear
Video: Sussex County Hiker Dubbed 'Calm Queen' In Close Encounter With Bear A 25-year-old Monmouth County hiker has been dubbed the "Calm Queen" by internet users after a video of her slowly walking away from a black bear on a Sussex County hiking trail went viral. Julia Tupy of Eatontown was sitting on a lookout along "Stairway to Heaven" in Vernon when the bear came out of the woods, then went back in last Wednesday. Tupy and her three friends didn't think the animal would come out again. But moments later, Tupy looked up, and her friend Joe Kun, 24, also of Eatontown, looked stiff, she said. "I think we should move now," Kun said from behind the camera. Kun's …
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