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UPDATED: Coronavirus Concerns Cancel Classes Across NJ UPDATED: Coronavirus Concerns Cancel Classes Across NJ UPDATED: Coronavirus Concerns Cancel Classes Across NJ
Updated: Coronavirus Concerns Cancel Classes Across NJ Several schools and universities have cancelled classes in an effort to plan ahead and prevent the spread of coronavirus in New Jersey (scroll for complete list). As of Thursday, there were 29 presumed positive cases in New Jersey, including a 16- and- 17-year-old. UPDATE: All Bergen County schools will close indefinitely as of 3 p.m. Friday, Bergen County Jim Tedesco announced Thursday evening. Rutgers University recently announced classes would be held remotely after spring break. Students were strongly encouraged to remain off campus through April 3. Bergen Community College extended S…
UPDATE: Morris Catholic Teacher Sent Sex Toy, Secretly Met With Student At Hotel, Report Says UPDATE: Morris Catholic Teacher Sent Sex Toy, Secretly Met With Student At Hotel, Report Says UPDATE: Morris Catholic Teacher Sent Sex Toy, Secretly Met With Student At Hotel, Report Says
Update: Morris Catholic Teacher Sent Sex Toy, Secretly Met With Student At Hotel, Report Says A former Morris Catholic High School teacher and volleyball coach accused of sexually assaulting two juvenile students performed sex acts in a classroom with one and took the other to a nearby hotel, court papers say. Carlos A. Franco-Leon, 42, of Rockaway Township, assaulted the girls between 2015 and 2019 -- even after his 2018 suspension, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release with other members of law enforcement over the weekend. Franco-Leon arranged to meet one girl at a local hotel and used a school classroom to engage in sexual acts with the other -- altho…
Citizen Helps Police Nab West Orange Bank Robber Citizen Helps Police Nab West Orange Bank Robber Citizen Helps Police Nab West Orange Bank Robber
Citizen Helps Police Nab West Orange Bank Robber It didn't take long to catch a man who robbed a bank in West Orange Tuesday morning, authorities said. A local transportation company driver who'd dropped him off at a local hotel called police after seeing all the commotion at the TD Bank branch on Pleasant Valley Way shortly after 9 a.m., WOPD spokesman Joe Fagan said. The driver's description matched the one witnesses gave police: white, 5-foot-6 and carrying a backpack, Fagan said. Police seized the suspect at the Avenue Hotel on Northfield Avenue soon after. Several witnesses identified him as the robber, Fagan said, adding that he w…
LOOK INSIDE: Most Expensive Home In Middlesex County Could Be Yours For $4.5M LOOK INSIDE: Most Expensive Home In Middlesex County Could Be Yours For $4.5M LOOK INSIDE: Most Expensive Home In Middlesex County Could Be Yours For $4.5M
Look Inside: Most Expensive Home In Middlesex County Could Be Yours For $4.5M The most expensive home in Middlesex County could be yours -- if you've got $4.5 million to spare. The Chelsea Lane mansion has been posted to Zillow for more than 100 days. It's got 7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms and spans more than 14,500 square feet. The custom-built estate "is a display of European quality craftsmanship," the Zillow listing says, "from its solid Italian mahogany doors to the homes impressive marble foyer with custom wrought Iron and gold leaf railings." 124 Chelsea Ln., Colonia.Engel & Völkers Monmouth County Other features include double copper doors reminiscent of …
Woodbridge Native Opens 4 'Sopranos' Inspired Coffee Shops In NJ Woodbridge Native Opens 4 'Sopranos' Inspired Coffee Shops In NJ Woodbridge Native Opens 4 'Sopranos' Inspired Coffee Shops In NJ
Woodbridge Native Opens 4 'Sopranos' Inspired Coffee Shops In NJ Cawfee, ya want some? Bada Bean Cawfee, a coffee shop inspired by hit HBO show "The Sopranos," is opening four New Jersey locations. Woodbridge native and entrepreneur Drew Adelman is teaming up with Peter Pannullo, of Holmdel, to bring Bada Bean to Woodbrige, Toms River, Montgomery and Newark. Their first store -- which was seasonal only -- opened on the Seaside boardwalk in 2018, but has since closed to focus on year-round shops. "Paying homage to the mobsters of the past, Bada Bean combines delicious 'cawfee' with a classic, authentic New Jersey experience," the website says, "and som…
'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug 'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug 'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug
'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug "Every day is getting worse," New Jersey's first presumed positive case of coronavirus said in a TV interview. "It happened so quick." James Cai, 32, went to an urgent care center before he was hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center last Tuesday. Cai is a physicians assistant, doesn't smoke and has no underlying health conditions, he said in an interview with CBS2.  He believes he contracted coronavirus at a Times Square medical conference two weekends ago and felt it spread quickly to both of his lungs. "People have to take coronavirus seriously," Cai to…
Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors
Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors A 59-year-old man remained in critical but stable condition Monday after falling through an elevator shaft in a Butler building while helping a person who had their hands stuck in the doors, authorities said. The man fell through a shaft at 10 Park Place after trying to open the elevator door for a person who had their hand stuck around 10:55 p.m. Saturday, Butler police Lt. Michael Moeller said. When the good Samaritan opened the door, he stepped back and fell down the shaft near Unit 4A, Moeller said. The man was bleeding from his head when Butler firefighters extricated him, and tu…
Teaneck, Clifton Residents Among 5 New Coronaviruses Cases In NJ Teaneck, Clifton Residents Among 5 New Coronaviruses Cases In NJ Teaneck, Clifton Residents Among 5 New Coronaviruses Cases In NJ
Teaneck, Clifton Residents Among 5 New Coronaviruses Cases In NJ A Teaneck man in his 30s and Clifton teen are among five new cases of coronavirus in New Jersey, bringing the state total to 11, state officials said Monday.  UPDATE: A 44-year-old Teaneck man is one of eight new patients to return a presumptive positive test for COVID-19 in New Jersey, officials said. The Teaneck man is being hospitalized at Holy Name Medical Center after showing symptoms March 3, health officials said. It is unknown how he was exposed to the virus. Governor Phil Murphy announced a state of emergency Monday night, making resources and monetary funds more ac…
61 Nabbed In Essex County 'Operation Clean Sweep' 61 Nabbed In Essex County 'Operation Clean Sweep' 61 Nabbed In Essex County 'Operation Clean Sweep'
61 Nabbed In Essex County 'Operation Clean Sweep' The Essex County Prosecutor's Office arrested 61 defendants in a month-long warrant sweep, authorities announced Monday. Three juveniles wanted for violent crimes were among those seized in "Operation Clean Sweep." Others had been charged with weapons possession, aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, selling drugs and other serious offenses, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. "This is a quality of life issue," Stephens said. “The goal was to get those wanted for violent offenses off the street and prevent them from committing new crimes." ALSO SE…
Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants
Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants Nearly 60 people accused of a variety of offenses -- including sex assault, weapons charges and failing to pay child support -- were scooped up in a Hudson County Sheriff’s Office sweep. Roughly half of the arrests by Sheriff Frank Schillari's department were of accused deadbeat dads who collectively account for $335,000 in unpaid support -- including a Kearny man who owes  $81,927 and a Jersey City man who owes $58,699, records show.Nearly three dozen others had been charged with burglary, theft and drug crimes.Although most are from Jersey City, some were picked off in Clifton, E…
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