Tickets For Elton John Farewell Tour At Pru Center On Sale This Month Tickets For Elton John Farewell Tour At Pru Center On Sale This Month
Tickets For Elton John Farewell Tour At Pru Center On Sale This Month Elton John has announced seven new dates for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which will be making stops at the Prudential Center in Newark and the region's other major venues next year.  The tour launched Sept. 8, 2018, to a sold-out crowd who thrilled to classics like “Bennie and the Jets,” “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer,” and “Philadelphia Freedom," among others recorded over John's 50-year career.  The tour will make stops at Madison Square Garden April 6 and 7, Barclays Center April 10 and 11, Prudential Center April 15 and NYCB LIVE’s Nassau Coliseum April 17 and 18. T…
Sandra Papone, Longtime Resident Of Greenwich, Chaired Alzheimers Gala, Dies Sandra Papone, Longtime Resident Of Greenwich, Chaired Alzheimers Gala, Dies
Sandra Papone, Longtime Resident Of Greenwich, Chaired Alzheimers Gala, Dies A Greenwich resident of 50 years, Sandra Papone, who was chair of Alzheimer's Society galas, died Saturday, Aug. 24 of heart failure. She was 87. She was born on July 6, 1932, in New York City.  Papone is survived by her husband Aldo Papone, her daughter, Renata Papone-Lally, and her son-in-law Christopher Lally.  Her "greatest joy" were her grandchildren, Gregory and Alexandra. "Sandra would light up the minute they walked into the room," said the obituary. Working in Manhattan at a small Italian clothing boutique called Barra of Italy on Park Avenue in the early '50s, she met …
Ex-Employee Accused Of Using Company Credit Card To Make Personal Purchases, Westport PD Says Ex-Employee Accused Of Using Company Credit Card To Make Personal Purchases, Westport PD Says
Ex-Employee Accused Of Using Company Credit Card To Make Personal Purchases, Westport PD Says A former employee is facing multiple charges for allegedly buying personal items with a company credit card, said Westport Police. Police began an investigation on Wednesday, March 6 into Jaiman Shah based on a complaint made by his former employer that he allegedly used American Express points from a company credit card to make over $16,500 in personal purchases, according to the Westport Police Department. That investigation reportedly resulted in an arrest warrant being drafted and granted for Shah in which he was charged with second-degree larceny, credit card theft, and receipt of good…
Bookkeeper From Mahwah Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Ramsey Company Bookkeeper From Mahwah Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Ramsey Company
Bookkeeper From Mahwah Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Ramsey Company A bookkeeper from Mahwah embezzled nearly $100,000 over five years from a Ramsey door manufacturer, basically covering her personal expenses with the money, authorities charged. Denise J. Mann, 42, was busted in a “long and complicated” case that took nearly a year to assemble, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said Friday. Working for North Jersey Door Center on Swan Street, Mann “used various business bank accounts in order to make personal payments and purchases” of $94,289.73, Gurney said. Among the methods, the chief said, Mann: forged business checks to herself; paid her Sprint, Ver…
Teen Social Media Star Accused Of Stealing Area Woman's Identity For Spending Spree Teen Social Media Star Accused Of Stealing Area Woman's Identity For Spending Spree
Teen Social Media Star Accused Of Stealing Area Woman's Identity For Spending Spree A teenage social media influencer from California has been accused of stealing a New York woman’s identity to take her for thousands of dollars to pay for a lavish vacation and high-end clothing accessories. Christian Aaron, 19, has been indicted on charges that include two counts of identity theft and grand larceny. The teenager has pleaded not guilty and was ordered by a State Supreme Court Justice to be held in lieu of a $15,000 cash bail or $30,000 bond. The indictment alleges that Aaron and a co-conspirator ascertained the Suffolk County victim’s American Express account informati…
Stamford Woman Sentenced For Embezzling More Than $1M From Employer Stamford Woman Sentenced For Embezzling More Than $1M From Employer
Stamford Woman Sentenced For Embezzling More Than $1M From Employer A Fairfield County woman will spend more than a year behind bars for her role in a scheme that saw her embezzle more than a million dollars from a former employer. Stamford resident Candace Rispoli, 32, was sentenced in Bridgeport district court to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling $1,098,176 from Lodestone Management Consultants. The first six months of Rispoli’s supervised release will be served in home confinement and she has also agreed to pay full restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud in June last year. U.S. Attorn…
Serial Check Thief Sentenced For Bank Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses Serial Check Thief Sentenced For Bank Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses
Serial Check Thief Sentenced For Bank Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses A serial check thief who has been arrested and convicted of more than six dozen crimes is going to spend time behind bars after admitting to his latest identity theft scheme in Connecticut. Hartford resident Edward Williams, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday to 54 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for fraud and identity theft charges stemming from a mail theft and check cashing scam. Williams - whose criminal history includes 74 arrests and numerous convictions, including some for forgery, larceny and burglary offenses - used various means to alter and fill out c…
Authorities: ID Thief Who Owed $18,776 In Child Support Captured By Glen Rock Detective, NYPD Authorities: ID Thief Who Owed $18,776 In Child Support Captured By Glen Rock Detective, NYPD
Authorities: ID Thief Who Owed $18,776 In Child Support Captured By Glen Rock Detective, Nypd An identity thief who owed $18,776 in unpaid child support tried obtaining credit cards by posing as a Glen Rock woman’s son but was quickly tracked down by a borough detective. It began last summer when the woman’s bank notified her that someone tried to get a duplicate debit card on a joint account she had with her son, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. The thief used a New Jersey driver’s license in her son’s name, the chief said. He then tried to open a PC Richards credit card in the son’s name in New York, Ackermann said. There was a breach on the son’s American Express Card, …
Credit Card Fraudster Get More Prison Time For Stealing Entertainer's Info Credit Card Fraudster Get More Prison Time For Stealing Entertainer's Info
Credit Card Fraudster Get More Prison Time For Stealing Entertainer's Info A credit card scammer is heading back to prison after being arrested for making multiple fraudulent charges on a “prominent entertainer’s” busses card. Hartford resident Jonathan Preston, 27, has been sentenced to 14 months behind bars for violating the conditions of his supervised release from prison, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. He previously served 46 months in prison for similar offenses. Beginning in 2010, Preston began operating a scheme, using the Internet and other sources to obtain the personal identifying information of several prominent individuals, including entertainers…
Woman Who Embezzled $1.1M From Auto Dealer Sentenced Woman Who Embezzled $1.1M From Auto Dealer Sentenced
Woman Who Embezzled $1.1M From Auto Dealer Sentenced A Hudson Valley woman is heading to prison after admitting to embezzling more than $1 million from a BMW dealer she worked at in Fairfield County. Vanessa Vence-Small, 50, of New Windsor in Orange County, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling $1.1 million from Continental BMW of Darien. From October 2014 to June 2017, Vence-Small made 65 unauthorized electronic fund transfers, totaling $904,659.29, from the dealership’s bank account to her personal American Express account. She also issued and signed 28 checks drawn on the d…
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring An Edgewater man conspired with the owner of a shuttered go-go bar to use stolen credit card information – and illegally acquired gift cards – to steal more than $12 million, authorities said. Kevin Bae, 30, shared a bank account with the Morris County bar owner “into which millions of dollars were transferred” through the scheme, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. They generated the money through a variety of scams, including scaring elderly people over the phone into buying gift cards by pretending to be a grandchild who was in jail and needed bail money, Grewal said. The own…
Two Former Admen From Westchester Prove '60 Is The New 60' With Comic Strip Two Former Admen From Westchester Prove '60 Is The New 60' With Comic Strip
Two Former Admen From Westchester Prove '60 Is The New 60' With Comic Strip Is “60 the new 40?” Or is 60 The New 60? A pair of famed former admen turned comics in Westchester have their own take on the matter. Tarrytown resident Andy Landorf, and Bronxville resident John Colquhoun, who ran marketing campaigns for companies such as Little Caesers, American Express and Herbal Essences have traded tv spots for comic strips, as they begin to embrace life after turning 60 in a comedic way. The two Westchester natives have started The New 60, a series of satirical, four-panel comics - based loosely on they and their friends’ lives and experiences turning 60 - following d…