Police Raid Lakewood Religious School, Disperse Dozens Violating State Order
Lakewood police on Monday broke up another large gathering, this one at a religious, for violating a statewide coronavirus order, authorities said.
They charged building owner David Gluck, 42, and Abraham Haberfeld, 32, the building manager, with maintaining a nuisance after finding nearly three dozen people at Bais Horaah on Madison Avenue around 8:30 a.m., authorities said.
The building houses a school for Talmudic studies, a synagogue and a banquet hall, according to the Asbury Park Press.
It marked no fewer than seven gatherings dispersed by borough police over a week for vi…
Lakewood Couple Who Partied Amid Covid-19 Outbreak Charged With Child Endangerment
A Lakewood couple endangered five children by hosting a party that violated a state emergency ban on large gathering amid the COVID-19 outbreak, authorities charged.
Police broke up a crowd of 40 to 50 people, including children, who were gathered Sunday on the front lawn of an Alamitos Drive home, they said.
They charged the property owners -- Eliezer Silber, 37, and Miriam Silber, 34, -- with five counts of child endangerment (one for each minor), while issuing summonses for violating Gov. Phil Murphy's executive order banning large geaetherings, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley …
Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000
New Jersey had more than 4,000 coronavirus cases as of Wednesday with a total of 62 deaths, officials said.
New Jersey has more than 18,000 acute care beds including 2,000 for critical care patients, Murphy said. Officials are working to increase the capacity by 2,360 beds over the next several weeks.
But according to a study by researchers at Rutgers University-Camden, that's not nearly enough.
The state's need for additional beds triples to 300,000 if residents fail to follow social distance guidelines between now and May, the study estimates.
Rutgers University projected the nee…
