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Good Samaritans Who ‘Found' Alligator in NJ Lot Actually Abandoned Reptile There: SPCA
The owner of a young alligator discovered earlier this week inside a plastic container in an empty New Jersey lot was located and is now facing charges, according to officials, after authorities found out that the “good Samaritans” who called in the discovery were actually behind the reptile’s abandonment. Savion Mendez of East Orange, and the alleged finder Angel...
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Uncle, Nephew Admit to 2019 Machete Slaying of NJ Man
Two men pleaded guilty to the brutal machete slaying of a man found dead in the middle of a quiet New Jersey street nearly three years ago, prosecutors announced Sunday. The Monmouth County prosecutor’s office said Omar Rivera-Rojas, 32, and Alberto Rojas-Hernandez, 20, admitted to killing the man found on Howell’s Hurley Pond Road in Oct. 2019 following a fight…
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NJ Costco Evacuated, at Least 20 Staff Sickened in Apparent Freon Leak: Cops
A New Jersey Costco was evacuated and has been closed until further notice after an apparent leak of freon, the gas used as a refrigerant in air conditioners, sickened an estimated 20 employees, the local police department said Wednesday. Hazlet police and firefighters, along with Monmouth County’s EMS Task Force and hazmat team got an initial report about the leak…
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NJ Woman Brushed Teeth Before Calling 911 to Report Husband Was Shot in Head
Michele Linzalone called 911 and said her husband had been accidentally shot. Police and prosecutors say she did it on purpose and was ‘nonchalant’ about it.
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NJ Wife, 73, Who Said Husband Was Shot by Accident Charged With 1st-Degree Murder
Michele Linzalone called 911 and said her husband had been accidentally shot. Prosecutors now say it appears to have been no accident at all.
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Judge Blocks Release of NJ Mother, Son Charged in 1990s Slayings
An appellate court has ordered a mother and son charged in the decades-old murders of two relatives in New Jersey to remain behind bars to allow prosecutors time to appeal a judge’s order granting their release as they await a retrial. Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley ordered the release of 69-year-old Dolores Morgan and 49-year-old Ted Connors from...
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Veteran NJ Cop Admits to Manufacturing Meth in Home Lab
A former New Jersey police officer has admitted operating a methamphetamine lab at his home. Christopher Walls, 50, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance and to causing a risk of widespread injury. Under terms of a plea agreement with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Walls faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced…
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NJ High School Suspends Football Coaches Amid Alleged Hazing Investigation
Three coaches for a New Jersey high school football team, including its head coach, were suspended amid disturbing hazing allegations surrounding the team, sources told NBC New York
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Hazing Investigation Into NJ High School Football Team Leads to Coaches Suspensions
The investigation into hazing allegations at Wall High School as led to several coaches being suspended and sidelining the football team from a game. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.
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Hazing Allegations Involving Broom in Locker Room End NJ High School Football Season
It’s playoff time, but for one high school football team in New Jersey, it’s game over after an allegation that a sophomore was hazed with a broomstick by multiple upperclassmen on the team. The Crimson Knights of Wall High School in Monmouth County were set to play in a state playoff game on Friday but the Wall Township school...
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Hazing Allegations End Season for NJ Football Team
The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating an allegation that a sophomore was hazed with a broom stick by multiple upperclassmen on the football team. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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Murder Suspect Holds Newborn Baby Hostage After Shooting Detective
A newborn baby is being held hostage by a murder suspect who is accused of opening fire on law enforcement officers, one of whom was shot multiple times. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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NJ Newborn Hostage Suspect Accused of Shooting Officer Dead After Gun Battle: Sources
A law enforcement officer in New Jersey was shot multiple times Friday evening while executing a search warrant, sources told NBC New York.
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America's Oldest Mayor is Ready for His Second Term At Age 97
The mayor of Tinton Falls, a small town in Monmouth County, is hitting the peak of his political career after just having been reelected to his second term in office. But what makes Mayor Vito Perillo so unique? He’s doing it at 97 years old, making him the oldest mayor in America.
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New Jersey's Oldest Mayor Is Ready for a Second Term at 97
Vito Perillo goes into the office every day and is devoted to his job of mayor of Tinton Falls, but does say this will be his final term. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Former Army Base in NJ Could Become Next Netflix Film and TV Production Hub
The Garden State may once again become a powerhouse in the film industry, as Netflix confirms that it is seeking to transform an abandoned U.S. Army base into a TV and film production capital
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Netflix Eyes Old Army Base in New Jersey for Production Hub
Netflix wants to an abandoned Army base in Monmouth County into a state-of-the-art film and TV production facility that could become home to some of the service’s top shows. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.
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NJ Trial in Mid-1990s Murders of Relatives Ends in Hung Jury
A New Jersey judge declared a mistrial in light of a jury deadlock in the trial of a mother and son in the mid-1990s murders of two family members. Jurors deliberated for almost a week but said Friday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the charges against former Long Branch residents Dolores Morgan and her son...
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Man Convicted of Killing Woman in Random 2018 NJ Roadside Shooting
Jurors in New Jersey have convicted a man of fatally shooting a woman in a passing vehicle as she drove along a highway with her boyfriend and 1-year-old daughter, authorities announced Tuesday.
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Ex-Middlesex Co. Sheriff's Officer Taped Sexual Assaults of Unconscious Women: MCPO
A former Middlesex County Sheriff’s officer is facing a litany of charges after a Monmouth County grand jury returned a 20-count indictment charging him with videotaping violent sexual assaults of multiple unconscious women over the span of three years, prosecutors announced Monday. Joshua Padilla, 36 and a resident of Berkeley Place in Eatontown, was indicted Friday and is now charged…