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From Council Chambers To Nightclubs: Familiar NJ Faces Among 39 Charged In Mob Gambling Ring From Council Chambers To Nightclubs: Familiar NJ Faces Among 39 Charged In Mob Gambling Ring
From Council Chambers To Nightclubs: Familiar NJ Faces Among 39 Charged In Mob Gambling Ring The general manager of a Hoboken nightclub. The father of a prominent Paramus wrestler who was killed in a car crash. A Prospect Park councilman. It wasn't just mobsters among the 39 people arrested for their alleged roles in an underground gambling empire run by the members of the Lucchese Crime Family. It was familiar faces in the community. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced the arrests on Friday, April 11, following multi-agency raids at 12 locations across northern New Jersey earlier in the week. Among the sites: Four poker clubs operating out of Totowa, Garfield, an…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
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Princeton University Student Found Dead, Officials Confirm Princeton University Student Found Dead, Officials Confirm
Princeton University Student Found Dead, Officials Confirm The body of a 23-year-old Princeton University student who had been missing since last weekend was found in a New Jersey lake on Friday, April 25, university officials announced. Lauren Blackburn, a junior who hails from Indiana, was last seen around 6 p.m. on April 19, near Firestone Library, according to a missing persons alert issued by the university. Blackburn was described as 6'2" tall, weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, authorities said. At the time he was last seen, Blackburn was wearing blue jeans with torn knees, a yellow T-shirt, a black, zippered hooded sweatsh…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
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Creep Peeped On Kids In NJ Walmart Bathroom: Cops Creep Peeped On Kids In NJ Walmart Bathroom: Cops
Creep Peeped On Kids In NJ Walmart Bathroom: Cops A man accused of watching juveniles under bathroom stalls at a Bergen County, NJ Walmart has been arrested, police said. Officers responded to the Walmart at 174 Passaic St. in Garfield on Saturday, April 19, after receiving a report of a man allegedly peering under bathroom stalls at juveniles, according to Capt. Mario X. Pozo of the Garfield Police Department. The suspect fled the store in a navy blue vehicle, according to a caller. Officers Cody Doud and Benjamin Marceca soon spotted a car matching the description on Passaic Street and initiated a traffic stop. The driver, identified as…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Army Ditches Old Fitness Test: Here’s What Soldiers Have To Do Now Army Ditches Old Fitness Test: Here’s What Soldiers Have To Do Now
Army Ditches Old Fitness Test: Here’s What Soldiers Have To Do Now The U.S. Army is scrapping the Army Combat Fitness Test and rolling out a new five-event test aimed at boosting readiness and combat strength, officials announced on Monday, April 21. The new test, called the Army Fitness Test (AFT), becomes the official fitness test for all soldiers starting this summer, according to Army Public Affairs. “The five-event AFT is designed to enhance Soldier fitness, improve warfighting readiness and increase the lethality of the force,” officials said. The AFT includes: A three-repetition maximum deadlift Hand-release push-up arm extension Sprint-drag-carr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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3-Alarm Nazareth Blaze Kills Pets, Damages Restaurant And School: Reports 3-Alarm Nazareth Blaze Kills Pets, Damages Restaurant And School: Reports
3-Alarm Nazareth Blaze Kills Pets, Damages Restaurant And School: Reports Firefighters battled intense flames during a 3-alarm fire that tore through a building on South Main Street in Nazareth Borough early Tuesday, April 22, officials said. The blaze broke out around 1 a.m. at 109–111 South Main St., according to a statement from the Nancy Run Fire Company. “Fire 14 was dispatched to Nazareth Borough on the second alarm for a high occupancy fire,” Nancy Run Fire Company said. “Truck 1421 arrived on location as the second-due truck and immediately started operations, assisting with tasks such as forcible entry, primary searches, fire suppression, and ventilatio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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27-Year-Old PA Woman Dies After Scooter, Vehicle Collision In Allentown: Coroner 27-Year-Old PA Woman Dies After Scooter, Vehicle Collision In Allentown: Coroner
27-Year-Old PA Woman Dies After Scooter, Vehicle Collision In Allentown: Coroner A 27-year-old woman from Wyomissing has died following a crash involving a motor scooter and a motor vehicle in Allentown, authorities said. The incident happened around 6:08 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, in the 600 block of Union Boulevard, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. The victim, identified as Marie D. Colon Rodriguez, was operating a motor scooter when it collided with a vehicle, officials said. “Ms. Colon Rodriguez was pronounced dead on Monday, April 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg,” the coroner’s office said. Her cause of death was listed…

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by Cecilia Levine
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$3.7K In Beauty Products Stolen From Ramsey Ulta, Trio From Passaic County In Custody: Cops $3.7K In Beauty Products Stolen From Ramsey Ulta, Trio From Passaic County In Custody: Cops
$3.7K In Beauty Products Stolen From Ramsey Ulta, Trio From Passaic County In Custody: Cops Three people were arrested after allegedly stealing more than $3,700 in cosmetics from an Ulta Beauty store along Route 17 over the weekend, authorities said. On Saturday, April 19, officers responded to a shoplifting in progress at the Ulta Beauty store in the Interstate Shopping Center in Ramsey, Police Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. An employee gave officers descriptions of the two female suspects and the vehicle, a blue Jeep, that they fled in towards North Franklin Turnpike, Sabatelli said. Officers located the vehicle near the Carlson Way exit and pulled it over. Inside the car wer…

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by Cecilia Levine
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4 Alarm Fire Rips Through Old Bridge Apartment Complex 4 Alarm Fire Rips Through Old Bridge Apartment Complex
4 Alarm Fire Rips Through Old Bridge Apartment Complex A fire broke out at an apartment complex in Old Bridge Monday, April 21, displacing multiple families and prompting evacuations at Building 3, officials said. A 7-second glimpse of horror. Building 3 at Madison Arms apartments goes up in flames last night in #OldBridge. Still waiting on official word on injuries but it’s believed all humans are ok. But 4 cats are believed deceased. @News12NJ Video Courtesy: Yevhenii Ganusich/Old Bridge pic.twitter.com/ql3YqwdcnJ — Tony Caputo (@TonyCaputo) April 22, 2025 The blaze occurred at the Madison Arms apartment complex on Rellim Drive, accordin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Need A REAL ID Fast? Here’s Who Qualifies For NJ’s Emergency Appointment Program Need A REAL ID Fast? Here’s Who Qualifies For NJ’s Emergency Appointment Program
Need A Real ID Fast? Here’s Who Qualifies For NJ’s Emergency Appointment Program The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) is rolling out an emergency REAL ID program for travelers facing urgent or life-or-death situations just weeks before federal enforcement begins, officials announced on Monday, April 21. The move comes ahead of the May 7, TSA deadline requiring REAL ID-compliant identification for domestic air travel. “Anticipating the recent increase in demand... we have made many additional accommodations to service as many customers with REAL ID as possible,” Acting NJMVC Chief Administrator Latrecia Littles-Floyd said. The program is only for customers wh…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman, 36, ID'd As Victim Of Wayne NJ Transit Crash: Officials Woman, 36, ID'd As Victim Of Wayne NJ Transit Crash: Officials
Woman, 36, ID'd As Victim Of Wayne NJ Transit Crash: Officials Officials have identified the woman struck and killed by a train in Wayne earlier this month as a 36-year-old woman from Somerset County. Kristy Joy Adger, of Lyons (a section of Bernards Township) was struck by a Montclair-Boonton Line NJ Transit train in Wayne on Friday, April 11 just before 3 p.m., NJ Transit officials said. The crash happened just east of the Wayne Route 23 Transit Center, according to New Jersey Transit. Train #1001, which had departed Hoboken at 1:58 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Dover at 3:30 p.m., was involved in the fatal collision. There were no i…

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