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Jersey City, NJ
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Q & A: Jersey City Attorney Reveals What It's Really Like To Be On 'The Bachelor'
For three weeks, New Jersey "Bachelor" fans watched with bated breath as Kristin Hopkins competed for Matt James' heart. The Jersey City attorney who started her career in Freehold says she felt a connection with James, the first-ever black Bachelor in the ABC show's history. But at the end of the third episode, 27-year-old Hopkins learned she'd be going home: She didn't get a rose. Hopkins says she was surprised, thrown off and a bit confused. Her time on the show was short, and she was hoping to explore her relationship with James more. ALSO SEE: Pennsylvania Resort Where 'The Bachelor…
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Six NJ Powerball Players Take Home $400K
No one in the Garden State won Wednesday's $731 million Powerball jackpot. But six New Jersey lottery players won prizes of at least $50,000 apiece and three others became Powerball millionaires, state officials said. Six New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. One of those tickets was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $150,000. The winning numbers for the Jan. 20 drawing were: 40, 53, 60, 68, and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 22. The Multiplier number was 03. The third-t…
Newark, NJ
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Feds Nab Accused Member Of Ring That Stole $1.5M Worth Of Luxury Cars In NJ, Rockland, LI, CT
Federal agents captured an ex-con who they said participated in a ring that stole BMWs, Mercedes and other luxury cars from towns in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Bilal Cureton, 30, of Newark and his cronies often used stolen vehicles to steal more cars, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. In one instance, she said, the Essex County crew members stole a Maserati GranTurisimo in the Jersey Shore town of Manalapan and drove it nearly 85 miles to New City in Rockland, where they took a Range Rover and a Porsche. A predawn police pursuit followed before the Maserati driver hit…
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Prosecutor: Central Jersey Middle School Science Teacher Solicited Sex From Underage Boys
A 65-year-old science teacher at Long Branch Middle School was arrested on Tuesday in connection with soliciting sex online from boys, authorities said. Jesse Rosenbaum of Manalapan was taken into custody during a motor vehicle stop near his home by detectives with the prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and Special Victims Unit, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri Rosenbaum was charged with third-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child, Onofri. said. He was being held in the Mercer County Correction&nbs…
Middletown, NJ
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Young Spotswood Residents Killed In Central Jersey Crash
A Monmouth County community is mourning the tragic deaths of two 20-year-old residents killed in a crash Saturday in Manalapan. Jonathan Ramirez and Justin Rochford, both of Spotswood, died in a single-car crash after Ramirez lost control of the vehicle, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. There were no other passengers. The men were traveling north on Route 9 in a 2004 Infiniti G35 when the car struck a curb, utility pole and guiderail before coming to rest about 100 yards into a wooded area, the prosecutor said. GoFundMe pages have been created to raise money for …
Massapequa, NY
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Four From Long Island Among Five Current/Former MTA Employees Charged With Overtime Fraud
Five former and current MTA employees - four of whom are from Long Island - are facing charges for an alleged elaborate overtime fraud scheme that reportedly net them more than $1 million. Federal prosecutors charged “MTA Overtime King” Thomas Caputo, a Holbrook resident, and four others on Thursday, Dec. 3 for an “extraordinary” scheme that saw all five being paid while at home, on vacation, or doing other things besides being on the job. Along with Caputo, Levittown resident Joseph Ruzzo, Rocky Point resident John Nugent, Blue Point resident Joseph Balestra, and Manalapan, N.J. resident M…
Middletown, NJ
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Elderly Man's Body Found In Monmouth Condominium Fire
The body of an elderly man was found after a fire Wednesday evening in Monmouth County, authorities said. The man may have tried to "self-extinguish" the fire at his Covered Bridge condominium on Pine Cluster Circle in Manalapan, reports said. Gordon’s Corner firefighters and Manalapan police responded at about 6:30 p.m. The cause and manner of the unidentified condo owner's death remain under investigation, authorities said. The Monmouth County Fire Marshal and Monmouth County Prosecutor are investigating.
Middletown, NJ
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Elderly Man's Body Found In Monmouth Condominium Fire
The body of an elderly man was found after a fire Wednesday evening in Monmouth County, authorities said. The man may have tried to "self-extinguish" the fire at his Covered Bridge condominium on Pine Cluster Circle in Manalapan, reports said. Gordon’s Corner firefighters and Manalapan police responded about 6:30 p.m. The cause and manner of the unidentified condo owner's death remain under investigation, authorities said. The Monmouth County Fire Marshal and Monmouth County Prosecutor are investigating.
Lakewood, NJ
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Man Charged In Fatal Biker Night Assault At Controversial NJ Diner
A 54-year-old man was being held in the Ocean County Jail in connection with Wednesday night's fatal assault at a popular Jersey Shore diner that left another dead. Robert Clarke, 78, of Manchester was airlifted to an area hospital after the 7:30 p.m. incident at the Lakeside Diner in Lacey Township, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Edward Charles Chandler of Manalapan was charged with aggravated assault, which was upgraded to aggravated manslaughter on Thursday night. Billhimer said that Clarke was removed from life support about 1:30 a.m. after he was airlifted to …
Middletown, NJ
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Spotswood Driver, 53, Dies After Her Car Topples Telephone Pole, Collides With U-Haul Truck
UPDATED: An unidentified driver was killed on Monday afternoon when her car toppled a telephone pole and collided with a parked U-Haul truck, authorities said. Route 9 was closed in both directions in Marlboro and Manalapan townships after the fatal one-car crash at 1 p.m. toppled wires onto four other vehicles, a Marlboro police spokesman said. No one else was hurt, he said. The driver of a Ford Edge was trapped when the telephone pole fell onto her car in the U-Haul parking lot at 415 Route 9 South, according to Marlboro Police Capt. Stephen Levy. The driver was pronounced dead at t…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Morris County Traffic Stop Turns Up 110 Heroin Bags, Driver Charged With DWI
Authorities found 110 bags of heroin on the passenger of a car driven by a drunken Jersey Shore driver, authorities said. Dante Desadrio, 21, of Manalapan, had been drinking when New Jersey State troopers from the Netcong division stopped him after a traffic violation on Route 80 in Mount Olive Thursday, around 12:10 a.m., NJSP said in a statement. His passenger, Joseph Serpe, 37, of Staten Island, NY, was found in possession of 110 bags of heroin and drug paraphernalia, NJSP said. Serpe was arrested and charged with possession of heroin, criminal under the influence, and possess…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
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Kids Eat Free July 4th At These NJ Applebee's Locations
Casual kid-friendly restaurant chain Applebee’s is celebrating the Fourth of July with a special Kids Eat Free promotion. Locations owned and operated by Doherty Enterprises in New Jersey are offering a free kids’ meal with an adult entree purchase. The deal can be used with dine-in service or via online orders using the code KIDS, and the order must total at least $15. Restaurants offering the promotion include: Brick Bridgewater Butler Clark Clifton Edison Flemington Garfield Hackensack Hackettstown Hillsborough Howell Jersey City Jersey Gardens Kearny, Lacey Linden Manahawkin Manalapa…
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