Feds: Jersey Shore Used Car Dealer Tried To Sell Masks To NYC At 400% Markup In $45M Scheme Feds: Jersey Shore Used Car Dealer Tried To Sell Masks To NYC At 400% Markup In $45M Scheme Feds: Jersey Shore Used Car Dealer Tried To Sell Masks To NYC At 400% Markup In $45M Scheme
Feds: Jersey Shore Used Car Dealer Tried To Sell Masks To NYC At 400% Markup In $45M Scheme A Jersey Shore used car dealer tried to sell desperately-needed personal protective equipment to New York City officials at a 400% markup as part of a $45 million COVID-19 price-gouging scheme, federal authorities charged. Ron Romano, 58, of Manalapan also tried to sell some of the same 3M-brand N95 masks to Florida emergency management officials at a nearly 500% markup during the pandemic’s height, they said Tuesday. Romano not only wasn’t licensed to sell the masks – he didn’t have any, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said. Romano, who owns Roman Chariot Auto Sales in Manalapan, …
UPDATED: Firefighters Battle Wind-Whipped Blazes In South Brunswick, Lacey, Manapalan, Barnegat UPDATED: Firefighters Battle Wind-Whipped Blazes In South Brunswick, Lacey, Manapalan, Barnegat UPDATED: Firefighters Battle Wind-Whipped Blazes In South Brunswick, Lacey, Manapalan, Barnegat
Updated: Firefighters Battle Wind-Whipped Blazes In South Brunswick, Lacey, Manapalan, Barnegat UPDATE: A wind-whipped two-alarm fire is consuming a structure in the 600 block of Ridge Road in Middlesex County, authorities said. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service declared Tuesday a "Class 5 Day, Extreme Fire Danger" for Division B in Central New Jersey due to high winds and low relative humidity. . All South Brunswick Fire Departments as well as Plainsboro Fire Department were fighting the Ridge Road fire early Tuesday afternoon, police said. MidJersey News posted a video of the fire on its Facebook page. A separate afternoon brush fire was reported in Lacey Township (Ocean County),…
Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three
Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three Two brothers from Asbury Park picked four underage girls off the street, plied them with pot, Ecstasy and booze and then sexually assaulted three of them, authorities charged. Wilson Cesaire, 21, and Wilfrid Cesaire, 28, approached the Millstone Township juveniles as they were walking and offered them a ride, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. They brought the minors to a QuickChek in Manalapan and, eventually, to the home they share on Asbury Avenue, Gramiccioni said. After giving them all drugs and alcohol, the brothers sexually assaulted three of them, the prose…
Dr. Harvey Hirsch, 68, Beloved Lakewood Pediatrician Dies Of Coronavirus Dr. Harvey Hirsch, 68, Beloved Lakewood Pediatrician Dies Of Coronavirus Dr. Harvey Hirsch, 68, Beloved Lakewood Pediatrician Dies Of Coronavirus
Dr. Harvey Hirsch, 68, Beloved Lakewood Pediatrician Dies Of Coronavirus Dr. Harvey Hirsch, a beloved, longtime pediatrician in Ocean County died of complications from coronavirus on Tuesday. He was 68. Gov. Phil Murphy, at a daily news briefing Friday, praised the doctor's commitment to practice on the "front lines" during the COVID-19 pandemic and his warm spirit. Dr. Hirsch served as chief pediatrician at the Center for Health Education, Medicine and Dentistry (CHEMED) in Lakewood, He also had practiced in Manalapan and had connections to Monmouth Medical Center and Jersey Shore University Medical Center.  During his time in Manalapan, Dr. Hirsch was aw…
Spitting On Police, 911 Scares: Coronavirus Crimes Spread Throughout NJ Spitting On Police, 911 Scares: Coronavirus Crimes Spread Throughout NJ Spitting On Police, 911 Scares: Coronavirus Crimes Spread Throughout NJ
Spitting On Police, 911 Scares: Coronavirus Crimes Spread Throughout NJ Along with the increase of coronavirus cases in New Jersey are growing numbers of people charged with crimes directly tied to the pandemic, authorities said. No fewer than five of them either spit or coughed on police officers and claimed they’d tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said. Others held weddings or other gatherings in violation of state emergency orders. Another is accused of dialing 911 and claiming she had the coronavirus to try to get a community college to close. All are being held accountable, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. “Our police officers are g…
Freehold Man Charged With Coughing On Worried Wegmans Worker, Saying He Has Coronavirus Freehold Man Charged With Coughing On Worried Wegmans Worker, Saying He Has Coronavirus Freehold Man Charged With Coughing On Worried Wegmans Worker, Saying He Has Coronavirus
Freehold Man Charged With Coughing On Worried Wegmans Worker, Saying He Has Coronavirus A Freehold man who got too close to a Wegmans employee coughed on her when she expressed concern and told her he had the coronavirus, leading to criminal charges, authorities said. The worker expressed a genuine concern that George Falcone, 50, was standing too close to her and an open display of prepared foods at the Wegmans on Route 9 in Manalapan, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. She asked him to step back as she covered the food, but Falcone got closer, leaned over and purposely coughed, Grewal said. Then he “laughed and said he was infected with the coronavirus,” …
Two NJ Lottery Tickets Good For $268K Sold In Monmouth County Two NJ Lottery Tickets Good For $268K Sold In Monmouth County Two NJ Lottery Tickets Good For $268K Sold In Monmouth County
Two NJ Lottery Tickets Good For $268K Sold In Monmouth County Winning New Jersey Lottery tickets -- two of them in fact -- were sold in Monmouth County.  Both winners came from Jersey Cash 5 drawings. The winning ticket from Friday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing was sold at Wawa at 345 Union Hill Road in Manalapan. The winning numbers were: 10, 28, 33, 34, and 38 and the XTRA number was: 02.  The winner will take home $143,664. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. The second Monmouth County winning ticket -- from Sunday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing -- was sold at One Stop Food Store, 804 Main Stre…
UPDATE: Monmouth County Coronavirus Cases Linked To Golden Age Senior Program, Officials Say UPDATE: Monmouth County Coronavirus Cases Linked To Golden Age Senior Program, Officials Say UPDATE: Monmouth County Coronavirus Cases Linked To Golden Age Senior Program, Officials Say
Update: Monmouth County Coronavirus Cases Linked To Golden Age Senior Program, Officials Say Two of the newest presumptive positive cases of coronavirus in Monmouth County have a common link to a senior program, officials said. The Golden Age adult day-care program in Morganville, which has closed, is associated with two women -- one 66 years old and the other 83, state and county health officials said. Both women are from Hazlet and have ben admitted to Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel. As of Thursday, there were three other presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in Monmouth County, including a newly announced case involving a 53-year-old man from Manalapan. The man …
COVID-19: New Jersey Announces 6 New Cases Including Teen, Bringing Total To 29 COVID-19: New Jersey Announces 6 New Cases Including Teen, Bringing Total To 29 COVID-19: New Jersey Announces 6 New Cases Including Teen, Bringing Total To 29
Covid-19: New Jersey Announces 6 New Cases Including Teen, Bringing Total To 29 New Jersey's total presumed positive cases of coronavirus rose to a total of 29 Thursday, state officials said at a briefing. Most of those cases are in Bergen County (13), where a 16-year-old girl was hospitalized at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, state officials said. Despite the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, the risk to New Jersey residents remains low, New Jersey Health Department Commissioner Judith M. Persichilli said. The new patients with unknown statuses include: Englewood: 16-year-old girl at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Montclair: 66…
Prosecutor: Trio Busted Selling Crack, Heroin At Jersey Shore Hotel Prosecutor: Trio Busted Selling Crack, Heroin At Jersey Shore Hotel Prosecutor: Trio Busted Selling Crack, Heroin At Jersey Shore Hotel
Prosecutor: Trio Busted Selling Crack, Heroin At Jersey Shore Hotel Detectives nabbed three Ocean County residents who they said were selling drugs out of a Seaside Heights hotel, authorities said. Seized at the hotel room were an ounce and a half of crack, 20 folds of heroin, some pot and $1,600 in proceeds, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said Tuesday.  Quran Thomas, 40, of Manalapan, Bryan Burgos, 34, of Lakewood, and Akira Randle, 22, of Seaside Heights were arrested as they headed out of the unidentified hotel, Billhimer said. Authorities charged with various counts of having and selling drugs, the prosecutor said. Billhimer …
Catholic Church In Jackson Reverses Ban On 1st Holy Communion For Autistic Boy Catholic Church In Jackson Reverses Ban On 1st Holy Communion For Autistic Boy Catholic Church In Jackson Reverses Ban On 1st Holy Communion For Autistic Boy
Catholic Church In Jackson Reverses Ban On 1st Holy Communion For Autistic Boy After first saying that Holy Communion was delayed for a Manalapan boy with autism because he could not "distinguish ordinary bread from the body of Christ," a Jackson Township Catholic Church conferred with a bishop and reversed the ban.  Jimmy and Nicole LaCugna, a Manalapan couple, first announced here on Facebook Tuesday that the church said their 8-year-old son would be unable to receive his first Holy Communion due to the child having autism and being "unable to determine right from wrong." "Today Nicole and I were informed that our son Anthony would not be able to make his commu…
Police ID Man Struck And Killed On Route 33 Outside Manalapan Residential Facility Police ID Man Struck And Killed On Route 33 Outside Manalapan Residential Facility Police ID Man Struck And Killed On Route 33 Outside Manalapan Residential Facility
Police ID Man Struck And Killed On Route 33 Outside Manalapan Residential Facility Authorities have identified the group home resident struck and killed last Wednesday by two vehicles on Route 33 in Manalapan as a 38-year-old from Newark. Phillip R. Baines was not in a crosswalk when he was hit around 7:20 p.m. by a pair of eastbound cars that had a green light near the intersection with Woodward Road, authorities said. The drivers of the SUV and a car stopped and cooperated with police. Although Baines was initially reported by the Monmouth Prosecutor’s Office as a Newark resident, he was residing in the nearby Manalapan Manor, a group home that township leaders have rep…