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2 NJ Transit Rail Conductors Among 3 Charged with Prescription Scheme
Two New Jersey Transit conductors, including one who sits on the board of directors, took part in a fraud scheme involving expensive prescription drugs, according to charges announced Thursday by the Essex County prosecutor’s office. Prosecutor Theodore Stephens announced that David Rasmussen and his wife, Suzanne Rasmussen, and Raymond Giovannone were arrested Wednesday and charged with theft and insurance...
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$11 Billion New York-New Jersey Rail Tunnel Gets Key Federal Approval
A planned $11 billion rail tunnel seen as a key to train travel up and down the northeastern U.S. received a boost Friday with a crucial, and long sought, federal environmental approval. The record of decision announced by the Department of Transportation means the project to build a new Hudson River tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey can push…
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NJ Legislation Would Pay Drivers for NYC ‘Congestion' Toll
Some New Jersey lawmakers are turning their ire over New York’s plan to charge motorists an additional toll for entering midtown Manhattan into action they say will blunt some of the impact — with out-of-state drivers footing the bill. On Monday, they announced legislation that would charge non-New Jersey motorists an additional fee when they cross from New Jersey into…
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‘Torso Killer' Pleads Guilty in 1974 New Jersey Cold-Case Murders
A New Jersey serial killer known as the “Torso Killer” pleaded guilty Tuesday to two 1974 murders, finally closing the cold-case deaths of teenage friends who had left home for a trip to the mall and never returned. Richard Cottingham, 74, is currently in state prison on a life sentence for other murders. He has claimed he was responsible for up...
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Man Charged in NJ Slaying, Could Face Additional Charges in 4 New Mexico Deaths
New Mexico charges were imminent against a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and three others in the state in a series of slayings that also include the beating death of a New Jersey resident he claimed sexually abused him as a child, authorities said Monday. Investigators over the weekend searched a house where Sean Lannon, his ex-wife and their…
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Major Pro Leagues Resolve Lawsuit Over New Jersey Sports Betting Block
A resolution is at hand in a lawsuit over millions of dollars stemming from New Jersey’s years-long battle to overturn a federal ban on sports betting. According to a judge’s order entered Monday in Trenton, the major pro sports leagues and the NCAA have reached an agreement with the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, the group that sought to...
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In New Jersey's Largest City, Virus Spike Hits Nightlife Hub
It’s not a stretch to say that Shirley Staciuk has experienced the coronavirus pandemic from multiple vantage points. In April, her older brother died from the virus after spending more than two weeks in and out of hospitals. As parent liaison at a school in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood, where a spiking infection rate has prompted the city to impose...
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Lawsuit Says Bus Company Missed Trips, Defrauded NJ Transit
A bus company defrauded New Jersey’s public transit corporation out of more than $15 million by underreporting trips its buses missed and billing for trips it never took, according to a civil complaint announced Monday. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced the state has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against Hoboken-based Academy Bus LLC, which bills itself as the largest privately owned…
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NJ Court Upholds Attorney General's Order to Open Police Disciplinary Files
A New Jersey appeals court on Friday upheld Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s authority to order the release of police disciplinary files dating back 20 years, a step taken in the days after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police sparked protests and calls for more police accountability. Grewal’s directives issued in June required law enforcement agencies across the...
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Man Whose Number Was Found on Jersey City Mass Shooter Takes Plea Deal
A man whose phone number was found in the pocket of one of the assailants who killed a police officer and, later, three people in a kosher grocery store in Jersey City last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to an unrelated weapons offense. Ahmed A-Hady’s connection to shooter David Anderson provided a tantalizing lead in the days after authorities say...
