CRIME & SAFETY
Woman charged in fatal Staten Island beating seeks sentence under domestic violence act
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A series of horrific childhood stories about a Staten Island woman convicted of manslaughter were heard by a Staten Island judge last week in state Supreme Court, St. George, as part of a bid by her attorneys for a reduced sentence. A sibling testified that...
Hazlet Vape Shop Arrests
Abdullah Hassan, Waqas Ahmed, and Muhammad Khan were arrested on Wednesday, May 1, the Hazlet Police Department said in a news release on Friday, May 3. They were taken into custody at Vape God, a store in the Wellington Square shopping plaza on Poole Avenue. Police received a tip about...
East Brunswick High School placed on lockdown following fight: police
EAST BRUNSWICK - Police responded to East Brunswick High School Wednesday morning for a fight involving multiple students. The incident was reported around 9:29 a.m. and no arrests or injuries were reported, police said. Before police arrived officers learned the fight had dispersed in multiple directions. The school was placed...
North Jersey doctor sentenced to over two years in prison for defrauding Amtrak of $1.3M
A New Jersey doctor has been sentenced to just over two years in prison for health care fraud in a scheme that targeted Amtrak and caused the rail system to lose more than $1.3 million, announced U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Muhammad Mirza, 51, of Cedar Grove, and his conspirators billed its health insurance...
NYPD: 4 sought in connection with gunpoint robbery at pharmacy on Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance to identify four individuals sought for questioning in connection with a gunpoint robbery at a pharmacy in Meiers Corners. The incident reportedly occurred on April 22 at about 8:30 p.m., when two women and two men...
Man dies in apparent drowning on Jersey Shore beach
An Essex County man was found floating face down in the water at a beach in Spring Lake Saturday, according to police. The 23-year-old victim, who was from Belleville, was found shortly after 2 p.m. at the St. Clair Avenue beachfront in Monmouth County, according to the Spring Lake Police Department.
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