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40-Year-Old East Orange Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutor
At 8:43 p.m., Newark police responded to the 300 block of Osborne Terrace and found, Deshaun Winston unresponsive at the location, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage said. Winston was pronounced dead at the scene moments later, Stephens and Frage said. The shooting...
Fazon Farrington Arrested
Fazon Farrington, 19, was charged on Monday, Apr. 29 with theft of movable property and burglary. The Brick Township Police Department announced the charges in a news release on Tuesday, Apr. 30. A vehicle was stolen on Princeton Avenue on Tuesday, Mar. 5. Kearny police and the New Jersey State...
7 people injured after NJ Transit bus crashes into ditch
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Seven people were injured after a NJ Transit bus crashed into a ditch on Tuesday, officials said. The crash happened near Port Reading Avenue at around 4:50 p.m. when a NJ Transit bus with 16 passengers collided with two cars, officials said. The bus operating on the 48 line was heading […]
City Hall is taking candy from babies to end subway peddling as parents plead, ‘I need to work’
Big Apple officials have kicked off a campaign to stop migrant kids from peddling candy in the subways and on city streets — as migrant parents argue they need the youngsters to help make ends meet. City staffers, the NYPD and the MTA this week started distributing flyers in Spanish and an Ecuadorean dialect to steer migrant parents to available children’s services to keep the youngest asylum seekers in school instead of panhandling sweets on the streets. The pamphlets also make it clear it’s illegal to sell goods without a permit. “The health and safety — especially that of children — are always...
Burlington Slated to Open in Downtown Newark
NEWARK — A nationally known “off-price retailer” will make its debut in downtown Newark next week in a development the special improvement district has warmed up to. Burlington is slated to open at 729 Broad St. on Friday, May 10, the company has announced. It follows the opening of a Burlington Store in Clifton last week.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER “We’re continuing to expand our footprint across the country and are excited to be opening new stores in New Jersey,” Michael O’Sullivan, CEO of Burlington Stores, said in the announcement. “We look forward...
Newark students say curfew could curb teen violence but more needs to be done
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.In November, a 15-year-old Central High School student was shot during a drive-by after students were forced to evacuate the Newark school due to reports of a gas leak. In March, two students were shot outside West Side High School as students were being dismissed.As city leaders aim to prevent other incidents like those and keep teens off the streets, Newark this Friday will start to enforce a youth curfew that has long been on the books but never enforced.The curfew for teens under 18...
Two charged with multiple retail thefts at T.J. Maxx
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men have been charged after police say they were part of multiple thefts throughout the area. Wilkes-Barre Township Police say they arrested Charles Lakes, 56, of Newark, NJ & Carlone Bridges, 59, of Luzerne after they committed multiple retail thefts from TJ Maxx. Police stated the car the […]
Eric Adams defends axing FDNY firefighter whose death left family in financial ruin: ‘Tragic situation’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended firing a firefighter whose death months later left his family in a financial mess – saying keeping him would have meant misspending “taxpayers’ dollars.” Adams’ comments came Tuesday after the FDNY commissioner told The Post it was on politicians to take action to help the family of Derek Floyd, who died April 15 after he was axed as part of a cuts to cover the cost of the Big Apple’s migrant crisis. “It’s really a tragic situation,” Adams told reporters, saying Floyd had been placed on modified duty after a 2019 heart attack while enrolled...
‘A game-changer’: New tech headquarters opens in Newark
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Putting the ‘new’ in Newark is one company that has more tech startups calling the City home. HAX wants to be the hub of all things hard tech in its new U.S. headquarters on Cedar Street. “This is a game-changer,” said Governor Phil Murphy (D-NJ), who helped cut the ribbon. “This […]
Teen Girl Arrested For Swatting Incident At Bayonne Middle School: Cops
At 9:57 a.m., police responded to the school on a reported threat, Eric Amato, public information officer for the Bayonne Police Department said. After conducting an investigating, officers determined it to be a swatting incident, Amato said. There was no safety threat to students, faculty member or the general pubic,...
Dr. Adarsh Gupta convicted of health care fraud charges
NEWARK — A South Jersey doctor has been found guilty in connection with a multi-million-dollar Medicare fraud. But Dr. Adarsh Gupta will challenge the verdicts against him, seeking acquittal or a new trial, a defense attorney said. Gupta “signed thousands of prescriptions” for orthotic braces that were medically unnecessary...
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