Law & Justice Top Stories

October 9, 2024

TRENTON, NJ  – The State of New Jersey is taking a social media giant to court. Citing “deceptive, unconscionable, and abusive business practices that harm the health and safety of New Jersey’s youth,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced ...

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TRENTON, NJ  – The State of New Jersey is taking a social media giant to court. Citing “deceptive, unconscionable, and abusive business practices that harm the health and safety of New Jersey’s youth,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced ...

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TRENTON, NJ  – The State of New Jersey is taking a social media giant to court. Citing “deceptive, unconscionable, and abusive business practices that harm the health and safety of New Jersey’s youth,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced ...

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TRENTON, NJ  – The State of New Jersey is taking a social media giant to court. Citing “deceptive, unconscionable, and abusive business practices that harm the health and safety of New Jersey’s youth,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced ...

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CHALFONT, PA—A chiropractor in Chalfont has agreed to pay $170,000 to settle a complaint that it improperly billed Medicare for a type of electric stimulation therapy.Chiropractor Gregory Thomas White Jr. of Healing Place Medical on Horizon Drive agreed to pay the amount to resolve charges filed ...

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PARKLAND, FL - A student is facing serious charges after making a bomb threat against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, school officials announced Wednesday.Late Tuesday night, law enforcement officials informed the school of a social media post containing the threat, according to ...

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BURLINGTON, VT — A Union County man has been charged with unlawfully transporting people from Ireland who had entered the United States illegally, according to the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Vermont.Tyshan Murray, 43, Union, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J.

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RED BANK, NJ: A Red Bank man has admitted to secretly recording videos of 27 women and girls without their knowledge or consent, including several minors, in local stores and private homes. The man, Christopher W. Cox, 35, pleaded guilty during a hearing on Friday before Monmouth County Superior ...

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CORAL SPRINGS, FL – When the Coral Springs residents came home after being out of town this summer, they found three guitars, $3,000 in cash, and another item gone. Some two months later, police arrested a 37-year-old Coral Springs man and charged him with breaking into their home and stealing the ...

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RED BANK, NJ: A Red Bank man has admitted to secretly recording videos of 27 women and girls without their knowledge or consent, including several minors, in local stores and private homes. The man, Christopher W. Cox, 35, pleaded guilty during a hearing on Friday before Monmouth County Superior ...

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RED BANK, NJ: A Red Bank man has admitted to secretly recording videos of 27 women and girls without their knowledge or consent, including several minors, in local stores and private homes. The man, Christopher W. Cox, 35, pleaded guilty during a hearing on Friday before Monmouth County Superior ...

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BUTLER, NJ - Butler Police Department released a Press Release today regarding a burglary and theft arrest. The Press Release indicated that Ptl. Daniel Bruce was conducting a routine check on October 7th at approximately 1:17am. During this check he observed two males loading used tires into the ...

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Burlington, Vermont – A Union man has been charged with unlawfully transporting citizens of Ireland, who had entered the United States unlawfully, according to the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Vermont.Tyshan Murray, 43, of Union, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin ...

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ROXBURY, NJ - The former owner of the Plato's Closet clothing store in Ledgewood must spend a year in jail and serve three years of probation for using hidden cameras to record employees in the store's restrooms, said the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.The man, Nicholas Zirpoli, 36, of Lincoln ...

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ROXBURY, NJ - The former owner of the Plato's Closet clothing store in Ledgewood must spend a year in jail and serve three years of probation for using hidden cameras to record employees in the store's restrooms, said the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.The man, Nicholas Zirpoli, 36, of Lincoln ...

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CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A Coral Springs man has been arrested for allegedly stealing credit cards from cars and using them at various locations.In early September, Carl Fortune, 41, stole money, four bank cards, and an iPhone from a vehicle parked in a Coral Springs driveway, according to an arrest ...

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ - A teenage driver has been charged in connection with a fatal crash that claimed the life of North Hunterdon High School student Sophia DeTorres on the first day of school. The three-vehicle collision occurred on August 22 at the intersection of Route 617 (Sydney Road), ...

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NEW JERSEY - The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) is seeking the public's assistance in identifying three suspected thieves who broke into a car at a service area on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to the NJSP,  three men broke into a car at approximately 4:00 p.m., Monday, September 30, at the ...

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NEW JERSEY - The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) is seeking the public's assistance in identifying three suspected thieves who broke into a car at a service area on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to the NJSP,  three men broke into a car at approximately 4:00 p.m., Monday, September 30, at the ...

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SOMERVILLE, NJ — The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Angely Betancourt, 25, of New York, N.Y., who is wanted in connection with a fatal incident that occurred on July 4, 2022, in Bedminster, according to a Fugitive of the Month press release. Officials say ...

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SOMERVILLE, NJ — The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Angely Betancourt, 25, of New York, N.Y., who is wanted in connection with a fatal incident that occurred on July 4, 2022, in Bedminster, according to a Fugitive of the Month press release. Officials say ...

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SOMERVILLE, NJ — The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Angely Betancourt, 25, of New York, N.Y., who is wanted in connection with a fatal incident that occurred on July 4, 2022, in Bedminster, according to a Fugitive of the Month press release. Officials say ...

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NEWARK, NJ — A property on Badger Avenue in Lower Clinton Hill in Newark was supposed to have had the full lead service line replaced under a city program, but only half of it was updated, according to a criminal complaint lodged against the contractor JAS Group Enterprise Inc.Other Newark sites on ...

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Leer en españolNEWARK — A property on Badger Avenue in Lower Clinton Hill was supposed to have had the full lead service line replaced under a city program, but only half of it was updated, according to a criminal complaint lodged against the contractor JAS Group Enterprise Inc.Other sites on North ...

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COCONUT CREEK, FL - The third time was not the charm for a Fort Lauderdale man whom Coconut Creek arrested last week after filling up his cart at Walmart and attempting to walk out of an emergency exit.Police arrested him and his partner, a woman. In a June incident, surveillance video showed ...

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CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A Coral Springs man was arrested for allegedly beating another man with a baseball bat, causing deep cuts to his head, a police report said. The reason: Julien Brim, 24, became upset when he couldn’t find his marijuana bowl, the report said. The victim told police Brim grabbed a ...

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BLOOMINGDALE, NJ - Bloomingdale Police Department published a press release indicating a situation with an offense regarding weapons.On September 19th, Bloomingdale Patrol Division responded to a call at a residential address. When officers arrived on the scene they observed two safes which ...

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DOYLESTOWN, PA—A man who smuggled the drugs into Doylestown’s county jail that killed another inmate has been sentenced to seven to 20 years in prison.Allen Rhoades, 31, pleaded guilty to giving fentanyl to 22-year-old Joshua Patterson in the summer of 2022. Patterson died on Aug. 1 ,2022, days ...

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PATERSON, NJ - Valentin Torres, a 33-year-old Paterson resident and member of the Paterson Police Department, was arrested on Wednesday in Totowa by members of the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Public Integrity Unit, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced.According to a statement, ...

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MILLBURN, NJ — During the October 1 township committee meeting, Millburn Township Attorney Jarrid Kantor provided an update on the Affordable Housing lawsuit. “Today, the appellate court ruled on all the pending motions in our fair share housing case. There were two substantive motions and one ...

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