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NJ Cop Unlawfully Accessed Computer Records: Prosecutor NJ Cop Unlawfully Accessed Computer Records: Prosecutor
NJ Cop Unlawfully Accessed Computer Records: Prosecutor A 34-year-old Vineland police officer was arrested and charged with unlawfully accessing computer records on Tuesday, Aug. 18, authorities said. Between March 2025 and February 2026, Timothy Ball, without authorization utilized an in-house computer system at the Vineland Police Department and the Criminal Justice Information System to research information related to three people, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Bell was charged with four counts of Computer Criminal Activity, police said. He is due back in court in September.

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by Sam Barron
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NJ Woman Drove Drunk, Caused 3-Car Crash With 2-Year-Old In Car: Police NJ Woman Drove Drunk, Caused 3-Car Crash With 2-Year-Old In Car: Police
NJ Woman Drove Drunk, Caused 3-Car Crash With 2-Year-Old In Car: Police A 36-year-old Westfield woman was arrested and charged with driving drunk with a two-year-old in the car following a crash in Raritan on Monday, Aug. 17, authorities said. At 9:15 p.m., officers responded to Route 202 and First Avenue for a three-car crash with injuries after a 2026 Kia driven by Yekaterina Dyukova rear-ended a 2026 Toyota Corolla, which was when then pushed into a 2021 Toyota Camry, Raritan Borough police said. Dyukova was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated and transported to a local hospital for evaluation, along with a two year old passenger in her vehicle…

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by Sam Barron
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$47 Million: Toms River Man Pleads Guilty To Targeting Orthodox Jews In Ponzi Scheme, Feds Say $47 Million: Toms River Man Pleads Guilty To Targeting Orthodox Jews In Ponzi Scheme, Feds Say
$47 Million: Toms River Man Pleads Guilty To Targeting Orthodox Jews In Ponzi Scheme, Feds Say A 43-year-old Toms River man pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that stole more than $47 million from 97 victims, authorities said. Leor Moshe pleaded guilty to wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazier said. Between June 2019 and June 2023, Moshe induced investors to invest in his company, Capital Funding ASAP LLC, by falsely representing, among other things, that their investments would be used exclusively to fund short-term business loans that would generate returns between 9% and 53%, Frazier said. Moshe used the money to make Ponzi-like payments to earlier investors and for perso…

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by Sam Barron
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Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing
Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing The New Jersey family of a 6-year-old girl killed when a metal badminton racket shaft broke free from its handle and pierced her skull has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Franklin Sports. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Lucy Morgan's family by attorneys Travis M. Brennan and Charles P. Hehmeyer of Berman & Simmons, the Maine law firm announced Wednesday, Aug. 19. Lucy was spending the final day of a family vacation at a lake house in Limerick, Maine, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, when her older siblings began playing badminton in the front yard, according to the complaint. Lucy …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Person Stabbed In Monmouth County: Police Person Stabbed In Monmouth County: Police
Person Stabbed In Monmouth County: Police A person was stabbed in Monmouth County Tuesday, Aug. 18, authorities said. At 9 a.m., officers and first responders responded to Rankin Road in Brielle and found a person stabbed and took a suspect into custody, Brielle police said. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital, police said. The stabbing remains under investigation, police said.

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by Sam Barron
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Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said. Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release. The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…

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Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert
Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert New York City officials have ruled the death of a Connecticut father who fell during a concert at Madison Square Garden an accident. Paul Kueker, 51, of Niantic, was attending a Goose concert with his wife on June 20. The couple was celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Kueker left his seat to use the bathroom midway through the show. Witnesses told police that Kueker appeared intoxicated and climbed over a plexiglass barrier several sections from his seat, the New York Daily News reported. Authorities said he fell from a 150-foot balcony into the 300-section of the arena shortly be…

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Motorcyclist Killed In Crash After Going Airborne: NJSP Motorcyclist Killed In Crash After Going Airborne: NJSP
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash After Going Airborne: Njsp A 41-year-old Chesterfield motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Monmouth County on Tuesday, Aug. 18, authorities said. At 9:48 p.m., Jack Reilly was operating a Kawasaki motorcycle north on County Road 27 in Upper Freehold Township when he lost directional control of the vehicle, ran off the roadway to the right, struck a utility pole support, struck a road sign, went airborne and landed in a nearby field, Christopher Postorino, a spokesperson for the New Jersey State Police said.  During the crash, Reilly was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, Postorino s…

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NJ Teen Dies In Lake Michigan Drowning Amid Rip Currents NJ Teen Dies In Lake Michigan Drowning Amid Rip Currents
NJ Teen Dies In Lake Michigan Drowning Amid Rip Currents A 15-year-old New Jersey boy died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan as large waves and strong rip currents battered the area, authorities said. The boy, whose name is being withheld by Daily Voice due to his age, drowned Monday, Aug. 17, near the Stop 6 beach area in Michigan City, Indiana, according to the LaPorte County Coroner's Office and Michigan City Fire Department. Crews were called that afternoon for a report of a juvenile struggling in the water, the fire department said. The incident happened several stops beyond the designated Washington Park Lifeguard coverage area, a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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New Cause Of 2024 NJ Earthquake ID'd As Unmapped Fault: What It Means For Future Risk New Cause Of 2024 NJ Earthquake ID'd As Unmapped Fault: What It Means For Future Risk
New Cause Of 2024 NJ Earthquake ID'd As Unmapped Fault: What It Means For Future Risk New Jersey’s massive Ramapo Fault seemed like the obvious suspect after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck in 2024. It wasn’t.  Researchers have now traced the quake to a previously unmapped fault in the New Jersey Highlands, one they’ve named the Mountainville Fault. The discovery was detailed in a study published Monday, Aug. 11, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. The 2024 earthquake struck near Tewksbury and close to the roughly 300-kilometer-long Ramapo Fault, the largest fault in the region, according to the study. But the Ramapo Fault is not well posit…

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Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold
Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits brought by families who fear their loved ones’ remains were stolen from the medical school’s morgue and sold for cash.  The university announced the settlement on Monday, Aug. 17. A Suffolk Superior Court judge granted preliminary approval, and a final approval is set for December. Federal prosecutors said former Harvard morgue manager Cedric Lodge sold stolen human remains across state lines. Investigators said Lodge secretly removed organs, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts from donated bodies.  He…

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Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: Feds Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: Feds
Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding Covid-era Communications From Public View: Feds David Morens spent years advising one of the biggest names in America's COVID-19 response. Now the Maryland man has admitted conspiring to keep some of his pandemic-era communications out of public view. Morens, 78, of Chester, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenbelt on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to conspiracy to commit offenses and defraud the United States, months after the former senior National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official was indicted in the scheme. Morens served as a senior adviser in NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022 and was an adviser to Dr.…

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