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Franklin Township, NJ
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Accused Arsonist Indicted For 7-Alarm Bound Brook Fire
A 29-year-old Bound Brook man was indicted on several charges stemming from a seven-alarm fire that tore through the borough in January, authorities said Thursday. Juan Hector Padilla was indicted on charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree aggravated arson, third-degree aggravated assault for injury to a firefighter and third-degree hindering apprehension of oneself, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said alongside county and local officials. Thirty-six fire companies from four counties responded to the Meridia II on East Main Street and Mountain Avenue aro…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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Winner
: Powerball Ticket Good For $150K Sold In Philadelphia
A Pennsylvania Lottery ticket good for $150,000 was sold in Philadelphia. The ticket from Wednesday's drawing matched four of the five white balls drawn. Those numbers were 28-31-40-41-46, and the red Powerball 4. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would have been worth $50,000. The Power Play multiplier drawn was three. The ticket was sold at Lucky Laundromat, on W. Bristol Street, which will win a $500 bonus for selling the ticket. More than 27,700 other PA Lottery Powerball® tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing, including more than 7,…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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NEW
Rules
: Pennsylvania Schools Must Close Once Certain Number Of
Covid-
19 Cases Are Reported
Pennsylvania's Department of Education last month released a new set of cleaning and closing procedures in the event of new COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in the state's public Kindergarten through 12th grade schools. The Nov. 23 guidelines say schools with a certain number of cases must go all-remote for a certain period of time, once a specific number of cases are reported. And it could happen on very short notice. The guidelines provide advice on contact tracing, cleaning, closures and quarantining. The level of community transmission is considered (low, moderate and substantial) as is th…
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: NJ Couple Left Emaciated Dog Chained To Backyard Fence For Days After Moving Away
A Union County couple who left their dog tied to a backyard fence for days after moving to Georgia has been charged with animal cruelty, authorities said Thursday. Curtis Swan and Aaleyah Clay's male Husky was found emaciated and bleeding with infected wounds in the backyard of a Roselle home on Nov. 20, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Roselle Police Chief Brian Barnes jointly announced Thursday. Swan, 27, and Clay, 29, were both charged with third-degree causing serious bodily injury to a domesticated animal via neglect, as well as abandonment of a domesticated animal, a di…
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
These NJ Hospitals Are 'Weeks Away' From Getting Early Doses Of
Covid-
19 Vaccine
It's only a matter of weeks before several New Jersey hospitals receive an early shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine, state officials said. As part of Operation Warp Speed, the nearly half-dozen area hospitals will get the frozen shipments of the vaccine to keep in Arctic-level sub-zero freezers -- even before it's approved by the FDA. While no dates were given, New Jersey was "weeks away from the first doses of a vaccine being ready for distribution to our health care workers... and months away from a vaccine being readily available for public distribution," Gov. Phil Murphy said. …
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Dozen Cars, Apartment Door Vandalized In Bayonne
A dozen cars and the door of one apartment were vandalized overnight Tuesday in Bayonne, authorities said. Police responded to West 54th Street where 12 cars had a squiggly line spray-painted onto them around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The front door and wall of 265 Avenue B had also been vandalized with graffiti. The incident remains under investigation.
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Breaking News
Charges Upgraded For PA Dad Accused Of 'Deeply Disturbing' Anal Rape Death Of Infant Daughter
Charges have been upgraded for a 29-year-old Montgomery County dad who authorities said anally raped his 10-month-old daughter, killing her by way of blunt force head trauma. Austin Stevens, of Lower Providence Township, is accused of anally raping baby Zara Scruggs, who died hours after the incident at the hospital Oct. 4, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Stevens was initially charged with involuntary sexual intercourse, rape of a child, aggravated assault, child endangerment and aggravated indecent assault. Following this week's return of forensic test results t…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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PA Shooting Suspect Who Threatened To 'Get Even' With Victim Captured By U.S. Marshals
A man wanted in a deadly shooting who allegedly threatened he was going to "get even" with the victim was captured nearly a month later by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at his home in Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. Gerard Gethers was charged with first-degree murder for the Nov. 3 killing of Jerry White in Norristown, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Norristown police responded to the 500 block of West Marshall Street around 3:35 p.m. Nov. 3, after hearing gunshots, Steele said. There, they found 34-year-old White, who was taken to Suburban H…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Breaking News
PA Salon Owner Charged With Sexually Assaulting Juvenile At His Job, Police Say
The owner of a Montgomery County nail salon was being held in jail after being charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile over the summer at his salon, authorities said. James Kit Vong, who owns Artisan Nails in Plymouth Township, was arrested Nov. 4 in Philadelphia on several charges stemming from the July incident, Plymouth Township police said. A preliminary hearing was held before District Judge Francis Bernhardt on Dec. 1. Vong was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility,with bail set at $250,000, authorities said. "As a result of this investigation, it…
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Covid-
19: North Jersey Hospital Reports Outbreak Among Nearly 40 Staffers
Between 30 and 40 Palisades Medical Center staff members North Bergen have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a recent news report. The majority of the cases at the North Bergen hospital are nurses from two units, including one where patients require "significant attention," NorthJersey.com reports citing the president of the Health Professionals & Allied Employees union, Debbie White. According to a spokesperson for Hackensack Meridian Health, the hospital's parent company, less than 1.5 percent of the entire system's workforce were out sick. The cases have not impacted p…
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