Rahway Man Gets 13 Years For Selling Deadly Crack-Fentanyl Cocktail Rahway Man Gets 13 Years For Selling Deadly Crack-Fentanyl Cocktail
Rahway Man Gets 13 Years For Selling Deadly Crack-Fentanyl Cocktail A Rahway drug dealer who sold a lethal cocktail of narcotics that killed at least three people was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in state prison, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said. George Rayford, 39, must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Rayford sold crack cocaine laced with fentanyl from his Whelan Place home on Dec. 22, 2017. Fentanyl is an opioid several times more potent than heroin. An investigation revealed the drugs were responsible for the deaths of Nicole Taylor, 41; Kacina Vanderburg, 53; and 67-year-old Harold Johnston. Th…
$10G REWARD: Gunman Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Linden Dad In Rahway $10G REWARD: Gunman Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Linden Dad In Rahway
$10G Reward: Gunman Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Linden Dad In Rahway A $10,000 reward is being offered for anyone with information leading to the arrest or indictment of the gunman who killed a 25-year-old man in Rahway Saturday, authorities said. SaQuan Hurling of Linden was found dead on the 500 block of Harrison Street Saturday morning, Acting Union County Prosecutor Jennifer Davenport announced. Friends and family remembered Hurling as being a great dad on Facebook. The Union County Homicide Task Force, Rahway Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit and Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit are investigating. Any…
Tickets For Big Lottery Jackpots Sold in Rahway, Clark Tickets For Big Lottery Jackpots Sold in Rahway, Clark
Tickets For Big Lottery Jackpots Sold in Rahway, Clark Union County has been good to players of the New Jersey Lottery lately.  A Jersey Cash Five ticket good for $59,976 was sold at BP Gas, 125 St. George Ave., Rahway. The winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing were 02, 06, 10, 11 and 24 and the XTRA number was 02.  Meanwhile, a Powerball ticket good for a third-tier, $50,000 prize was sold at  Rotundo’s Liquors Deli & Food, 1040 Lake Ave., Clark. The winning Powerball numbers were  03, 32, 34, 42 and 61. The Red Power Ball number was 07. The Multiplier number was 02.  The jackpot rolls to $350,000,000 f…
Repeat Sex Offender From Englewood Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor Repeat Sex Offender From Englewood Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
Repeat Sex Offender From Englewood Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor A registered sex offender who previously served time for assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a South Hackensack motel is charged with raping another teen in his Englewood apartment. Garrett Haskins, 44, was taken to a state processing facility in Trenton -- for violating parole -- after being processed at the Bergen County Jail, records show. The parole violation will keep him imprisoned at least until next May, pending the outcome of the new charges. He is scheduled for a first appearance Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said W…
N.Y. Man Wanted In 8 Towns Arrested In Clark N.Y. Man Wanted In 8 Towns Arrested In Clark
N.Y. Man Wanted In 8 Towns Arrested In Clark A New York City man wanted on warrants issued in communities across North Jersey was arrested in Clark on a drug offense last week, police said.  Joye Rosario, 23, was picked up May 6 on charges of narcotics possession, possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, intent to distribute within 500 feet of a library and hindering apprehension  Police also discovered warrants for Rosario's arrest were issued in Cranford, Elizabeth, Linden, New Brunswick, Rahway, Secaucus, Tinton Falls and Woodbridge. The warrants totaled more than $5,400.  Rosario was bein…
Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police
Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police A 27-year-old Bloomfield man was arrested Wednesday after he attacked a Lyft driver and a fellow passenger as the vehicle traveled through Clark early Wednesday morning, Chief of Police Pedro M. Matos said.  Patrolling officers found a 47-year-old man lying on Westfield Avenue around 1 a.m. who had been stabbed in the head, face and neck. A 20-year-old woman was also found on Westfield Avenue and had also been stabbed in the face and head. Officers learned that the man was the driver and the woman a passenger.  The woman and another man, Farrakhan S. Howard, had been picked up in …
Ringwood Deli, 7 New Jersey Retailers Sell Winning Lottery Tickets Ringwood Deli, 7 New Jersey Retailers Sell Winning Lottery Tickets
Ringwood Deli, 7 New Jersey Retailers Sell Winning Lottery Tickets A Ringwood deli was one of eight retailers that sold winning lottery tickets from the Saturday, March 23 drawing. The ticket was sold at Alpine Deli & Pork Store in Greenwood Lake, taking home the third-tier prize of $50,000.  The winning numbers were: 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66. The Red Power Ball number was 05. The Multiplier number was 03 Seven other tickets were sold at the following locations: Burlington County: News Stand, 400 Route 38, Moorestown Mall, Moorestown; Camden County: Cheers Wine & Spirits, 91 Route 73, Voorhees; Hudson County: 7-Eleven #39467, 565 Tonnelle Ave.…
Paterson Business Could Be NJ's Newest Medical Marijuana Dispensary Paterson Business Could Be NJ's Newest Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Paterson Business Could Be NJ's Newest Medical Marijuana Dispensary A Paterson business was among six in New Jersey that were selected to apply for permits to join the state's medical marijuana program. If all are approved, the program would double in size. Two applicants were chosen for the north, central and southern parts of the state, ensuring patients have better access to pain-relieving medicine. Applicants include: NETA NJ, LLC, Phillipsburg GTI New Jersey, LLC, Paterson Verano NJ LLC, Elizabeth (Dispensary), Rahway (Cultivation Site) Justice Grown, Ewing MPX New Jersey, Atlantic City (Dispensary), Galloway (Cultivation) Columbia Care New Jer…
NJ Prison Guard From Lodi Who Thought He Was Pursuing Girl, 8, Gets Five Years In Fed Pen NJ Prison Guard From Lodi Who Thought He Was Pursuing Girl, 8, Gets Five Years In Fed Pen
NJ Prison Guard From Lodi Who Thought He Was Pursuing Girl, 8, Gets Five Years In Fed Pen A now-former state corrections officer from Lodi who the government said was trying to arrange a tryst with what he thought was an 8-year-old girl will have to serve nearly five years in federal prison for receiving images of child sexual abuse. Stephen Salamak, 39, must serve the full term handed down Thursday in U.S. District Court in Newark because there is no parole in the federal prison system. Salamak struck a deal with the government and pleaded guilty in July to receipt of child pornography at a time when federal prosecutors said he tried to arrange to have sex with a…
Rogue Rockland Moving Companies Fined Rogue Rockland Moving Companies Fined
Rogue Rockland Moving Companies Fined Two unlicensed moving companies from Rockland were snagged in a New Jersey undercover sting that cost them $2,500 each, authorities announced Monday. Big Men in Trucks from Sloatsburg and Enterprise Van Lines from Congers each has the option of seeking mitigation or requesting an administrative hearing to contest the violation and civil penalty, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. “The $2,500 civil penalty for unlicensed operation will be reduced to $1,250 for any mover that applies for licensure with the Division within 30 days of receiving the [Notice of Violation],” Grewal…
NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn
NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn A now-former state corrections officer from Lodi admitted in federal court in Newark on Friday that he collected images of child abuse at a time when the government said he was trying to arrange a tryst with what he thought was an 8-year-old girl. Stephen Salamak, 38, admitted using email "to seek and obtain images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent children" while working as a senior corrections officer at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He also tried to arrange to have sex with an 8-year-old girl through a person he tho…
Child Labor Laws Violated At These Bergen County McDonald's Child Labor Laws Violated At These Bergen County McDonald's
Child Labor Laws Violated At These Bergen County McDonald's A McDonald's franchise owner with several Bergen and Passaic County locations has been accused by the U.S. Department of Labor of violating child labor laws at 11 New Jersey locations. S&P Enterprises Inc., based in Central Valley, New York, paid $8,829 in fines after letting 14 and 15-year-olds work too many hours. The teens worked after 7 p.m. during the school-year, more than three hours on a school day, more than eight hours on a non-school day and more than 18 hours during a school week -- violating limits set by the state law. "Child labor laws protect the educational opport…