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Bank Robber Caught

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Fake cops stopped drivers and rifled through their pockets in 3 towns

Three police departments in Burlington County are hoping you’ve seen something that can help them find and arrest men who have been posing as officers and rifling through motorists’ belongings this month. Florence, Burlington and Delanco townships are all on the lookout for suspects in separate incidents who claimed to be police officers, stopped a vehicle…

Brookdale Professor’s Rant Against Conservative Student Goes Viral

A New Jersey community college is investigating why a professor shouted the F-word at a student in an incident that was caught on camera. The student identifies as politically conservative, and the incident has sparked complaints about the college as a liberal atmosphere where alternative political viewpoints are not tolerated. During a Sociology 105, Intercultural Communication…

Will Murphy save us from PSEG’s outrageous nuke subsidy? | Moran

Gov. Phil Murphy will soon receive his first truly awful bill from the Legislature, a rush job that provides for a subsidy of $300 million a year to support PSEG’s nuclear power plants in South Jersey. Unfortunately, the new governor is likely to sign it, in part because it is the pet project of Senate President…

Controversial nuclear bailout is headed to Murphy’s desk. Rates could go up

After months of debate, the legislature passed a controversial bill to give the state’s largest utility company hundreds of millions of dollars through a new subsidy that will be paid by Garden State utility customers. The bill, A3724, has come under fire from environmental groups and consumer advocates. It provides a $300 million per year subsidy…

These are the 76 teachers who lost their N.J. licenses last year

One was accused of bending back the fingers and rapping the knuckles of uncooperative students. Another allegedly helped kids cheat on state tests. A third robbed a bank. Last year, New Jersey yanked the teaching licenses of 76 teachers and school officials for a wide variety of misconduct, sexual abuse, crimes and other allegations inside and…

Shore Sheriff Stands Firm: ‘We Will Not Voluntarily Become a Sanctuary County’

Sheriff Bob Nolan of Cape May County, New Jersey, has been on the job for fewer than 80 days — but as a seasoned law enforcement professional of , he hit the ground running. Nolan and the Cape May County freeholders have united in their opposition to becoming a sanctuary state, as New Jersey’s Democrat Gov.…

Chiropractor who hid $182K in wall admits to money laundering, fraud

An Ocean County chiropractor faces up to 15 years in prison after admitting he over-billed insurance companies, laundered the cash and later collected disability while still working, authorities said. Carlo Amato, the former owner of Chiropractic Care Consultants and Accident Recovery Physical Therapy in Lakewood, pleaded guilty to money laundering and theft by deception, the Ocean…

Jersey Shore contractor accused of taking $250K from 12 homeowners arrested

A Jersey Shore contractor accused of taking nearly a quarter-million dollars from 12 clients to perform work he never even started was arrested last week after more than a week on the run, authorities said. Peter Rinaldi, 56, of Little Egg Harbor, was taken into custody Friday near the Baymont Inn on East White Horse Pike…

Only in Jersey: family accidentally sent kid to wrong school, now they owe over $10K

Confusion over their address is costing a New Jersey family over $10,000. A woman who lives in Brick, but has a Howell mailing address, has to pay the Howell Board of Education after she mistakenly enrolled her child in the neighboring district. In New Jersey, mailing addresses often do not follow municipal boundaries. The student actually…

Jersey Shore councilman charged with drug paraphernalia: It wasn’t Mine

A municipal official in a New Jersey shore town who said he would resign after police found a hypodermic needle in his vehicle has changed his mind. Spring Lake Heights Councilman Robert Merriken is charged with possessing drug paraphernalia. But he’s maintaining his innocence, telling APP.com that the charge was “ridiculous” and that the needle did…

Pro-Trump N.J. congressman is loaded with $10M to crash voter wave against president

WASHINGTON — Can William Bruck cancel out Donald Trump? Rep. Tom MacArthur is counting on it. MacArthur, R-3rd Dist., is New Jersey’s most pro-Trump federal lawmaker, backing the president in such high-profile votes for legislation curbing the federal deduction for state and local taxes and ending New Jersey’s Medicaid expansion. That will be used against him…