New Jersey now leads nation in unemployment and COVID-19 death rates

TRENTON, NJ – According to political analyst, Joseph Rudy Rullo, New Jersey is last in just about everything in America. Rullo, who ran for New Jersey Governor in 2017 often said he…

Company used promise of COVID-19 treatment to scam, defraud people on the internet

BALTIMORE, MD – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized “mordernatx.com” and “regeneronmedicals.com,” which purported to be the websites of actual biotechnology companies developing treatments for the COVID-19…

New Jersey to keep vaccine database to track COVID-19 vaccination status

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey will be tracking who gets the COVID-19 vaccine in a database that will be kept active during the course of the pandemic. Governor Murphy said there will…

California reports record high 52,000 new COVID-19 cases, 346 deaths today

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Department of Public Health announced today that a record breaking 52,281 new COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported today and 346 new deaths. Here’s what the department said:…

Waxhaw restaurant owner, son charged with PPP fraud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Two individuals were charged in an indictment that was unsealed today for their alleged participation in a scheme to obtain, through multiple fraudulent loan applications, more than $1.7 million…

Spreading light, hope and PossAbilities for individuals with disAbilities in 2020

Red Bank, NJ – In a year that has been overshadowed with struggles and hardships surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also been sprinkled with light, hope and PossAbilities through the work…

Lavery defeats New Jersey GOP anti-Trump insurgency, wins state chairman election

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A failed attempt by the anti-Trump contingency within the New Jersey Republican Party to seize control of the state GOP organization fell short today when millionaire big-pharma executive…

Trio stole $1 million from company, bought expensive sports memorabilia items from Fairfield business

FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield Police Department announces the arrest of Regina DeComa (36) of Cedar Grove, N.J., Dawn Becker (55) of Oakland, N.J. and Allan Soriano (42) of Cedar Grove, N.J.…

Governor Murphy says Wednesday storm to be a “real whopper”

TRENTON, NJ – Shedding color on the impending snow storm that is expected to dump more than a foot of snow in some regions of New Jersey, Governor Murphy said current models…

UF Doctor is first in Florida to get COVID-19 vaccine

JACKSONVILLE, FL A group of 10 front-line health care workers at UF Health Jacksonville are believed to be the first in Florida, and possibly the Southeast, to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine…

Staying Strong & Safe Together at the Ocean County YMCA

[TOMS RIVER, NJ] — This is the moment the Ocean County community has been waiting for. After many months of being shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ocean County YMCA has…

Atlanta man lied about Covid test, defrauded employer

ATLANTA , GEORGIA- Santwon Antonio Davis has pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud his employer in May 2020 by submitting a fraudulent COVID-19 medical excuse letter. He…

Woman, drunk driver kills mother, father of three young daughters, charged with DUI

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 22-year-old woman has been charged with two counts of murder for crashing into a Santa Ana family’s car, killing a husband and wife while she was driving…

Judge orders Orange County to release 50% of prison inmate population

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer released the following statement criticizing a court ruling in Campbell et. all v. Barnes that requires Sheriff Don Barnes to reduce the inmate…

390 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Ocean County on Friday

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River and Brick continue to be the epicenter of the post-Thanksgiving outbreak of COVID-19 in Ocean County as 390 new positive cases were reported on Friday. Brick…

Two Jackson Township Post Office Workers Pushing Drugs, Guns Captured in Statewide Operation

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Two postal workers at the Jackson Township Post Office have been caught pushing drugs were arrested by police today. Police also seized a large cache of illegal firearms,…

Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Puts State in Lockdown until 2021

Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf on Thursday announced Pennsylvania will go back into lockdown more on Monday, December 12th. In his latest executive order Pennsylvania shut down indoor dining, youth sports,…

Delaware Governor Carney Announces Curfew, Business Restrictions, Stay at Home Advisory

WILMINGTON, DE – When the clock strikes 10 p.m. in Delaware, residents must return to their homes starting on Monday, December 14th. That is when the deadly COVID-19 virus is expected to…

Virginia going back in lock down as Governor issues stay at home executive order

RICHMOND, VA – Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has issued a statewide stay at home order directing residents to stay in their homes between the hours of midnight and 5:00 am, when COVID-19…

Diamond Enterprise members heading to jail for racketeering, more

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal…

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