Conviction stands for woman who killed mother, staged suicide
NEWARK — A state appellate panel on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of a woman for strangling her elderly mother to death with a necktie in 2009 at their Fairfield home and then staging the scene to look like a suicide. Citing "significant, admissible incriminating evidence," the appeals court rejected Tina Lunney's bid to overturn her conviction on murder and weapons offenses in the July 22, 2009 killing of her 81-year-old mother, Marie Zoppi. Lunney, 48, was convicted at her trial on M..>> view originalMusic icon Prince dead at 57, remembered by Hudson music's ...
The sudden, unexpected death of Prince Rogers Nelson -- the international superstar known as Prince -- at age 57 has shocked the world and rocked Hudson County's music community. "Prince, to me, was performance incarnate," Jersey City musician and songwriter Tris McCall said. "He was everything a guy on stage ought to be -- talented, charismatic, sexy, provocative, brilliant. He was everything I wanted to be as a performer." Prince will be remembered for his catalog of unforgettable songs an..>> view original2 arrested after undercover op near Newark park, cops say
NEWARK — Two men were arrested this week after authorities say undercover officers witnessed an illegal drug transaction outside a Newark deli. According to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura, detectives conducting an undercover operation near Weequahic Park Tuesday saw an apparent drug deal between a man and woman in front of a deli on Elizabeth Avenue. Sharif "Sean" Vines, 22, of Newark, the alleged dealer, was found carrying 23 vials of crack cocaine, Fontoura said in a release. While ..>> view originalFirst quarter sees 14 percent reduction in Newark crime, 60 percent ...
(file photo) NEWARK — With the first three months of 2016 come and gone, the results of the city's efforts to combat crime through the first quarter of the year appear to be mixed. The number of non-fatal shooting incidents, long a problem in the city, stood at 53 as of April 3, a decrease of five percent over last year's three-month total. And the number of burglaries and robberies both dropped by double digits. In all, the city recorded 2,037 crime incidents through the first quarter of 20..>> view originalClosing arguments heard today in trial of Newark man charged with ...
During closing arguments this morning in the trial of a Newark man charged with killing a 12-year-old Jersey City boy in 2013, the state stressed an abundance of evidence presented at trial, while the defense accused the state of concocting the case. "Gywan Levine Sr. lost a son, it was tragic, but nothing was more tragic than the death of Gywan Levine Jr., the death that was caused by this, a .44 caliber bullet. A bullet fired by this man," Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Leo Rinaldi told ..>> view originalNewark will celebrate 350th birthday with May 3 giving day
NEWARK — As part of Newark's 350th birthday celebration, organizers hope that a one-day-only, 24-hour giving spree will help them leave a legacy for future generations of Newarkers. On May 3, organizers seek to raise $350,000 — a nod to the 350th anniversary of the city's founding — in online contributions, for several projects to improve the city. Ras Baraka at the kickoff to the yearlong Newark Celebration 350. (Courtesy NC350) The website, on which people will be able to make donations fro..>> view originalFormer Gov. Brendan Byrne praised as the 'one guy' the mob couldn ...
MADISON — At an event at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Wednesday, New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner told students and faculty the story about what the mobster said on a wire back in 1973. Simone "Sam The Plumber" DeCavalcante, who later did time on extortion charges, was discussing with his cohorts "which public officials they could buy," Rabner recalled. The choices seemed endless. "But there's one guy, this prosecutor, Byrne, that we can't buy," DeCavalcante said on th..>> view originalNewark's Malcolm X Shabazz HS leader to speak at RVCC ...
Gemar Mills, principal of Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, will deliver the commencement address at Raritan Valley Community College's 47th annual spring commencement on May 14. Gemar Mills Mills will receive an honorary degree during the ceremony, which begins at 10 a.m. on the soccer field at the college's Branchburg campus. Paul J. Hirsch, a member of the college's board of trustees and former chairman of the board, also will receive an honorary degree. Approximately 1,200 students ..>> view originalThe NJ food bucket list: 50 items to eat before you die
Talk about mission impossible. Pick 50 great foods and/or dishes to represent the entire state, from casual to high-end fare; breakfast, lunch and dinner; appetizers, main courses and desserts, and not just restaurants, but markets, stands, specialty stores and food trucks? Yikes. I've sampled thousands of dishes, sandwiches, plates, etc., for work in the past two years alone, so picking a mere 50 was tough. But when the going gets tough, the tough start eating, and get to thinking about wh..>> view originalKosher standards slipped: Manischewitz suit
Associated Press 6:41 p.m. EDT April 21, 2016.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)NEW YORK - A rabbi is accusing kosher foods giant Manischewitz of pushing him out as their longtime inspector of holiday matzos after he complained that the company wasn’t sticking to strict Jewish religious practices.Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz filed a lawsuit against the Newark, New Jersey, company on Wednesday, just days ahead of Passover. It seeks millions of dollars in compensation for emotional distress a..>> view original
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