Citing Nixon tapes, Bridgegate lawyers press demand for Christie's ...
NEWARK — Citing the specter of President Nixon and the infamous Watergate tapes, a Bridgegate defense brief filed late Monday argues that lawyers representing Gov. Chris Christie's office must turn over communications demanded in a subpoena, just as was required of the disgraced ex-president. In the brief, Michael Baldassarre, defense attorney for Bill Baroni, said lawyers representing Christie's office have been holding back on records, including cell phone messages, texts and emails, sought ..>> view originalNewark police seek suspects in gunpoint store robbery
NEWARK — City Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose on Monday asked for the public's help to identify two people suspected in an afternoon gunpoint holdup at a grocery store. In photos released by authorities, at least one of the assailants appears to be pointing a handgun. The robbery occurred around 2 p.m. Sunday on the 100 block of Sherman Avenue, Ambrose said in a statement. Police are searching for the suspects and urged anyone with information to call investigators. Reward offered as..>> view originalLaser pointer targeted news helicopter, man admits
NEWARK — An Elizabeth man admitted in federal court Tuesday that he aimed a laser pointer at a television news helicopter, an act that could have blinded the pilot. According to the office of U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, Stiven Lopez-Bender, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft. Lopez-Bender entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty. According to Fishman's office, on Nov. 11, 2015, a television news helicopter went to Elizabeth to cover ..>> view originalExperts say surveillance of Muslims wastes resources, breeds mistrust
In comments on the heels of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Donald Trump this week invoked an old police program in which New York City detectives assembled investigative files on Muslims in New Jersey — spying on them, critics said, where they ate, prayed and shopped. Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, suggested that his administration would revive a mass surveillance program on the defunct model established under NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. “We need justice, w..>> view originalLaw firm pays $1M to settle potential claims by bankrupt Newark ...
NEWARK — A politically-connected Newark law firm will pay the bankrupt Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. $1 million to settle any potential claims connected to the bankruptcy of the agency. In a filing Monday in federal bankruptcy court, trustees for the quasi-governmental agency and Genova Burns agreed to settle any potential claims against the law firm and its employees for the period it represented the agency. In addition, Genova Burns agreed to reduce the $1.1 million i..>> view originalMega Millions lottery jackpot 6/14/16: Winning numbers, live results ...
The winning MegaMillions numbers are: 36, 37, 38, 52, 62. The megaball is 6. The jackpot is $293 million with a cash option of $198 million. That's just $13 million higher than it was for Saturday's drawing. Tonight's Mega Millions drawing is worth $293 million.Star-Ledger file photo Tuesday's drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and air on WABC-7 in the New York City area and WPVI-6 in the Philadelphia market. Check NJ.com immediately after the drawing for the winning numbers. No one hit the ..>> view originalNewark scoutmaster is 95 and leaves a trail of memories
Julio Balde is in the museum of his life, a small office in a Newark church basement filled with memorabilia illustrating the leader he's been for 74 years. On a file cabinet, he points to the original charter of Boy Scout Troop 102. The date reads May 31, 1942, and, since that day, the scoutmaster has been Balde. That's not a misprint. It means Balde is 95 and that he's been involved in scouting since he was in middle school. He became a Boy Scout in 1935, and loved it so much that he s..>> view originalRead emotional letter prison sex assault victim wrote after ...
NEWARK — It has been more than five years since a then-23-year-old North Jersey woman stepped forward and told officials at the Essex County Correctional Facility that she had been sexually assaulted by a prison guard. Investigations by county officials and the FBI, her misgivings about opening up a new legal front while awaiting adjudication of her own drug-related crimes and legal maneuvering delayed the trial of the guard, Shawn Shaw of Newark, until January. The woman, whose identity i..>> view originalJune 13 Superintendent's Update
CRANFORD, NJ - Superintendent's update for June 13 STUDENTS: Daniel Allen, Rebekah De Melo, Coor Fitch, Cameron Hay, and Grace Mc Lear were inducted into the Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society on June 7, 2016. The following students were inducted into the World Language National Honors Society on May 19, 2016:Sign Up for E-News 2015-2016 Société Honoraire de Français Inductees: Alison Balkan, Hunter Brogan, Ailina Caminos, Ryan Faraone, Anna Kalafatis, Peter Leonardis, Gabrielle..>> view originalCrate contained 375 lbs. of pot, State Police say
CLIFTON — State Police and agents from a Drug Enforcement Administration task force Monday arrested a Philadelphia man after he was allegedly found in possession of hundreds of pounds of marijuana. Agents from the Newark office of the DEA as well as troopers from the Trafficking North Unit were carrying out criminal and homeland security checks at an Elizabeth shipping facility around 10 a.m. when they spotted a wooden crate that appeared suspicious, police said. Michael Herbert (New Jersey St..>> view original
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