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A New Jersey town is experiencing a real-life Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs moment, and social media is eating it up. A community leader and advocate named Nina Jochnowitz took to Facebook to share images of what she believed to be hundreds of pounds of spaghetti and elbow pasta methodically ditched near a park in Old Bridge Township. […]
A 61-year-old New Jersey woman was seriously injured after accidentally running herself over in her car, only to then receive a summons from local police. As alleged in a press release from the Hackettstown Police Department in New Jersey, and as swiftly cited in the usual publications traditionally quick to cover such incidents, officers first […]
A home once occupied by Martin Luther King Jr. was severely damaged in a massive blaze. According to the Courier-Post, the fire broke out early Saturday morning at 753 Walnut St. in Camden, New Jersey. The civil rights icon reportedly lived at the residence in 1950, while he was studying theology. Camden Fire Department Chief Michael Harper said […]
Four New Jersey high school students have been charged in the vicious beatdown of a 14-year-old classmate who later committed suicide. The news arrives several days after Adriana Kuch, 14, was found dead in her Bayville home on Feb. 3, less than 48 hours after video of Kuch getting brutally attacked in the hallway of Central Regional […]
A New Jersey man admitted he paid a hitman $20,000 in bitcoin to kill a 14-year-old boy in an effort to prevent him from testifying in his child sex abuse case, NBC News reports. 31-year-old John Michael Musbach pleaded guilty in Camden federal court last week to an indictment that charged him with hiring a killer online. He […]
Yale University has honored the work of Bobbi Wilson, a 9-year-old Black girl who was wrongly reported to the police while catching insects in her neighborhood. According to NBC News, the New Jersey fourth-grader became fascinated with spotted lantern flies after learning about the invasive species in school. Though the insects don’t directly harm humans […]
New Jersey authorities are investigating the death of Eunice K. Dwumfour, a mother and first-term councilwoman who was gunned down Wednesday night. According to the New York Times, the shooting took place around 7:30 p.m.outside the Camelot at La Mer apartment complex in Sayreville. Local police arrived at the scene after receiving reports of gunfire, and found the […]
Two police officers were shot on Tuesday afternoon while serving a warrant in Newark, New Jersey. The New York Times reports the shooting took place around 2 p.m. An unknown opened fire from a nearby rooftop, striking one cop in the neck, and the other in the leg. Both police officers were transported to a local hospital, where […]
Rapper Tsu Surf was detained on a RICO charge in New Jersey on Thursday. A source told Fox 5 New York that Tsu Surf was inside a Jersey City residence when the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force showed up to execute the arrest. He and a woman reportedly attempted to leave through a back door, but […]
Gary Busey has been charged with multiple sex offenses. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the 78-year-old actor is accused of groping at least two people during last week’s Monster-Mania Convention, a semi-annual New Jersey event that celebrates horror films and their stars. Social media posts show Busey meeting with fans during the convention held Aug. 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel […]
