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Rick Rickman
Vicious pit bull ripped skin off NJ toddler’s cheek in attack, lawsuit says
A New Jersey couple has filed a lawsuit accusing the owners of improperly handling a pit bull that attacked their toddler at a Kinnelon town sale in 2022.
NJ Sen. Menendez explains cash hoard for first time, says he’ll be ‘exonerated’
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said he would be exonerated on felony bribery charges after gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were found in his home.
Shocking NJ house explosion traps one, hospitalizes 5
A sudden and forceful explosion leveled a home in North Jersey on Friday night and sent five people to hospitals in helicopters.
Body washes up at Manasquan Inlet amid search for missing NJ boater
A body has washed up near the Manasquan Inlet on Saturday as New Jersey State Police search for Brick Township resident Derek Narby.
Wildwood, NJ mayor resigns suddenly amid criminal indictment
Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron has resigned Thursday as he faces state health benefits fraud charges.
NJ Lyft driver who sexually assaulted minor passenger convicted
A driver for the ride-share app Lyft has been convicted of sexually assaulting a minor who was a passenger he had picked up in Passaic County.
South Jersey romance scam artist swindled $1.4M from victims
Christopher Akeme, 39, of Sicklerville was sentenced to six years in prison for deceiving three people into giving him nearly $1.4 million from three victims.
2 children hospitalized, 2 dogs killed in Paterson, NJ home fire
Four people including a baby and a child have been hospitalized in a Paterson house fire on Madison Avenue on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.
Brick, NJ man facing new disturbing child sex abuse charges
Christopher Budelman appeared in court virtually on Sept. 18, 2023 on new federal charges in connection to child porn and sex abuse, prosecutors said.
Tensions boil over at RWJ strike as nurses and security clash
Three people have filed police reports after striking RWJ nurses and a hospital security guard got physical on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.
NJ is training Black men to become teachers for $500K a year
The state of New Jersey has budgeted $500,000 each year since FY 2022 to fund its MOCHA pilot program to train men of color to become teachers.
New Jersey’s first wine school, brewery hit by early morning fire
A fire that broke out around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2023 has temporarily closed Toms River Brewing and the Bacchus School of Wine in Ocean County, NJ.