WEST NEW YORK, N.J. – A West New York man was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud and tax evasion, which involved the embezzlement of $1.2 million from his employer by creating fake temporary employees and pocketing their paychecks, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The supervisor of permits and connection fees for the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority pleaded guilty Thursday to extorting corrupt cash payments from contractors, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced.

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TRENTON, N.J. - Members of the New Jersey State Police Cyber Crimes Unit arrested a Union County man on July 30 on charges of stealing an Internet domain name, the first known arrest for this crime in New Jersey and perhaps in the country.

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NEWARK, N.J. – The mayors of Hoboken, Secaucus, and Ridgefield, the Jersey City deputy mayor and council president, two state assemblymen, numerous other public officials and political figures, and five rabbis from New Jersey and New York were among 44 individuals charged today in a federal investigation of public corruption and a high-volume, international money laundering conspiracy.

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UPDATE: download the federal Complaint against Mayor Peter Cammarano 
NEWARK, N.J. – Approximately 30 arrests have occurred this morning in a two-track federal investigation of public corruption and a high-volume, international money laundering conspiracy. Among those arrested in the public corruption portion of the investigation are the Mayor of Hoboken, Peter Cammarano III, the Mayor of Secaucus, Dennis Elwell, N.J. Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt, the Deputy Mayor of Jersey City, Leona Beldini.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Five police officers have been wounded, and two suspects killed, in an early-morning shooting in Jersey City, Police Chief Thomas J. Comey stated at a news conference this morning.

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HUDSON COUNTY, N.J. — With tens of thousands of spectators from around the region expected to gather along the New Jersey waterfront on the Fourth of July for the Macy's fireworks display, NJ TRANSIT is offering travel tips to customers planning to attend the big show.

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HOBOKEN, N.J. – A Hoboken couple has been sentenced to one year probation and ordered to pay $49,054 in restitution for stealing health care insurance benefits, Attorney General Anne Milgram announced on Wednesday.

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NORTH BERGEN, N.J. - Hal Turner, an intermittent internet radio talk show host and blogger, was arrested on Wednesday by FBI agents at his home in North Bergen, New Jersey, on a federal complaint filed in Chicago alleging that he made internet postings threatening to assault and murder three federal appeals court judges in Chicago in retaliation for their recent ruling upholding handgun bans in Chicago and a suburb.

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JERSEY CITY, NJ - NJ TRANSIT will introduce a new branch of the No. 6 Ocean Avenue bus route starting Monday, June 29, to connect more Jersey City residents with the Journal Square area, County government offices and light rail service options.

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NEWARK, N.J. – A Newton, New Jersey man who moderated a website devoted to child pornography and sex with children was sentenced on Tuesday to 90 years in federal prison for his convictions on six counts of advertising child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced.

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NEWARK, N.J. – A former employee of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced.

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BAYONNE, N.J. - The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services announced on Tuesday a fifth death of a New Jersey resident with novel H1N1 influenza.

The individual was a 79-year old Hudson County woman, who died on Friday, June 19 in Bayonne Medical Center.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. - New Jersey State Attorney General Anne Milgram announced that a Jersey City man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges related to his theft of approximately $1 million from victims he fraudulently convinced to invest in a garment and textile business that was not in operation.

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TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services announced on Friday a fourth death of a New Jersey resident with novel H1N1 influenza.

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HOBOKEN, N.J. - Hoboken officially has a new police chief, as the city's new chief was sworn in at Hoboken City Hall on Thursday afternoon.

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