A Bridgeton man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after he was tried for a second time for sexually assaulting a girl over a three-year time period, officials said. A Cumberland County jury found Pascual Juan-Matias, 54, guilty of sexual assault and …
N.J. man accused of sexually assaulting 9-year-old arrested in Utah, police say
A Somerset County man accused of sexually assaulting a child in New Jersey was arrested at a Salt Lake City, Utah airport shortly after he landed there, authorities said. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office was notified on Oct. 19 by the North Plai…
Court ruling on cannabis applicant fighting Jersey City rejection could come in early December
A Jersey City cannabis dispensary applicant who was approved by the planning board but rejected by the city’s cannabis control board is expected to learn the fate of its lawsuit early next month. Hudson County Superior Court Judge Joseph Turula told ci…
Reward for return of rescue farm’s missing rooster grows to $2K
Squiggy, a wildly popular rooster who’s lived at a rescue farm outside Mays Landing for two years, has been missing a week now and the reward for his return sits at $2,000. Laurie Zaleski, founder and president of Funny Farm Rescue and Sanctuary in Ham…
Woman pleads not guilty to charges she lent car to 16-year-old involved in fatal N.J. crash
A woman who allegedly lent a car to a 16-year-old unlicensed driver who crashed the vehicle, killing his teen passenger, has entered a not-guilty plea to child endangerment charges. Tisha M. Gargon, 51, of Pittsgrove Township was indicted in October on…
Car with infant inside stolen from N.J. daycare, police say
A car with an infant inside was stolen from a daycare parking lot in Orange Monday evening, authorities said. The car was taken from the daycare in the area of Scotland Road and Joyce Street shortly after 5:30 p.m., officials said. The vehicle and 8-mo…
I’d like to ignore the Bridgegate blogger. But he’s so full of it. | Moran
I usually ignore the Bridgegate Blogger, aka David Wildstein, but he sometimes is like a pebble in the shoe, hard to ignore, as in Monday’s screed about Star-Ledger editorial endorsements having no impact. He bases that on Tom Kean Jr.’s win in last we…
Dear Annie: Find the road to recovery that works for you
DEAR ANNIE: I was surprised at your response to the letter writer regarding the Rational Recovery book, offered as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous. I am not an alcoholic myself, but I have adjacent relationships, including a dear departed uncle …
N.J. jail failed to seek medical treatment for man who died in cell, lawsuit says
The mother of a 34-year-old New Jersey man found dead in his cell at the Morris County Correctional Facility has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the jail, claiming workers ignored the man’s serious medical conditions and should have taken him to…
Murphy’s tax reduction claims defy reality | Letters
Gov. Phil Murphy’s recent op-ed, “I pledged to do something about New Jersey’s notorious taxes and I have,” presents a set of “alternative facts” that do not stand up to checking, and directly contradict the experience of New Jersey families who are de…