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Help the elderly steer clear of the 'grandparent scam'

Friday, 03 February 2012 17:36 Jerry DeMarco

SCAM ALERT: No matter how many warnings are published or broadcast, elderly victims continue to wire money to con artists claiming to be grandchildren in trouble. Look no further than Park Ridge, where a grandmother got conned out of $4,300 by an imposter who convinced her he needed her to wire bail money to Bolivia.

Law would hike penalties for shooting police with defaced gun

Monday, 30 January 2012 21:22 Jerry DeMarco

Prosecutors could add a first-degree criminal charge against anyone who seriously injures a police officer with a defaced or stolen firearm if state lawmakers in Trenton adopt “Marc Anthony’s Law,” named for the 10-year Jersey City Police Department veteran who was shot in the face, and later died, after bursting into an apartment.

Police said man found hiding in Newark Airport restaurant had crack, pipe

Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:50 Jerry DeMarco

CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A Port Authority police officer chased down a wanted man who he said was carrying a crack pipe that still had some of the drug in it when he was discovered hiding in a terminal restaurant at Newark Airport early this morning.

Bronx men admit $300,000 bogus tax return scheme

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 14:03 Jerry DeMarco

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three Bronx men today admitted their roles in trying to scam the IRS out of more than $300,000 in income tax returns that the U.S. Treasury sent to various New Jersey addresses.

NJ launches program to fight prescription drug abuse

Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:44 Jerry DeMarco

Now that Mother's Little Helper has become Missy's Widespread Habit, New Jersey authorities have launched an initiative that aims to lock up more drug abusers -- only not the kind who snort black tar or hit the crack pipe.

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