A new bill package could incentivize buying an electric car in New Jersey. The Assembly has a six bill package in front of it, which would provide a tax credit for those who purchase an electric car. One of the bills would also require charging stations be put at shopping centers and highway gas stations.…
A new report says that a man was assaulted for sexually assaulting eight girls. The AP reports Cirilo Cholula Maranchel, of Lakewood, was a juvenile when all the assaults took place. He will serve 25 years in prison, according to the sentence. The report says all the victims ranged in age from four to nine…
The ARC tunnel project may be dead, but the footprint is still alive. The Star-Ledger reports that Amtrak wants to build a tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York, using much of the same footprint that was going to be used for the ARC Tunnel project. The only difference is Amtrak officials want this tunnel…
One high ranking lawmaker is coming to the teacher’s union defense. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez was giving a speech to the New Jersey Education Association and said he wants to ensure that teachers don’t get fired. Menendez said he is worried that Gov. Chris Christie wants to move teachers out of the classroom and onto…
A Camden County man who entered a guilty plea on Sept. 27, 2010, was sentenced to five years in prison for second-degree attempted sexual assault and second-degree attempted child luring for making Internet contact with an undercover Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office detective posing as a 14-year-old girl, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel stated. Vipulkumar Patel,…
Authorities arrested a Morris County man after he arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl for a sexual encounter and was met by Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office detectives and a detective from Hamilton Township instead, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced. Stephen V. Bubnik, 56, of Florham Park, was arrested in Mays Landing by members of the Prosecutor’s Office Computer…
A mother and daughter from Ocean City have both been arrested on charges that they were trying to pass counterfeit money at a drugstore in Hammonton. The Press of Atlantic City reports that 52 year old Rhonda Fardone and her daughter, 34 year old Michelle Bacon, were charged after attempting to purchase gift cards at…
Three men have been charged with robbery and other offenses following an incident in Wildwood Crest last month. Police have charged three local men for allegedly robbing someone on Monterey Avenue back on January 23rd. Police have arrested 19 year old Drew Ankney of Wildwood Crest, 22 year old Amos Goutremont of North Wildwood, and…
A New Jersey man who was living at a local church in Wildwood Crest has now been charged with stealing from the church that provided him room and board. 38 year old Jemel Goolsby was charged with theft and forgery after authorities learned that he allegedly stole and cashed checks from the Crest Community Church.…
Police say illegal drugs and narcotics were found inside a vehicle that slammed into an empty New Jersey elementary school, killing all three people inside. Police in Pine Beach say heroin and prescription pills were found inside the car that crashed into the school Thursday morning, killing the driver and three occupants. Three central New…