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1. N.J. MVC customer service improving, officials claim
(N.J./State)

... Surrender Program (FSSP) where MVC representatives participated by providing general motor vehicle information to more than 2,000 fugitives and guiding some individuals along the process of restoring driving ...

2. Three alleged New Jersey con men charged with defrauding brokers in shipping scam
(N.J./State)

... on Thursday. All of the accused are fugitives. They are being sought on arrest warrants issued in connection with the indictment. “We allege that these defendants had their own companies on both sides ...

3. Long Island police revisit two cases with possible link to Gilgo beach serial killer
(U.S./Nation)

... cross-country murder spree left five people dead and earned him a place on the FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. While Cunanans body count was low, he was infamous because of the type of victims he ...

4. Obama nominates Juan Mattos as chief U.S. marshal for New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... and Robert Menendez, both Democrats. Law enforcement officials say the chief U.S. marshal in New Jersey is a critical federal post: His marshal helps capture fugitives and oversees security at all-important ...

5. Report: AG Paula T. Dow's office recoverd $195 million in 2010
(N.J./State)

... in Central New Jersey. The four-day initiative resulted in approximately 4,000 fugitives surrendering, voluntarily, to authorities on outstanding warrants for predominantly non-violent crimes. • Achieved ...

6. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘True Grit’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... bargaining skills wear him down. Once they hit the trail across the state line into Indian Territory where Cheney — like most of the era's fugitives — has fled, they pick up another Cheney bounty-hunter, ...

7. Yu Jane Chen sentenced to 5 years in prison for mortgage and credit card scheme
(N.J./State)

... theft. Both men once lived in New York, and are now in China. The charges are pending against those men, who are considered fugitives. The investigation revealed that Reid and Yu Jane Chen were involved ...

8. Latest Fugitive Safe Surrender efforts nets over 3,900 wanted New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

... 10,249. The figure includes 2,245 in Camden in 2008 and 4,103 in Newark last year. "More than 10,000 fugitives turned themselves in during the last three years in the northern, southern and central ...

9. N.J. fugitives to get chance to surrender safely
(N.J./State)

Authorities expect 2,500 to turn themselves in An estimated 2,500 fugitives from across New Jersey are expected to turn themselves in during a four-day opportunity that begins Nov. 3 at the First Baptist ...

10. Yu Jane Chen pleads guilty to role in $1.1M mortgage and credit card scheme
(Money/Economy)

... and identity theft. Both men once lived in New York, and now reside in China. The charges are pending against those men, who are considered fugitives. The investigation revealed that Reid and Yu Jane ...

11. N.J. roundup nets 823 fugitives and 339 parole violators
(N.J./State)

... parole and probation violators as well as other fugitives, state Attorney General Paula T. Dow announced Tuesday. Scores of police officers, state troopers, parole officers, U.S. marshals, probation ...

12. 28 arrested in fugitive roundup at Newark hotel
(N.J./State)

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced Tuesday the arrests of 28 adult fugitives wanted for outstanding warrants ranging from traffic violations to burglary. The early morning roundup ...

13. Hunterdon County Sheriff Deborah Trout pressured to step aside due to official misconduct charges
(N.J./State)

... during searches for fugitives or ongoing investigations, the sealed indictments against Trout and her aides consist of gripes against her administration since she took office in 2008. Barnes, a Democrat ...

14. Sex offender registry casting a wide net
(U.S./Nation)

... helps apprehend those who may have taken them, considers state sex offender registries "our best resource" to tracking down fugitives, says Kristen Anderson, director of case analysis. With sex offender ...

15. Firearms/Drug sting nets alleged members of Newark's notorious Grape Street Crips gang
(N.J./State)

... are searching for William Inzar, 21, Laquana Hill, 29, Wade Bruton, 21, and Ahmod Bruton all of Newark and all fugitives of the law. Police say the Brutons are believed to be en-route from a funeral in ...

16. N.J. State Trooper murderer Sundiata Acoli denied parole
(N.J./State)

... the Turnpike shooting, Acoli escaped the scene, but was captured days later. Chesimard is still one of New Jersey's Most Wanted Fugitives after she staged a daring prison escape in 1979 and fled to Cuba ...

17. Lawnside: An important New Jersey stop on the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape
(Life/Style)

... of the Eastern corridor of the UGRR. It received fugitives mainly from the Atlantic coastline states of Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. Its proximity to the slave states of Delaware ...

18. Former Hudson sheriff's officer pleads guilty to official misconduct in bounty hunter case
(N.J./State)

A former Hudson County sheriff's officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to signing false documents so a bounty hunter could collect additional fees for fugitives he didn't catch. He is the second sheriff's officer ...

19. New Jersey man was on ‘Voyage of the Damned’
(Life/Style)

... to admit the 937 Jews on board the German ship St. Louis in 1939, 70 years ago. The Jews were fugitives from Nazi Germany, sailing hopefully to Cuba, then despondently around the world. Some passengers ...

20. More than 4,000 New Jersey fugitives surrender in Newark
(N.J./State)

... schedule. More than 4,000 fugitives from across New Jersey turned themselves in last week during Fugitive Safe Surrender. The striking turnout made the initiative in Newark the second-largest nationwide ...