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1. N.J. Postal Service employee pleads guilty to over $50K embezzlement
(N.J./State)

BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYENWSROOM.COM U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced the guilty plea of a former New Jersey Postal Service employee charged with embezzling more than $50,000 of postal funds. ...

2. Craigslist pimp for underage girls sentenced to prison
(N.J./State)

... last week to 188 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Prosecutors say Javon "Teflon" Gordon acted as the pimp of the prostitution ring from September 2007 until July 2008 and he ...

3. Sawa Sushi owner Peter Wagar of Colts Neck pleads guilty
(Money/Economy)

... a $250,000 fine on the harboring charge.Sentencing for both men is scheduled for November 9. The agencies Fishman credited for the overall successful outcome of the case are the IRS-Criminal Investigation ...

4. Kim Morris of Belleville guilty of $500k mortgage fraud
(Money/Economy)

... R. Chesler to one count each of bank fraud and structuring, said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. Morris, defended by Bloomfield attorney Cassandra Savoy, admitted that in January 2008, she applied for ...

5. Woman caught with liquid cocaine at Newark Airport sentenced
(N.J./State)

... presence of cocaine, said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. According to a press release, Cano Thomas and Puyuelo-Graciao both pleaded guilty in Newark Federal Court to the illegal importation of more ...

6. Error coins stolen by ex-mint employee from New Jersey
(Money/Economy)

... Attorney Paul Fishman. Prosecutors say Gray then smuggled the error coins out of the Mint where he shipped them to a coin distributor in California from a Rio Grande post office or the FedEx location ...

7. Bayonne welfare employee pleads guilty to attempted extortion of clients
(N.J./State)

... caseworker to extort money from clients, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. According to the criminal complaint, Walter Payton, a nine-year employee of the Division of Welfare and Workforce Development, ...

8. Enrique and Rosa Nunez guilty of planning to distribute 17 kilos of cocaine
(N.J./State)

... Administration arrested them. In addition to the cocaine, agents seized the vehicle and an unspecified amount of cash, said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. Judge Sheridan sentenced the couple to 87 months ...

9. Fruit Town and Brick City Brims members plead guilty to murder conspiracy and weapon charges
(N.J./State)

... firearms by a felon, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Thomas "Tommy Guns" Haskins, a member of the Fruit Town and Brick City Brims set of the Bloods entered his guilty plea before U.S. District ...

10. Ramesh Advani of Berkeley Heights sentenced in flight abuse case
(N.J./State)

... realized what Advani was doing and left her seat to inform airline personnel, said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. When the flight landed at Newark's Liberty International Airport, Advani, who was represented ...

11. Rabbi David Wax and wife charged by FBI for kidnapping and beating of Israeli man
(N.J./State)

... While in the taxi, Wax allegedly telephoned the victim's father in Israel ordering him to pay $100,000 to Mrs. Briskman or him and his son would be killed, a release from U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman ...

12. Gov. Chris Christie’s comments on the resumption of New Jersey’s medical marijuana program
(N.J./State)

... Attorney about this, and I’ve gotten no indication either directly or indirectly from US Attorney Fishman about what approach he may take. “It is my belief, having held that job for seven years, that ...

13. N.J. medical marijuana gets green light by Gov. Christie
(Health/Healthquest)

... any indication, I want to make this clear, I have not spoken to the United States attorney about this, and I’ve gotten no indication either directly or indirectly from US Attorney Fishman about what approach ...

14. N.J. prison inmate swindles IRS by filing bogus tax returns
(N.J./State)

... bogus earnings and tax withholdings that generated approximately $215,000 in returns, said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. The 47-year-old pleaded guilty Monday in Camden federal court to one count of aiding ...

15. Rosa Blake of Kearny pleads guilty to impersonating a federal immigration officer for 5 years
(N.J./State)

... thousands of dollars from them in the process, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a 23-count indictment that included 10 counts of impersonating a government official, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Rosa ...

16. Is Gov. Christie stalling N.J. medical marijuana?
(Health/Healthquest)

... arrested under federal laws. And Christie said his office has written letters to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman which have yet to be answered. Possession and distribution of marijuana is a federal crime, ...

17. Linda Mittelsdorf of Toms River pleads guilty to stealing VA checks
(N.J./State)

... checks her mother-in-law received from the Department of Veterans Affairs beginning in September 2002 after the woman died, said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. The defendant admitted that she did not ...

18. Crips gang member Stevie ‘Black’ Buckuse facing life in prison for drug conviction
(N.J./State)

... cocaine conspiracy in 2009, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Stevie “Black” Buckuse, 35, was convicted on all three counts of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and distributing crack cocaine. ...

19. Michael Logan of Michael’s Cucina Italia in Manalapan facing prison for tax fraud
(N.J./State)

... to all nine counts of the indictment, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Michael Logan, who owned Michael's Cucina Italia in Manalapan, admitted before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson that ...

20. Newark Airport TSA supervisor Michael Arato sentenced for stealing from passengers
(N.J./State)

... and kickbacks from a subordinate who pillaged the luggage of travelers during security screenings for more than a year, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Michael Arato, 42, of Ewing, was arrested ...