Luisa Valdez, 59, was killed in the Sept. 26 crash.

JERSEY CITY - The state made no plea offer today at a hearing for the man charged with money laundering and leaving the scene of a fatal North Bergen crash. 

When Olvy Torres appeared at his early disposition conference with his two attorneys this morning, Hudson County Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale asked Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Aaron Silverstein if the state had an offer.

The prosecutor's response? There was no plea offer. 

Early disposition hearings allow for a quick resolution of cases. At the hearings, the state typically puts a plea offer on the table, which is the best offer a defendant will get. With no offer, DePascale forwarded the matter to the grand jury where the state will seek indictment.

Authorities say Torres was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe at about 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 26 when the SUV jumped the curb on River Road and hit Luisa Valdez, 59, who was at a bus stop. She died at the scene.

The driver fled on foot and police sought the public's help locating Torres, who turned himself in Oct. 9. Before he surrendered, a search warrant was executed at a Palisades Park residence associated with him, officials said.

That's where investigators found $1 million in cash, bags of diamonds diamonds, jewelry, marijuana, designer bags, and watches worth up to $30,000. Authorities also found dozens of pairs of expensive sneakers, bullets, electronics and expensive clothing and liquor. An earning statement says Torres makes $42,000 per year, officials said.

The prosecutor said multiple IDs were found including a Florida driver's license with Torres' picture and another man's name. A medical marijuana ID card was found with Torres' information and the address of a gas station/car wash in California.

A TD Bank card, Social Security card, and a title for a motorcycle, all in other people's names, were also found in the home. Investigators additionally found plane tickets for travel all over the world including Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and the Seychelles, officials said.

On Nov. 4, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office arrested Melissa Coda, 37, of Teaneck, charging her with money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering with Torres and Yesenia Suriel, officials said.

Coda was arrested after a search of a safety deposit box she maintained led to the recovery of more than $250,000 and two kilos of gold worth more than $40,000. A 2013 Mercedes Benz ML350 was also seized, officials said.   

Suriel, 30, of Brooklyn, faces the same charges as Coda and she surrendered to authorities on Nov. 8 after a search of a safety deposit box she maintained resulted in the seizure of $75,000 and two diamond rings, officials said. 

Torres has been ordered detained through the course of his prosecution..

"This defendant has unlimited resources to disappear if he wanted to," Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Lynne Seborowski told DePascale at Torres' Oct. 16 detention hearing. 

"Quite frankly, there is no residence attributed to him," Seborowski said. "He is literally like a ghost."

Today's hearing was in the Hudson Administration Building in Jersey City. 

The doctor allegedly kept asking an X-ray technician what to do while performing an epidural injection on a patient

The medical license of a doctor who authorities say poses a danger to colleagues, patients and co-workers has been suspended, state authorities said. 

Dr. Sharon C. Worosilo, who owns practices in both East Brunswick and the Somerset section of Franklin Township, had to forfeit her medical license after a hearing before the board of medical examiners on Nov. 8, the Attorney General's Office said in a statement. 

In one instance, Worosilo allegedly attempted for more than 40 minutes to perform an epidural injection on a patient while repeatedly asking an X-ray technician what she should do next.

If you've been to this doctor, contact authorities

The Professional Assistance Program of New Jersey (PAP) had received several calls explaining that the doctor was behaving erratically toward patients and was "possibly delusional."

Worosilo engaged in a pattern of "aberrant and bizarre" behaviors beginning in June which may be related to "substance abuse, psychiatric illness or an undiagnosed medical problem," according to the complaint. 

Worosilo can only seek to have her license re-instated after being evaluated for possible impairments.

The Division of Consumer Affairs conducted the investigation. 

Worosilo, 56, lives in Weehawken, according to public records. 

A message left for Worosilo's attorney was not immediately returned Tuesday.

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A 20-year-old man remains in critical conditional after he was shot on Martin Luther King Drive on Sunday morning, officials said.

JERSEY CITY -- A 20-year-old man remains in critical condition after he was shot Sunday morning on Martin Luther King Drive, officials said. 

The shooting was one of four over the weekend in Jersey City, which left three people injured and led to one arrest and three guns being recovered, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said. 

The 20-year-old was shot around 2 a.m. on Martin Luther King Drive near Warner Avenue. He remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition, Morrill said. 

Sources say the victim was shot multiple times in the upper body. 

The weekend's first shooting was reported just after 11 p.m. Friday at the Booker T. Washington housing complex. No one was injured, but police found two handguns -- one of which was loaded -- inside a vacant third-floor apartment, Morrill said. 

On Saturday afternoon, shots were fired on Martin Luther King Drive near Oak Street outside the Salem Lafayette housing complex, Morrill said. Photos from the scene show at least seven evidence markers lining the street. 

Police arrested 26-year-old Kenneth Miller, of Belmont Avenue, after the shooting when he was found carrying a loaded handgun. Miller matched the description of the suspected shootier, Morrill said, though he was only charged with multiple weapons offenses. 

Then just before 8 p.m. Saturday, two teens ages 15 and 17 were shot near Woodward Street and Walter Mays Drive. Both victims' injuries were not considered life-threatening, Morrill said, adding that both were "uncooperative" with police.  

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Teresa Verbout, 52, of Sparta, pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter

NEWTON -- A Sparta resident has admitted she was intoxicated when she crashed into another vehicle while driving the wrong way on Route 15 nearly two years ago, killing a 22-year-old driver.

Teresa Verbout, 52, pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, the Sussex County prosecutor's office said.

Teresa Verbout in court in 2015, nine days after the fatal crashEd Murray / NJ Advance Media for NJ.com 

Verbout faces 12 years in state prison under the plea agreement at her sentencing Jan. 26, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Greg Mueller said.

She will be credited with time spent in the Sussex County jail, where she has been held since soon after the Dec. 8, 2015 crash.

Contacted Tuesday, her attorney, Daniel Colfax, said, "This is certainly a tragic story of loss, one which I know Ms. Verbout relives and regrets every day since this happened."

"We're certainly glad this matter could resolve at this point and hope that the family and those impacted by this event may find some peace as they move forward," Colfax said.

Verbout was driving in the wrong direction on Route 15 -- heading north on the southbound side -- just after 11 p.m. in a Jeep Cherokee when she crashed head-on into a Toyota Corolla driven by Robert J. "Jamie" Hunter III, of Mount Olive.

Just before the crash, Verbout narrowly missed a police vehicle and was traveling more than 75 mph, authorities said previously.

Hunter was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been on his way to work as a night security guard for Planned Securities in Florham Park, according to his obituary.

Verbout sustained serious leg injuries and appeared in a wheelchair at her first court hearing, nine days after the crash.

Asked about the guilty plea, Richard Pompelio, attorney for the victim's family, said, "We're pleased with the outcome."

"Frankly, I'm glad she didn't put this family through a trial. The evidence was so overwhelming," Pompelio said.

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The teens left a guard bloodied and stole a car, according to officials. Watch video

"Oh God, please! Please help!" a female security guard begged on a 911 call as four teenagers broke out of the Harborfields Youth Detention Facility after midnight Nov. 15.

Recordings released Monday of two 911 calls from staff at that Egg Harbor City facility reveal the violent and chaotic scene that unfolded as the teens assaulted a male guard and made their escape in an employee's stolen car.

"My coworker, it's only us, he's bleeding and there's two inmates that are trying to break loose. We need help," the woman said frantically on the minute-long call. Another staff member from the residential wing of the facility also called 911.

What followed the quick escape, according to county officials, was a brief police chase in the stolen vehicle and then on foot. Three were located and arrested about 10 hours later in Bridgeton, 35 miles away.

Harborfields Youth Detention Facility in Egg Harbor City. (Google Maps)
 

The last escapee, Michael Huggins, 18, who stands accused of murder, was found with a loaded gun in an Atlantic City apartment about 34 hours after his escape, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.

Needless to say, the mass breakout has shaken the small city where the state-run detention facility has been for decades. County Executive Dennis Levinson said the state has done nothing to reassure residents that they are taking steps to learn from the mistake and prevent similar escapes.

Levinson said the escape was "kind of elementary" and "extremely preventable" if the staff had followed the facility rules.

One of the boys asked for drink of water, and when the staffer opened his cell to oblige, he attacked the worker, Levinson said. 

"Protocol was broken," he said. "You don't go into a cell without backup and a cell is not to be opened after 11 p.m., and it was."

The extent of the man's injuries were never made public but officials said he was treated and released from a hospital.

The facility, which accepts defendants from Atlantic, Cumberland, Cape May and Salem counties, is owned by the county but run under contract by the state's Juvenile Justice Commission.

Levinson said he spoke with someone from the commission about the breakout, but the official did not say that any changes would be made as a result of the incident.

"I understand that mistakes happen but there has been no assurances given to the community of what they are doing to prevent this from reoccurring," he said.

Meanwhile, his phone is still ringing with calls from concerned Egg Harbor City residents and officials who want the facility either better secured or shut down.

After hearing the 911 call, Levinson said, the caller's panic is similar to what the community is still feeling.

"Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by helicopters flying and flood lights everywhere," he said, plus police searching yards and sheds in case the teens were hiding. "The public deserves better."

State officials told him that the staffers on duty in the locked part of Harborfields do get some training at the Department of Corrections Training Facility in Sea Girt, but are not full corrections officers. They are instead called youth counselors or advisors.

Like corrections officers inside locked facilities in New Jersey, they are not armed because of the risk an inmate might steal a weapon, Sheriff Michael Petuskey said.

Levinson also objects to the state system that says it's OK for a murder defendant who has turned 18 to still be held in a youth detention facility.

Huggins was 17 when, according to Cumberland County officials, he shot Davonte Lee, 21, in Bridgeton. He was indicted after turning 18 but his attorney, James Gerrow Jr., said state regulations dictate that a juvenile should remain in a youth lock-up if their alleged crimes occurred when they were under 18.

Since the new charges he faces due to the escape came when he was 18, he is now being held in a jail, authorities said.

Levinson said the state has not told him whether the other three escaped teens were returned to Harborfields or sent elsewhere.

After the four were captured earlier this month, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said they were still investigating how the teens were able to travel around South Jersey after their escape. The office has not released any information on the investigation since that time.

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The iconic Koenig Sphere, pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will be formally dedicated in its new home tomorrow.

Port Authority of NY and NJ photo 

The iconic Koenig Sphere, pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will be formally dedicated in its new home tomorrow.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will host a ceremony at 10 a.m. in the World Trade Center's Liberty Park, which has become the permanent home for the sculpture. 

The Sphere, a metallic artwork by German Sculptor Fritz Koenig, was on display in Battery Park since 2002. Before the 9/11 attacks it stood in the center of the Austin J. Tobin Plaza amid a ring of fountains as a symbol of peace through world trade.

It was returned to the WTC site in mid-August and has been visible to the public at its permanent home since September.

Among the speakers will be Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton and Michael Burke, whose brother Capt. William F. Burke Jr of Engine Co. 21, died on 9/11. Burke has been a longtime advocate for having the sphere returned to the World Trade Center site. 

Also speaking will be Christiane Fischer, the president and CEO of AXA Art Americas Corp., the insurance company that owns the sphere, and Alice Greenwald, the president and CEO of the National 9/11 Memorial Foundation.

The victim was on his way home at the time of the crash.

Shawn C. Huntsinger, 46, of Clayton. (Salem County Correctional Facility)
 

A grand jury has indicted a Clayton man on charges that he was driving drunk when he collided head-on with a medical transport vehicle, killing the patient.

Shawn C. Huntsinger, 46, told police he had been drinking prior to the Jan. 3 crash on Fries Mill Road in Franklin Township.

The passenger in the Stat Medical Transport vehicle, Joseph Sauro, 67, of Millville, was killed. The driver of that vehicle and a passenger in Huntsinger's car were injured.

Sauro was on his way home at the time of the crash. 

Officers said they found open alcohol containers in Huntsinger's car and on the ground around the vehicle. They also smelled alcohol on his breath.

A motorist traveling behind Huntsinger's Mercury Grand Marquis told police the defendant was driving recklessly just before he strayed into the oncoming lane and hit the transport.

Huntsinger was indicted last week on vehicular homicide and assault by auto charges.

He remains jailed at Salem County Correctional Facility following his September arrest for violating the terms of his pre-trial release in the fatal crash.

Prosecutors said in September that Huntsinger had recently visited several liquor stores and failed to show proof that he was looking for a job.

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The man's wife told reporters that her husband has attempted suicide during his almost 16 months in prison

The wife of a Princeton University doctoral student who has been imprisoned in Iran since last year, pleaded with President Trump to open a dialogue with the country's leaders and aide in the student's release. 

In an interview with NBC News Tuesday, Qu Hua told reporters that her husband has attempted suicide during his almost 16 months in prison. She added that the situation of his release is now totally reliant on the United States government. 

"Only the U.S. government can sort this out, only the U.S. government can help us," she said. "I hope President Trump can open up a dialogue with Iranian authorities to discuss a resolution of my husband's case."

Xiyue Wang in an undated photo (Family photo via Princeton University) 

XiYue Wang, a U.S. citizen and doctoral student in Princeton's history department, was visiting Iran in 2016 to attend a Farsi language program and perform research for his dissertation.  

In August 2016, Wang was accused of archiving thousands of Iranian documents and having connections to American intelligence agencies. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and attempts to appeal the decision were denied in August.

Recently, the NBC report said, the Iranian government aired footage of Wang, and details of the case on state television, accusing him stealing of 4,500 government documents.

"I was shocked and I was extremely upset that my husband is misrepresented on Iran's state television," Hua told NBC News. "He went to Iran with all the required approvals. He openly and honestly disclosed his interests in looking at the historical documents."

Hua said she believes her husband has been caught up in the political tension between the U.S. and Iran. Wang is one of seven U.S. residents currently being detained, the story said. 

Very little contact between the United States and Iran has transpired in the last decade -- President Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran spoke on the phone in 2013, but Trump has not made contact during his tenure. 

NBC News reported that the footage of Wang was released shortly after Trump announced he would not certify the Obama-era nuclear arms deal with Iran, and might pull the U.S. out of it. 

"I don't know how long this will last, but every month I have hope that he can come home at any time, that they would automatically release him quietly," Hua said. "But my hope of his return has been shattered time and time again throughout the past year because all of this."

Princeton has compiled a list of questions and answers about Wang's case, which can be viewed here.

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Seven families were displaced by the three-alarm fire on Kennedy Blvd. in Union City this morning, authorities said.

Seven families were displaced by the three-alarm fire on Kennedy Boulevard in Union City this morning, authorities said.

A total of 16 people are being housed temporarily at the Union City welcome center, a re-purposed former firehouse at 47th Street and Palisade Avenue, Union City Police Chief Richard Molinari said.

North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Chief Frank Montagne said 910 Kennedy Blvd., a four-story brick structure, suffered significant damage to the first and second floors and is uninhabitable in its current state.

Molinari said eight of the 15 units were being renovated and were vacant. He noted that the welcome center was created specifically for these types of emergencies. When families are displaced by fires, usually they are placed in hotels out of the city, making it difficult for kids to attend school and parents to get to work.

"So the city renovated this old firehouse and made a welcome center to keep people in the city," Molinari said.

Montagne said the fire, which was reported at 9:39 a.m. and placed under control at roughly 10:30 a.m, started on the first floor and made its way to the second floor inside the walls. He said the cause of the fire is under investigation.

A resident was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and a police officer entering the building to evacuate residents suffered a dog bite, the police chief said.

The fire quickly went to a second and third alarm because 910 Kennedy Blvd., between Ninth and 10th streets, is attached to other buildings on each side. The attached buildings did not suffer any significant damage, Montagne said.

The runoff election is set for Dec. 5.

Jersey City council hopefuls James Solomon and Rebecca Symes are with us today at our headquarters in Secaucus to talk about the issues at stake in their Ward E runoff election on Dec. 5.

Jersey Journal reporter Terrence McDonald is moderating the discussion, which is being live-streamed on our Facebook page. 

Symes, 36, came in first place out of five Ward E candidates on Election Day, but landed in a runoff because she failed to win more than 50 percent of the vote. Solomon, 33, who teaches about politics and government at two local colleges, came in second place on Election Day. 

The next Amazon, or Apple, or Google might be in someone else's garage in Somerville or Bayonne today -- and that's where our attention needs to turn.

By Andrew Zwicker and Nicholas Chiaravalloti

When charting New Jersey's path to a prosperous economy, it's important to keep in mind the importance of manufacturing. That doesn't mean the smokestacks of the past. It means the knowledge-intensive industries that offer safe, clean, good-paying jobs around which the state and its families can build a future.

Even as New Jersey's post-recession growth lags the nation, we have a firm manufacturing foundation. Pharmaceutical and chemical products, computers and electronics, aerospace and defense -- these all are among New Jersey's manufacturing output. New Jerseyans are busy fabricating high-tech medical devices, state-of-the-art ambulances and rescue vehicles, even the holograms you see on drivers' licenses and other forms of ID.

In the two districts we represent - one urban and one suburban -- more than 500 manufacturing businesses employ nearly 18,000 people. Statewide, nearly a quarter of million people are engaged in manufacturing.

And we could be doing much better.

It's time for New Jersey to start playing to its strengths so we can have an economy that offers everyone the chance to thrive.

For too long, state policy has focused on the wrong things. Instead of taking advantage of a location the rest of the nation envies, we've been squandering that asset by letting our transportation system deteriorate.

Instead of doing everything possible to nurture small businesses, we've been trying to lure large, multi-state firms by promising big tax breaks that take away the resources needed for job training and other public investments that make a state attractive to people who want to start a business.

A recent report by McKinsey & Company, "Reseeding growth in the Garden State,"  offered a sobering, yet encouraging look at New Jersey's economy today. It was sobering because it pointed out numerous mistakes the state has made in recent years, and encouraging because there are strategies we can follow to get back on track.

As the report points out, even though New Jersey's labor force has higher education levels than most there is a disturbing labor-market mismatch. We're not training enough workers for today's jobs in health care and transportation, among others. Other states have done more to deal with this problem, whether through wide-ranging apprenticeship programs or coordinating schools and local employers to make sure the skills being developed are those needed for today's and tomorrow's jobs, not yesterday's.

As a recent report by The Fund for New Jersey, "Promoting Jobs and Economic Growth for All New Jerseyans," found, many unemployed workers "...lack the skills and resources to navigate a web of occupational requirements and training programs." One solution is to expand support for community college-based training for the unemployed when the curriculum leads to attainment of a credential that is endorsed by groups of private employers and is portable from one company to another to promote career mobility.

In addition to reviving the transportation system to help get people to work and goods to market and fixing the skills mismatch, New Jersey should pay much more attention to young companies in our own backyard. More than 85 percent of new jobs created in the state come from startups and other businesses already in the state. They need better access to capital, business incubators that teach key skills like financial management, and public-private partnerships that assist in navigating regulations.

Taking all these important steps, even if they only got New Jersey back to the national average, would create 250,000 new high-quality, high-paying jobs.

Sure, it would be great if Amazon decides to accept New Jersey's generous offer to locate here. But the next Amazon, or Apple, or Google might be in someone else's garage in Somerville or Bayonne today -- and that's where our attention needs to turn.

Andrew Zwicker, a Democrat, represents the 16th District (parts of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties); Nicholas Chiaravalloti, a Democrat, represents the 31st District (parts of Hudson County). They both serve on the bipartisan New Jersey Legislative Manufacturing Caucus.

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Police say the driver killed in the crash failed to stop at a stop sign.

A 62-year-old township woman died Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle crash on Bartley Road in Mount Olive, police said.

Pictured, the intersection of Bartley Road and River Road in Mount Olive.Google Maps 

Yvonne Riporti-Lombardo, of the Budd Lake section of the township, was driving a 2006 Honda Civic at 6:24 a.m. when she failed to stop at a stop sign on River Road at the intersection with Bartley Road, Mount Olive police said in a news release.

Riporti-Lombaro's car was broadsided by an SUV driven by a 36-year-old woman, causing it to spin, police said. 

Riporti-Lombardo was taken to Hackettstown Medical Center where she died from her injuries, police said.

The driver of the SUV and a passenger in Riporti-Lombardo car were also taken to the hospital but their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, police said. 

The roadway was closed for about three hours for the accident investigation.

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An undisclosed amount of money was taken Sunday night from the Raceway Gas Station in Montville

MONTVILLE -- A man who held up a Route 46 gas station at gunpoint Sunday night is being sought by police.

No one was hurt in the Raceway Gas Station robbery, which was reported at 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

The suspect inside the gas stationPhoto courtesy of Morris County prosecutor's office 

The Morris County Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday released images from the gas station's security camera of the robber, described as a heavyset, middle-aged man with grey hair.

The clerk told authorities that the man walked into the store, pointed a handgun at him and demanded money.

The clerk gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and fled in a vehicle in the area of Chapin Road. 

The robber was wearing glasses and a grey hat and fled in what was described as a silver, foreign-type car.  

Anyone with information is asked to call the Montville Township Police Department at 973-257-4300, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office - Major Crimes Unit at 973-285-6200, or Crimestoppers at 973-267-2255. 

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The bridge will remain closed until the issue is resolved, a spokesman said.

UPDATE: The Bayonne Bridge reopened in both directions shortly before 3 p.m., Port Authority said. 

The Bayonne Bridge has been temporarily shut down due to an injured construction worker, according to the Port Authority.

The 49-year-old man sustained a severe injury to his leg this afternoon on the lower level of the Bridge that is being demolished, according to Joseph Pentangelo, spokesman for the Port Authority Police Department.

The bridge was shutdown in both directions around 1:15 p.m. 

The worker is currently being transferred to Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island, Pentangelo said.

The bridge will remain closed until the issue is resolved, Pentangelo added

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The death is currently under investigation and is pending the findings of the regional medical examiner's office, a spokesperson said.

BAYONNE -- Authorities are probing the death of a city woman who was found over the weekend, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.

At 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, the HCPO homicide unit responded to a report of a death at a Washington Parkway residence off Avenue A, near West 14th Street,  HCPO spokesman Ray Worrall said. 

The death of the 30-year-old woman is currently under investigation. An autopsy conducted by the state Regional Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause and manner of the woman's death, Worrall said. 

Bayonne police referred all inquiries to the HCPO. No additional details were immediately available. 

This report will be updated as more information is released.

No arrests after man killed in the township.

A 48-year-old man was found beaten to death in Irvington, authorities confirmed Tuesday.

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office identified the slain man as Alexander Yarborough, of the township. He was found near Grove Street and Nye Avenue. 

Yarborough was pronounced dead around 9:45 a.m. Sunday, according to prosecutor's office spokeswoman Katherine Carter. Detectives not yet made any arrests in the killing.

Officials did not immediately release more information.

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A cyberstalker has been charged for the third time in three years with posting naked pictures of a woman he knows without her consent, authorities said.

A cyberstalker has been charged for the third time in three years with posting naked pictures of a woman he knows without her consent, authorities said.

Daniel G. Pfeiffer, 28, of Old Tappan, was arrested Monday in Hackensack after an investigation that began when the photos were posted in October, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.

The criminal complaint states Pfeiffer posted the photos "with the intent to emotionally harm the victim."

Daniel G. Pfeiffer 

"Some of the postings included personal identifying information of the victim on the internet," Grewal said in a statement. 

By posting the materials, Pfeiffer violated a "final stalking restraining order" issued in September, according to the complaint.

Pfeiffer is charged with stalking, invasion of privacy, cyber-harassment and contempt of a stalking restraining order, Grewal said.

In 2015, Pfeiffer was arrested after investigators said he created social media accounts in a woman's name without her knowledge.

Pfeiffer, who knew the woman, uploaded sexually explicit images of her online, authorities said.

Pfeiffer was accused of engaging in sexually explicit chats and solicitations while pretending to the be the victim, authorities said at the time.

In 2016, Pfeiffer was again arrested and charged with stalking and invasion of privacy after investigators said he posted nude and sexually explicit images of the woman online without her knowledge or consent.

Public records show Pfeiffer pleaded guilty in 2016 to stalking as a repeat offender for the same victim. He was sentenced to five years of probation.

On Sept. 15, Bergen County Superior Court Judge James Guida issued the restraining order prohibiting Pfeiffer from stalking the victim.

Pfeiffer, who is unemployed, was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance.

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The first panel of potential jurors were already seated in the courtroom when the deal was struck.

JERSEY CITY -- Minutes before jury selection was set to begin, two Jersey City cousins who were acquitted of murder in 2013 pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated assault on police officers.

At 11 a.m. today, the first panel of potential jurors were already seated in the courtroom when Chajuan Hemingway, 28, and Courtney Hemingway, 29, pleaded guilty to all counts they faced, which also included resisting arrest and obstructing a governmental function.

They could face up to 10 years in prison if Hudson County Superior Court Judge John Young finds they are persistent offenders and sentences them to extended terms. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 10.

At about 7 p.m. on the night of the incident, two officers walking their beat on West Side Avenue near Gautier Avenue received complaints about a group  blocking the sidewalk and saw Courtney Hemingway "yelling and acting erratically," officials said at the time.

While police were taking down his information, Hemingway punched one of the officers in the face and Chajuan Hemingway came from around a corner and joined in the assault, authorities said. 

The officer who was punched in the face was later taken to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment, while the other officer was treated at the scene, officials said. 

In January 2013, the cousins were acquitted of murder charges in the death of Michael Williams, a 25-year-old Jersey City resident who was gunned down inside the lobby of a Montgomery Gardens housing complex building on March 30, 2008. 

Then in February 2013, they entered guilty pleas, admitting that on Feb. 22, 2008 they conspired to assault Troy Gregory, 15. The Lincoln High School student was fatally shot in the face at Oak Street and Martin Luther King Drive. 

The pair had faced the charge of gang criminality but that count was dropped as part of the 2013 plea deal.  

The attorneys assigned to the trial of a 26-year-old man charged with fatally striking two pedestrians in 2015 spent nearly four hours presenting closing statements to a jury.

NEWARK - The attorneys in the trial of a 26-year-old man charged with fatally striking two pedestrians in 2015 spent nearly four hours presenting closing statements to a jury today.

Tuesday's summations were longer than most criminal cases, likely in part because the court had more than a week-long break for Thanksgiving. Defense attorney Jeffrey Garrigan told the 13 jurors assigned to the trial of Waqas Ibrar to not allow sympathy to weigh in on their verdict.

Ibrar, a pharmacy student at the time of the Nov. 2 wreck on Route 440 in Bayonne, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of two counts of death by auto for the crash that killed Tyler Sellers and Sabore Worrell.

Garrigan stayed firm on his assertion that Hudson County Sheriff Sgt. Bruce Miller's crash reconstruction report was flawed and the officer prematurely brought charges against Ibrar because he had not done a full investigation. The attorney suggested Miller "simply made stuff up" during his testimony to make the state's case stronger.  

"He was the guy who was riding in on a white horse who was going to turn this terrible accident into a crime," Garrigan said of Miller.

Garrigan has not denied Ibrar was driving more than 100 mph, but has argued the pedestrians should not have been crossing the road at the time of impact. The attorney described the crash as a mistake Ibrar will have to live with for the rest of his life.

But Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Leo Hernandez was critical of Garrigan's witnesses, saying they were "bad at math" and that many of the defenses' reports were not accurate. Hernandez said speed is an "indisputable truth" about what caused the crash.

"It takes several seconds for a vehicle like this to go from 0 to 60 in seconds let alone 110 mph," Hernandez said.

The prosecutor also pointed out Ibrar has worked as an Uber driver and should have been well aware his excessive speed was dangerous, adding he could have killed himself, his brother who was in the front seat, or other drivers.

The jury began deliberating at about 3:20 p.m, and did not return a verdict after about an hour of discussions. Deliberations will pick up again tomorrow morning. 

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Joseph Villani and Raquel Garajau are accused of killing Trupal Patel and dumping his body in Shark River Park in Wall Township on Feb. 22.

FREEHOLD -- A superseding indictment charging a Monmouth County college honors student and her boyfriend with killing a 29-year-old Brick Township resident earlier this year was returned ahead of the start of their trial on Wednesday.

Trupal Patel, who was found dead Feb. 22. (Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office)

Joseph Villani, 21, of Ocean Township, and Raquel Garajau, 20, of Tinton Falls, are charged with killing Trupal Patel and dumping his body in Shark River Park in Wall Township on Feb. 22.

The new indictment, handed up in Superior Court in Monmouth County, includes 11 new counts: Conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit theft of marijuana, theft of marijuana, conspiracy to commit theft of cash and/or a Movado watch, theft of cash and/or Movado watch, conspiracy to possess a weapon for an unlawful purpose, conspiracy to disturb human remains, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and additional counts of tampering with physical evidence and tampering with a witness or informant.

The new indictment reveals that the couple could have possibly conspired to kill Patel as early as May 22, 2016, and includes information that the couple allegedly planned to sell marijuana stolen from Patel to others. 

The indictment alleges Villani and Garajau established a relationship with Patel after a person, who is only identified by his or her initials, told Villani about how much cash Patel had. Villani knew Patel and had purchased marijuana from him, according to police documents. 

According to the affidavit of probable cause, police interviewed someone who identified Villani as his best friend. The friend told police that Villani had "told him on multiple occasions that he was going to rob Patel." Villani had also asked the friend questions about how much marijuana and money Patel had, the affidavit says.

Police interviewed Villani after a different witness told police that Villani contacted him on Feb. 7 to help him move a vehicle because he needed to fix the brakes, according to the affidavit. The witness later recognized the car as Patel's after a picture of it was published by the media, the affidavit says.

Authorities released a picture of Patel's black Jaguar, which they found on an Asbury Park street the day he was reported missing. (Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office)

In the interview with Villani, he allegedly told detectives "I did it" several times, according to the affidavit. Authorities said Villani told them no additional information, but they noted he was in possession of Patel's Movado watch.

While interviewing Villani, detectives were also speaking to his girlfriend, Garajau, an honors student at Brookdale Community College.

She told detectives she and Villani "spoke loosely about robbing Patel, but she did not take him seriously," according to the affidavit. She then said Villani told her he was in his garage with Patel on Feb. 5 when things "got physical."

"Villani said that he shot him in the head with a gun," the affidavit says. The indictment says Villani used a .22-caliber Marlin semi-automatic rifle in the alleged murder.

Villani did not tell her what he did with Patel's body, but he did show her the drops of blood on the garage floor, the affidavit says. Detectives later searched the garage and found blood and recovered a shell casing, as well as two shell casings in an upstairs room and a bloody shoe in Villani's bedroom, according to the affidavit.

Villani's attorney, Edward Bertucio, has said in previous court hearings that his client acted in self-defense to thwart a "violent intruder" who wouldn't leave his home. 

On Feb. 25, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office announced it had arrested Villani in connection with the murder of Patel, whose body was discovered along the side of Gully Road in Shark River Park by a county park ranger.

The couple sold marijuana stolen from Patel to others, according to the indictment. They also used cash stolen from the drug dealer to buy a ring from Pandora and a PlayStation 4, the indictment states. Authorities said the Movado watch is worth around $500. 

Villani and Garajau were both named in a 13-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Monmouth County on May 15. They are charged with murder, robbery, felony murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, disturbing or desecrating human remains, tampering with evidence, hindering apprehension of oneself, hindering apprehension of another and tampering with a witness.

Jury selection is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. on Wednesday in Monmouth County Superior Court in Freehold. Both defendants remain in the Monmouth County jail.

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