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Friday, December 14, 2012

NJ Crime Rose 3% in 2011, Report Shows

Murder, rape and robberies up, aggravated assaults down from 2010.

Overall crime in New Jersey rose 3-percent from 2010 to 2011, but violent crimes remained the same, according to New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa. Those violent crimes, which are classified as murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault made up for 27,173—or 13-percent—of the state’s overall crimes, according to Chiesa's release. Overall, there were 217,073 reported crimes in New Jersey in 2011. Murder rose 2-percent from 2010 to 2011, from 372 reported incidents to 380. Rape reports rose from 985 to 991, and robberies had the biggest jump from 11,859 to 12,216, the report showed. Aggravated assault dropped 3-percent from 13,958 reports to 13,586. July had the highest number of reported violent crimes, the report showed, with 2,…

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Senator Urges Investigation of Shuttered Bloomfield Travel Agency

Club ABC Tours apparently closed its doors Oct. 1, leaving some customers stranded

State Sen. Kevin O’Toole urged New Jersey officials Wednesday to investigate a travel agency that allegedly took money from customers but shut the doors before vacationers could pack their bags. The Bloomfield-based company, Club ABC Tours, allegedly defrauded over 200 customers, who were left without a booked vacation or were stranded in foreign countries without accommodations, O’Toole wrote in a letter to state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa. The Republican Essex County senator wrote letters to both Chiesa and State Senate President Stephen Sweeney on Wednesday calling for a special committee hearing to investigate the fraud allegations. “They were willing to go to great lengths to leave no stone unturned in their attempts to …

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