(NJ.com) A veteran Jersey City police officer pleaded guilty today to stealing some 600,000 cigarettes from a trailer parked at a Secaucus warehouse by federal agents who were watching as the crime played out.
The officer, Mario Rodriguez, 39, also admitted extorting $20,000 from an FBI agent posing as a drug courier who was robbed of cash from a cocaine deal, Newark federal prosecutors say.
Rodriguez, who used the nickname “Mad Dog,” faces up to 30 years in prison… Continue
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"After a long debate that had the US House of Representatives in session until after midnight, the lower chamber of Congress cast a historic 219 to 189 vote to restrict the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration from using taxpayer funds to interfere in state-sanctioned medical marijuana programs.
This measure was co-sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), Reps. Rohrabacher (R-Calf.), Don Young (R-Alaska), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.),… Continue
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MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A cop who said he refuses to profile young drivers for tickets has filed a lawsuit saying he's been passed over for promotions and overtime because of his actions.
Patrolman Robert Wysokowski, 43, of the Mendham Township Police Department filed suit Wednesday in Superior Court here under New Jersey's Conscientious Employee Protection Act, also known as the Whistleblower Law. He seeks promotion to sergeant, punitive and compensatory damages for… Continue
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We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
– 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (NIV)
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The man who blew the whistle on National Security Agency spying on Americans says he’s considering returning home to the U.S. if an amicable agreement with U.S. authorities can be found.
I say we should throw the guy a ticker-tape parade.
I didn’t always feel this way. When the story of Edward Snowden’s revelations first broke, I wondered about his motivations. I worried that he could be jeopardizing some national security secrets – the kind that could cost innocent…
(Reuters) - Satellite TV operator Dish Network said it would accept bitcoin payments from customers from the third quarter, joining companies such as Overstock.com Inc and Zynga Inc in accepting the digital currency.
Dish said it selected Coinbase as the payment processor for bitcoin transactions with customers who choose to pay their bills online with the bitcoin wallet of their choice.
(Read: Hacker wrongfully imprisoned wants the US government to pay him in… Continue
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The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.” Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
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John Kerry sounded much like a football coach chastising a rookie, who gets laid out at midfield by a 255 pound linebacker. "Man up Nancy, my momma can take a hit better than you."
On Wednesday, State Secretary Kerry, told the Today Show( you know that show that can never get enough of a cat getting tangled up in yarn), that Edward Snow den should "man up, and come back to the United States."
Essentially daring Ed to come on back, "we'll have you on a flight today," and… Continue
You might have a drinking problem if you accidentally shoot and wound your partner after a night of downing beers.
NYPD veteran detective Jay Poggi received the pink slip just as he was due to retire in a month. According to the New York Post, Poggi and his partner Matt Sullivan were going to track down a robbery in East New York, when the two instead felt like having an early retirement by downing 11 beers a piece.
After leaving a Queens diner in a haze, the 31 year… Continue
Trapped in a Masonic World was first written in 2012; in which since that time well over 300,000 copies have been download worldwide. This second edition released in May 2014, can now be…
A Facebook portrait shows Bassam Alkhanshli, who was arrested after officials missed, then later found, two empty AK-47 ammunition clips in his luggage.
The TSA failed to spot two AK-47 assault-rifle magazines stowed in the luggage of a suspicious Yemeni national who was preparing to fly back to his…
Elizabeth Warren has built her reputation as a "reformer", but her political career has also drawn sharp criticism. Questions have been raised about her fina...