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An infectious disease specialist testified Friday that shifting inmates from northern sites to South Jersey prisons was an error during a pandemic.
McMullen suffered grievous wounds, including head and brain injuries, and died later that night at a hospital. Witnesses to what happened include two siblings and her grandmother. The New Jersey State Police and the N.J. Department of Community Affairs are conducting separate investigations. At least some evidence collected in those investigations is expected to be used in the two cases filed last week in Middlesex County Superior Court. Parents and relatives of McMullen filed related lawsuits on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23. The principal legal targets are the Colorado-based manufacturer, variously d...
The bridges date to 1966 and 1968, respectively, and both are 62 feet in length. A Federal Highway Administration database listed them as late as 2018 as “scour critical.” Other listed problems included “slumping” embankments, channel obstruction due to debris and vegetation, and some movement in the stream bed. “Scour” is an engineering term for the phenomenon of water digging holes in stream beds, thus undermining foundations, abutments, and piers. “Scour critical” means erosion countermeasures are needed as soon as possible. DOT spokesman Brian Ahrens said riprap was instal...
Vineland is preparing to part with about 44 acres off 1615 West Garden Road, close to North Mill Road and the municipal industrial park. The sale price is about $1.15 million. About 33 acres of the property is not subject to wetlands restrictions. An ordinance will be introduced this month to transfer the property, legally owned by city government, to the Vineland Industrial Commission, the city’s development arm. The transfer is necessary because the commission is able to directly sell land to a specific buyer, while the city would have to publicly auction the property. Forosisky said the ...
The suit levies two charges of negligence against the state. The foster parent is accused of assault and the intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The abuse allegedly took place from 2004 into 2006. The plaintiff now is 32 according to the lawsuit filed by Andrew J. Thomson, an attorney with Edelstein Law in Philadelphia. “It’s a total predator thing where he starts lavishing him with gifts,” Thomson said. “But it just escalates from there. “It happened a while back,” the attorney said. “But, I mean, he’s had a rough life. If there’s any way to make it...