NJ LL Team Wants Undocumented Immigrants to Have Drivers\’s Licenses

Elmora Troopers Little League Team Joins the Call to Expand Access to Drivers’ Licenses in NJ

“We will be safer, our students will be safer, if immigrants can drive in New Jersey” says Coach

ELMORA, NJ– Coach Jairo Labrador and members of the Elmora Troopers Little League team showed their support for expand access to drivers licenses in New Jersey. A team of immigrants and children of immigrants, they showed their support for the Let’s Drive NJ campaign in a photo. Driving is critical for immigrant families to be able to take their kids to school and to afterschool activities. Coach Jairo Labrador gave a speech at a rally on Sunday of supporters of expanding access to licenses. “We will be safer, our students will be safer… if immigrants can drive in New Jersey,” said Coach Labrador to a crowd of supporters.

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Otherwise qualified drivers face barriers to obtaining a license in New Jersey: vulnerable populations like undocumented immigrants, survivors of violence, transgender individuals and veterans are impacted in particular. Fourteen states and Washington, D.C. have expanded access to drivers licenses to qualified drivers, regardless of immigration status. In New Jersey, approximately 719,000 potential drivers could benefit, bringing in $90 million in economic gain to the state. Legislation to expand access to drivers licenses is currently pending in the state Senate and Assembly. Committee votes are scheduled for December 9th in the Assembly and December 12th in the Senate Transportation Committee.

Retired Gen. Frank Sullivan Charged with 15 Felony Counts

of Possessing Child Pornography

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today

charged

retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Frank Sullivan (photo)with more than a dozen felony counts related to his possession of child pornography after a search of his Mechanicsburg home turned up computers replete with thousands of searches for “preteen”

images, as well as pictures of children “engaged in very graphic sexual acts.”

Sullivan, the former executive director of the Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission and a decorated veteran with tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, was arrested today in Cumberland County and charged with 15 second degree felony counts of sexual abuse of children and one count of criminal use of a communication facility after investigators found images of child porn on a home desktop and laptop.

“General Sullivan’s alleged actions disgrace his work and besmirch the Pennsylvania National Guard, an organization that has bravely and dutifully come to the aid of Pennsylvanians whenever they have been called,” said Attorney General Josh Shapiro. “I’ve said it time and time again—nobody is above the law. My Office will investigate and prosecute anyone who harms Pennsylvanians, no matter what positions of power they may hold.”

Shapiro said Office of Attorney General agents discovered Sullivan’s penchant for viewing images of preteen children during an investigation on a file sharing network. In October, a search of Sullivan’s Tunbridge Lane, Mechanicsburg, home revealed a desktop and a laptop that were filled with searches and images of preteen children. In addition to finding child pornography on the laptop, a computer forensic analysis identified 37 search terms commonly used by people looking for child pornography.

Related to the charges against Sullivan, Attorney General Shapiro’s Child Predator Unit arrested one of the accused’s tenants in October, Bobby Glenn Williams Jr., and charged him with 14 felony counts of disseminating photos of child sex acts, 11 felony counts of child pornography, and one felony count of criminal use of a communication facility. Williams was renting a room in Sullivan’s Mechanicsburg home.

Sullivan was arrested and arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Kathryn Silcox. Senior Deputy Attorney General Christopher Jones will prosecute the case. All charges discussed are accusations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

NJ LL Team Wants Undocumented Immigrants to Have Drivers\’s Licenses

Elmora Troopers Little League Team Joins the Call to Expand Access to Drivers’ Licenses in NJ

“We will be safer, our students will be safer, if immigrants can drive in New Jersey” says Coach

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Two Sisters Says Archdiocese of Newark and Harrisburg Diocese Protected Priest

FORTNEY FAMILY TO ANNOUNCE FILING LAWSUIT AT DECEMBER 2 PRESS CONFERENCE IN NEWARK

At a press conference in Newark, New Jersey on December 2, 2019, Fortney Family sisters Patty Fortney-Julius and Lara Fortney-McKeever, along with their attorney, Benjamin D.

Andreozzi, Esq., will announce the filing of a civil lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Harrisburg (PA) under New Jersey’s newly enacted civil window legislation. Patty and Lara’s lawsuit outlines priest Augustine Giella’s heinous sexual abuse of multiple of the Fortney Family sisters, including Patty and Lara, and the cover-up of his crimes by the Newark Archdiocese and Harrisburg Diocese. As the lawsuit outlines, Giella was incardinated into the Newark Archdiocese, but transferred to the Harrisburg Diocese, where he met the Fortney Family. He then abused the Fortney Family sisters in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

According to their attorney after years of silence, the Fortney Family sisters have become advocates for survivors of sexual abuse across the nation. They now travel the country speaking on the issue of child sexual abuse and lobbying state legislatures to change laws that disadvantage survivors, including in New Jersey. Several of the Fortney Family sisters will be available to answer questions regarding their journey and the filing of their civil case.

The announcement will be made Monday at 10 a.m. at the Comfort

Suites Newark-Harrison

1348 McCarter Hwy.,

Newark, NJ 07104

The sisters are being represented by

Lindsey Gibson of

Andreozzi & Associates, P.C.

Buena Vista Township Taxpayers Pay $185,000 to Settle Lawsuit

EDITOR\’S NOTE: Yacovelli served as business administrator for the Ocean City Board of Education until

his October 7, 2014 resignation

. Yacovelli also previously

served as a member of the Audubon Board of Education

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BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, NJ (December 1, 2019)—A lawsuit filed against the Buena Regional Board of Education, Atlantic County, was settled in May for $185,000, according to John Paff of

New Jersey Civil Settlements.

The suit was brought by a confidential secretary to the district\’s business administrator who claim the administrator gave a female employee in whom he had a

sexual interest a $10,000 raise to be his secretary.

According to the suit, the business administrator took the employee to the Tropicana in Atlantic City to have sex with her and also had sex with her in his office during school time. It was further alleged that both the business administrator and the female employee bragged to the secretary about the intensity of their sexual encounters.

In her lawsuit, Phyllis Boehm, a secretary for Buena Regional, claimed that Business Administrator Pasquale Yacovelli gave a $10,000 raise to a secretary who worked \”on a different side of the building\” so that she would become his secretary and ultimately his lover. Boehm claimed that the secretary, who is referred to in the lawsuit as \”Jane Doe,\” was her friend and that Yacovelli asked her to talk to Jane Doe about his interest in her.

According to the lawsuit, Jane became Yacovelli\’s secretary in September 2015 and Yacovelli \”used his influence as Business Administrator to get Jane the ten thousand dollar raise she wanted.\”

Boehm said that she \”was very uncomfortable with the whole situation\” and that Yacovelli\’s and Jane Doe\’s sexual activity and comments created \”an environment that was hostile for women to work in [and] was in violation of [the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination].\”

Before working for Buena Regional, Yacovelli served as business administrator for the Ocean City Board of Education until

his October 7, 2014 resignation

. Yacovelli also previously

served as a member of the Audubon Board of Education

The case is captioned Boehm v. Buena Regional School District, et al, Superior Court Docket No. ATL-L-496-17 and Boehm\’s attorney was Leo B. Dubler of Mount Laurel. Case documents are on-line

here

Paff

said none of lawsuit\’s allegations have been proven or disproven in court. Settlement agreements typically state that payment does not constitute an admission of wrongdoing by any of the defendants. All that is known for sure is that Buena Regional or its insurer, for whatever reason, decided that it would rather pay Boehm $185,000 than take the matter to trial, according to

Paff.

The district consists of the Buena Regional High School, the Buena Regional Middle School, (both in Buena) the Dr. JP Cleary Elementary School, Minotola, the Collings Lake Elementary School, Collings Lake, and the John C. Milanesi Elementary School, Buena

West Philadelphia Pharmacy Employee Convicted

in Illegal Oxy Pill Mill Scheme

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Anmol Singh Kamra, 27, of Upper Darby, PA was convicted today at trial with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and with no legitimate medical purpose.

Kamra, a pharmacy technician at Campus Pharmacy in West Philadelphia, conspired with George Fisher, a physician, and Frank Brown, both charged separately, to illegally distribute thousands of oxycodone pills to people suffering from addiction. From about December 2012 through about March 2016, Kamra, Fisher, and Brown orchestrated and executed a scheme to turn the pharmacy into a “pill mill” in which Kamra knowingly filled fake oxycodone prescriptions written by Fisher in sham “patient” names, and gave the oxycodone pills to Brown to sell in street level drug deals.

At times, Kamra would sell drugs without a prescription and then request that Fisher backdate a fake prescription in an attempt to cover the tracks. At trial, Kamra testified that this backdating of prescriptions was a mere “courtesy” on behalf of the doctor so patients could receive their prescriptions in a timely manner, but undercover video evidence showed otherwise. This small pharmacy in West Philadelphia sold so many opioids that some were hidden some under the sink for fear that their distributor would notice the over-abundance and cut them off for exceeding the allowable limit.

“Kamra was operating nothing more than a corrupt pill mill,” said U.S. Attorney McSwain. “The misuse of opioids is killing our citizens, and this defendant significantly contributed to our region’s crippling opioid epidemic. We have to do everything possible to stop the illegal distribution of these deadly drugs, especially by professionals entrusted to prescribe and monitor their use.”

“Kamra diverted thousands of oxycodone pills to the street, taking advantage of those struggling with addiction amid our area’s devastating opioid crisis,” said Michael T. Harpster, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division. “Yet another medical professional, looking to profit from someone else’s misery. The FBI will never stop working to put pill mills out of business, and the people who run them behind bars.”

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Mary Kay Costello and Amanda Reinitz.

Holiday Crab Shell Painting Fundraiser

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Get out your paint brushes and test out your artistic abilities on some crab shells. (Photo courtesy Suasion Communications)

The Patcong Creek Foundation (PCF) will host its annual Painting for Patcong Creek holiday crab shell painting fundraiser, along with a private showing of the documentary “On The Line: The Story of America’s Largest Crabbing Tournament,” on Friday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Seashore Science Center in Somers Point, 599 Marks Road.

“Crab shell painting brings out the artist in everyone,” said Jenn Jennings, administrator and outreach coordinator of PCF.

“I love seeing what our guests create with a crab shell, a little paint, and a lot of imagination,” she added.

Painting for Patcong Creek shell painting began in 2018, and instantly became one of the most popular fundraisers for the PCF.

“We see a lot of Santas, Grinches, and penguins painted on our shells, but there are no rules. The crab shell is just another canvas – although the occasional barnacle does make things interesting,” said Jennings.

The shells are cleaned and primed in advance, and each guest receives three shells to make their unique holiday creations. Children can join in on the fun by painting clam shells, making this a fun evening for the whole family.

Tickets for the shell painting are $20 for adults, $10 for children. Seating is limited.

“On The Line: The Story of America’s Largest Crabbing Tournament” will also be shown and refreshments will be served. The documentary premiered at the Gateway Playhouse on Nov. 9. It showcases the “Assault on Patcong Creek,” billed as America’s largest crabbing tournament, which is held annually in Somers Point and is sponsored by PCF.

The Seashore Science Center is the PCF’s educational outreach facility, providing education on the Patcong Creek environment and its wildlife.

For more information and to become a member of the Patcong Creek Foundation, visit

AssaultOnPatcongCreek.com/product/patcong-creek-foundation-membership

Gloucester County Sheriff\’s Office nabs #10

on Sheriff Morina’s most wanted list

(Woodbury, NJ) – Gloucester County Sheriff Carmel Morina announced that Daquan Stratton, of Glassboro, #10 on the Sheriff’s Top Ten Most Wanted List, was located and arrested on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Stratton was arrested by the Sheriff’s Fugitive Unit in Glassboro. He was wanted for seven Violations of Probation warrants with the original charges being the following: Four counts of Burglary, three counts of Theft and Criminal Attempt. He also had a Child Support Warrant for $8701. He was arrested without incident and lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility.

Sheriff Morina stated, \”All of the detectives and investigators from our Sheriff’s Fugitive Unit do a great job every day,\” Morina added, “They are putting their lives on the line every time they pursue one of these fugitives, you just never know what people will do in a desperate situation.”

Freeholder Deputy Director Frank J. DiMarco, liaison to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office, said, \”Our sheriff\’s officers work tirelessly to keep Gloucester County safe for our residents. We are very proud of the professionalism and dedication our Sheriff\’s Office displays every day.\”

To date the Sheriff’s Office has apprehended 192 off the Sheriff’s Top Ten Most Wanted List.

To view the Top Ten Fugitives on Sheriff Morina’s Top Ten Most Wanted List, go to

http://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/depts/s/sheriff/mostwanted/default.asp

If you know the whereabouts of a fugitive, please call Lt. Jen Ridinger at 856-384-4625. All calls are kept confidential.

Gloucester County Sheriff\’s Office nabs #10

on Sheriff Morina’s most wanted list

To date the Sheriff’s Office has apprehended 192 off the Sheriff’s Top Ten Most Wanted List.

To view the Top Ten Fugitives on Sheriff Morina’s Top Ten Most Wanted List, go to

http://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/depts/s/sheriff/mostwanted/default.asp

If you know the whereabouts of a fugitive, please call Lt. Jen Ridinger at 856-384-4625. All calls are kept confidential.

TOMS RIVER MAN CHARGED WITH NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION

TOMS RIVER NJ–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced today the culmination of a two month long cooperative multi-agency investigation into narcotics distribution in the Toms River area. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’

s Office Narcotics Strike Force and the Toms River Township Police Special Enforcement Team revealed that a residence in Toms River was being utilized to store and distribute quan

tities of Cocaine and Marijuana. On Friday, November 21, 2019, detectives executed a no-knock search warrant at a residence in Toms River. The search of the residence revealed approximately 80 grams of Cocaine, 216 grams of Marijuana, 62 THC vape cartridges, $38,500 in cash and a high-end security system that could monitor the traffic in the surrounding area of the residence. Robert Aparicio was arrested and taken into custody.

Aparicio, age 34, of Toms River was charged with Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(2); Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(11); Possession of Cocaine in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C: 35-10a(1); Possession of Marijuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(3); Possession of a Quantity of MDMA Pills in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1); Maintain a Fortified Structure as a Distribution Facility in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C: 35-4.1c; Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C: 21-25a; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:36-2. Aparicio is currently lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Prosecutor Billhimer would like to thank the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Toms River Township Police Department Special Enforcement Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Asset Forfeiture Unit, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, Toms River Emergency Services Unit and the Toms River Police Department K-9 Unit for their collaborative efforts in this arrest.

The public and the media are reminded that all defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.