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Man who doesn’t live in Cranbury charged in $12 million fraud scheme involving bank, Texas unclaimed funds

November 10, 2026 5:31 pmNovember 10, 2026 5:31 pm

A 56-year-old Gloucester County man has been charged with bank fraud and mail fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to steal more than $12 million in unclaimed funds and a separate operation that sent fraudulent invoices to thousands of...

Inkygate: Inquirer lawyers: if Nancy Phillips gave her notes to prosecutors, it’s ‘protected public expression’

November 10, 2026 9:18 am

According to lawyers for The Philadelphia Inquirer, if editor Nancy Phillips gave her “fabricated” notes to prosecutors so they could falsely indict South Jersey political boss George Norcross for racketeering, it’s no big deal. Why? Because, according to lawyers Eli...

Family emergency sends veteran TV reporter to court in bid to vote

November 3, 2026 1:40 pm

Veteran television reporter Laura Jones went to Superior Court on Election Day seeking permission to cast her Hunterdon County ballot by email or fax after a family medical emergency left her unexpectedly out of state. Jones had made a sudden...

Second Somerset voter wins court fight after Midgette rejected registration

November 3, 2026 1:11 pm

For the second time in a week, a Superior Court judge has intervened to allow a Somerset County woman to vote after county election officials rejected her voter registration because she failed to check boxes on a form, even though...

Judges consider emergent voter applications

November 3, 2026 9:24 amNovember 3, 2026 2:26 pm

A student at the County College of Morris can vote today after Superior Court Judge Louis Barbato found that she took the proper steps to register by the October 13 deadline. The woman said she registered at a campus voter...

Judge denies Cumberland County woman right to vote after MVC address change

November 2, 2026 8:04 pm

A Superior Court judge disenfranchised a Cumberland County woman on Monday after ruling that she failed to establish that she had attempted to transfer her voter registration when she updated her address with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission before...

Bergen County election error wiped Mercer voter’s registration and voting history

November 2, 2026 6:53 pmNovember 2, 2026 6:55 pm

A Mercer County voter whose registration mysteriously disappeared from New Jersey’s voter rolls was inadvertently disenfranchised when a Bergen County election official mistakenly merged his registration with another man’s, the official confirmed to the New Jersey Globe. The clerical error,...