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Long Branch Man Charged in Fatal Drug Distribution
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FREEHOLD – A Long Branch man has been charged with the first degree crime of Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Death. The charges stem from an overdose death that took place this past February in Tinton Falls, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
Lateef Reevey, 31, of Long Branch, was charged in connection with the fatal overdose death of 25 year-old Lucy Yardley of Flanders, New Jersey, who died on February 21, 2020. Under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9, a person who distributes a Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) is strictly liable for a death which results from the injection, inhalation or ingestion of that substance. In addition to that charge, Reevey was also charged with third degree distribution of CDS.
Middletown School District Launches COVID-19 Dashboard and Data Hub
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MIDDLETOWN, NJ - State and local data trends related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) indicate rising numbers of laboratory confirmed positive cases. Since October, the district has experienced multiple new cases that are consistently reported to our school community by email via our SchoolMessenger notification system.
These COVID-19 updates have regularly been distributed to our entire school community, regardless of which individual schools were impacted by newly confirmed positive cases.
Attorney General Grewal Issues Additional Guidance to Prosecutors on Handling Low-Level Marijuana Possession-Related Cases
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TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today issued additional guidance to prosecutors concerning the prosecution of low-level marijuana cases, supplementing his August 29, 2018 and November 4, 2020 guidance.
Attorney General Grewal directed all New Jersey municipal, county, and state prosecutors to adjourn, until at least January 25, 2021, any juvenile or adult case solely involving the following marijuana possession-related offenses:
Deadline Dec. 1 for Wreaths Across America in Shrewsbury
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SHREWSBURY – Steeped in history and cognizant of the role the Presbyterian Church of Shrewsbury has held in honoring both living and deceased veterans, the Church is participating in the nationwide Wreath Across America program for what is anticipated to be the first of an annual event.
December 1 is the deadline to donate a wreath to the program, and volunteers are welcome to help lay the wreaths on veterans’ grave on Sunday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m. At that time, wreaths will be placed at Arlington National Cemetery as well as at 2400 different locations across the nation, including the cemetery at the Presbyterian Church of Shrewsbury.
Monmouth County has 225 additional positive cases of COVID-19
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that today, Nov. 27, there are 225 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Monmouth County. There are four new deaths being reported today related to COVID-19 in Monmouth County.
The Freeholders and the Monmouth County Health Department are urging residents to do their part to slow the spread by practicing social distancing, wearing a face covering when social distancing is not possible, not gathering in large crowds, washing their hands and staying home when sick.
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