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N.J. woman gets 30-year sentence for killing her mother

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A woman who killed her mother in an apartment they shared in Mt. Laurel was sentenced to 30 years in prison on March 8, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said Thursday. Marisa Rivera, 27, of Mt. Laurel was convicted in January of murder in her mother’s 2019 death. Authorities said Rivera stabbed her mother … Read more

1 killed, 1 wounded in Paterson shooting

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One man was killed and another was wounded Tuesday in a shooting in Paterson, authorities said. Police were called shortly after 11:50 p.m. to the area of Watson and North Bridge streets, where officers found two injured men. Both had been shot in the neck and legs and were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical … Read more