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17 May
New Jersey attorney general sues Discord app for ‘alarming’ security lapses
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin sued the messaging app Discord Thursday under the state Consumer Fraud Act, saying the tech giant has failed to protect underage users from sexual predators, harassment, and violent content. Platkin, who also has sued TikTok and Meta, alleges Discord misleads parents and users about the efficacy of its “porous security...
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15 May
Somerset Man Charged with Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography
TRENTON N.J. – A Somerset man was charged with receipt and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced. Elliott Souder, 51, was charged by complaint and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh in Trenton federal court on May 6, 2025. According to documents filed in this...
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10 Apr
2 teens charged in fatal shooting of New Brunswick 16-year-old
A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old boy were charged with juvenile delinquency related to the shooting. Two teens are accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy last month near Lee Avenue and Rutgers Street, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office The victim died at the hospital after the incident. Read...
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10 Apr
LA police shoot bestselling N.J. author, wife of Weezer bassist, book her for attempted murder
Bestselling author Jillian Lauren Shriner, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, has been shot by police in Los Angeles and accused of murder. The Los Angeles Police Department reports that Shriner, the true crime writer, memoirist and novelist from New Jersey known as Jillian Lauren, was shot by police after she pointed a gun at officers. The report says that police had responded to...
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