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The West Orange businessman admitted kicking back money to the non-profit's managers

NEWARK -- A 53-year-old West Orange businessman snared in a federal investigation of the now-defunct Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison for defrauding the non-profit corporation.

Kevin Gleaton previously pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud conspiracy and misusing Social Security numbers before U.S. District Judge Jose Linares in Newark, who imposed the 18-month sentence, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Prosecutors said Gleaton admitted defrauding the watershed corporation of more than $110,000 from May 2011 to September 2012 through fraudulent invoices he submitted on behalf of his companies, a printing services firm and a marketing agency.

More than $97,000 of the proceeds were kicked back to the watershed corporation's special projects manager, Donald Bernard Sr.

Prosecutors said Bernard, who was sentenced on July 13 to eight years in prison, in turn shared some of the kickbacks with the watershed corporation's director, Linda Watkins Brashear, who is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 11 after pleading guilty to charges of fraud and filing false income tax returns.

Gleaton also admitted using multiple Social Security numbers in bankruptcy filings in 2011 and 2012.

His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday afternoon.

Brashear, who the U.S. Attorney's Office said faces a maximum potential sentence of 23 years prison, was named by the state Comptroller's Office in a scathing 2014 report that said she doled out nearly $1 million in funds to friends and her ex-husband between 2008 and 2011. She was charged and pleaded guilty in the criminal case following an investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors.

The city dissolved the watershed corporation and assumed control of water distribution in 2013. A year later, a newly formed board of trustees voted to file for bankruptcy in an attempt to recover funds they said were looted from the non-profit.

Former Newark mayor and now U.S. Sen. Corey Booker was subsequently named in a lawsuit filed by the board, which accused him of failing to reduce or stop the damage while serving as the board's chair during his term as mayor.

Booker argued he had moved to bring the watershed corporation under the city's control as soon as he became aware of its mismanagement. He was dismissed as a defendant in the lawsuit in June 2016. 

In addition to the prison term, Linares sentenced Gleaton to three years of supervised release, prosecutors said.

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NEWARK -- A city 16-year-old who police said fired a gun at people on multiple occasions over the last few months was arrested Wednesday morning. .The teen was picked up at around 7 a.m. by the Fugitive Apprehension Team at a Keer Avenue home, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. He is accused of shootings April 28, June 12,...

NEWARK -- A city 16-year-old who police said fired a gun at people on multiple occasions over the last few months was arrested Wednesday morning.

.The teen was picked up at around 7 a.m. by the Fugitive Apprehension Team at a Keer Avenue home, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.

He is accused of shootings April 28, June 12, June 19 and July 23. No one was hit in any of the incidents.

He has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a handgun and possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose.

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This could have been "Rock of Ages." But it was one of the best shows of 2017.

NEWARK -- "I think a good song should never die," noted Brian May. 

The venerable Queen guitarist was preaching to a literal choir in Newark Monday night, where a vast chamber of voices gleefully resurrected the band's catalog -- and made peace with the new man at the pulpit. 

Adam Lambert, the fabulously gifted vocalist who first met the band as a finalist on "American Idol" in 2009, has toured with founding members May and drummer Roger Taylor since 2012, and has combined with new bassist Neil Fairclough, keyboardist Spike Edney and percussionist Tyler Warren to form "Queen + Adam Lambert," a supergroup succeeding Queen's collaboration with Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers from 2004 to 2009. 

Lambert, 35, did well to honor his role as interim frontman and was welcomingly frank about the situation.

"There is only one Freddie Mercury ... I'm a fan just like you guys, I'm just up here in a really good seat," he told Prudential Center Monday, adding that before each performance he reminds himself he's "working with legends."

"Thank you for giving me the chance to keep this music alive," he said. 

Adam Lambert performs with Brian May and Queen at the Prudential Center in Newark on July 26, 2017. It is the 40th anniversary of Queen's "News of the World" album. (Bernadette Marciniak | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) 

The graciousness ended there; Lambert spent the rest of the two-hour performance as an uber-flamboyant pop-rock sensation, belting with aplomb -- explain again how he didn't win his "Idol" season? -- and balancing brilliantly between the melodic blueprints to some of the best-known songs of the 20th Century and his own pop-leaning sketches.

Thank the rock gods he didn't sing every track note-for-note and beg comparisons: the delicately altered states of "Another One Bites The Dust," "Don't Stop Me Now" and a particularly chilling vocal performance on "Who Wants to Live Forever" all saw Lambert emerge from Mercury's encompassing shadow and all but scream "if Queen wants to keep going, I'm the man for the job!" 

With the inherent theatricality of the Queen songbook plus Lambert's penchant for a stagy performance -- he spent nearly a decade in musical theater before "Idol" -- such a concert could have easily devolved into a "Rock of Ages" jukebox dummy, but hand-over-heart, this felt like a true rock show, honest and worthy of the band's prolific career. 

Though it was never explicitly mentioned, homage was paid all night to the band's 1977 album "News of the World," which celebrates its 40th anniversary in October. The album cover's famed sci-fi metallic head popping up on screen, as well as in a 10-foot statue form, on top of which Lambert sat to sing "Killer Queen." 

May, 70, and Taylor, who turned 68 this night, were each given ample space to show off as well; from a raised platform May ripped a dynamic solo that morphed from atmospheric sounds to crunching, bluesy riffs, and also sang a solo acoustic rendition of "Love of My Life" with Mercury superimposed next to him on the large screen, to a swell of cheers. 

Brian May of Queen at the Prudential Center on July 26, 2017. Queen is currently touring with Adam Lambert. (Bernadette Marciniak | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) 

Taylor took back his original vocal on "I'm in Love with my Car" -- anyone who can simultaneously play a drum kit and sing lead is okay in my book -- and faced off against the percussionist Warren in a speedy battle of drum kits. 

Sure, there were moments where Lambert probably took it too far: he could have lived without the five costume changes and in some cases an exaggerated facial expression, strut or hip thrust matched to every phrase lent to the idea that this was more a role for him than a gig. And the jury's still out on whether his singing his own single "Two Fux" added to was a detriment to the overall performance.  

But the triumphant moments shone through, from the expectedly epic sing-alongs on "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Somebody to Love" to "Under Pressure," where Lambert was spot-on in Mercury's part, locking eyes with Taylor, who wailed David Bowie's lines. 

Two legendary talents gone, two incredible performances keeping their spirits alive -- full disclosure: in this moment, I nearly burst into tears. 

If you love Queen, plain and simple, go see this show. It doesn't know how to disappoint you. 

Queen + Adam Lambert plays Barclays Center in Brooklyn July 28 and Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia July 30.  

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Queen + Adam Lambert's set list

July 26, 2017 - Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.

• "We Will Rock You" (teaser)
• "Hammer to Fall"
• "Stone Cold Crazy"
• "Another One Bites the Dust"
• "Fat Bottomed Girls"
• "Killer Queen"
• "Two Fux" (Adam Lambert cover)
• "Don't Stop Me Now"
• "Bicycle Race" (short)
• "I'm in Love With My Car"
• "Get Down, Make Love"
• "I Want It All"
• "Love of My Life"
• "Somebody to Love"
• "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
• Drum Battle
• "Under Pressure"
• "I Want to Break Free"
• "Who Wants to Live Forever"
• Guitar Solo
• "Radio Ga Ga"
• "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• Encore:
• "We Will Rock You"
• "We Are the Champions"

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There's more than the shore for summer fun in New Jersey.

It's easy to understand why summer is a super season in the Garden State; there's just so much to do in N.J. when the weather is warm.

Of course, we can all go "down the shore" and enjoy a dip in the ocean, a ride at an amusement pier or a stroll on the boardwalk. But there are plenty of other fun things to do in New Jersey in the hot summer months.

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We have mountain lakes and streams for swimming and fishing as well as inlets and bays for boating and crabbing. We've got golf courses, tennis courts, playgrounds, fairs, festivals and food. And sometimes, the best things to be can be found in a backyard or local park; it's all there for the enjoying.

Here's a look at summertime fun in New Jersey through the years. Want more? Here are links to previous galleries.

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Tenants on public assistance may have a new weapon in the fight against deadbeat slumlords who won't make repairs.

TRENTON --  A bipartisan pair of state senators have teamed up to take on New Jersey's worst landlords, crafting a bill that would deny them subsidies for egregious safety or sanitary violations, according to a report.

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Essex) and state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) have drafted what they call the Safe Subsidized Rental Housing Bill of Rights, which would deny government payments to slumlords exploiting those on public assistance.

Beck told NJ 101.5 FM on Wednesday that the two lawmakers have seen rental "housing where rats, cockroaches, fecal matter, urine, strewn across these living arrangements where little children and families are trying to make a life" while landlords continue to get paid subsidies by the federal or state government regardless.

The new bill, which has moved out of the community and urban affairs committee unanimously, would allow the state to withhold a portion or all of the rent for any unit so that the landlord is forced to take action, or failing that, allow tenants to use it to make the repairs themselves.

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The legislation would also deny slumlords the ability to hide behind shell corporations and post offce boxes, and would mandate that contact information be provided so that "local code enforcement, state and federal inspectors can track down the people who own the properties" that are responsible for remediation.

The bill now heads to the full senate for consideration.

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Marcus Samuelsson's restaurant in the redeveloped Hahne's will offer food made entirely in-house or sourced locally,

Chef Marcus Samuelsson is lending his celebrity cred to downtown Newark's renaissance with a new restaurant in the redeveloped Hahne & Co. building, but details about the high-profile eatery have been scarce -- until now.

The restaurant is expected to open this fall, and the 55-seat eatery will be an entirely new concept called Marcus B&P, an all-day casual restaurant with the food made entirely in-house or sourced locally, Samuelsson tells NJ.com. 

The B stands for bar, bodega and beer, and the P stands for parlor, patisserie and provisions, but BP also refers to the Swedish concept of the back pocket -- where reservations aren't a must. "We don't want to make this hard to just slip in," he says. "People are in the area, come through. That's back pocket."

Samuelsson is an Ethiopian-born chef who grew up in Sweden and who rose to prominence as the executive chef of New York's Aquavit. A James Beard Best Chef winner and Bravo's "Top Chef Masters," champion, Samuelsson's current flagship is Harlem's Red Rooster, specializing in soul food, but he also has a global empire of eateries, from a rotisserie chicken and street food joint in Harlem to a burger bar in Chicago to a chain of globally-inspired cafes across Scandinavia.

Downtown Newark has seen a number of new eateries open in recent years, but many have been outposts of growing chains, among them Dinosaur BBQ, Halal Guys, Blaze and Wok to Walk, and a few homegrown favorites, such as BURG, the seasonal gourmet burger outpost in the redeveloped Military Park. The Hahne building is also now home to the city's first Whole Foods.

Samuelsson, however, is attempting to make a go of Newark at night, after the city empties of its workers -- Prudential, Audible and Rutgers-Newark to name three of the closest employers -- and that has traditionally been difficult for restaurants not in the immediate vicinity of the Prudential Center or NJPAC. 

"We're spending a lot of time in Newark and learning about Newark as a place and how we can fit into the community," he says. "The hours are something that we have to earn ... People are going to tell us when they want us to be open. The locals, Audible, Rutgers, the person who works down the street, it's a very diverse community with different hours. It's up to us to earn it."

Samuelsson and his chefs are still developing a menu, but he says they may a greatest hit or two from his other ventures -- juicy, crunchy fried chicken from Red Rooster is likely -- and perhaps influences from Newark's famed Ironbound, the Portuguese and Brazilian community on the other side of Newark Penn Station. Expect plenty of house-made pasta as well, plus homemade bread that will also be available for purchase. Marcus B&P will also feature a craft cocktail menu, local beers and wine on tap.

Generally, there will be coffee, tea and fresh juice, bread, pastries, and grab-and-go breakfast options in the morning, with a cafe menu, bodega-style salads and sandwiches at lunch, plus provisions for the growing number of residents that are being lured by downtown Newark's residential condo and rental boom. 

And Samuelsson says an important element in Marcus B&P will be hiring local workers. A recent study by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice showed that only 18 percent of Newark residents actually work in the city. The restaurant, he says, can be "breeding ground for young chefs," as Red Rooster has been in Harlem. "They don't have to leave Newark to work in hospitality. If we can achieve that in Newark as well, then we've done very well." 

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The 60-year-old's E-ZPass account had been revoked for non-payment

FORT LEE -- A Newark man who drove through the George Washington Bridge toll plaza on Wednesday without paying was found to owe nearly $88,000 in tolls and fees, authorities said.

Anthony CotugnoPort Authority police 

Police pulled over Anthony Cotugno, 60, after his 2001 Lincoln passed through an E-ZPass lane and the electronic sign indicated the toll had not been paid, Port Authority police said in a statement.

A check of his account showed Cotugno's E-ZPass had been revoked, police said.

Cotugno has accumulated 1,510 violations -- $40,700 in unpaid tolls and fees at Port Authority crossings and another $47,000 on the New Jersey Turnpike, according to officials.

He was charged with theft of service, toll evasion and a traffic violation.

The Lincoln was impounded following his noon arrest. 

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An NJ Transit bus driver has been taken off the road after he was recorded on video fighting with another man on the sidewalk in Newark.

An NJ Transit bus driver has been taken off the road after he was recorded on video fighting with another man on the sidewalk in Newark.

The incident occurred in the area of Bergen Street and 12th Avenue in Newark on Monday, NJ Transit officials said. Officials did not identify the driver or say how long he has been driving for the agency.

"This bus operator was immediately taken out of service pending the outcome of a thorough investigation," said Nancy Snyder, an NJ Transit spokeswoman.

WARNING: Video contains profanity

In the profanity laden video posted on Facebook, the driver is seen fighting with another man, who knocks him to the ground while the bus is parked at the curb and passengers are getting on board.

The driver, who is wearing an NJ Transit uniform, returned to bus 5756 after the incident and drove away. a sign on the bus and the man who recorded the video identify it as Route 99 bus.  

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Mark Moskowtiz of Short Hills received a 33-month prison sentence.

NEWARK -- A 48-year-old investment manager who stole $675,000 while running a Ponzi scheme was Thursday sentenced to 33 months in prison, authorities said.

Mark Moskowitz of Millburn took money from investors from a fund he started in 2012, the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey said in a statement. He previously pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud.

Moskowtiz told his clients Edge Funding was growing, enticing investors to sink more money into it. He then took the money for personal use. Moskowitz was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $694,577 in restitution.

Separately, the state Bureau of Securities previously ordered Moskowitz to pay a $1 million civil penalty for selling fraudulent securities and misusing investors' funds. 

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Extent of the injuries not immediately available.

NEWARK -- A 12-year-old was hospitalized after being struck by a car outside a school in Newark's South Ward Thursday, officials said.

Police responded to the scene near the Peshine Avenue School around 3:25 p.m., according to city Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose. The condition of the child was not immediately clear.

The driver stayed at the scene, according to Ambrose. Police and school officials did not immediately have more information on the incident.

A police spokeswoman said updates would be available as authorities gathered details.

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Man charged with theft.

FAIRFIELD -- A security officer at a cash vault and armored car company was accused of stealing $100,000 from the business on his first day of work, Fairfield police said Thursday.

Larry Brooks, 19 (Photo: Fairfield Police Dept.) 

Larry Brooks, 19, of Elizabeth, who worked for Garda, was arrested after the theft was captured by company surveillance cameras, according to township police Chief Anthony Manna.

Brooks was charged with theft for allegedly taking the cash Tuesday evening, authorities said. Security officers reportedly found $85,900 in a vehicle parked in Elizabeth before police were alerted, the chief added.

Manna said there was no definitive conclusion of what happened to the remaining stolen money.

Garda, which has a Fairfield facility, did not return a message seeking comment Thursday afternoon.

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The last of the half-dozen non profits selected to grow and sell marijuana has finally gotten the go-ahead to grow and sell by the Christie administration. An opening date has not been announced.

TRENTON -- Six years after the Christie administration selected a half-dozen nonprofits to produce cannabis for the state's medical marijuana program, the last one of the bunch on Thursday received a permit to begin growing its first crop, Health Commissioner Cathleen Bennett announced Thursday.

Foundation Harmony will operate from a 10,000-square-foot indoor greenhouse and retail establishment in a commercial and industrial section of Secaucus by the end of 2017, according to Bennett and a dispensary spokeswoman.

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"After two years of designing and constructing this state-of-the-art facility, we are excited to finally put it into action, and to serve New Jersey's patients with the purest and most effective medical marijuana," Shaya Brodchandel the president and CEO, said in a statement. "We have selected strains which we believe are well suited for New Jersey medical patient's conditions and to our unique growing system."

Gov. Chris Christie announced the future permit holders in 2011 in a process plagued by a cumbersome review process under a governor who still suspects that medical marijuana is a back-door attempt at full legalization.

Every dispensary applicant has undergone a long review and complicated state and local approval process, but Harmony Foundation struggled more than the rest pulling its operation together, as partners and investors came and went.

Brodchandel, 30, is new to the cannabis industry, but brings his knowledge of working in the highly-regulated industry of nuclear medical manufacturing, dispensary spokeswoman Leslie Hoffman said. He is also a real estate developer, and has been attached to the dispensary since 2015, she added.

Brodchandel will sit on the dispensary's board of directors with, Irving Langer, founder of E&M Associates, a New York real estate investment and management company, Marina Karavas, who was listed in Harmony's application to the state in 2011, and Elizabeth Hovav. 

Medical marijuana advocates welcomed the news of the latest provider.

"It's great that patients will have another location to access their medicine, especially patients in that area who might not be able to get to other (dispensaries)," Roseanne Scotti, director of the Drug Policy Alliance of New Jersey, a lobbying and advocacy group that helped get the 2010 law passed.

"But to effectively serve the needs of patients in New Jersey, New Jersey must have more than six (dispensaries)."

New Jersey's 13,200 registered patients are served by five nonprofit dispensaries, also known as alternative treatment centers, in Montclair, Woodbridge, Cranberry, Bellmawr and Egg Harbor.

Ken Wolski, executive director of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana - New Jersey, who has been critical of the slow pace of the state program, said he sent a note to the dispensary operator wish(ing) you every success in meeting the needs of the medical marijuana patients in this state."

The dispensary will have the capacity to serve 4,000 patients in the state, Brodchandel's announcement said.

With the permit to grow delivered Tuesday, the dispensary will begin producing a crop that will be tested by the state health department for safety.

Once the testing and an onsite inspection are complete, the state will notify registered patients by mail of the new dispensary's availability, according to Bennett's statement. 

More information on Foundation Harmony will be made available on its website (harmonydispensary.org). 

Susan K. Livio may be reached at slivio@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @SusanKLivio. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.

NEWARK-- A Newark man arrested after he tried to enter the PATH without paying the fare was also wanted on a public lewdness charge stemming from an incident earlier this month aboard another PATH train, Port Authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said. James Reese, 57, was seen pushing open the handicapped turnstile around 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Penn Station PATH...

NEWARK-- A Newark man arrested after he tried to enter the PATH without paying the fare was also wanted on a public lewdness charge stemming from an incident earlier this month aboard another PATH train, Port Authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said.

James Reese, 57, was seen pushing open the handicapped turnstile around 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Penn Station PATH stop, police said.  

After he was arrested, the officer processing Reese noticed he appeared to be the same man in a photo circulated among police of a suspect who, on July 20, was photographed masturbating on a PATH train at the Newport PATH station in Jersey City. The photo was taken by a member of the public who was facing Reese as the incident occurred and was then given to police, Pentangelo said.

Reese allegedly admitted to the act, Pentangelo also said.

Reese has been charged with public lewdness, possession of drug paraphernalia and theft of service.

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According to Hickox's lawsuit, she was told she would be quarantined almost immediately after disclosing she'd been a medical volunteer in West Africa.

TRENTON -- Anyone suspected of contracting the Ebola virus will not be quarantined without receiving the state's written medical justification, and a chance to challenge the decision, according to a settlement announced Thursday stemming from a nurse's lawsuit over her three-day isolation in 2015.

The settlement does not award nurse Kaci Hickox any monetary damages. But it creates a "bill of rights" should anyone else ever face similar treatment, according to statement from Hickox, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and her private attorneys. 

"We've achieved what was needed: procedures that will ensure that no one will have to go through what I experienced in New Jersey, and that no one will be quarantined unless it is medically necessary to do so," Hickox said in a statement. "The settlement upholds the principles and values of liberty and due process."

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Attorney General Christopher Porrino also claimed victory, calling the lawsuit "misguided," and the "supplemental protocols" that were agreed to "consistent with existing law and regulations."

"This outcome is further verification of the appropriateness of the State's Ebola response," Porrino's statement said.

A Maine resident at the time, Hickox had been returning from a stint in Sierra Leone with Doctors Without Borders when she landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, amid international fears the deadly virus ravaging western Africa could spread to America.

According to Hickox's lawsuit, she was told she would be quarantined almost immediately after disclosing she'd been a medical volunteer in West Africa, before any kind of screening took place. But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention medically cleared her while she was held at the airport.

Her temperature, taken with a forehead scanner, or temporal thermometer, registered a fever -- a symptom of Ebola. An oral thermometer registered a normal reading.

Gov. Chris Christie, who was widely anticipated to run for president in 2016, ordered her confined to what she described as a "private prison" in a tent outside of University Hospital in Newark.  She was taken by ambulance -- accompanied by an escort of eight police vehicles, sirens blaring.  

At the time of the episode, Christie was dismissive of her situation, saying, "I've been sued lots of times before. Get in line. I'm happy to take it on." He apologized for her inconvenience, but insisted his actions were necessary to protect public health.

The settlement guarantees a person targeted for quarantine to hire and meet with an attorney, "send and receive communications, have visitors, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses," according to the ACLU's statement. 

The settlement also requires that oral thermometers would have to be used to determine if a person has a fever. And the state would have to demonstrate why, if it seeks to quarantine a person, a less restrictive environment could not be used.

"Why couldn't they just have put Kaci in a private home instead of that tent?" said Civil Rights Attorney Norman Siegel, who also represented Hickox.

"This is a victory of justice and science over fear," said ACLU-NJ Legal Director Ed Barocas. "Kaci Hickox had the right to challenge her unwarranted detention, and because of her fight for due process, those rights for New Jerseyans are now more secure."

The policy could serve as a model for other states, Siegel said. "In some way, ironically, this could wind up being part of Gov. Christie's legacy."

Susan K. Livio may be reached at slivio@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @SusanKLivio. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.

Rider snapped cell phone photo of the suspect, police say.

A PATH rider took a cell phone photo of a man who allegedly exposed himself on a train (Law enforcement photo) 

NEWARK -- A man wanted for exposing himself on a PATH train was arrested at a Newark rail station after Port Authority police stopped him for dodging the fare, officials said Thursday.

Port Authority officers were on the lookout for the man after a rider snapped a cell phone photo of him masturbating in a train car at the Newport PATH station in Jersey City around 10:30 a.m. July 20, according to police spokesman Joe Pentangelo. An alert with the photo was distributed to officers.

Police spotted the suspect, later identified as James Reese, force open a handicapped turnstile without paying around 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Newark PATH stop, Pentangelo added. Reese admitted he was the man from the July 20 incident after a PAPD officer recognized him from the cell phone photo and asked Reese if he was the man who exposed himself.

The police spokesman called the arrest "heads up policing" by the alert officer, who remembered the earlier photo.

Reese was held at the Essex County jail on charges including public lewdness and unspecified warrants from Newark, and Jersey City, according to officials.

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NEWARK -- A contractor suffered neck and back injuries Thursday night after falling down an elevator shaft at Newark Liberty International Airport, Port Authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said.  The 38-year-old contractor, who was working in Terminal B, was taken to University Hospital in Newark with injuries Pentangelo described as non-life-threatening.  Paul Milo may be reached at pmilo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on...

NEWARK -- A contractor suffered neck and back injuries Thursday night after falling down an elevator shaft at Newark Liberty International Airport, Port Authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said. 

The 38-year-old contractor, who was working in Terminal B, was taken to University Hospital in Newark with injuries Pentangelo described as non-life-threatening. 

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Battle of the Barristers, a charity softball tournament, is a major fundraiser that brings in $100,000 to help the Greater Newark Fresh Air Fund send city kids to camp.

Sure, these lawyers always want to win, but the goal is to play softball badly to send kids to camp.

Give up a grand slam, that's $500, please. Since the teams have that kind of bank, $125 isn't a problem for watching home runs sail over the fence or hitting into double plays or striking out.

Connell Foley, however, won't have to kick in as much this year. The law firm from Roseland won Tuesday's Battle of the Barristers, a charity softball tournament among 10 law firms that figures to raise $100,000 for the Greater Newark Fresh Air Fund to ensure city kids enjoy a summer in the great outdoors.

The teams' final standings determine how much they pay. The winner's contribution is $5,750; second-through-fourth-place teams in a division kick in $6,000 to $7,250 and the fifth-place team has the biggest share, $7,500.

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"We've had those years where we raised plenty of money,'' said Patrick Brannigan, a partner with the firm.

He means they didn't play well.

"Not this year,'' Brannigan said.

The team powered through the preliminary rounds in Brookdale Park, going undefeated for a 5-0 record. It again dominated during the championship game at Yogi Berra Stadium on the Montclair State University campus.

It defeated Lowenstein Sandler, 14-7, breaking the game open in the second inning with eight runs to lead comfortably the rest of the way and end a 16-year championship drought. The last time Connell Foley won the big game was 2001.

Their defense, it seems, never rested.

"Today, we played our best defense,'' Brannigan said. "We had a great day.''

It was for a good cause, too.

"We appreciate this so much,'' said Donna Johnson Thompson, executive director of the Newark Day Center, the oldest social agency in the state that operates the Fresh Air Fund. "This is how we send our kids to camp.''

The Fresh Air Fund has been getting children out of the city and into the woods since 1882. Last year, 300 kids attended eight of the camps with help from the lawyers and public donations.

If you would like to donate, checks can be sent to the Greater Newark Fresh Air Fund, 43 Hill St., Newark N.J. 07102, or a donation can be made by credit card at Newarkdaycenter.org.

The relationship between the Fresh Air Fund and the law firms began 31 years ago, after two Newark firms --Gibbons and the then Robinson, Wayne & Greenberg --started playing each other in a softball game for bragging rights.

"The loser would buy drinks for the winners,'' said Michael Griffinger, an attorney with Gibbons. "But it got too expensive, so we said let's do it for charity instead of doing it for conspicuous consumption.''

The tournament started with four teams and has grown to 10 law firms. The amount of money teams pay also has increased.

"The incentive is to play well,'' Griffinger said.

Whack!

"That's not good,'' he said.

Gibbons gave up a home run to Connell Foley in a preliminary game.

"I think that's it for us,'' he said.

It was a walk-off home run to give Connell Foley a 5-4 win.

Bad is really a good thing after all. It's fun, too.

Griffinger, 81, didn't get hurt during the three games he pitched.

Joe Buckley, chairman of the litigation department at Sills Cummis & Gross in Newark, was having a good time on the mound. He had his backspin working until Gibbons rallied in the last inning of an earlier game to win 6-5.

The company had not played in the tournament in five years, but Buckley said it's back and plans to stay.

"This is a nice moral victory because you do it for charity,'' he said.

McCarter & English, the defending champion, was one run away from returning to the final game. It lost, 6-5, in the semifinals to Lowenstein Sandler, who lost to McCarter & English last year in the championship game.

"We did what we could,'' said Brett Kahn, an attorney with the Newark firm. "We're out there just playing and having fun. No matter what happens on the field, the kids win.''

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The Cole Schotz law firm of Hackensack took it on the chin for a good time and a day away from the office. In its first game, McCarter & English shut them out, 8-0.

"We like playing in this tournament,'' said Steve Klein, an attorney with the firm.

Lowenstein Sandler does, too. It has been in the championship game three of the last four years. Tuesday's back-to-back appearance started favorably when the team took a 2-0 lead that lasted only an inning. They were quickly down, 8-2, from a barrage of singles by Connell Foley.

When the score reached 14-4 in the last inning, Matt Tallmadge, a conflicts coordinator for the firm, offered a comical, hopeful prediction.

"The stage is set for a 12-run home run,'' he joked during his last at bat.

But if consistency counts for anything, Lowenstein Sandler will be in the hunt again next year.

"Getting there is what it's all about,'' said Ashley Steinhart, an attorney for the firm.

Writing checks for the kids is, too.

Barry Carter: (973) 836-4925 or bcarter@starledger.com or 

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