N.J. Sports Standout Was In-And-Out Of Jail; Now He's Dead: Patch PM

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N.J. Sports Standout Was In-And-Out Of Jail; Now He's Dead

He was a sports standout who had everything, on top of 1,000 or more points. But the crime and the drugs were too much.>>Read more on Patch

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• The West Orange Liberty Middle School family raised funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation in honor of teacher Kim DeMeo.

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