Math Teacher Indicted For Alleged Classroom Sex With Student: Patch PM

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Former Math Teacher Indicted For Alleged Classroom Sex With Student

A Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a former Hackettstown High School teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted a teen student over the course of two years, Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke announced. At least one of those assaults allegedly occurred inside a classroom, prosecutors say. >>>Read more on Patch

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• People reported hearing several loud explosions as a truck carrying unknown chemicals erupted in flames on Rt. 9 South in Woodbridge.

New Brunswick Parking Authority Workers Charged with Thefts, Bribes

• The scheme started Valentine's Day, when attendants took bribes from drivers in exchange for letting them park at a closed lot, police said.

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