Ever since he was a precocious 5 year old who read the Bergen Record and then published his own neighborhood newspaper, Dan Alexander has always had an interest in the news. Alexander says he learns something new on this job everyday and that's what keeps it interesting. Alexander has been with New Jersey 101.5 for the past 10 years on the digital team writing news and working behind the scenes on a variety of projects.
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Linden, NJ teen feud ends in father getting shot
The boys agreed to meet after school around 3:30 p.m. on Seymour Avenue. When the boy and his 36-year-old father showed up the other teen, a 15-year-old, fired several rounds hitting the father twice.
NJ college football player charged in brutal double rape at house party
Daunte White, 20, of Wharton, a redshirt freshman linebacker for the Saint Francis University Red Flash, was charged Tuesday in the assault that happened in February 2022.
Victim dies after nearly two dozen shots fired on downtown Newark, NJ street
The shots were fired near Homer Liquors in the 1000 block Broad Street in Newark's Ironbound section around 7:30 p.m., according to acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II.
NJ man claims to have bomb: Florida airport searched, cops say
John Magee of Carney's Point was in line slamming his bag on the ground and said he had a bomb in his bag, a passenger told a flight attendent.
Two kids hit by car crossing Atlantic City, NJ street
Atlantic City police said the 10 and 14 year old were crossing Maryland Avenue at Magellan Avenue in Atlantic City around 8:14 a.m.
Thieves flattened tire and followed car leaving NJ jewelry store, cops say
When the driver stopped at a pharmacy on Route 27 police believe two men put a deflation device in one of the tires and were there to "help" when the tire went flat.
NJ Turnpike truck fire creates massive delays Thursday morning
A tractor trailer hit a concrete barrier in the northbound outer lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike between Exits 9 and 10 and became engulfed in flames.
Man, 60, killed in one of two crashes on Route 31 in Ewing, NJ
A pick-up truck overturned at the entrance to TCNJ in one crash and a n elderly man was killed in the second crash an hour later.
NJ Lehigh University student still missing, chopper joins search
Daniel Lee has not been seen since Friday. Lehigh University police, which are investigating along with Bethlehem police do not suspect foul play but there is concern that he may have hurt himself.
Woman caught attending New Brunswick, NJ High as ‘fake’ student
A woman enrolled at New Brunswick High School and attended classes for nearly a week before school officials realized the ruse, school superintendent Aubrey Johnson said during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.
Jersey City, NJ teacher shot to death — husband busted in PA
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Temara King was shot multiple times Tuesday morning in her home at the Toy Factory apartments in Jersey City.
Shots fired in broad daylight at parked car in Linden, NJ
A man was shot at from a passing car as he sat in his parked car on Cleveand Avenue Sunday afternoon.