A Lakewood charity, indicted in March on theft charges involving hundreds of thousands of tax dollars, raised millions of dollars from the public while failing to follow the state law that governs fundraising efforts.
A Lakewood rabbi who runs a school for children with developmental disabilities pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of stealing public funds for personal use.
One day last summer, state investigators descended upon the 13-acre campus in Lakewood of the School for Children with Hidden Intelligence, a private entity that takes in about $1.8 million a month from the coffers of public schools to educate special needs youngsters.
The director of a prominent Lakewood school for children with special needs, charged in a May indictment with stealing more than $630,000 in public money, will appear before a judge next week.
TRENTON, NJ — The founder of a Lakewood school for children with special needs has been indicted on charges he misappropriated more than $630,000 in public tuition funds, using a purported fundraising foundation for the school in his alleged schemes to steal and launder money, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced.
Jackson, NJ – A New Jersey town has banned the construction of dormitories after months of heated debate that some opponents say was rooted in fears of a growing Jewish community.
An operator of a beeper store in downtown Lakewood that was a focus of an investigation this year pleaded guilty Thursday to running a business that illegally sent millions of dollars across the country.
Lakewood, NJ – A Monsey man who was struck by a car after he tried crossing Route 9 in Lakewood remains in the hospital in critical condition with head and leg injuries.
Lakewood, NJ – It was anything but business as usual at a Jewish-owned Lakewood, New Jersey shoe store on Monday night as a man brandishing a gun entered the premises and ordered everyone inside onto the floor while he robbed the cash register.
A group associated with Kars4Kids is trying to take over a Staten Island synagogue to hide some of the charity’s cash, court papers say.