This storm is no joke — NJ Top News

Here are the top New Jersey news stories for Tuesday:

⬛ This storm in no joke: NJ braces for major flooding

Flooding on Wagaraw Road in Hawthorne (Hawthorne Fire Department)

A violent storm with high winds and heavy rain will move into New Jersey today.

Gov. Phil Murphy has already declared a State of Emergency.

Massing power outages and potentially deadly flooding is possible.

⬛ When will the storm arrive?

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New Jersey 101.5 Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow is tracking the storms movement.

Here is when we can expect the worst of it.

⬛ NJ man charged with giving narcotics to young teens for sex

Cougar Field in Chatham Township (Google Maps/Morris County Prosecutor's Office)

CHATHAM TOWNSHIP — A Newark man is charged with repeatedly giving narcotics to two teenagers in exchange for sex, according to authorities.

Nafis Wiggins, 25, of Newark faces a slew of charges including two counts of first-degree human trafficking, two counts of second-degree luring, five counts of second-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree child endangerment, and third-degree drug possession with intent to distribute.

⬛ Gov. Murphy's message to buses of migrants

Trenton train station (AP photo/Mike Catalini), New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)/Canva illustration

Since around the beginning of 2024, over 1,800 individuals who recently arrived in the United States have been transported by bus to transit sites in New Jersey from Texas and Louisiana.

If this continues to happen, there needs to be some type of warning so that officials have a better shot of protecting the well-being of passengers once they arrive in the Garden State, according to Gov. Phil Murphy, who sent a letter on Monday to more than 20 charter bus companies in southern states.

⬛ Pick up stolen in Wall, NJ found 30 miles away

Joseph Cranmer (Ocean County Jail)

BERKELEY – A pickup left with the engine running in the parking lot of a Wawa on Saturday afternoon was stolen and wound up in a crash 30 miles away.

Wall police Capt. Chad Clark said Joseph Cranmer, 37 of Little Egg Harbor got in the unlocked 1989 Ford F-350 at the Wawa on Route 34 around 4:30 p.m. and drove off.

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NJ DOT humorous safety messages 2.0

Gallery Credit: Dan Alexander

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