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Here are the top New Jersey news stories for Thursday:

⬛ Missing child found in Monroe pond

Monroe Township police responded to a report of a missing child Tuesday night.

After a search of the area, the 4-year-old was found in a pond behind the families home. The child was not breathing

The pond was located about 50-yards from the home's back deck.

This is the 11th drowning of a child in New Jersey since the start of the Summer season.

⬛ NJ student dies in motorcycle crash at U of Delaware

NEWARK, Del. — A New Jersey woman about to begin her first year at the University of Delaware died after being struck by a speeding motorcycle late Tuesday night.

Newark, Delaware police said a motorcyclist ignored a University of Delaware police officer's order to stop on East Main Street, which runs through the center of the campus. One minute later the motorcycle struck a pedestrian who was inside a crosswalk on West Main Street. The motorcycle continued onto a sidewalk and struck four pedestrians and a light pole.

⬛ Kayaker discovers submerged car and dead driver in canal

FRANKLIN (Somerset) — Somerset County authorities are investigating a deadly crash that involved a car in a canal over the weekend.

The prosecutor’s office said that on Saturday, August 24, just before 12:30 p.m., township police received a report from a kayaker who spotted a car submerged in the Delaware Raritan Canal near Canal and Grouser roads.

Officers found damage to the guardrails and several trees when they arrived, and saw the car underwater.

⬛ Watch out! The most drunk drivers in NJ swerve here

Around 1 in 3 fatal crashes involve alcohol but that hasn't stopped thousands of drunk New Jerseyans from getting behind the wheel.

Police throughout New Jersey made 26,447 DUI arrests between July 2023 and June 2024. That's a 1% increase from the same time frame a year earlier, according to recently released municipal court data. The data does not include convictions.

The number of arrests is down compared to before the pandemic.

⬛ NJ campaign manager guilty in ridiculously brazen ballot scheme

TRENTON — A Democratic campaign manager from Hunterdon County has pleaded guilty to cheating to get a candidate on the Democratic primary ballot in the governor’s race in 2021.

James Devine was accused of submitting nearly 2,000 made-up names to get Lisa McCormick, his life partner, on the 2021 ballot for the Democratic primary for governor.

The 62-year-old Devine, who lives in Lambertville but spent years as a political operative and local newspaper publisher in Union County, pleaded guilty on Monday in Superior Court in Mercer County to a third-degree offense concerning nomination certificates or petitions.

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