Here's the stories you'll be talking about on the New Jersey 101.5 Morning Show on Friday:

🔗 Chlorine leak injures 7 at North Brunswick LA Fitness

LA Fitness in North Brunswick (Google Maps)

🚨7 people were injured in a chlorine leak at the Brunswick Shopping Center
🚨4 people, including the truck driver, were taken to hospitals after the leak
🚨Police said the leak was contained, with no evacuations or road closures ordered

NORTH BRUNSWICK — Seven people were injured during a chemical leak at a Middlesex County shopping center Thursday morning.

North Brunswick police issued a safety alert at 8 a.m. to stay away from the Brunswick Shopping Center on Milltown Road due to a chemical spill, especially the area near LA Fitness. Deputy Chief Brian Hoiberg told New Jersey 101.5 it was a chlorine leak at the gym building.

Four people were hospitalized, including the driver of the truck for Miracle Chemical Co. of Farmingdale. Hoiberg said there were no road closures or evacuations.

Exposure to chlorine can irritate the nose, lungs and throat, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. It can cause an asthma-like allergy, headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

🔗 State releases body cam video from police shooting after 911 call

Body cam footage from police shooting of Lacey woman who called 911 on March 16 2026 NJ OAG via Lacey Township Police - — Body cam footage from police shooting of Lacey woman who called 911 on March 16, 2026 (NJ OAG via Lacey Police)

⚠️ State investigators released body camera video and 911 recordings from the March police shooting.
➡️ Officers responded after Susanne Clarke, 55, called 911 saying she thought she was having a heart attack.
🔴 Body cams show an officer saying he sees a dog inside with a knife wound, which the victim's family says is not true.

State investigators have released body-worn camera footage from the police response to an Ocean County woman’s 911 call for help — which ended with the woman being shot and killed.

The family of the victim has come out strongly against the state attorney general's statement on the shooting death, saying that Clarke's killing was unjustifiable and the result of "dreadful decisions by the Lacey Township Police Department."

Clarke's family slams state AG statement, calls killing unjustifiable
“Ms. Clarke was a 55-year-old mother of two, had no criminal history, owned her home, and operated a small business. Her avoidable death is the foreseeable consequence of feverish and unconstitutional policing,” according to a statement from the family’s attorney, Joshua Moskovitz, as received by New Jersey 101.5 late Thursday night.

"Her family calls on lawmakers to ensure that the Lacey Township Police Department and the officers responsible for Ms. Clarke’s death are brought to justice," the statement continues.

“We are outraged and saddened by what these videos show,” Moskovitz also said.

🔗 ICE: NJ woman overstayed visa from Canada before boardwalk arrest

Canadian living in NJ, accused of slapping teen on boardwalk, is held by ICE in Newark (Ocean County jail, Google Maps)

⚠️ A Canadian citizen charged in a Point Pleasant Beach assault case is now in federal immigration custody.
➡️ Homeland Security says she overstayed her U.S. visa by nearly two years before her arrest.
🔴 She is charged in the boardwalk assault case while immigration proceedings move forward.

A New Jersey woman, who remains a Canadian citizen, is now in federal immigration custody as she faces charges of assaulting a teen in a boardwalk confrontation this month.

Following the July 3 incident in Point Pleasant Beach, Kaitlyn Tracey of Allenhurst, was charged with simple assault, endangering the welfare of a child, harassment and obstruction.

The 33-year-old Tracey, who is married, is accused of yelling at and hitting a female juvenile who was wearing “patriotic colored sweatpants with political wording,” police have said.

Officials said Tracey has been in this country illegally for nearly two years. Online records show she was being held at Delaney Hall in Newark.

She entered the U.S. “April 14, 2024, on a visa set to expire on September 6, 2024. In violation of our nation’s laws, she overstayed her visa and failed to depart,” a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in a response to New Jersey 101.5.

“According to local reports, she allegedly struck a teenage girl wearing pro-Trump memorabilia on a boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach during 4th of July weekend. She was arrested by the Point Pleasant Beach Police department who facilitated a controlled transfer into ICE custody, where she will remain pending her immigration proceedings,” the spokesperson also said.

🔗 NJ promises new fix after years of food stamps fraud

The new encrypted chip card (NJ Department of Human Services)

💳 New Jersey is replacing EBT cards with encrypted chip cards to combat fraud.
⚠️ The new cards are designed to stop card skimming that has stolen food benefits from recipients.
➡️ The rollout starts in three counties before expanding statewide, but anyone can request a replacement card.

The same encrypted chip in your credit and debit cards is now coming to food assistance cards in New Jersey.

The new chip cards will help fight fraud and make it more difficult for criminals who use card skimmers to steal benefits, according to New Jersey Human Services Commissioner Stephen Cha.

"Under current federal law, electronically stolen benefits cannot be replaced, leaving families who experience this type of theft without recourse. The new chip cards provide enhanced security to help prevent that kind of loss in the first place, keeping benefits in the hands of the people who need them,” Cha said.

EBT recipients have been frequent targets of fraud. In 2022, the state Department of Human Services reported that SNAP recipients lost $355,000 to card skimmers. Last year, there were also reports of widespread EBT fraud in Lakewood.

🔗 Jersey girls don’t pump gas! New poll trashes self-serve

FDU Poll: NJ voters still oppose self-service gas pumps. (Canva/TSQ illustration)

⛽ New Jersey voters still overwhelmingly oppose allowing self-service gas, with 64% saying they want to keep full-service pumps.
🚗 The latest FDU Poll shows opinions have barely changed since 2012, proving one of New Jersey's longest-running debates isn't going away.
🗳️ Women, younger voters and Democrats are most likely to support keeping the state's ban on pumping your own gas.

There are some debates that never seem to die in New Jersey.

Pork Roll or Taylor Ham? Central Jersey: real or imagined? And, of course, should Garden State drivers finally be allowed to pump their own gas?

If the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll is any indication, New Jerseyans are sending a clear message: we don't pump our own.

The new FDU Poll finds 64% of New Jersey voters want to keep the state's decades-old ban on self-service gasoline, while just 24% favor joining the other 49 states by allowing drivers to pump their own fuel. Those numbers are virtually unchanged from 2012, when 63% supported keeping full-service and 23% favored self-service.