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A New Jersey homeowner says she has identified some salami-slinging “bandits” while police continue investigating why they sprinkled pepperoni slices outside her home in a case of vandalism.
“What is this?” Heather Dougherty told PIX 11 of her reaction when she made the discovery on Jan. 24. “I am on camera, so I cannot say the words I exactly used, but ‘What is this?’ From the door to the edge of the porch and then strategically placed down the stairs to the driveway, and four slices on the hood and four slices on the trunk.”
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The Manville native has lived at her home on South Street for 16 years, and it has never been vandalized before, she told the local news station.
“We’re trying to figure out who goes around with two loaves of pepperoni in the middle of the night and cuts it up into slices and throws it on people’s property,” Dougherty said. “You have nothing better to do with your time?”
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Large pepperoni slices are shown outside a New Jersey woman’s home on the morning of Jan. 24, 2024.(Heather Dougherty/Local News X/TMX)
The meat was not just spread around her home but also her car, causing her to worry about the paint job since it’s unknown how long the greasy product often used as a pizza topping was sitting there.
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Dougherty posted pictures of the scene on Facebook with the description: “The Bandits, as I call them, have been identified by myself. The police are still investigating, and charges are pending the outcome of such police investigation.”
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This image shows the size of the pepperoni slices that were strewn outside Heather Dougherty’s home.(Heather Dougherty/Local News X/TMX)
Local pizza shop owner Anthony D’Aniello told PIX 11 the meat looks larger than the kind commonly used on pies.
“Certainly of the family of pepperoni, salami; exactly what, I cannot be certain,” D’Aniello said. “As an Italian, it hurts the heart.”
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The pepperoni slices involved in the alleged vandalism look like they may have been cut by hand.(Heather Dougherty/Local News X/TMX)
Slices of pepperoni are strewn all over Heather Dougherty’s patio.(Heather Dougherty/Local News X/TMX)
The Manville Police Department did not immediately respond to a Fox News inquiry about the alleged crime.
“It is funny, however, it’s wrong,” she said. “You should not be trespassing; you should not be vandalizing people’s properties.”
ALLSTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Boston police are searching for a gunman who opened fire in Allston Thursday and left one person hurt.
Police responded to a radio call for a person shot in the area of Brighton Avenue at approximately 6:46 p.m. When officers arrived, they said they found a male “juvenile” suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim’s age has not been released.
Boston police said the shooter fled the scene and remains at large. No arrests have been made.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Boston police.
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Sidney Crosby left the Pittsburgh Penguins’ game against the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday and did not return.
The team initially did not disclose why Crosby was ruled out of the game, but coach Dan Muse told reporters postgame that Crosby has a lower-body injury. Crosby left the ice and went to the locker room early in the second period. The Penguins went on to beat the Senators in a shootout, 4-3.
Pittsburgh also played Thursday’s game without Evgeni Malkin, who has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury. It remains unclear how long he will be out, with the team only saying Malkin is “day-to-day,” according to a post on X from March 24.
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Crosby returned to Pittsburgh’s lineup on March 18 against the Carolina Hurricanes after missing four weeks due to a lower-body injury suffered during the Olympic tournament. Crosby was injured during Team Canada’s quarterfinal win over Team Czechia after a hit by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas.
Crosby was placed on injured reserve and missed 11 games. In the five games since returning to the lineup, Crosby has tallied five points. This season, the 38-year-old star for the Penguins has a team-high 28 goals, and he is third on the team with 36 assists.
With 10 games remaining in the regular season, Pittsburgh (36-20-16) sits in second place in the Eastern Conference’s Metropolitan Division with 88 points. The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders both have 87 points.
A spokesperson for the governor said the gas tax holiday remains an option ‘should gas prices continue to climb,’ but Lamont is not actively pursuing it due to lack of support from the legislature.
By Karla Ciaglo, CTNewsJunkie.com
On March 10, Gov. Ned Lamont proposed a temporary gas tax holiday to help Connecticut drivers amid rising fuel costs tied to global conflict, but the plan was met with mixed reviews and now appears to be in limbo.
While top Democrats urged immediate action using emergency authority, other legislative leaders and Republicans expressed concerns over timing, fiscal impact, and whether the savings would actually reach Connecticut residents.
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Lamont’s proposal would suspend the state’s 25-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax — and potentially the roughly 49-cent diesel tax — as prices climbed following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the resulting disruption to global oil markets. Despite the urgency, it lost traction among legislators.
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