September 16 Evening News
NEW JERSEY NEWS 12 REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 15 THAT A MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR A MURDER COMMITTED BACK IN 2018. ACCORDING TO THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, THE MAN, AHIGJAH BROOMES, MURDERED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, AKIRAH TOWNES, IN MONTCLAIR ON BLOOMFIELD AVENUE. TOWNES WAS A 20-YEAR-OLD KEAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO WAS LEAVING FOR VIRGINIA BEACH WHEN SHE WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES AND LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT ST. JOSEPHS MEDICAL CENTER. BROOMES, NOW 29, WAS CONVICTED IN MARCH FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND MURDER. HE IS SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS AND MUST COMPLETE AT LEAST 85% OF HIS SENTENCE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.
NJ.COM REPORTED BERGEN COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER RUNNERS AVOIDED A SAFER ROUTE THROUGH RISING FLOOD WATERS DURING A HALF MARATHON OVER THE WEEKEND. THE RACE TOOK PLACE AMID SEVERE FLASH FLOODS THAT SWAMPED SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN NEW JERSEY PART OF THE 13.1-MILE RACE COURSE IN THE COUNTY PARK. SOME RUNNERS IN THE RACEFASTER HALF MARATHON, INCLUDING A FORMER BACHELORETTE WINNER, POSTED VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRUDGING THROUGH WAIST-HIGH WATER IN PARAMUS ON SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO COUNTY SPOKESPERSON DEREK SANDS, THE ORGANIZER OF THE RACE HAS BEEN BANNED FROM HOLDING EVENTS IN THE COUNTY’S PARKS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. SANDS SAID RUNNERS ARE ALSO FACING SCRUTINY FOR ALLEGEDLY PASSING UP AN ALTERNATE ROUTE SET UP BY ORGANIZERS THAT WOULD HAVE DIVERTED THEM FROM THE FLOODED ROUTE 4 UNDERPASS IN SADDLE RIVER COUNTY PARK.