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Gainesville, VA
Police & Fire
Good Samaritans Subdue Woman Who Exposed Herself, Fought Officer At Gainesville GNC: Police Good Samaritans Subdue Woman Who Exposed Herself, Fought Officer At Gainesville GNC: Police
Good Samaritans Subdue Woman Who Exposed Herself, Fought Officer At Gainesville GNC: Police Shoppers inside a busy Virginia nutrition store were caught off guard when a routine trip turned chaotic, police said. Officers were called to the GNC on Linton Hall Road in Gainesville just after 11:25 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, after reports of a disorderly woman inside the store, Prince William County police said on Monday. Investigators said Danielle Maria Blaser Diaz, 36, entered the business and began aggressively approaching customers, creating a disturbance inside the store.  Then things took a strange turn when she later stepped outside and exposed herself to customers throug…

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by Zak Failla
Middletown, NJ
Business
Popular Bundt Cake Shop Replacing Jersey Shore Dance Studio Popular Bundt Cake Shop Replacing Jersey Shore Dance Studio
Popular Bundt Cake Shop Replacing Jersey Shore Dance Studio Nothing Bundt Cakes, the nation’s largest specialty cake company, plans to open a second bakery at the Jersey Shore. The newest bakery will be at Aldrich Plaza in Howell replacing the Howell Academy of Dance, a spokeswoman said. The chain of about 500 bakeries already has a shop in Toms River, Ocean County. Aldrich Plaza in Howell Levin Management Corporation Interior renovations are underway so it's too soon to project an opening date for the Howell location, she said. Nothing Bundt Cakes offers handcrafted bundt cakes in a variety of flavors and sizes, such as bite-sized Buntinis, m…

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by Jon Craig
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
Wanted Suspect Caught After Ramming Wallington Police Car In Escape Attempt Wanted Suspect Caught After Ramming Wallington Police Car In Escape Attempt
Wanted Suspect Caught After Ramming Wallington Police Car In Escape Attempt A suspect wanted out of Carlstadt rammed a Wallington police car with her SUV in an escape attempt before she was chased down in East Rutherford, authorities said. Officer Kasper Zielinski spotted accused shoplifter Amy Putrino, 38, of Paterson, leaving the GNC store on Paterson Avenue, Police Chief Carmello J. Imbruglia said on Tuesday, April 25. The purple-haired Putrino, who fit the description of a woman wanted by Carlstadt police, got into a distinctive-looking Honda Element cited in their alert, the chief said. Zielinski "started to pull closer to her vehicle in his patrol unit when …

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police ‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police
‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police A GNC employee in Hunterdon County told police he was simply “bored” when he decided to throw energy drinks around the store and parking lot and cause damage to the walls, authorities said. Officers responding to the Flemington GNC saw purple energy drinks thrown in the middle of the parking lot and all over the store, as well as damage to a wall inside the store, police said. A follow-up investigation found that one of the store’s employees, Nicholas Tampano, 18, had started throwing expired cans at the building and causing the damage because he was “bored,” police said. Tampano, of Flemi…

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by Valerie Musson
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Obituaries
Bergen County Native Jorge Merced Jr. Dies Suddenly, 21 Bergen County Native Jorge Merced Jr. Dies Suddenly, 21
Bergen County Native Jorge Merced Jr. Dies Suddenly, 21 Longtime Bergen County resident Jorge Merced Jr. died suddenly on Oct. 6. He was 21 years old. The Garfield native was a student at William Paterson University in Wayne and worked at GNC in Wallington, according to his obituary. More than $6,700 had been raised on a GoFundMe for the family as of Wednesday. "We are writing to you today to let you know of the sudden and unexpected passing of Jorge Merced Jr," the page reads. "Jorge was a wonderful son, brother, nephew, cousin and friend who brought joy to those around him. "We are absolutely heartbroken and devastated by Jorge’s p…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cherry Hill, NJ
Business
Report: GNC Closes Additional 40 New Jersey Stores Report: GNC Closes Additional 40 New Jersey Stores
Report: GNC Closes Additional 40 New Jersey Stores After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June, GNC has announced closures of an additional 40 stores. The nutritional supplement company had originally planned on closing just 10 stores. According to NJ.com, the following 50 stores have either closed, or will soon: Blackwood, Gloucester Premium Outlets Bridgewater, Bridgewater Commons Cinnaminson, The Shoppes At Cinnaminson Closter, Heidenberg Plaza Delran, Hartford Corners Denville, The Shoppes At Union Hill Denville,  Diamond Spring Road Deptford, Deptford Mall East Hanover, Hanover Commons East Rutherford, American Dream Mall E…

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by Cecilia Levine
Greenwich, CT
Business
Locally Owned, Operated GNC In Greenwich Marks 24th Year In Business Locally Owned, Operated GNC In Greenwich Marks 24th Year In Business
Locally Owned, Operated GNC In Greenwich Marks 24th Year In Business Though hundreds of GNC stores are closing after the company filed for bankruptcy this week, one location in Fairfield County is open and thriving - and has been for nearly a quarter of a century. The GNC in the Riverside Commons Shopping Center on East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich will continue to stay open, serving the customers who have frequented it since 1997, franchise owner Michael Saluzzi wants the community to know. Earlier story - COVID-19: GNC Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close About 1,200 Stores Saluzzi opened his first GNC franchise in Brooklyn in 1992 before setting up shop in Fai…

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by Zak Failla
Torrington, CT
Business
COVID-19: GNC Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close About 1,200 Stores COVID-19: GNC Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close About 1,200 Stores
Covid-19: GNC Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close About 1,200 Stores General Nutrition Centers (GNC) plans to close upwards of 1,200 stores after filing for bankruptcy amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The 85-year-old company, which reportedly has been dealing with nearly a billion dollars of debt announced it will be shuttering at least a quarter of its locations as it faces a shortage of customers due to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to GNC, the company “has been executing a store portfolio optimization strategy to close underperforming stores, while continuing to invest in omnichannel and brand strategies to better meet consumer demand." G…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack, NJ
News
LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY LIST: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY
List: Bankrupt GNC Closing 248 Stores, Including 20 In NJ, NY GNC on Wednesday released a list of stores that the company is closing in New Jersey and New York as part of its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retailer, which had 5,200 stores in the U.S. and 7,300 worldwide at the end of March, said it expects to close anywhere from 800 to 1,200 of them, beginning with those listed below. GNC already was submerged in an estimated $700 million in debt and facing delisting on the New York Stock Exchange when COVID-19 struck. The coronavirus pandemic “created a situation where we were unable to accomplish our refinancing and the abrupt cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills
Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills Edgewater police nabbed a pair of counterfeiters from the Bronx who hit several stores in town, authorities said. The manager of a River Road GNC called police Wednesday after the men used three bogus $100 bills to pay for low-priced items, receiving genuine cash as change, before fleeing in a white Mercedes Benz E350 Police Chief Donald Martin said. The car pulled into the parking lot of The Square shopping center when Officer Tyler Iafelice spotted it, Martin said. A search turned up $600 in bogus $100 bills and the same amount in real money, he said. Charged with forgery, money launder…

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by Jerry DeMarco