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New Jersey Stores Struggle To Stay Afloat After July Facade Collapse

RIVER EDGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Store owners at a busy shopping plaza in New Jersey are still waiting to get back to normal more than two weeks after the facade on their building collapsed, shuttering several businesses. 20 River Edge business owners say they saw their livelihoods come crashing down along with Kress Plaza’s facade on July 3rd. “I’ve been out of business for almost a month now,” JS Taekwondo owner Jisung Yun said. “It’s hurting us quite a bunch.” Michael and Sara Morea share Yun’s pain. They’ve been closed for weeks and call the experience “an emotional roller coaster.” They’re supposed to be celebrating one year in business, but instead they say it feels like a funeral. “This is everything for us, our future is looking bleak,” Michael says. River Edge Jewelers is feeling the same pain at what’s normally one of their busiest seasons. “Extremely frustrating,” James Boujakli said. “Me and my brother built this business in town and now it’s just slowly starting to deteriorate away.” Nine store owners want to know when they can get back to business, but say they’ve gotten no answers from Kress Associates, the owner of their section of the strip. CBS2 reached out to the company multiple times, but didn’t get a response. Additional calls and emails to town officials also went unanswered. The other half of the mall is owned by Barry Wong, so far he’s gotten four of his businesses back up and running. He’s hopeful he will restore power and gas to the others by the end of the week. Officials say inspectors were last at the building was in 2015, when the facade was installed. The Lions Club in River Edge is accepting donations for the shop owners to offer some relief while they’re out of business.

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July 23, 2018 0 comment

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Armed Suspect Dead In Riverside Following Wild Pursuit, Gunfire

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RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) – An armed suspect is dead after a pursuit that began in Hemet and ended amid gunfire in a busy shopping area in Riverside Friday night. The incident began at about 7:30 p.m., when Hemet police went to the home of a man to investigate a report that shots had been fired in a field earlier in the week. While in the area, officers noticed the suspect’s Chrysler convertible in the area of Kirby Street and Devonshire Avenue. When officers tried to conduct a traffic stop, the car sped away, prompting a pursuit. The chase wound its way westbound on Devonshire and south onto California Avenue. While driving on California Avenue, police said, the suspect fired multiple shots at the pursuing officers. The pursuit then made its way into the city of Riverside, where Riverside police took over. “We believe that at least twice during the pursuit, out in either their city or the county, that the suspect fired shots at the pursuing officers,” Riverside police spokesman Ryan Railsback told reporters. No officers were injured. The pursuit came to an end in the area of California and Arlington avenues, which is near several stores, including a Sears and a Ross Dress for Less. Witness Marie Lua was driving in the area with her family when she their car got caught up in the midst of the chase. “We were driving down Arlington, and we just saw probably 15, 20 cop cars just pass us,” Lua said. Lua said she watched as gunfire erupted. “I had my 5-year-old child in the car, there was nothing I could do,” Lua said. “So we just stopped our vehicle and pretty much just watched everyone shoot at him, and I don’t know if he shot back.” The suspect was found dead in his car at the conclusion of the pursuit. His name was not released. It’s unclear if he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound or was killed by police. “It’s unsafe, and they could have went about it in kind of a safer way, before he actually hit traffic and they started shooting, while he was still in motion,” Lua said. The investigation into the case is ongoing.

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Armed Suspect Dead In Riverside Following Wild Pursuit, Gunfire

July 21, 2018 0 comment