WKNJ Newscast

Date _12/15/2014________
Mike Stango Script
Good afternoon, its Monday, December 15, 2014 at 11 oclock and youre listening to
90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and Im _____________ with the news.

In Local News
Suspect at large in Union County.
Union County authorities are asking for the publics help in identifying a suspect wanted
for the fatal shooting that took place in October on Pine Street in Elizabeth. Union
County Prosecutor Grace Park has released three-security camera photos of the man
suspected of the shooting. The photos show a man in a hooded sweatshirt with his arm
extended like he is pointing at someone or something. The shooting took place at about
10 PM on October 14th. Alonso Gordon was sitting on the front steps of a building when
someone fired a handgun at him from close range. Gordon was pronounced dead at the
hospital. Police are asking anybody with info regarding the shooting to call detective
Johnny Ho of the prosecutors office of Union County.
http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2014/12/union_county_seeks_help_identifying_gunm
an_in_fatal_elizabeth_shooting.html#incart_river

The city and Police department of Plainfield face multiple lawsuits including clames that
and officer was demoted for investigation alligations that a former police director
solicited a male prostitute. In one of the cases Jeffrey Waltz said he was demoted from
sergeant to patrolman in 2010 after he reported an attempt by then Police Director Martin
Helwig HELL-WIG to contact a male prostitute. Waltz claims he came to this
assumption when he found printed out email exchanges between the two on the console
of a police cruiser. In a separate lawsuit, Capt. Michael Gilliam said he was demoted to
sergeant after he investigated the Helwig incident as well. His rank was restored while
Waltzs is still pending. A third lawsuit involves Officer Crawford, who claims he
suffered retaliation after he reported seeing Lt. Jeff Plum acting inappropriately with a
subordinate. According to the report, Crawfort said he was transferred to a different shift
and forced to work holidays. Plum has filed a counter suit denying Plums aligations.

http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2014/12/lawsuits_swirl_around_plainfield_police_rep
ort_says.html#incart_river

In National News

Deaths in Afghanistan continue..

Bill Cosbys daughter Evin, comes to her fathers side this week in regards to Cosbys
recent rape allegations. She is second, behind her mother Camille who has been married
to Cosby for 40 years. Camille suggested that the media has published false accusations
about her husband and that he is a wonderful husband, father and friend. His daughter
had similar sentiments about her father, claiming, he was the man you know from his
work. At least 19 women have come forward publicly accusing Cosby of sexual assault.
Though Cosby has yet to speak about the accusations himself, his lawyer has called them
unsubstantiated, fantastical stories.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bill-cosbys-daughter-evin-dad-real-lifecliff/story?id=27637478

Bradley Stones body was found dead in the woods near his Philidephia home Tuesday
after a day-and-a-half manhunt. Stone, a former Marine sergeant was wanted in the
shooting of his ex-wife and five of her relatives. The manhunt resulted in five schools
within the neighboring areas being closed, and SWAT teams roaming neighborhoods and
helicopters patrolling the sky. His ex-wife Nicole was found dead in her apartment after
neighbors saw Stone fleeing with their two daughter around 5am. The girls were found
unharmed at Stones neighbors. Police went to two other houses and found five others
dead. Nicole Stones mother, grandmother, sister, brother-in-law and 14-year-old niece.
Her 17-year-old nephew was also found in very serious condition with a head wound.
Neighbors say Nicole Stone lived in fear of her ex husband and would often have
maintenance people check her apartment before entering. It is speculated that these
murders stem from the custody battle Stone has been fighting with his ex-wife since she
filed for divorce in 2009.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/search-intensifies-gunman-killed-27627070

In International News..
The African elephant could become extinct in a generation if China does not end its sale
of ivory says Douglas-Hamilton, the founder of Save the Elephants. China is the worlds
largest consumer of ivory, mainly purchased by newly-wealthy consumers who have a
taste for exotic goods. The whole sale price of ivory has tripled in just the last four years.
China does have laws regulating ivory sales, but they are not adequately enforced
according to a report from Save The Elephants. The report claimed that the legal ivory
market in China is a smokescreen for illegal sales. Researchers claim that at least 78% of
the shops in Beijing were illegal, while in Shanghai it was at least 89%.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/09/news/china-ivoryelephant/?hpt=ob_articleallcontentsidebar&iid=obnetwork

A Mexican student interrupted the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech of a 17-year-old
Pakistani girl by holding up a red-stained Mexican flag, imploring the activist to not
ignore Mexico. The man is heard saying, Please dont for Mexico, as he is grabbed
and escorted out of the ceremony. Though not stated it is likely this interruption was in
protest over the School students that were murdered at the request of the police in the
Mexican state of Guerrero in September. The man has yet to be identified by Mexican
or Norwegian authorities although it is confirmed a Mexican citizen had been arrested
during the Nobel Ceremony.
https://news.vice.com/article/mexican-student-interrupts-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony-inapparent-protest-for-mexicos-missing

More news, sports, and weather coming up.

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In Sports..
Giants fans get a sigh of relief..

Giants got their fifth victory this Sunday in a 24-13 victory against the Washington
Redskins this Sunday bringing their record to 5-9.

Devils lost a tough loss against the New York Islanders last night in a shoot out. The
final score was 3-2 Islanders.

The future is looking bleak for the Knicks as they are off to a rough start, suffering
another loss against the raptors this Sunday in a 95-90 barn burner.

Your WKNJ hourly weather updae..

Right now on the campus of Kean University it is a sunny 60 degrees with lows dropping
to 45.

Tune in later for meteorology reports on 90.3 FM.

In entertainment
The movie the Interview is still stirring up as much drama as expected. The comedy
staring James Franco and Seth Rogan is about a mission the CIA sends the two
comedians on in attempts to kill KIM JONG UN. Sony was hacked by boycotters and
the film was distributed freely online last week. There has also been a 9/11 type threat at
movie theaters playing the movie, although the U.S. dept. of Homeland Security says is
not credible, at least on available intelligence. Though the threat is not yet credible, the
official urges people to follow the controversial see something, say something motto
law enforcement agencies have been using as a slogan post 9/11.

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Thats it for your news. Youre listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey. Im
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