WKNJ Newscast #1

WKNJ Newscast



February 24,2011

Gregory Lopez



Good afternoon, it’s Thursday, February 24th,2011 at _____________ o’clock and you’re

listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and I’m Gregory Lopez with the news.

In local news…

A Superior Court jury has convicted an Irvington man of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl as she walked to school in May 2008, pushing her into his car then driving her to his home, the office of Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray announced. The kidnapping happened around 8:30 a.m. on May 30, 2008, when Deneus grabbed the girl from behind as she was walking to University Middle School on Myrtle Avenue in Irvington, authorities said. He pushed her into his car, then drove her to his home. The girl managed to escape when a woman entered the home. Deneus was arrested 3 days later and will be sentenced on May 6, he faces up to 70 years in prison.





In National News..

A Milwaukee man convicted of choking the life out of seven women during a 21-year killing spree was sentenced Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison, and prosecutors said they may yet tie Walter E. Ellis to two or more unsolved slayings.

Ellis, 50, was convicted last week after he pleaded no contest to charges of first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree murder.

All seven victims were strangled, either by hand or with a rope or clothing tied around their necks. One was also stabbed.

Outside the courtroom, victims' families and friends collapsed into each other's arms. They laughed and cried together, grateful that the sentencing finally brought closure to decades of uncertainty.



In International News…

Paraguay extradited three Lebanese men to the United States on Thursday - two on drug trafficking charges and another who faces trial in Philadelphia for allegedly selling stolen cell phones and used cars to raise funds for extremist activities in Lebanon.

The Iranian-backed political group, which now has a major role in Lebanon's government, is considered by the United States to be a terrorist organization.

He faces 25 years if convicted of 31 charges filed in November 2009 in Philadelphia. Hamdan said after his arrest that he's been falsely accused, and that if he weren't Muslim would not have been charged.

More news,sports and weather to come…..

(PSA)

In sports…

What a homecoming it was for Carmelo Anthony…

Anthony was an immediate star on his first day as a Knick, and he capped off his big day by scoring 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 114-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.

Anthony made only 10 of 25 shots but was at his best in the closing minutes, helping New York hold on after fellow superstar Amare Stoudemire fouled out. He matched the third-highest scoring game in a Knicks debut since 1964.



You’re WKNJ hourly weather report..

On Kean campus, it’s mostly cloudy, 45 degrees with a 20 percent chance of light rain. Highs in the mid 40s low 34 degrees



Tune in later for meteorology reports on 90.3 FM.



In entertainment news,

Charlie Sheen is returning to work, putting the top-rated TV comedy "Two and a Half Men" back into production.

Four episodes are expected to be completed for this season, the studio said. That would leave the series four short of the 24 episodes that were planned.

In an interview last week, Sheen acknowledged that he has had problems, but insisted he was ready to return to work.



That’s it for your news. You’re listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey. I’m

Gregory Lopez and we’ll be right back after this.



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