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'Chopped' Chef Charged In Minor's Sex Assault: 5 Must-Read NJ Stories

Also in the news: Teen driver ends up on athletic field, DUI driver jailed after fatal crash, and boat breaks up on the rocks.

Good evening, New Jersey Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the state for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories from the Garden State:

1. Authorities resumed their search Tuesday for a Brick Township man who went missing when his family's boat capsized in Manasquan Inlet. (Read more on Patch.)

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2. A Toms River woman whose blood alcohol content was four times the legal limit in a 2022 crash that killed a Middlesex County man has been sentenced to prison and a license suspension, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday. (Read more on Patch.)

3. A New Jersey Congressman has written to Princeton University asking them to drop a book from the curriculum that he says is antisemitic. (Read more on Patch.)

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4. Officials are assessing the damage to Smith Field in Parsippany after a vehicle careened off a nearby road and landed on the turf field late Monday morning. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Teaneck-based chef Shalom Yehudiel, known for appearing on TV's "Chopped," has been arrested again on charges of sexually assaulting a minor, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday. (Read more on Patch.)

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