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Teachers Save Choking Elementary School Student: Top 5 NJ Stories

Catch up with the stories making headlines today in the Garden State.

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 New Jersey:

1. Alyssa Testa and Reid Stapp will tell you they simply did what they have been trained to do: respond to an emergency as a team. (Read more on Patch.)

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2. The affidavit of probable cause has shed more light on the East Brunswick homicide that took place on Friday. (Read more on Patch.)

3. An injured fox that's stuck in a piece of plastic has been wandering around Washington Township. (Read more on Patch.)

Find out what's happening in Mendham-Chesterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

4. A Springfield chiropractor was sentenced to 90 days in county jail after a hidden camera was found in his office's bathroom, said Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel on Tuesday. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Two people have been charged in a scheme in which they'd call people pretending to be a member of Bergen County law enforcement to try to scam them out of money, prosecutors said. (Read more on Patch.)

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