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Mom Gives Birth On The Garden State Parkway

Dan Alexander — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:58:27 +0000

A woman gave birth on the Garden State Parkway on Sunday night. New Jersey State Police received calls that a woman was in labor along the Parkway’s northbound side in Tinton Falls at milepost 105.7 around 10:40 p.m. according to the Star-Ledger. By the time troopers arrived the mother had delivered a baby girl. The [...]

Kindergarten Student Banned From School Because of Haircut [POLL]

Tom Morgan — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:57:24 +0000

Apparently, I’m last to find out that a slick spiked Mohawk will cost you an education. Ethan Clos of Springfield, Ohio is getting national attention because his Grandmother wanted to give him a Mohawk, claiming that the hair style was ‘similar to the other hair styles the school finds acceptable.‘ (Huffington Post) No [...]

Man Pays $137 Traffic Ticket With 137 Origami Pigs in Donut Boxes [VIDEO]

Tom Morgan — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:36:42 +0000

Recently, there has been a big debate over the red light cameras in South Jersey, in which many people are being issued tickets because the yellow lights are turning red too quick. A guy who calls himself "Bacon Moose" (not sure why), found a creative way of paying for his 137 dollar ticket....

Vineland Bank Robber Uses WHAT As A Weapon??!!

Tom Morgan — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:51:06 +0000

Every morning, we announce a new ‘SoJO Stupid Citizen’ at 6:45. Many times, we find stories that have to do with bank robbers and their unique (and unsuccessful) ways to rob a bank. This stupid citizen from Vineland, tops it all. Stephen Mercado apparently entered a citi bank Thursday afternoon and handed a teller [...]

Shocking Facial Hair Argument – SoJO Stupid Citizen

Tom Morgan — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:37:27 +0000

If your boyfriend/husband has a beard, and decides to trim it up a bit, what’s the worst that happens? You simply say, “I don’t like it honey”. Right? Not so much for this Pennsylvania couple that came straight from a page of Jerry Springer. Lehigh Valley Live reports that 53-year-old Joyce Speciale-Detweiler of Easton [...]

Home Improvement Nightmares – Yikes! What's Yours?

Tom Morgan — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:42:07 +0000

In Trenton, a 73-yr old guy was critically injured in an explosion in his garage. What he was doing, and how the explosion happened, may surprise you. Apparently, he was trying to make a lamp out of two old World War Two artillery shells! He successfully drilled holes into one of them, and was [...]

Bridgeton Strikes Again – SoJO Stupid Citizen

Tom Morgan — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:27:36 +0000

Two Bridgeton men were driving down Black Horse Pike, yes it almost sounds like an opening line of a joke. Guess what they were looking for? Our two friends from Bridgeton were looking for vending machines to break into (what are we in 6′th grade?) They had a key to the locks of certain [...]

Crazy Ways You Have Injured Yourself – What's Your Story?

Tom Morgan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:44:01 +0000

We recently posted a story on a Vineland man surviving a shot to the heart by a nail gun. While this story is quite an Easter miracle, it opens up a discussion on what crazy ways you have injured yourself. What's your story?

SoJO Stupid Citizen: He's Totally Running For President, Free Ponies For Everybody! – [VIDEO]

Tom Morgan — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:36:18 +0000

Say what you will about the Presidential Candidates that are running for the 2012 election— but none of the candidates promised the entire nation a free pony while wearing a jaunty wizard hat on their head! Yes my proud fellow Americans—remember the name, Vermin Supreme! He has officially come out in the state of New Hampshire [...]