🌱 How a Westville security firm ended up at the center of $8M
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- How a Westville security firm ended up at the center of $8M
- How a Westville playground became a tribute to the Gaudreau brothers
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- Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 89, low: 73.
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• South Jersey Security Firm Founder and Deputy Director Face Federal Charges Over $9 Million Vault Theft (thesunpapers.com) — Residents should know that the founder and deputy director of a Westville-based security firm, Erigere Rapidus Solutions, are federally charged with allegedly diverting millions from a bank client’s cash vault over several years. Prosecutors say more than $8 million went missing while the company handled cash for a local bank, with the money allegedly spent on business costs and personal luxuries. Both men face serious federal charges and potential long prison terms. 
• Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau's Father Says He Still Cannot Forgive the Driver Charged in Their Deaths (wealthofgeeks.com) — Westville families may recognize Archbishop Damian School’s new adaptive playground, built in memory of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew with more than $500,000 raised by their family and supporters. The Gaudreaus turned their grief into a major accessibility project at the Westville school, even as their father continues to struggle with forgiveness while the criminal case against the driver charged in the brothers’ deaths moves forward.
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