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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Police Issue Statement on New Jersey 'American Idol' Star's Local Charges

Jermaine Jones tweets his departure amid allegations he lied to producers—and one of those lies allegedly involves Gloucester Township police.

Pine Hill native Jermaine Jones’ rising star crashed today as the American Idol contestant learned he’d be thrown off the singing competition. TMZ first reported that Jones would be kicked off Idol for concealing past arrests and active warrants. TMZ reports Jones gave police fake names in two incidents. Gloucester Township Police have confirmed Jones was arrested here in the township on two occasions in 2011. Jones was a passenger in a car pulled over and told police his name was Kareem Watkins in the November 2011 incident, the gossip site says. Township police on Wednesday confirmed that information, saying the arrest occurred on Hickstown Road, but did not disclose the name Jones allegedly provided investigating officers. Gloucester …

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Is the Best Young Singer in America from New Jersey?

Three singers who grew up in the Garden State are among the finalists on 'The Voice' and 'American Idol.'

Is the best young singer in the nation from New Jersey? Three Garden State natives are among the finalists competing nationally on two separate singing competitions, NBC's The Voice and Fox's American Idol. Former Kinnelon resident Elise Testone came close to elimination Thursday night on American Idol, finishing in the bottom two slots when all of the votes from viewers of the program were tallied. But the three Idol judges, singers Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler and music producer Randy Jackson, decided to keep her on the show and send fellow contestant Jeremy Rosado home. Testone is a 2001 graduate of Kinnelon High School who went to college in North Carolina and remained there after graduation. Although she's been forbidden from …

Diane

11:24 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Elsie actually went to college and has been residing in SC, not NC. I've heard her sing for years and can assure you that she is AMAZING!   more ›

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