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Sam Barron

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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire

Duo Plead Guilty To Fatal Asbury Park Triple Shooting: Prosecutor Two men admitted to their roles on Friday, May 9, in a 2023 Asbury Park triple shooting that left one man dead and two others njured, authorities said. Ziamere Ivery, an 18-year-old Neptune Township man, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter while Michael Sally, a 20-year-old Long Branch resident, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said. Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, July 3, 2023, Asbury Park police responded to the Asbury Park Gardens apartment complex on Atlantic Avenue and found three victims with gunshot injuries, S…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

Police & Fire

North Bergen Man Seriously Injured In Three-Car Crash: Prosecutor A 59-year-old North Bergen man remains hospitalized following a three-car crash on Monday, May 12, authorities said. At 2 p.m., law enforcement responded to River Road and 74th Street and found three vehicles, a Nissan Altima, a BMW X3 and a Lexus GX460, involved in a crash, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The driver of the Nissan, the North Bergen man, sustained serious injuries and is hospitalized at a nearby medical center, Suarez said. The driver of the BMW, a 28-year-old West New York woman, was treated for minor injuries at Palisades Medical Center, Suarez said. Th…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

Police & Fire

Suspected Driver Charged After Airborne Crash Kills Woman In Lakewood: Prosecutor A 56-year-old Toms River man is facing charges after a passenger in a car he was driving was killed in a crash early Tuesday morning, May 13, authorities said. At 1:35 a.m., Lakewood police responded to Cedar Bridge Avenue near the Garden State Parkway after a truck struck overhead utility wires, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. While on scene, officers discovered a heavily damaged 2015 Nissan Altima overturned in a drainage ditch, adjacent to Cedar Bridge Avenue, Billhimer said. Martine Taylor, the driver, and a 52-year-old female passenger were entrapped in the vehicle, Bil…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

Police & Fire

NJ Armed Barricaded Suspect Tased: Point Pleasant Police A barricaded man was tased before being apprehended by police on Friday, May 9, in Point Pleasant, authorities said. Officers with the Howell Township Police Department and Point Pleasant Police Department responded to the 1100 block of River Avenue to arrest Nicholas Soukas, law enforcement said. Soukas barricaded himself inside the residence upon officers' arrival and was armed with a knife, Point Pleasant police said. Traffic was detoured as the Ocean County Regional SWAT team was deployed to the scene and attempted to have Soukas surrender and relinquish his knife, police said. After se…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

Police & Fire

Motorcyclist Killed In Route 31 Crash: Hopewell Township Police A 23-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 31 in Hopewell Township on Monday, May 12, authorities said. At 7:09 p.m., a man on a Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling northbound on Pennington Road/Route 31 and attempted to change lanes in the area of the Interstate 295 North offramp when he struck the back of a GMC pickup truck, Hopewell Township police said. The motorcyclist was ejected upon impact and was pronounced deceased, police said. He has not been identified by police. The driver of the GMC was not injured, police said. Pennington Road was closed for approximately thr…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

News

Foot Fetish: NJ Assembly Candidate Selling Photos On Website, Report Says Rebecca Holloway has never been one to toe the party line. Holloway, who is running for State Assembly alongside Kevin Ryan, is selling photos of her feet on a foot fetish website, as reported by the New Jersey Globe and shared by Politico. She has been selling photos of her feet for the last two years, charging $5 a month for a subscription, the Globe reported. A link to her page turns up a 403 error as her page appears to be set to private or removed. A former school board member in Clementon and mother, Holloway has made challenging the South Jersey Democrat political…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

News

Trenton Man Falsified Water Quality Reports: OAG A 37-year-old man who worked as a Trenton Water Works sample collector was arrested and charged with falsifying water quality reports and failing to collect water samples, authorities said. Cesar Lugo, a Trenton resident, worked as a water sample collector from October to November 2023, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. He knowingly submitted fraudulent or falsified water testing results and fraudulent or falsified chain of custody forms to the Trenton Water Works, Platkin said. Lugo did not perform water collections when he was supposed to and submitted timesheets that indicated he wa…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

News

Philly Man Had East Windsor Girl Send Sexually Explicit Photos, Videos: Prosecutor A 32-year-old Philadelphia man was arrested and charged on Thursday, May 8, after he directed a pre-teen girl to send him sexually explicit photos and videos, authorities said. Officers in East Windsor began investigating after receiving information of a minor in their township chatting and exchanging child sexual abuse material with Steven Green, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta Marbrey said. Green was having the girl send him sexually explicit messages and photos and also take pictures and video of herself engaging in sexual conduct to send to him, Marbrey said. Green was taken into…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

Police & Fire

100K+ Images Of Child Porn, NJ Fire Chief Arrested: Authorities A former fire chief from West Deptford was recently arrested and charged with having more than 100,000 images of child sexual abuse material, authorities said. Martin Matson, 70, is charged with three counts of possessing child pornography, according to a criminal complaint from Mantua Joint Municipal Court. Matson previously served as fire chief of the Greenfields Volunteer Fire Company, ABC6 reported. He was arrested on Thursday, May 8. Matson was arrested after investigators searched his Weatherly Court home in April, ABC6 said. Matson told law enforcement he had been downloading c…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

Police & Fire

Dealing Cocaine Sends South Toms River Man to Prison: Prosecutor A 39-year-old South Toms River resident pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute on Friday, May 9, authorities said. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Angel Perez is expected to be sentenced to seven years in prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, detectives investigating the distribution of cocaine observed two motor vehicles parked next to each other near the Presidential Apartments, Billhimer said. Detectives saw a woman exit her vehicle and enter the passenger’s side of the second vehicle, operated by Perez, Billh…

by Sam Barron

05/13/2025

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