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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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Four South Jersey Counties Declared Disaster Areas After Severe Drought: USDA Four Southern New Jersey counties have been declared disaster areas as farmers grapple with severe drought, the United States Department of Agriculture said. Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Gloucester counties were declared primary counties eligible after suffering a drought of eight or more weeks last year, the USDA said. Burlington, Camden, Ocean and Salem counties were declared contiguous disaster areas. The natural disaster designation allows the USDA Farm Service Agency to extend emergency credit to producers through emergency loans, the USDA said in a release. Emergency loans …

by Sam Barron

04/15/2025

Police & Fire

Vineland Teen Who Shot One Person, Stabbed Another Learns Fate: Prosecutor A 19-year-old Vineland resident was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday, April 14, after previously pleading guilty shooting and stabbing two different people, authorities said. Tahj'mere Chance had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office said. in December 2021, Vineland police responded to the 700 block of Wood Street after a person sustained life-threatening injuries in a shooting, authorities said. Surveillance footage showed two men exiting a vehicle and walking in the direction of the vehicle and then firing gunshots,…

by Sam Barron

04/15/2025

Police & Fire

3 NJ Nursing Home Staffers Charged After Elderly Man Pepper Sprayed: Police Three people at a nursing home charged after an 87-year-old man was pepper sprayed, authorities announced on Tuesday, April 15. On Wednesday, March 19, at 8:52 p.m., officers responded to Whiting Gardens, at 3000 Hilltop Rd. for a fight between staff and the man, Manchester police said. The patient, who was diagnosed with dementia, depression, and anxiety had become agitated and began damaging property, Lisa Erickson, a nurse at the facility told officers, police said. Erikson said she deployed pepper spray to de-escalate the situation, and the man was confined to his room, pending the arri…

by Sam Barron

04/15/2025

Police & Fire

Medford Man Guilty Of Murdering Wife: Prosecutor A 43-year-old Medford man told police his wife was sleeping. But it turned out, authorities said, he had murdered her. A jury convicted Babu Natarajan of murder in the first degree on Monday, April 14 in the 2023 death of his wife, Angammal Babu, authorities said. On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, Medford Township police responded to a home on Regent Court and found the body of Babu on the bed in the master bedroom, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. Natarajan had called 911 and told police his wife had taken a nap because she was tired, Bradshaw said. An autopsy determined Babu …

by Sam Barron

04/15/2025

Police & Fire

Howell Woman Stole $4 Million From Employer: Attorney General A 62-year-old Howell woman pleaded guilty on Monday, April 14 to stealing more $4 million from her employer and failing to pay taxes on the stolen money, authorities said. Jeanette Avellan pleaded guilty to theft of moveable property, failure to pay income taxes and filing a fraudulent tax return, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. She faces a four year prison sentence, per the terms of a plea agreement, Platkin said. Avellan had worked as a bookkeeper at West End Express Co. in South Brunswick since 2005, Platkin said. Between 2017 and 2023, Avellan stole $4 million from the…

by Sam Barron

04/15/2025

Police & Fire

Man With Phony License Plates Busted In Wallington: Police A man was arrested in Wallington on Friday, April 11, while driving a car with a stolen license plate and giving police false information, authorities said. At 10:30 a.m., a license plate reader alerted officers to a blue Hyundai Santa Cruz traveling east on Wallington Avenue, displaying a stolen license plate registered out of New York, Wallington police said. During a traffic stop, the driver, Daniel Gatson, presented a driver’s license belong to an individual who had an active warrant in Virginia, police said. Gatson was charged with receiving stolen property, exhibiting a false governm…

by Sam Barron

04/15/2025

Police & Fire

One Firefighter Hurt After Blaze At Auto Repair Shop: Newark PD A firefighter was injured following a fire at an auto repair shop in Newark on the morning of Monday, April 14. At 9:22 a.m., Newark firefighters responded to Gibson Foreign Auto Repair on a call of a vehicle on fire inside the business, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. The fire was declared under control at 10:52 a.m., Miranda said. One firefighter was transported to a nearby hospital for an ankle injury, Miranda said. The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation by the Newark Department of Public Safety’s Arson Unit, Miranda said.

by Sam Barron

04/14/2025

Obituaries

Support Swells After Two Sisters Killed In Millville Fire Valery Mariana Cardona Gómez, 13 and her 11-year-old sister Gissel Samanta Cardona Gómez, were killed in a massive fire in Millville that began on the evening of Wednesday, April 9, according to a fundraiser set up to support the family. The fire began in the 300 block of South 4th Street by Railroad Avenue, Mayor Benjamin Romanik said in a statement. By the time firefighters arrived, two houses were already engulfed in flames, Romanik said. "I never thought I would have to go through a moment like this, but unfortunately, this comes without warning," Jhon Rodriguez, the girl's father …

by Sam Barron

04/14/2025

Police & Fire

Mother, Daughter ID'd In Trenton Fatal Double Shooting: Prosecutor Malika Whitting, 40 and Jairah Biggs, 13, have been identified as the mother and daughter found fatally shot in a Trenton home on Saturday, April 12, authorities said. RIP Malika Whiting love you .you didn't deserve this you my favorite cousin and we talk we cry and we laugh together... Posted by Jasminda Villoch on Saturday, April 12, 2025 At 10:30 a.m., Trenton police responded to the 300 block of West State Street and found Biggs in a third-floor bedroom, and Whitting shot in a stairwell leading upstairs, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said. Both were pronounced dead at t…

by Sam Barron

04/14/2025

Police & Fire

Pennsauken Man Uploaded Child Porn To Snapchat: Camden County Prosecutor A 20--year-old Pennsauken man was arrested and charged on Tuesday, April 8 after he uploaded child pornography to Snapchat, authorities said. Detectives began investigating Nathaniel Martinez's Snapchat account following a cyber tip from the National Center of Missing & Exploited Children, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. Martinez also uploaded child sexual abuse material to a Telegram account, authorities said. Martinez was taken into custody and remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility, authorities said.

by Sam Barron

04/14/2025

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