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Cecilia Levine

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MA Man Gave Teen NJ Girl Drugs & Alcohol Before Sexually Assaulting Her, Prosecutor Says An 18-year-old Massachusetts man is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Hudson County girl after giving her drugs and alcohol, authorities said. Wolide Yessuf, of Cambridge, met the girl over social media in March, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Yessuf and another girl came to North Bergen motel in March, where he provided the victim with drugs and alcohol before sexually assaulting her, Suarez said. Yessuf was arrested Monday, July 26 at the Arlington Police Department without incident, and was being held in Massachusetts pending extradition to New Jersey. He was c…

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Police & Fire

Seen HIM? Police Seek Fugitive In Ocean County ShopRite Parking Lot Stabbing Authorities in Ocean County are seeking the public’s help locating a man charged with attempted murder in connection to a stabbing in the parking lot of a local ShopRite. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Michael Stallworth, 37, who is accused of stabbing a 44-year-old man in the back multiple times in the parking lot of ShopRite on Route 70 in Brick around 4 p.m. Monday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Brick Township Chief of Police James Riccio said. The victim was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where he remains in critical but stabl…

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Police & Fire

2nd Child Dies In South Jersey Rollover Crash Two children have died following a rollover crash earlier this month in South Jersey. Camden's Jesus Diaz, 5, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Route 55 incident in Vineland on July 7, around 11:30 p.m., authorities said. Then, on July 11, Carlos Diaz, 6, of Camden, passed away, police said. The two boys were among five children ejected from the Toyota Sienna driven by a 35-year-old Camden mom, New Jersey State Police said. The minivan went off the roadway, overturned and ended up back on the highway, where it was hit by another vehicle near mile marker 34.6 in Vineland, autho…

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Police & Fire

Jersey City Woman Shot Dead During Memorial Service For Victim Of Gun Violence A 30-year-old woman was shot and killed while attending a memorial vigil in Jersey City, city officials said. Felicia Stewart was found with gunshot wounds in her back at Grant Avenue and MLK Drive around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. She was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 2:02 a.m. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. Stewart was apparently visiting a memorial for someone who died of gun violence over the weekend, according to Mayor Stev…

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Police & Fire

Overturned Tractor Trailer Closes Route 440 A tractor trailer overturned on Route 440 due Tuesday morning. The incident occurred north of Kennedy Boulevard in Bayonne/Jersey City around 8:40 a.m. All lanes were closed as of 8:50 a.m., 511nj.org reports.

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Business

Rooftop Bar Prepares For Bergen County Opening A new rooftop bar is preparing for its Bergen County opening. The Concourse Club will be located atop the Element New York hotel in Wood-Ridge, and is set to make its grand debut in August, as initially reported by BoozyBurbs. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Concourse Club (@concourseclub) According to its Instagram page, the Concourse Club is a "Metropolitan chic rooftop lounge," and final touches are under way. Meanwhile, the Element hotel is an "eco-conscious" one by Westin, located at 379 Route 17 South. The bar's opening…

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Police & Fire

NJ Corrections Officer Admits Stealing 'Measly $600' In Home Goods A 22-year New Jersey law enforcement veteran on Monday admit to skipping scanner payments at local home improvement stores, stealing nearly $600 in home goods. Monmouth County corrections officer Suzanne Simone, 53, pleaded guilty before Judge Ellen Torregossa-O’Connor to fourth degree Shoplifting in connection with multiple instances where she failed to pay for items at Target and Home Depot stores in Ocean Township and West Long Branch, authorities announced. Simone’s plea says she must pay restitution to both stores in a total amount of $1,320.90, and will forfeit her public office in N…

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Lifestyle

NJ Singers Wow 'America's Got Talent' Judges (Video) A pair of young New Jersey vocalists are wowing judges on "America's Got Talent." Montclair's Zac Taylor, 17, performed his rendition of “Best Part” by Daniel Caesar, while Savannah Robertson, 20, of Pleasantville, wowed with Olivia Rodrigo's "Driver's License." I don't want to be that i want to be savannah, i want to be my own person. Robertson told judges that while people tell her she reminds them of a "Little Beyonce," she wants to be her own person. She proceeded to belt out the popular Rodrigo song the July 20 episode, where judge Simon Cowell said she had "great taste." "She doesn…

by Cecilia Levine

07/27/2021

Police & Fire

US Coast Guard Rescues 7 Fisherman From Boat Off Jersey Shore (Video) Seven fishermen were rescued by members of the U.S. Coast Guard as bad weather moved into the Jersey Shore Sunday afternoon. Crew members of the 40-foot sport fishing boat activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) from approximately 69 miles off the coast of Cape May around 1:20 p.m., the Coast Guard said in a statement. A small craft advisory for the area indicated 4-to-6-foot seas with winds gusting up to 30 knots. Coast Guard crews aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and a 47-foot Motor Li…

by Cecilia Levine

07/26/2021

News

Meet The 2 NJ Men Competing On Michelle Young's Season Of 'The Bachelorette' More eligible bachelors from New Jersey's will be joining Bachelor Nation. ABC franchise "The Bachelorette" on Monday morning revealed the 35 contestants competing on 28-year-old Michelle Young's season. The two from New Jersey are Olumide Onajide, 28, of Woodland Park, and Eric Tai, 25, of Bridgewater, NJ. Onajide played basketball for Rutgers and works as a field systems analyst at OTG Management while Tai graduated UNC Chapel Hill in 2018, and works in private equity. Young a former basketball player herself, made it to hometown dates and competed on Matt James' season of "The Bachelo…

by Cecilia Levine

07/26/2021

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