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Cecilia Levine

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Authorities: Driver Fleeing Traffic Stop At 130 MPH Injured PA Trooper Car During I-78 Pursuit A Delaware County drive trying to flee a traffic stop on Route 78 at speeds around 130 miles per hour struck a Pennsylvania State Police vehicle injuring a trooper in Lehigh County, authorities said. A trooper tried stopping Mohamed D. Diallo, of Yeadon, after spotting his Dodge Charger going 80 miles an hour in a construction zone, weaving in and out of traffic and following other cars too closely around 9:30 p.m. Monday in Weisenberg Township, WFMZ says citing a criminal complaint. Instead of stopping, 27-year-old Diallo sped away in the right shoulder of the highway, the outlet says…

by Cecilia Levine

05/26/2021

News

Camden Driver Surrenders In I-295 Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, State Police Say A 26-year-old Camden man surrendered to New Jersey State Police Monday on accusations he struck and killed a 27-year-old Philadelphia man on Interstate 295 last week, authorities confirmed. Alfredo Vergara Jr. is accused of hitting Shariff Harrison, who was walking along the northbound side of 295 in West Deptford around around 4 a.m. May 19, NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Vergara -- whose driver's license was suspended -- apparently called police later that day and identified himself as the driver, NJ.com reports. He apparently waited five days before he surrender to troopers Monday at …

by Cecilia Levine

05/26/2021

News

Woman Found She Was Impregnated By Doctor Thanks To DNA Of Daughter From Rockland, Lawsuit Says A New Jersey woman filed a lawsuit against her OBGYN saying he impregnated her with his own sperm in the 1980s when she went in for artificial insemination and found out when her daughter, a Rockland resident, took an online DNA test last year. Bianca Voss, of Clifton, accuses Dr. Martin Greenberg of "medical rape" in the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. "Defendant stood over Plaintiff with her legs spread in stirrups and inserted his own bodily fluids into her," says the suit, filed May 25. "Plaintiff would never have agreed to allow Defendant…

by Cecilia Levine

05/26/2021

Weather

Extreme Heat, Damaging Storms Possible Wednesday In NJ, PA Wednesday's high heat could come with scattered and possibly thunderstorms in the afternoon. Temps could be as high as 90 degrees with high humidity, which will help fuel the storms, expected to begin sometime in the late afternoon, forecasters from the National Weather Service and Accuweather say. National Weather Service: Hot with severe storms possibleNational Weather Service The clustered storms could start around 4:30 p.m. in Central PA and hit North Jersey around 8:30 p.m. While not all areas are expected to get storms, the ones that do hit could be damaging with gusty winds, li…

by Cecilia Levine

05/26/2021

Police & Fire

Authorities ID Man Shot, Killed While Driving In Chester City A 39-year-old man was shot in killed while in an SUV Chester Tuesday, authorities said. Police responded to 10th and Upland streets on reports of a shooting around 5:15 p.m. where they found a light blue SUV with a shattered rear passenger window stopped in the middle of the street, Chester City Police Det. James Chubb said. Shakeem Fearrington was inside of the car with several gunshot wounds in his upper torso, police said. Officers on location rendered aid before paramedics arrived. Fearrington was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics from Crozer Chester Medical Center. …

by Cecilia Levine

05/25/2021

Obituaries

Linda DePope Of Passaic County Dies, 32 Passaic County native Linda M. DePope died on May 19, 2021. She was 32 years old. Born in Wayne, Linda lived in Totowa for most of her life and settled in Prospect Park last year, her obituary says. She had worked as a facility manager for MLB Network in Secaucus for the last decade. Linda was an avid bowler and competing in national competition, where she bowled a 300 game in an 800 series, her obit says. Services were held May 24. Click here for Linda DePope's full obituary.

by Cecilia Levine

05/25/2021

News

Northampton County Man Who Died In Fiery Route 115 Crash Was 'Shiner Of A Light' A 30-year-old Northampton County man died in a fiery crash over the weekend on Route 115 outside of Wind Gap, authorities said. Lane H. Dickey, of East Bangor, was heading north in a 2008 BMW 328i "ate a high rate of speed" when the car left the roadway and the driver's side hit a tree around 1:35 a.m. in Ross Township, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release. The car came to a rest on the left side of the road and then went up in flames, authorities said. Dickey was pronounced dead at the scene by Monroe County Coroner Tom Yanac. The cause was multiple blunt force traumas and t…

by Cecilia Levine

05/25/2021

Police & Fire

Police: Man Gropes, Grabs 3 Victims On Lancaster Street A 28-year-old man accused of groping and grabbing three female victims on Lancaster streets was arrested, thanks to witnesses. Phillip Choub was being held on charges of indecent assault and harassment stemming from incidents on May 25, Lancaster police said. One of the alleged victims told police Choub approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks, then her arm when she tried confronting him, authorities said. Witnesses on the other two assaults told police a woman in medical-style scrubs was grabbed by the waist and tried to take her to the ground, police said. A second witness sa…

by Cecilia Levine

05/25/2021

Schools

Report: Central Dauphin High School Principal Suspended Over DUI Charge A high school principal in Dauphin County has reportedly been suspended following a DUI charge. Central Dauphin High School Principal Kenneth E. Miller was slapped with a DUI and other charges Feb. 2 -- five days after he was pulled over by a state trooper on I-81 north in West Hanover Township, PennLive reports. Troopers apparently had been following Miller for several miles and noticed he was driving erratically, tapping the divider three times, crossing over the fog line and weaver within the lane, the outlet said citing court documents. After being pulled over, Miller told a troop…

by Cecilia Levine

05/25/2021

Police & Fire

Paterson Man Busted With More Than 2 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Morris County, Prosecutor Says A Paterson man was busted with a kilogram (2 pounds) of fentanyl in Morris County, authorities said. Luis Reyes-Rosario, 30, was charged with drug distribution, possession, conspiracy to distribute and more, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker and Wharton Borough Police Chief David Young said. The investigation was conducted by the Morris County Narcotics Task Force, including lead investigators Detective J. Atoche (MCPO) and Task Force Officer R. Ornelas, who is assigned to the task force from the Wharton Police Department.&nb…

by Cecilia Levine

05/25/2021

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