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Cecilia Levine

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Rahway Murder Suspect Captured In Newark A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder in the weekend killing of the 44-year-old victim in Union County, authorities said. Brandan Melford, of Rahway, was captured in Newark and charged in connection with the death of Jack Harris, of Roselle, on Saturday, Nov. 12, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. Harris was found having suffered gunshot wounds around 12:40 p.m. on the 1400 block of Witherspoon Street in Rahway, and pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation led by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by the Rahway Police Department, the Un…

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

News

South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair' A New Jersey mom of three has learned her fate after being convicted of suffocating her toddler who prosecutors say she killed in part for interfering with her affair. Heather Reynolds, 45, of Sicklerville, was sentenced by Judge Gwendolyn Blue on Tuesday, Nov. 15 to life in prison without parole for the murder of her 17-month-old son Axel on May 10, 2018, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay announced. Heather Reynolds and baby AxelHeather Knecht Reynolds Heather ReynoldsFacebook/ Heather Knecht Reynolds The judge also sentenced Reynolds to a concurrent 8-year prison term for …

by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

NJ Man Who Sexually Assaulted 9-Year-Old Captured Trying To Board Flight: Prosecutor A 39-year-old Somerset County man was arrested for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl while boarding a flight from Chicago to Utah, authorities said. The alleged victim told a detective with the prosecutor's office that she had been sexually assaulted by Fabian Osuna-Vargas on Oct. 19 in North Plainfield, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Two days later, Osuna-Vargas was getting on a flight from Chicago, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct. 21 when he was captured, McDonald said. He was charged with aggravated sex assault and child endangerment. Osuna-Varga…

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Hotel Room Raid: Southampton Man Busted With Meth, Heroin, Handgun, Police Say A Long Island man was found with meth, ecstasy, heroin, and a gun in a raid of a hotel in New Jersey, authorities said. Sean McDermott, age 33, of Southampton, had been wanted out of Middlesex County, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. He was found with the following while at the Harmony Suites Hotel on Plaza Drive in Secaucus on Monday, Nov. 14 around 5:25 p.m., according to Miller: More than 50 grams of suspected methamphetamine, More than 30 pills of suspected ecstasy, Heroin Gamma hydroxybutrate (GHB), Several hundred dollars in suspected drug proceeds .177 cal…

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Hotel Room Raid: Long Island Man Busted With Meth, Heroin, Handgun, Secaucus PD Says A 33-year-old Long Island man was found with meth, ecstasy, heroin and a gun in the raid of a Hudson County hotel, authorities said. Sean McDermott, of Southampton, had been wanted out of Middlesex County, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. He was found with the following while at the Harmony Suites Hotel on Plaza Drive in Secaucus on Monday, Nov. 14 around 5:25 p.m., according to Miller: More than fifty (50) grams of suspected methamphetamine, More than thirty (30) pills of suspected ecstasy, Heroin Gamma hydroxybutrate (GHB), Several hundred dollars in suspected drug p…

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Thief Steals Vehicle With Sleeping Infant Inside In Essex County: Sheriff An infant was reunited with his father after a thief jumped behind the wheel of a vehicle he was sleeping in on Monday, Nov. 14 in Essex County, authorities said. The thief stole the car from the area of Joyce Street and Scotland Road in Orange, around 5:50 p.m., moments before the baby's parent called 911, Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura said. A Sheriff’s Officer responded and found the vehicle in the middle of the street on Conover Terrace. He then checked the vehicle for occupants and saw the child asleep in a car seat. The baby was evaluated by St. Clare’s EMS, found …

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

Police & Fire

Oxygen User Smoking Cigarette Dies Of Burns Caused By Fire That Erupted: Lehigh Coroner A 57-year-old Lehigh County man died when he tried to light a cigarette while using supplemental oxygen, causing a fire that burned him, officials said. Richard C .Grim of Lower Macungie Township, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. The cause of death was complications of 5.5% burns on his body due to trying to smoke a cigarette last week in his home, when a fire erupted, the coroner's office said. The death is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police, Fogelsville S…

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

News

Boy Saved From Luring Attempt By MontCo Cashier A fast-acting Montgomery County shop employee came to the rescue of a boy being followed by a woman asking his whereabouts and his family situation last week, according to multiple news reports. The boy, Sammy, walked into Dani Bee Funky off of High Street in Pottstown Friday, Nov. 11, and asked one of the employees to pretend she was his mom. Sammy explained that a woman outside insisted she knew his family and was telling him he had to go with her to Wawa. The cashier, identified in a 6abc report as a 17-year-old girl, positioned herself between Sammy and the stranger, who was standing ou…

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

Weather

First Snowflakes Of Season Could Fall Across Poconos, Part Of NJ; Rest Is Rain The first snowflakes of the season are being forecast in parts of the region this afternoon and evening. A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Poconos and Northwest New Jersey, from Morristown up to Wantage, according to the National Weather Service. Parts of central and northern Pennsylvania could also see light snow, according to AccuWeather. Meanwhile, the rest of New Jersey will be cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening, with a high around 45, the NWS said. Snowfall in the Lehigh Valley will begin in the late afternoon and …

by Cecilia Levine

11/15/2022

Business

Maryland Thai Spot Named Among Best In America A Maryland Thai spot that's a go-to place for lots of locals has been named the best in the state — and among the best in the US. Eat This, Not That says Charm Thai in Silver Spring is as good as it gets in the area. Founded by a group of Thai natives with a passion for authentic fare, Charm Thai has 4/5 stars on Yelp where it accrues rave reviews. "Very good and reasonably priced Thai restaurant. We do takeout from there regularly," one person writes. "Big menu, but I've never ordered anything that I didn't like." "I reviewed this restaurant several years ago and gave it four stars. It …

by Cecilia Levine

11/14/2022

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