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Cecilia Levine

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Creepy Bergen Starbucks Patron Tells Boy Not To Speak To Strangers Police are urging vigilance after a rambling man told a boy inside of a Bergen County Starbucks not to speak to strangers. The man in his 40s with light-colored hair was making little sense and acting in a bizarre manner, in a recording taken by the boy inside of the Rock Road Starbucks in Glen Rock, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The incident that occurred on Friday, Nov. 4 around 2:10 p.m. was not reported until well after the individual left the store, the chief said. Store employees were unable to identify the individual and were advised to contact police if he returned. …

by Cecilia Levine

11/07/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Instructed To Shoot Paterson Victim Misses, 2 Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor A Pennsylvania woman and a Newark woman have both been charged with attempted murder after one handed the other a gun, instructing her to shoot at a 31-year-old female victim who was not struck over the weekend in Paterson, authorities said. It started sometime before 3:40 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6 near Wait and Wood streets in Paterson, when Abriyah Griffin, 25, of Newark, gave 31-year-old Lakenya Griffin, of Minersville, PA, the gun and told her to shoot the victim, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Lakenya fired the weapon but missed the victim, who fled the scene — fol…

by Cecilia Levine

11/07/2022

Police & Fire

NJ Hotel Bomb Threat Investigation Leads Officers To Man With Crystal Meth: Authorities Authorities investigating a bomb threat at a North Jersey hotel were led to a man with crystal meth — but he wasn't the person who called in the threat, police say. A female placed a call to Secaucus police on Monday, Oct. 31 around 9:35 p.m., reporting a possible bomb on the premises of Harmony Suites on Plaza Drive, Chief Dennis Miller said. While the threat was deemed unfounded, police found 26-year-old Christopher Geary, of Hewitt, in possession of crystal meth, Miller said. Geary was charged on a summons and released. It wasn't immediately clear if charges had been filed in regards to…

by Cecilia Levine

11/07/2022

News

$10K Mega Millions Winner Sold At Gas Station In NJ's Largest City A Mega Millions ticket winning $10,000 was sold in New Jersey's largest city. The winning numbers for the Friday, Nov 4, drawing were: 02, 20, 47, 55 and 59. The Gold Mega Ball was 19, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02. The winning ticket was purchased from 66 Bloomfield Petroleum LLC on Bloomfield Avenue, in Newark. In addition to the third-tier prize won, 18 players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier, multiplying the prize to $1,000.

by Cecilia Levine

11/07/2022

Obituaries

Rutgers Econ Student Joseph Guaman Dies In Crash, 22 Newark native and Rutgers University graduate Joseph Guaman died in a car accident on Oct. 26, according to his obituary. He was 22 years old. Joseph was studying economics at Rutgers University, where he served as the president and director of the university's investing club, his obit says. He also founded startup company Traders Capital, and was passionate about financial markets. Humble and soft-spoken was how Joseph was being remembered in his obituary. Services were held Wednesday, Nov. 2 with Mausoleum Entombment at the Glendale Cemetery. Click here for Joseph Guaman's comp…

by Cecilia Levine

11/07/2022

Obituaries

Officer Killed In Raleigh Mass Shooting Laid To Rest In Home State Of NJ A 29-year-old police officer ambushed and killed while on his way to work as a police officer in Raleigh, NC has been buried in New Jersey — his home state. Services for Gabriel Torres, a Jackson native, were held at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, with internment at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington. Posted by Raleigh Police Department on Saturday, October 22, 2022 Torres and four other victims were killed, and two others wounded, by a 15-year-old shooter wearing camouflage clothing the evening of Thursday, Oct. 13 in Northeastern Raleigh, police said. Torres was found by h…

by Cecilia Levine

11/07/2022

Police & Fire

93-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Car In East Orange A 93-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle in East Orange, authorities said. Earnest Green was struck at the intersection of South Arlington Avenue and Central Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and East Orange Police Chief Phyllis Bindi said. Green was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:31 a.m. Sunday. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County P…

by Cecilia Levine

11/07/2022

Police & Fire

27-Year-Old Woman Killed By DUI Driver In Slate Belt Crash: Police A 27-year-old woman died and three others were hospitalized by a DUI driver who was driving erratically over the weekend in Lower Mount Bethel Township, authorities said. Richard Schroeder Jr., 53, of Georgia, was heading south on State Route 611 when he veered into the right shoulder and then back on the road, hitting the driver's side corner of a northbound Subaru Crosstrek around 1:43 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, PA State Police said. The Subaru slid backwards off the roadway and came to a rest on someone's lawn, where Mikaela M. Jones, of Emmaus, was pronounced dead, police said. A 4-year-old …

by Cecilia Levine

11/06/2022

Police & Fire

Children Orphaned In Horrific Murder-Suicide That Left Five Dead In Maryland Two babies were left orphaned and several families grieving after a man killed the mother of his children, her family and one other person this weekend in Maryland, according to officials and the Daily Mail. Andre Sales, 28, is believed to have entered the La Plata home killing his ex-girlfriend, Sara Mann, 21; her brother, Kai Mann, 18; their mother, Sommaly "Sunny" Mann, 48; and another male who was inside, Javon Watson, 23 of White Plains, around 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, according to a spokesperson from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. Sales then turned the gun on himself, officials sa…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

11/06/2022

Obituaries

Gunman Surrenders In Shooting That Killed 26-Year-Old Victim In Fairfax County: Police The man accused of shooting a 26-year-old victim dead last weekend in Fairfax County has surrendered, authorities said. Phil Asare Darkwah, who had been wanted in the Sunday, Oct. 30 killing of Ahmed Hemoh, turned himself in on charges of second degree murder and weapons offenses, Fairfax County police said. Lost my cousin yesterday Ahmed Hemoh.. Posted by Patricia Forna on Monday, October 31, 2022 Darkwah, 28, and two other men were seen running from a third-floor apartment in the 5500 block of Seminary Road in Bailey’s Crossroad after a 911 caller reported Hemoh had been shot, polic…

by Cecilia Levine

11/06/2022

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