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Cecilia Levine

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Post Birthday Bash Crash: Friend Tried Taking Keys From DUI Man Who Hurt 3, Killed 1, DA Says An 18-year-old DUI driver has been charged with murder by vehicle in the Cheltenham crash that killed a 20-year-old man and seriously injured three others earlier this year, authorities in Montgomery County said. Despite futile attempts from friends to stop him, Alexander Koenigsberg — of Huntingdon Valley — got behind the wheel of his 2006 Honda Civic to drink with friends after a bowling alley birthday party on Jan. 22, 2022, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. A few hours later, Koenigsberg was navigating a curve on Greenwood Avenue in Cheltenham…

by Cecilia Levine

03/11/2022

Police & Fire

Murder Victim Found By Hikers At Eagle Rock Reservation ID'd As NYC Man, 31 A murder victim whose body was found last week at Eagle Rock Reservation has been identified as a 31-year-old man from New York City, authorities announced. Kelsey Steels' body was discovered by hikers along a trail inside of the West Orange on Friday, March 4, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. He was believed to have been shot and killed, Stephens said. Steels was pronounced dead at the scene around 2:15 p.m. No arrests had been made as of Friday, March 11. No suspects have been identified. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex Coun…

by Cecilia Levine

03/11/2022

Police & Fire

Elizabeth Man, 60, Sexually Assaulted 3 Girls For Years: Prosecutor A 60-year-old Elizabeth man has been arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted three girls over the course of several years, authorities said. Ivan Calderon became the center of the investigation in January, when authorities were notified he sexually assaulted a girl between 2005 and 2015, according to Assistant Prosecutor Kathleen Dillon, who is prosecuting the case. As the investigation progressed, two alleged victims came forward, and said Calderon repeatedly sexually assaulted them when they were juveniles between 2003 and 2009, Dillon said. All three victims w…

by Cecilia Levine

03/11/2022

Police & Fire

Pair Nabbed In BP Station Armed Robbery Linked To Multiple Incidents Across North Jersey: PD A second arrest has been made in an armed robbery of a BP station and police pursuit last month in Secaucus — and police believe both suspects are responsible for a series of similar incidents across North Jersey, authorities announced. Joseph Brown, 24, of Jersey City, acted as the accomplice to 25-year-old Wendell Bradley, of Bayonne, in the gunpoint robbery of the gas station on Paterson Plank Road on Friday, Feb. 4, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Brandley and Brown each pointed a handgun at the gas attendant and robbed him of cash, then fled in a gray Honda Acc…

by Cecilia Levine

03/11/2022

Police & Fire

Body Found In Passaic River A man's body has been recovered from the Passaic River, authorities in Hudson County said. The unidentified man was found floating in the river near Passaic Avenue and the Belleville Turnpike in Kearny around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, March 10, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The Kearny Police Department and the Kearny Fire Department recovered the body, and pronounced the man dead at the scene. The Cause and Manner of death of are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Kearny P…

by Cecilia Levine

03/11/2022

Weather

Bomb Cyclone Bringing Heavy Snow, Slick Roads To Region This Weekend: Forecasters A bomb cyclone — a storm that undergoes rapid strengthening — is heading to the region this weekend, creating the potential for heavy snow, slick roads, and a little bit of aftermath, forecasters say. Precipitation will begin as rain Friday night and gradually change to snow on Saturday as the temperature drops, leaving the Poconos with up to seven inches of snow, while the northernmost parts of New Jersey will get between three and six, the National Weather Service said. Central Jersey and the Philadelphia region will only get a light dusting. A flash freeze will make …

by Cecilia Levine

03/11/2022

News

YouTube Pranksters' 24-Hour Target Store Hideout Was All Fake — And Police Can Prove It Not everything you see on social media is real, including one Pennsylvania YouTube couple's video of an alleged 24-hour Target store hideout that police say was all smoke and mirrors. "Saucy and Honey" made their video look like they were in the Exton store the whole night Monday, Feb. 21, but they actually snuck out at some point, and never came back, according to West Whiteland Detective Scott Pezick. In fact, police even obtained surveillance footage of the two leaving through a back door around 3 a.m. (see below). Saucy and HoneyWest Whiteland PD Employees reviewed surveillance foo…

by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine

03/10/2022

Police & Fire

Gunman Charged With Murder In Newark Shooting: Prosecutor A 36-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting death of a 30-year-old Newark man on Monday, March 7, authorities announced. Deandre Smith is charged with murder in the 10th Street shooting that left Frankie Fields dead around 1:55 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Fields and two other victims were transported to University Hospital, where Fields was pronounced dead, Stephens said alongside Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. The two other victims were in stable condition. It’s crazy to see RIP by ya name Frank Fields…damn you was def…

by Cecilia Levine

03/10/2022

Police & Fire

South Jersey Man Who Filmed Sex Assaults On Young Girl, Showed Buddy Gets 15 Years A 28-year-old South Jersey man who videotaped sexual assaults of a young girl was sentenced to 15 years in State Prison, authorities announced Thursday, March 10. Cody Rodriguez must serve the entire term before becoming eligible for parole, under the sentence imposed by the Superior Court Judge Philip E. Haines. Rodriguez in September pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault. The investigation began in March 2021, when Rodriguez showed videos on his phone to a friend, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. That person then told the victim’s parents, who contacted the Pem…

by Cecilia Levine

03/10/2022

News

4-Year-Old North Jersey Girl Is Battling Brain Cancer – Again Natalie Ferguson was just three years old when her life was derailed by cancer. The bubbly 3-year-old from Hawthorne started limping seemingly out of nowhere on her right leg in December 2020. Natalie's worried parents, Sarah and Patrick, took her to the doctor immediately and, eventually, would come to learn that their little girl had a tumor on the left side of her brain. After more than a year of 33 radiation sessions and a successful surgery, Natalie was cancer free. That was in March 2021. NatalieFerguson Family Natalie and Margot Ferguson, almost 1.Ferguson Family Exactly a y…

by Cecilia Levine

03/10/2022

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