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Cecilia Levine

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Off-Duty NJ Cop Arrested In Home Invasion Can Leave Jail If She Seeks Treatment: Officials A 32-year-old off-duty New Jersey police officer charged with resisting arrest in a home invasion burglary last week was allowed release from jail by a judge Friday, May 2. On a few conditions. Rebecca Sayegh may leave the Ocean County Jail provided she enters an in-patient mental health treatment facility, enrolls in an anger management program, and undergoes mental health/substance abuse evaluations as first reported by the Asbury Park Press and confirmed by the prosecutor's office. Sayegh must also comply with all treatment recommendations, the judge said. As previou…

by Cecilia Levine

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

DUI Driver Flees Scene Without Child Rescued By Concerned Citizens In Wayne: Cops A 39-year-old Passaic County man is facing a slew of charges after police say he crashed his car and then tried to flee the scene, leaving a child that had been in the vehicle behind with concerned citizens. The unsettling incident unfolded at approximately 2:50 p.m. Thursday, April 24, when Wayne police officers were called to Terhune Drive and Alder Avenue, Wayne Police Capt. Daniel Daly said. There, officers learned that a vehicle operated by Seyon Rodriguez, of Pompton Lakes, had left the roadway and struck a mailbox, according to Daly. Witnesses told police that t…

by Cecilia Levine

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

Dump Truck Driver Airlifted In Sparta Rollover Crash: Police A dump truck driver was airlifted to the hospital after a rollover crash in Sparta Wednesday morning, April 30, police said. The Sparta police officers responded to a motor vehicle crash around 8:20 a.m. on the Route 15 northbound off-ramp to Route 517, also known as Sparta Junction, Sparta Police Capt. Tom Snyder said. When first responders arrived, they found the dump truck overturned and the driver trapped inside, authorities said. Members of the local fire department extricated the operator from the wreckage. Due to the seriousness of the injuries, the driver was flown by Atlantic Medi…

by Cecilia Levine

04/30/2025

Traffic

Major Delays Reported Along Route 17 Due To Roadwork In Paramus Drivers headed into Ridgewood on Route 17 South faced major delays Wednesday, April 30, as roadwork brought traffic to a standstill, officials said. The left lane between Linwood Avenue and Ridgewood Avenue was shut down for construction, according to local officials. The lane closure began early Wednesday. As of 11 a.m., major backups were reported in the southbound lanes leading into Ridgewood. No estimated time was given for when the work would be completed.

by Cecilia Levine

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

Flames Engulf, Collapse Beachwood Home: Firefighters A fast-moving fire tore through a home in Ocean County overnight, destroying the house and torching three vehicles in the driveway, officials said. Fire crews were called to the 700 block of Capstan Ave. in Beachwood around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, according to the Beachwood Volunteer Fire Department. The Beachwood and Pine Beach fire departments were the first to respond. At approximately 1230 AM on April 30, 2025 the Beachwood and Pine Beach Fire Departments were dispatched to the 700... Posted by Beachwood Vol. Fire Department on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 At approx…

by Cecilia Levine

04/30/2025

Police & Fire

Driver, 22, Killed In Fiery Dump Truck Crash That Set Manchester Woods Ablaze, Cops Say A 22-year-old man was killed in a violent crash that caused both vehicles to burst into flames and ignited a massive wildfire in the woods in Ocean County, officials said. The deadly wreck happened at around 2:10 p.m. on Monday, April 28, on Pasadena Road near Mount Misery Road in Manchester, according to Manchester Township police. When officers arrived, they found a 2023 silver Toyota Highlander overturned on the grass shoulder of southeast Pasadena Road and a 2023 red Kenworth dump truck smashed into a tree on the opposite side. Both vehicles were fully engulfed in flames. The driver of…

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2025

News

$50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Hillsdale ShopRite Store Someone in Bergen County just scored a $50,000 Powerball prize. A winning ticket from the Monday, April 28 drawing worth $50,000 was sold at ShopRite on 372 Broadway in Hillsdale, lottery officials announced. The ticket matched four of the five white balls plus the Powerball. The winning numbers were: 26, 43, 51, 56, 60 and Powerball 24. The Power Play multiplier was 4x. The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30.

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2025

Police & Fire

Newark Man Dead, Another Seriously Hurt In Early-Morning NJ Turnpike Crash: State Police A Newark man was killed and his passenger seriously hurt in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mansfield Township, State Police said. Troopers responded Tuesday, April 29, to a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Pennsylvania Extension East at milepost 5.4 in Burlington County, according to Sgt. Charles Marchan of the New Jersey State Police. Oscar Lagoa Santos Jr., 25, of Newark, was driving a Ford E-350 with front-seat passenger Heliomar Dasilva, 45, also of Newark, when the van veered onto the right shoulder and struck the rear passenger side of an occupied, parked Freightliner semi-trai…

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2025

Police & Fire

Pair Wanted In Wayne Walgreens Shoplifting Spree: Cops Police in Wayne are asking for the public’s help tracking down two people wanted for shoplifting at a local Walgreens, with a third woman still unidentified, authorities said. Tiffany Vasto, 34, of Lyndhurst, and John Howlett, 51, of Maplewood, have been charged in connection to a theft at the Walgreens on Valley Road that happened on March 9, according to Detective Capt. Dan Daly of the Wayne Police Department. The two are currently wanted and at large, police said. The department credited help from the public in identifying the suspects. “With assistance from the public, Wayne Police Det…

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2025

News

Jersey City Cop Cleared In Fatal Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Man: Prosecutor A state grand jury has cleared a Jersey City police officer in the shooting death of an emotionally disturbed man armed with a knife, authorities said. The grand jury voted “no bill” on Monday, April 28, 2025, meaning no criminal charges will be filed against Officer Stephen Gigante in the death of Andrew Washington, 52 (bodycam footage here), according to the New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA). Washington was shot on Aug. 27, 2023, after officers responded to his apartment on Randolph Avenue in Jersey City following a 911 call from Jersey City Medical Center re…

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2025

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