Burlington
Police & Fire
3,100-Acre Forest Fire Raging In South Jersey (UPDATED) 3,100-Acre Forest Fire Raging In South Jersey (UPDATED)
3,100-Acre Forest Fire Raging In South Jersey (UPDATED) Firefighters were battling a 3,100-acre wildfire in Bass River State Forest in Burlington County, authorities said. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is working to contain of a wildfire burning in the area of Allen Road. The wildfire has reached 3,100 acres in size and was only 15% contained, fire service officials said at about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 1. Forest Fire Service crews continue a "backfiring" operation that began overnight to help containment.  Six residential structures were threatened by the fire, officials said. The Timberline Campground has been evacuated, off…

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by Jon Craig
Stamford
Police & Fire
Ceiling Collapse Closes Section Of Stamford Train Station, 1 Injured Ceiling Collapse Closes Section Of Stamford Train Station, 1 Injured
Ceiling Collapse Closes Section Of Stamford Train Station, 1 Injured A portion of a suspended concrete ceiling over a stairway vestibule at the Stamford Train Station collapsed, sending riders scrambling to get out of the way. The incident took place around 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 31 on the Station Place side of the station (Tracks 4 and 2) and the stairway between the platform and the lower concourse tunnel, said Stamford Deputy Fire Chief John Pritchard.  Stamford firefighters responded to the scene and determined that there was a partial ceiling collapse near an escalator that is currently being replaced by the Connecticut State Department of …

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by Kathy Reakes
Putnam
Police & Fire
Life Insurance Scam: Police Warn Of Fake Letters From Law Firms In Putnam County Life Insurance Scam: Police Warn Of Fake Letters From Law Firms In Putnam County
Life Insurance Scam: Police Warn Of Fake Letters From Law Firms In Putnam County Authorities in the Hudson Valley are warning of scammers who have been sending letters to residents asking them to claim false life insurance policies.  The warning, issued by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Friday, May 26, was prompted after a resident received a letter from a scammer claiming to be from a Canadian law firm.  According to the Sheriff's Office, the letter came from Edward Milton, a partner at Milton, Helmut & Partners LLP in Ontario, Canada, and claimed that there was an unclaimed life insurance policy worth £11,550,300 held by their deceased client…

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by Ben Crnic
Loudoun
Police & Fire
Human Remains Found In Loudoun County Stream Human Remains Found In Loudoun County Stream
Human Remains Found In Loudoun County Stream Authorities have launched a death investigation into the discovery of human remains in a stream in northern Virginia. A person walking in the woods spotted the remains in the Sugarland Run Stream in Sterling, around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said. The person called local authorities, who responded to the area behind Brookfield Circle and Meadowland Lane (Sugarland Run). The remains were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and the gender, circumstances, and cause of death are under investigation. Investigators are aski…

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by Cecilia Levine
Norfolk
Police & Fire
2 Firefighters, 2 Residents Hospitalized In Brockton 4-Alarm Fire Engulfing Pair Of Buildings 2 Firefighters, 2 Residents Hospitalized In Brockton 4-Alarm Fire Engulfing Pair Of Buildings
2 Firefighters, 2 Residents Hospitalized In Brockton 4-Alarm Fire Engulfing Pair Of Buildings Escaped residents of one of two burning buildings were stuck in a backyard until firefighters chopped through a fence and released them, officials say. An early morning fire started at a large residential building at 37 South Street in Brockton on Thursday, June 1, sending four people to the hospital and rendering one building a total loss, according to Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli.  Calls came in around 2:45 a.m., sending firefighters to the scene of a three-story, wood-frame house from which fire was billowing out of windows and off the porch.  At 2:48 this mornin…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Darien
Police & Fire
From Nap To Nabbed: Sleeping Man Accused Of Drunk Driving In Darien, Police Say From Nap To Nabbed: Sleeping Man Accused Of Drunk Driving In Darien, Police Say
From Nap To Nabbed: Sleeping Man Accused Of Drunk Driving In Darien, Police Say A "strong odor" wafting from the window man's car led to his arrest over Memorial Day weekend, officials say.  In Fairfield County, police arrested Yolvi Moreno, of Stamford, after he was caught sleeping behind the wheel of a running vehicle on Tokeneke Road in Darien on Saturday, May 27, according to the Darien Police Department.  Police responded to a report of a driver asleep at the wheel around 2 a.m. to find Moreno, age 39, sleeping inside a car with its motor running.  Moreno rolled down the window and police were faced with a "strong odor" of alcohol coming from …

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by Morgan Gonzales