Tag:

Jersey City, NJ

Disney Drops Arbitration Fight In Wrongful Death Suit Involving Doctor After Backlash Disney Drops Arbitration Fight In Wrongful Death Suit Involving Doctor After Backlash
Disney Drops Arbitration Fight In Wrongful Death Suit Involving Doctor After Backlash Following a wave of backlash, Disney is dropping its argument that the husband of a late New York doctor and Jersey City, New Jersey resident can’t sue over her allergy death because he signed up for Disney+. A hearing to discuss Disney’s motion to compel arbitration and stay the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan has been canceled, court records show. Earlier Report: Disney Says Husband Of Late LI Doctor Can’t Sue Over Allergy Death Because Of Disney+ Account The company issued the following statement to Daily Voice: “At Disney, we strive to put…
UConn's Dan Hurley Could Be LA Lakers' Next Coach, Report Says UConn's Dan Hurley Could Be LA Lakers' Next Coach, Report Says
UConn's Dan Hurley Could Be LA Lakers' Next Coach, Report Says After two back-to-back NCAA championships, the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly wooing UConn's Dan Hurley to be their next head coach. Click here for a new, updated story: Dan Hurley Spurns Lucrative LA Lakers' Offer To Stay With UConn  According to a report by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the franchise is working on a "massive," long-term contract to bring the famous Hurley, age 51, to the Lakers. Wojnarowski reported on Thursday, June 6, that the Lakers' front office had preliminary contact with Hurley and planned to escalate the discussions. Wojnarowski reported that the tea…
Daycare Commercial Casting Paid Roles Across Northeast Daycare Commercial Casting Paid Roles Across Northeast
Daycare Commercial Casting Paid Roles Across Northeast Do you want to be in a commercial about daycare? A commercial for highlighting the benefits of a daycare communication technology for parents and teachers is seeking talent for four roles, according to a casting notice.  The commercial is looking for people from Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York City, Jersey City and Virginia Beach. The roles include: A female daycare owner between the ages of 30 and 50, a female daycare director between the ages of 25 and 50, a daycare teacher between the ages of 18 and 40, and the parent of a daycare child between the ages of 18 and…
Man Found Sleeping In Employee's Car At Darien Self Storage Man Found Sleeping In Employee's Car At Darien Self Storage
Man Found Sleeping In Employee's Car At Darien Self Storage A man was charged with criminal trespass after he was allegedly found sleeping in the car of an employee at a Fairfield County self-storage business. Joshua Rubenfeld, age 35, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 1 at the Hollow Tree Self Storage in Darien. Darien officers responded to Hollow Tree Self Storage on a report of an unknown man sleeping in an employee’s vehicle. The employee said that it appeared the vehicle’s window was broken to gain entry, said Sgt. Dan Skoumbros of the Darien Police. When Rubenfeld was approached by officers he refused to tel…
Fairfield County Man Charged With Insurance Fraud Over $27K Diamond Ring Fairfield County Man Charged With Insurance Fraud Over $27K Diamond Ring
Fairfield County Man Charged With Insurance Fraud Over $27K Diamond Ring A 44-year-old Connecticut man was arrested for filing a bogus insurance claim on a diamond ring valued at $27,000, authorities said. Fairfield County resident Duke Quarshie, of Norwalk, was issued a payment from Assurant Insurance Company in 2016 for a claim regarding the ring in New Jersey, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On June 2, 2021, Quarshie was living in North Bergen, New Jersey when filed a second claim for the same piece of jewelry, the prosecutor said. Quarshie was charged with one count of insurance fraud and arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office i…
Career Criminal From Fairfield County Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Politician Career Criminal From Fairfield County Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Politician
Career Criminal From Fairfield County Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Politician A hardened ex-con from Fairfield County admitted that he and a longtime criminal pal from Philadelphia stabbed a political consultant to death and then torched his New Jersey apartment in a murder-for-hire attack. George Bratsenis, age 73, of Monroe, said he and his partner were paid to whack Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri in New Jersey and a prominent figure in local politics. Bratsenis and the other killer, Bomani Africa, age 61, were hired by onetime political operative Sean Caddle, who’d been an aide to former State Sen. Ray Lesniak and previously worked …
NJ Political Operative Admits Paying Two Men, Including One From CT, To Kill Associate NJ Political Operative Admits Paying Two Men, Including One From CT, To Kill Associate
NJ Political Operative Admits Paying Two Men, Including One From CT, To Kill Associate A New Jersey-based political consultant admitted that he hired two hitmen, including one from Connecticut, to kill a longtime associate who had worked for him on various election campaigns, federal authorities said. Sean Caddle, 44, a former aide to former New Jersey State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) paid the killers -- with the other from Pennsylvania -- to get rid of Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri (D-Jersey City) and a prominent figure in local Hudson County politics. Galdieri, 52, was stabbed to death in May 2014 before his Jersey City apartmen…
Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas
Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas An international ring of identity thieves stole $1.3 million worth of vehicles and watercraft from dealerships in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, using fraudulently obtained digital driver's licenses, authorities charged. Nine defendants used the stolen identities of US citizens in Puerto Rico -- along with fake Puerto Rico driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, debit cards, and birth certificates -- to obtain the licenses from motor vehicle agencies in Jersey City and North Bergen, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. They used tho…
COVID-19: New Data Reveals Number Who Have Moved Out Of NYC During Pandemic, Where They've Gone COVID-19: New Data Reveals Number Who Have Moved Out Of NYC During Pandemic, Where They've Gone
Covid-19: New Data Reveals Number Who Have Moved Out Of NYC During Pandemic, Where They've Gone There are now numbers behind the mass exodus of New York City residents to the suburbs and beyond amid the COVID-19 pandemic. From March 1 through Oct. 31 this year, a total of 295,103 NYC residents have made change-of-address requests. That's according to data The New York Post obtained from the US Postal Service. Most went to Long Island -- a total of more than 40,000 (21,362 to Suffolk County, with 6,500 of that number in six zip codes on the East End, and 18,731 to Nassau County), followed by Westchester County (15,850) and 9,356 to Hudson County, New Jersey (which includes J…
Former TV Reporter Arrested Twice In One Day In Fairfield, Police Say Former TV Reporter Arrested Twice In One Day In Fairfield, Police Say
Former TV Reporter Arrested Twice In One Day In Fairfield, Police Say A man who was arrested twice in one day by the Fairfield Police Department has been identified as a former reporter for FOX Business and CNN. Lawrence Crook, 37, was first arrested on Thursday, Oct. 8, around 10:20 a.m., when Fairfield Police were alerted to a man acting suspiciously in the back parking to of 135 Rennell Drive, said Fairfield Police Lt. Antonio Granata. A witness reported seeing the man remove a dumpster from a small fenced-in area within the parking lot, then park his black SUV where the dumpster originally was.  He was seen loading several blue and white striped bag…
CT Native Who Died In Labor Survived By Baby, 'Soulmate' Husband CT Native Who Died In Labor Survived By Baby, 'Soulmate' Husband
CT Native Who Died In Labor Survived By Baby, 'Soulmate' Husband What should have been the happiest day for the a Jersey City family welcoming their baby girl turned out to be the most tragic. Melinda Segunda Pritchett, 37 -- originally of New London, CT -- went in for a routine induction on Friday, Sept. 4, but required an emergency C-section due to a fetal heart rate complication, a GoFundMe page says. Just after her baby girl was born, Melinda went into cardiac arrest. And, after hours of trying to save her, the new mom passed away. Surviving her is her daughter, Adelina Joy Maribel, and her husband -- whom friends describe as her soulmate -- Jo…