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Wife Accidentally Drives Over Husband After Deadly Motorcycle Crash, PA State Police Say Wife Accidentally Drives Over Husband After Deadly Motorcycle Crash, PA State Police Say
Wife Accidentally Drives Over Husband After Deadly Motorcycle Crash, PA State Police Say A 37-year-old man has died in a motorcycle crash, according to Pennsylvania State police. Todd Addison Jr., of Duncannon, died in a crash involving an SUV in Dickinson Township, Cumberland County on Saturday at 11:38 a.m. Addison, driving a Victory motorcycle, and his wife, Suzette Addison, who was driving a Yamaha motorcycle, were traveling southbound along Carlisle Road towards Pine Grove road just before the crash. A Kia Soul SUV, driven by Victoria Jesswein, failed to yield while turning left off of Pine Grove Road. Jesswein struck Addison-- pinning him underneath her vehicle. Addiso…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Army Members Lead Feds To NJ Man Nabbed For Capitol Raid Army Members Lead Feds To NJ Man Nabbed For Capitol Raid
Army Members Lead Feds To NJ Man Nabbed For Capitol Raid A New Jersey man was tracked down with help from three Army members and subsequently arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol raid, authorities said. Brian Glenn Bingham, 35, was taken into custody in Alabama and charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees of the United States in performance of official duties, court records show. He also faces charges for knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capit…

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Renowned Infectious Disease Doc, Rutgers Professor Dies Of COVID While Treating Family In India Renowned Infectious Disease Doc, Rutgers Professor Dies Of COVID While Treating Family In India
Renowned Infectious Disease Doc, Rutgers Professor Dies Of COVID While Treating Family In India A Rutgers University professor and infectious disease expert who went to India to help his family during a ravenous wave of COVID-19 died of the virus himself, the university said in a statement. Dr. Rajendra Kapila, 81, founded Rutgers' Division of Infectious Diseases and was a professor of medicine at the university. We have lost a giant in infectious disease, Dr Raj Kapila, who served for years as a leader in global infectious diseases at @Rutgers_NJMS. @RutgersBHS will be ever grateful for his contribution to global ID and remember his extraordinary diagnostic talent https://t.co/5l…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Street Evangelist Stalked Englewood Abortion Doc With Drone Authorities: Street Evangelist Stalked Englewood Abortion Doc With Drone
Authorities: Street Evangelist Stalked Englewood Abortion Doc With Drone A self-described Christian missionary from Westchester was arrested after Englewood police said he used a drone to peer into the second-floor office of an abortion doctor he was stalking. Daniel Stephen Courney, 36, of Scarsdale, NY was caught piloting the device -- equipped with a camera and speaker -- outside Metropolitan Medical Associates on Engle Street, where he and other pro-lifers have frequently protested over the years, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Detective Ron Layne learned that Courney had been terrorizing the doctor over a four-month period by “purposely and repeatedl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Phillipsburg Police Officer Dominic Belcastro Killed In Motorcycle Crash Off-Duty Phillipsburg Police Officer Dominic Belcastro Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Off-Duty Phillipsburg Police Officer Dominic Belcastro Killed In Motorcycle Crash A Phillipsburg police officer died in a motorcycle crash Saturday. Dominic “Dom” Belcastro was riding a Harley-Davidson and had the right of way while heading eastbound on Route 22, according to Warren County Prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer, who witnessed the crash, NJ.com reports. A woman in a 2000 Toyota Camry was stopped at Fifth Street, when a vehicle in the right lane of the highway drove past the intersection, and the Toyota tried crossing into the turnaround near the post office immediately after that, the outlet said citing the prosecutor. Belcastro put the the bike down on the road -- ap…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
FBI: 11th NJ Suspect Arrested In Capitol Riots FBI: 11th NJ Suspect Arrested In Capitol Riots
FBI: 11th NJ Suspect Arrested In Capitol Riots An Atlantic City man was arrested Friday for his alleged role in U.S. Capitol riots last month; authorities said. James Douglas Rahm was arrested by the FBI on charges relating to Jan. 6 riot, the FBI announced on its Twitter page. FBI agents conducted a search Friday morning at Rahm's home on Penrose Avenue as investigators took photos of a garage and brought computer equipment, boxes and other items out of the house, NBC News 10 Philly reported. Including Friday’s arrest, 11 New Jersey, residents including a member of the U.S. Army reserves, a former Marine, a county corrections officer,…

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by Jon Craig
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CAPITOL RIOT: NJ Naval Contractor With Secret Security Clearance Bragged To Informant, Feds Say CAPITOL RIOT: NJ Naval Contractor With Secret Security Clearance Bragged To Informant, Feds Say
Capitol Riot: NJ Naval Contractor With Secret Security Clearance Bragged To Informant, Feds Say A Central Jersey man who is a U.S. Navy contractor with top-secret security clearance and access to ammunition has been charged with participating in the U.S. Capitol riot, federal authorities said. Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, 30, of Monmouth County, described as an “avowed white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer” in court papers, allegedly told other pro-Trump rioters to advance during the deadly Jan. 6 insurgence, authorities said. He has been charged on five federal counts, including: knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority; disorderly conduct o…

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by Jon Craig
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Devoted Community Servant Eugene Marshall Sr Of Hackensack Dies At 93 Devoted Community Servant Eugene Marshall Sr Of Hackensack Dies At 93
Devoted Community Servant Eugene Marshall Sr Of Hackensack Dies At 93 TRIBUTE: Eugene Marshall, Sr. of Hackensack loved his country and his community. He remained faithful throughout his life to building a better world, loved ones said. A celebration of life service was held at Calvary Baptist Church in Garfield on Saturday for Marshall, who recently passed away at 91. Born in Paterson on Nov. 29, 1929, Marshall attended middle school and high school in Hackensack, where he excelled in football and track. He attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC for a year before enlisted in the U.S. Army and serving a tour overseas. Following his honorable…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Army Soldier, Teen Boy Charged In Sussex County Killing Of 20-Year-Old Corporal Hayden Harris Army Soldier, Teen Boy Charged In Sussex County Killing Of 20-Year-Old Corporal Hayden Harris
Army Soldier, Teen Boy Charged In Sussex County Killing Of 20-Year-Old Corporal Hayden Harris A 23-year-old Fort Drum soldier and 16-year-old boy are facing murder and kidnapping charges in the Sussex County killing of 20-year-old U.S. Army Cpl. Hayden Harris. Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, and the unidentified teen were arrested earlier this month after Harris' body was found buried in snow, in a wooded area off Ross Road in Byram Dec. 19, authorities in Sussex County previously said. Mellish, of Brooklyn, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, handgun possession, suppression of evidence and more, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday. The teen was charged wi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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5 Pet Snakes Rescued, 2 Dogs Dead In Christmas Eve Fire That Ravaged Metuchen Family's Home 5 Pet Snakes Rescued, 2 Dogs Dead In Christmas Eve Fire That Ravaged Metuchen Family's Home
5 Pet Snakes Rescued, 2 Dogs Dead In Christmas Eve Fire That Ravaged Metuchen Family's Home Support is surging for a Metuchen family following a Christmas Eve fire that ravaged their home, killing their two dogs, family members and neighbors say. The fire at the Mojica family's Park Place house broke out at approximately 8:25 p.m. -- about 10 minutes after they'd left for the night, fire officials and family members said. The home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived, as flames consumed all three floors. Firefighters rescued five pet snakes from the basement, although two family dogs died, the Metuchen Fire Department said. More than $21,100 had been raised on a GoFundMe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Army Corporal Hayden Harris Found Dead In Sussex County Woods, Fellow Soldier In Custody Army Corporal Hayden Harris Found Dead In Sussex County Woods, Fellow Soldier In Custody
Army Corporal Hayden Harris Found Dead In Sussex County Woods, Fellow Soldier In Custody Missing U.S. Army soldier Hayden Harris was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds Saturday afternoon in Sussex County -- his fellow soldier in custody, authorities said. The 20-year-old corporal's body was found by Byram Township firefighters, who noticed personal belongings including documents and shoes near a wooded cul-de-sac near Ross Road Saturday afternoon, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said. Firefighters called police when they saw blood, Mueller said. Harris' fellow soldier, Jamaal Mellish, 23, is believed to have abducted and shot Harris …

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Meadowlands Racetrack Pioneer Joseph A. DeFrank Dies, 87 Meadowlands Racetrack Pioneer Joseph A. DeFrank Dies, 87
Meadowlands Racetrack Pioneer Joseph A. DeFrank Dies, 87 Joseph A. DeFrank Jr. (DeFrancesco) of Lake Pleasant, NY — who helped pioneer North Jersey's famed Meadowlands Racetrack — passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 12. He was 87 years old. Born in Holley, NY on Aug. 27, 1933 to Joseph Sr. and Florence DeFrank, he was a proud member of the U.S. Army and a 50-year member of the American Legion Post 529 Holley. 
Beyond the racing world, Joe’s main priority was his family, who he loved wholeheartedly.  Joe and his wife Beryl loved gardening and cooking together. They spent their retirement years enjoying the beauty of the Adirondacks from t…

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