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Mass Casualty Incident Declared After Mangled Vehicle Found On Garden State Parkway: Officials Mass Casualty Incident Declared After Mangled Vehicle Found On Garden State Parkway: Officials Mass Casualty Incident Declared After Mangled Vehicle Found On Garden State Parkway: Officials
Mass Casualty Incident Declared After Mangled Vehicle Found On Garden State Parkway: Officials A mass casualty incident was declared after a rollover crash on the Garden State Parkway early Friday morning, Nov. 6, firefighters said. The crash happened around 3 a.m. near Exit 142, where multiple people required medical attention, according to Hillside FMBA Local 35. Hillside Fire Department Engine 1 and rescue crews responded to the scene and worked alongside other emergency personnel to assist those involved, the union said. Photos shared by the firefighters show a heavily mangled vehicle following the crash. The number of people injured and the extent of their injuries were not im…
Wife Recalls Final Desperate Phone Call With Husband Before Drowning In Florida Floodwaters Wife Recalls Final Desperate Phone Call With Husband Before Drowning In Florida Floodwaters Wife Recalls Final Desperate Phone Call With Husband Before Drowning In Florida Floodwaters
Wife Recalls Final Desperate Phone Call With Husband Before Drowning In Florida Floodwaters A Massachusetts native is mourning her husband after a deadly Florida flood trapped the father of four inside his vehicle as he pleaded for help during a final FaceTime call with his wife.  Stacy Petit Bennett, a Walpole native, lost her husband, 34-year-old Joshua Bennett, on Monday, Nov. 2, when fast-moving floodwaters submerged his vehicle in Palm Bay, Florida.  Joshua had gone out for coffee when rising water surrounded his vehicle "He called me on FaceTime, and he was just crying like, 'I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do.' And he said he's in the middle of a ri…
Mugshot Shows Philly Foster Mom Charged With Girl's Heinous Murder Mugshot Shows Philly Foster Mom Charged With Girl's Heinous Murder Mugshot Shows Philly Foster Mom Charged With Girl's Heinous Murder
Mugshot Shows Philly Foster Mom Charged With Girl's Heinous Murder A 10-year-old Philadelphia girl who vanished from her foster home more than a week ago was found dead inside the trunk of a car in South Jersey, with bruising and scars suggesting a history of abuse, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5. Malayshia Alford's foster mother, Caprice Williams, 36, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, and several other related offenses, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced during a Thursday evening news conference. The child's remains were discovered by Philadelphia police in Linwood, located in Atlantic County, following an invest…
NJ Husband-Wife Dog Rescuers Shoot Pitbull, Fake Cancer Death To Raise Money: Prosecutor NJ Husband-Wife Dog Rescuers Shoot Pitbull, Fake Cancer Death To Raise Money: Prosecutor NJ Husband-Wife Dog Rescuers Shoot Pitbull, Fake Cancer Death To Raise Money: Prosecutor
NJ Husband-Wife Dog Rescuers Shoot Pitbull, Fake Cancer Death To Raise Money: Prosecutor A married pair of dog rescuers in South Jersey are facing animal cruelty charges after they kept dogs in deplorable conditions and euthanized animals illegally, including one they apparently shot dead and then faked cancer in the wake of his deat, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5. An investigation into Thomas Thompson, 37, and his wife, Brooke Thompson, 34, both of Browns Mills, began after a woman told Mullica Township police a dog she was fostering was killed at her home by the couple, who operated Gone Rogue Girls Rescue, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and…
Florida Firebombing Fugitive Caught In Bergen County With Machete: Police Florida Firebombing Fugitive Caught In Bergen County With Machete: Police Florida Firebombing Fugitive Caught In Bergen County With Machete: Police
Florida Firebombing Fugitive Caught In Bergen County With Machete: Police A Florida fugitive wanted in a firebombing that left a teenage girl with severe burns was arrested during a traffic stop in Bergen County after giving police multiple false names and trying to run, authorities said. Yang L. Chiong, 37, of Homestead, FL, was arrested around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, on North Midland Avenue in Saddle Brook, Police Chief John A. Zotollo Jr. said. Chiong was wanted by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office on a full-extradition warrant for second-degree attempted murder and first-degree arson, Zotollo said. The Florida Firebombing The charges stem from a March 25,…
Pest Control Truck Thief Arrested Again At Bergen County Business: Police Pest Control Truck Thief Arrested Again At Bergen County Business: Police Pest Control Truck Thief Arrested Again At Bergen County Business: Police
Pest Control Truck Thief Arrested Again At Bergen County Business: Police A 21-year-old man accused of stealing a pest control company's pickup truck in Bergen County was arrested after police found him trespassing inside another local business, authorities said. Joshua E. Sparrow, whose last known address was in Newark, was arrested at 125 Chubb Avenue in Lyndhurst around 7:02 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Lyndhurst Deputy Police Chief Paul Haggerty said. The investigation began Monday, Oct. 26, when an employee noticed a green Nissan Frontier pickup truck missing from a pest control company's fleet at 1099 Wall Street West, Haggerty said. The truck, marked with …
TV Reporter Who Proposed To Tom Brady In Wedding Dress Arrested In $160M Fraud Scheme: ICE TV Reporter Who Proposed To Tom Brady In Wedding Dress Arrested In $160M Fraud Scheme: ICE TV Reporter Who Proposed To Tom Brady In Wedding Dress Arrested In $160M Fraud Scheme: ICE
TV Reporter Who Proposed To Tom Brady In Wedding Dress Arrested In $160M Fraud Scheme: ICE A Mexican TV star who once stunned Tom Brady with a marriage proposal at the Super Bowl 42 is now in federal custody in Florida after five years on the run from Mexican authorities for an alleged massive fraud scheme.  Inés Gómez Mont, 43, was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an operation in Miami on Friday, Oct. 30, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mexican authorities have issued three arrest warrants for Gómez Mont. The allegations include organized crime, money laundering, and suspected tax fraud. Investigators believe Gómez Mont and…
Bergen County Schools Sued After Student Falsely Blamed For Viral TikTok 'Hit List:' Parents Bergen County Schools Sued After Student Falsely Blamed For Viral TikTok 'Hit List:' Parents Bergen County Schools Sued After Student Falsely Blamed For Viral TikTok 'Hit List:' Parents
Bergen County Schools Sued After Student Falsely Blamed For Viral TikTok 'Hit List:' Parents A Bergen County student was falsely accused of creating a school shooting "hit list" on TikTok, then spent years being bullied, threatened, and isolated while school officials failed to protect him, a new lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, Nov. 5, in Bergen County Superior Court, names the Ramsey Board of Education, Ramsey Borough School District, more than a dozen school officials, seven students, and a parent as defendants. When reached for comment by Daily Voice, Superintendent Dr. Andrew C. Matteo said that the district does not comment on pending litigation. The student, id…
NJ Man Shares Child Porn Video Featuring Young Child: Sheriff NJ Man Shares Child Porn Video Featuring Young Child: Sheriff NJ Man Shares Child Porn Video Featuring Young Child: Sheriff
NJ Man Shares Child Porn Video Featuring Young Child: Sheriff A 29-year-old Passaic County man was arrested after investigators traced a child sexual abuse video involving a child as young as 4 years old to his home, authorities announced. Devin Caruso, of Wanaque, was arrested outside his workplace in Parsippany on Wednesday, Nov. 4, following an investigation by the Passaic County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Sheriff Thomas Adamo said. The investigation began when detectives received information that a user of a media-sharing platform had uploaded a video containing suspected child sexual abuse material involving a c…
Bergen County Man Had Child Sex Porn On Electronic Devices: Prosecutor Bergen County Man Had Child Sex Porn On Electronic Devices: Prosecutor Bergen County Man Had Child Sex Porn On Electronic Devices: Prosecutor
Bergen County Man Had Child Sex Porn On Electronic Devices: Prosecutor A 45-year-old Bergen County man was arrested after investigators found child sexual abuse material on his electronic devices, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5. Nicholas J. Farinola, of Dumont, surrendered to detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday, Nov. 4, following a months-long investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation began April 22, when Dumont police provided information to the prosecutor's Cyber Crimes Unit indicating Farinola was in possession of child sexual abuse material, Musella said. A court-authorized search o…
NJ Driver Killed After Trooper Uses PIT Maneuver In Wrong-Way PA Chase: Police NJ Driver Killed After Trooper Uses PIT Maneuver In Wrong-Way PA Chase: Police NJ Driver Killed After Trooper Uses PIT Maneuver In Wrong-Way PA Chase: Police
NJ Driver Killed After Trooper Uses PIT Maneuver In Wrong-Way PA Chase: Police A New Jersey driver was killed after a Pennsylvania state trooper used a PIT maneuver during a wrong-way pursuit on Route 22, causing his pickup truck to overturn Wednesday night, Nov. 4, authorities announced. Juan Diaz, 35, of Newark, was ejected from the truck in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, and pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg at 10:52 p.m., Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a release issued Thursday, Nov. 5. The pursuit began after a trooper stopped a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado on Route 22 East near mile marker 324.3 in Hanover Township, Lehigh…
Retired NYPD Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report Retired NYPD Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report Retired NYPD Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report
Retired Nypd Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her.   Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported.  Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…