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NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report
NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report An 80-year-old woman told police her 65-year-old daughter from South Jersey beat her with a broomstick three days before she died of her injuries in the attack, NJ Advance Media reports. The alleged assailant's defense attorney, though, says she was acting in self-defense. Florence Dicriscio told officers arriving at the Woodmont Circle in Washington Township on Aug. 6 that Loretta A. Barr struck her in the head with a broom and beat her up, then locked her out of the apartment, NJ.com says. Barr's attorney, Mark Bernstein, said Dicriscio suffered Alzheimer's and dementia, and of…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Newark Police Seek Missing Man With Alzheimer's, 97 Newark Police Seek Missing Man With Alzheimer's, 97
Newark Police Seek Missing Man With Alzheimer's, 97 Authorities in Newark are seeking the public's help locating a 97-year-old man with Alzheimer's. Albano Paiva, who uses a walker, was last seen at 11 a.m. on Nov. 28, at  Seabras Supermarket on Lafayette Street, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. He was wearing a brown sweatshirt, blue sweatpants and dark green tennis shoes. Director Ambrose urges anyone with information about the whereabouts of Mr. Albano Paiva to call the Division's 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477). All anonymous Crime Stopper tips are kept confidential and …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
FOUND! Passaic Woman, 78, With Alzheimer's Safe, Sound FOUND! Passaic Woman, 78, With Alzheimer's Safe, Sound
Found! Passaic Woman, 78, With Alzheimer's Safe, Sound A 78-year-old Passaic woman with Alzheimer’s who went missing in the morning was found Wednesday night in Garfield, police said. Gloria Rivera left her Quincy Street residence around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday through the rear yard (see image above, right), city police said. She turned up about 12 hours later, they said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus 'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus
'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus To put it simply, Sid and Mikki Schneider were soulmates. He was a tennis pro, she was a personal shopper. The two met 30 years ago through mutual friends and finally tied the knot in 1999. They both came from previous marriages and both had their own children. They each had their own hard times -- Mikki was widowed at 31, and then divorced from a second marriage.  But Sid and Mikki were each other's happily ever after, their family members say. Together, Sid and Mikki Schneider lived and died a power couple — just 12 days apart, both of coronavirus.  "They say that true love never die…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
SEEN HIM? Authorities Seek Missing Newark Man With Alzheimer's SEEN HIM? Authorities Seek Missing Newark Man With Alzheimer's
Seen HIM? Authorities Seek Missing Newark Man With Alzheimer's Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating a missing Newark man with Alzheimer's. Elijah Gadsden, 82, was last seen at 4:30 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Shepherd Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. He was last seen wearing blue work pants, a white t-shirt, blue sneakers and a black cap. He is 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He has short, bushy gray hair, a gray mustache and brown eyes.  Anyone with information about Elijah Gadsden is urged to call the Newark police's 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
'Lifesaver' Helps Bergen Sheriff's Officers Find Missing Teaneck Man, 70, With Dementia 'Lifesaver' Helps Bergen Sheriff's Officers Find Missing Teaneck Man, 70, With Dementia
'Lifesaver' Helps Bergen Sheriff's Officers Find Missing Teaneck Man, 70, With Dementia A 70-year-old Teaneck man with dementia who wandered from home was found by Bergen County sheriff's officers thanks to a Project Lifesaver wristband transmitter. BCSO Officers Patrick Doyle and Joseph LaBarbera found the man about a mile from home Tuesday night, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. “Utilizing the technology from Project Lifesaver, our responding officers were able to quickly track, locate, and return the missing individual to his home," Cureton said. The rapid-response Project Lifesaver International program is designed to locate adults and children who have gone mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco