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Trapped For 20 Years: Police Detail Life Of Man Held Captive By Stepmom Trapped For 20 Years: Police Detail Life Of Man Held Captive By Stepmom
Trapped For 20 Years: Police Detail Life Of Man Held Captive By Stepmom The numbers are chilling.  A 32-year-old man, standing five feet nine inches tall and weighing just 68 pounds, was forced to live in an 8-by-9-foot room for 20 years.  All because his 56-year-old stepmother said so, Waterbury police said. Kimberly Sullivan was arrested this week and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons, and first-degree reckless endangerment, police said. She was released from jail on Thursday after posting a $300,000 bond. Original Report: Waterbury Woman Held Stepson Captive For 20 Y…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Customers Overwhelm Route 46 Bird Store Owner With Love After Crossbow Attack Customers Overwhelm Route 46 Bird Store Owner With Love After Crossbow Attack
Customers Overwhelm Route 46 Bird Store Owner With Love After Crossbow Attack Katarina wasn’t sure what to expect when she unlocked the doors of Birds By Joe 2 on Roue 46 Saddle Brook on Friday, Feb. 21—the first time she’d officially reopened since being shot with a crossbow inside her own store. What she walked into was overwhelming. Customers streamed in, arms full of flowers, gifts, and bags of soft food she could eat. They hugged her, squeezed her hands, and told her they had been worried about her.  Some just stood there, fighting back tears, grateful she was still here. Stephanie Sclafani arrived carrying two milkshakes and a bag of mashed potatoes from…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
HEROINE: Mom From Union City Drowns, But Helps Save 5-Year-Old Daughter HEROINE: Mom From Union City Drowns, But Helps Save 5-Year-Old Daughter
Heroine: Mom From Union City Drowns, But Helps Save 5-Year-Old Daughter The family of a mother originally from Union City is coping with her loss in a tragic accident -- an accident that the woman's young daughter survived thanks to the mom, who spent her last moments calling for help.   According to news accounts and a GoFundMe campaign started on her behalf by a Clifton man, Kathy Paredes, 35, was headed to a lake Saturday near her home in Jacksonville, Fla. Her five-year-old daughter Amber was with her.  According to police, Paredes' Jeep flipped into the water as she was attempting a turn. As the vehicle was submerged, Paredes managed to call…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
Bergenfield Quadriplegic Survived Stabbing By Ex-Husband; Van Needed Bergenfield Quadriplegic Survived Stabbing By Ex-Husband; Van Needed
Bergenfield Quadriplegic Survived Stabbing By Ex-Husband; Van Needed Kathy Moore woke up in her Hackensack apartment and immediately felt wet. Her body was weak and numb. Someone was hitting her in the head. As she came to, she felt wetness coming down her face and neck. The man causing her pain was her husband, now-ex, repeatedly stabbing her all over her body with a hunting knife, she said. Wednesday, March 14 was 21 years since the incident that left Moore  of Bergenfield a quadriplegic -- hospitalized with 21 stab wounds.  Her son, too, as the man she once loved also turned the knife on him, she said. Moore knew the only way to recover was to keep go…

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by Cecilia Levine