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Avenel, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Baby Killed By Dog ID'd In Campaign
Support is surging for a New Jersey family whose 3-month-old baby was killed by the family dog. Daymon Jair Balbuena was mauled by the dog at his home on Mereline Avenue in Avenel around 6:15 a.m. Saturday, March 9, according to a GoFundMe campaign, along with Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Woodbridge Police Department Director Robert Hubner. Daymon's mother, Sierra, suffered serious injuries in the attack, the campaign says. "The love he brought to his family during his short life will never be forgotten," the boy's obituary says. More than $16,000 had been rai…
Lifestyle
Hudson County Favorite Son Bobby Cannavale Praised In Garden State-Centric Dramedy 'Ezra'
Actor Bobby Cannavale has a heartwarming New Jersey-based film premiering this spring that those who've seen it predict could be one of his best. In "Ezra," the pride of Hudson County plays Max, a stand-up comedian from the Garden State who lives with his father, portrayed by Robert De Niro. Max pursues his career while trying to co-parent his 11-year-old son with ex-wife (and Cannavale's real-life partner) Rose Byrne. Max lands a gig on Jimmy Kimmel's show in Hollywood, but the plane fare isn't comped. So he and young Ezra -- who has autism -- embark on a life-changing cross-country trip …
Business
27 NJ Boston Market Stores Issued Stop-Work Orders By Labor Department
Boston Market stores across New Jersey owe its workers thousands of dollars in back wages, and the state's labor department is taking action. The NJDOL issued 27 stop-work orders to Boston Market locations throughout the state on Monday, Aug. 14 saying the rotisserie chicken franchise owes more than $600,000 in back wages to 314 employees. The investigation began after the NJDOL received a complaint from an employee at a restaurant in Hamilton last November. Since then, almost three dozen people have come forward, naming several other locations. Citations were issued for unpaid/late pa…
Police & Fire
Worker, 58, Electrocuted In Jersey Shore Accident: Police
A 58-year-old man died after coming in contact with power lines in a workplace accident Tuesday, July 11 in Monmouth County, authorities said. Kevin McAdorey was working near 1040 Route 35 on a motorized scissor lift when the lift came in contact with power lines, causing McAdorey to fall 20 feet to the ground around 12:30 p.m., Middletown Police Chief of Police R. Craig Weber said. McAdorey was unconscious when he was hospitalized, but was pronounced dead at Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. The decedent was an employee from Wave Electric, 3 Sheil …
Police & Fire
Ex-Hudson Sheriff's Officer Admits $98,000 Short-Sale Mortgage Scheme For Jersey Shore Home
A former Hudson County sheriff’s officer admitted defrauding a bank to duck $98,000 in mortgage payments on a Jersey Shore home, federal authorities said. Osbado Hernandez, 54, of Avenel, conspired with others to lie about a bogus short sale of his house in Keansburg so that the unidentified bank would discharge what was left on his mortgage, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Hernandez bought the property for $239,900 in 2006, financing it through a mortgage loan from the victimized bank, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Trenton says. He ended up behind on the payments,…
Obituaries
Dad Changing Tire Killed On NJ Roadside Spent Day Fixing Up New Home For Family
An Elizabeth husband and father of two was struck and killed by a car as he fixed a tire on his vehicle last weekend on Routes 1&9 in Rahway, those who knew him said. More than $73,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Steven Neves De Oliveira's wife, Diane, and their 1-year-old twin sons, Ethan and Grayson, as of Wednesday, Jan. 25. De Oliveria had spent the day fixing up the new house where the family was planning to move and was on his way back to his family when he was struck, the GoFundMe says. He was 36 years old. First responders rendered emergency aid at the sce…
Police & Fire
Driver Left Man For Dead In NJ Roadway Then Reported Car As Stolen: Police
Just hours after hitting a man with her car and leaving him for dead in the streets of New Jersey, the driver who police say was at fault registered her vehicle as stolen and spent months hiding from police. Chayla McCray, 22, of Avenel, was arrested and charged in the Aug. 29, 2022 death of 63-year-old Jose Bonilla on Dec. 29, police in Rahway said. McCray was behind the wheel of a dark-colored Nissan Altima when she struck Bonilla on St. George's and West Inman avenues around 3 a.m. Aug. 29, Rahway Police Director Jonathan Parham said. Bonilla was pronounced dead at the scene and, later …
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Released
: NJ Rapper, Associate Plead Guilty In Passaic Shooting, Freed Pending Sentencings
A former Jersey City rapper who beat a murder rap in 2014 walked out of jail after cutting a deal with prosecutors for his role in a shooting in Passaic two years ago. He could be headed back to the joint for another 18 months, however. Video captured a celebratory welcoming committee greeting Albert Robinson outside the Passaic County Jail in Paterson after he and co-defendant Darnell Reeves were released. Robinson – known as “Albee Al The Gladiator” – and Reeves had been held since September 2019 following their arrests on attempted murder charges, among other offenses, in a non-fatal …
News
3 Powerball Tickets Good For $50K Sold In NJ
Three Powerball tickets good for $50,000 were sold in New Jersey. The tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn for the Wednesday, Sept. 29 drawing, winning the third-tier prize. Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Middlesex County: Krauszer’s Food Store, 119 Avenel St., Avenel Passaic County: The Liquor Depot, 534 Van Houten Ave., Clifton; Union County: BP Gas, 1101 East Jersey St., Elizabeth. The winning numbers were 02, 07, 11, 17, and 32. The Red Power Ball number was 11. The Power Play was 3X. The Powerball jackpot rolls to $620 milli…
News
Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts
Another Kmart store has closed its doors leaving just two left in all of New Jersey. The Kearny store on Passaic Avenue closed on May 2, NJ Advance Media reports. The storefront will be replaced by a Target store, according to Target's list of upcoming locations. Target will also be replacing the Kmart that closed in Wall on Route 35, and the one in Somers Point on 250 New Road. Only two Kmart stores remain in New Jersey: One in Avenel and the other in Westwood.
Police & Fire
NJ Dog Owner Whose Pit Bulls Killed 3-Year-Old Boy, Injured Mom Won't Be Charged
A Central Jersey dog owner whose pit bulls attacked a 3-year-old boy and his mom -- killing the toddler and injuring the woman -- will not be charged, reports say. The dogs' Carteret owner, Santos Rodriguez, did not violate any law, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a letter to supporters of the grieving family, who apparently contacted her office, NJ.com says. Further, investigators did not find “intentional, knowing, or reckless criminal conduct," and "despite the well-intended demands for justice, no charges will presently be filed," the prosecutor said. A vigil …
News
Support Surges For Central Jersey Family After Pit Bull Kills Toddler, Wounds Mother
A 3-year-old boy died and his mother hospitalized following a pit bull attack in Central Jersey. Nearly $135,000 had been raised as of Friday evening by the father's employer, Coney Island Auto Parts, for the boy's funeral and related medical expenses. Aziz Ahmed and his mother were in their fenced backyard on East Laurel Street in Avenel, when a pair of unregistered dogs that reportedly belonged to a neighbor behind them got into their yard and attacked them both, authorities said. Ahmed's mother was critically hurt trying to save her son, and was airlifted to the hospital. The …
News
Hero
(
Video
): Correctional Officer Grabs Suicidal Man In Mid-Jump From Jersey Bridge
A suicidal man determined to jump to his death had just let go of the railing on a bridge over the Raritan River when a state correctional officer came running and grabbed him, dramatic cellphone video shows. Officer Faustino Saucedo of Perth Amboy was off duty and headed to pick up his wife when he saw the commotion on the Edison bridge between Woodbridge and Sayreville shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday. The man was sitting on the edge of the Route 9 span, which runs parallel to the Driscoll Bridge. Saucedo -- who works at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel -- parked his car an…
Police & Fire
Police Sweep Of Paterson Open-Air Drug Market Nets Local Dealers, Out-Of-Town Buyers
Paterson police scooped up local dealers and out-of-town buyers alike in a quick-strike response to calls from citizens who feared for their safety amid open-air neighborhood drug dealing. Narcotics Division detectives emerged with 11 arrests and nearly 600 bags of heroin and crack Friday after targeting Hamilton Avenue between Summer and Lake streets, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They also seized $7,133 in drug proceeds, he said. Charged with selling or having drugs for sale, Speziale said, were Erick Speight, 22, and Clarence Cooper, 42, both of Paterson, and Anthony Yildi…
Obituaries
Man Killed In Woodbridge Fire, 21, Had Been Providing For Family In Haiti, GoFundMe Says
The victim of Wednesday's fatal fire in Woodbridge has been identified as a 21-year-old Avenel man who had apparently been providing for his family in Haiti. Chadly Julien's body was found shortly after fire crews responded to 88 South Inman Ave., around 9 a.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The cause of the fire remained under investigation, authorities said. Meanwhile, more than $18,400 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Chadly's family. Campaign founder Bleriot Thompson said Chadly had been sending a portion of each paycheck to his family in Haiti. "We wan…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames
A physician assistant and off-duty corrections officer were among several bystanders who sprung into action to help a truck driver whose body was engulfed in flames on the NJ Turnpike Monday afternoon. Daniel O'Beirne, a volunteer Wood-Ridge firefighter, was heading to work at as a corrections officer in Avenel when he saw the southbound tractor-trailer cab in front of him hit a sign pole then burst into flames, around 1:15 p.m., in Linden. O'Beirne pulled over, jumped out of his car and ran over to help the truck driver -- who he said was standing on the running boards of his truck, engulf…
Police & Fire
Watch
: Bergen County Men Busted In Wheelie-Popping Motorcycle Flash Mob
Police dispersed throngs of people who turned out to watch wheelie-popping motorcycles and speeding cars in downtown Newark, resulting in more than 50 summonses last weekend. Hundreds of people gathered at Edison Place and Mulberry Street for the "Takeover" car meet and flash mob around 11 p.m., Aug. 22, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. A video released by Newark police shows a car doing doughnuts dangerously close to spectators, inches from men filming. A total 57 motor vehicle summonses for reckless driving, failing to maintain lane, noisy muffler, l…
Police & Fire
Trio Who Abandoned Convertible On NJ Turnpike, Including 1 Struck By Truck Face Drug Charges
Three people from Central and South Jersey including one who was hit by a tractor trailer had been drinking when they abandoned their convertible on the NJ Turnpike to go for walks, authorities said. NJSP Trooper Kyle Morley was on heading northbound on the highway in Westampton Township when he saw a man and woman walking away from a Chrysler Sebring on the southbound side near milepost 40.7 around 8:30 p.m. May 26, State Police said in a release. Mount Laurel police helped locate the couple -- later identified as Charles Goodema, 41, of Mount Laurel, and Megan Winters, 27, of Av…
Police & Fire
Middlesex Girl, 6, Saves Firefighting Dad, Family In Overnight House Blaze
LITTLE HERO: A Middlesex County firefighter, his wife and their two kids may have lost many of their belongings in a destructive weekend fire, but they have their 6-year-old daughter to thank for getting out safely. The blare of a smoke detector woke Madalyn Karlbon, who saw smoke and immediately ran to wake her dad, former Fire Chief Jimmy Karlbon, shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday. A blaze that broke out after something was left cooking on the kitchen stove was spreading fast. Madalyn’s mom had fallen asleep watching TV downstairs. Her father was in a nearby bedroom upstairs, as was her 2-year…
Police & Fire
Imprisoned Hackensack Child Molester Charged With Stalking
A sex offender from Hackensack serving time in state prison for repeatedly molesting a local girl was charged with stalking, records show. In doing so, Favio F. Maldonado violated a no-contact order, according to county records. Maldonado, a 35-year-old former customer service representative, was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of nearly seven years in July 2018 for molesting the victim over the course of more than a year, beginning when she was nine. The Honduran native was arrested following an investigation that began when the girl told authorities in 2014 that he'd touched her over and…
Police & Fire
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen
An Essex County man who robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint -- as well as those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County -- was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in federal prison. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange, must serve just about all of the term: There's no parole in the federal prison system. That means he'll be in his late 60s when he's eventually released. Burnett told a federal judge in Newark three months ago that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during…
Police & Fire
Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison
A former Paterson high school teacher who admitted offering to pay students for sex was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in state prison. Thomas Weir, a 56-year-old former teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, was arrested on five years ago after authorities learned that he was having sexually explicit chats with three students of the school over Facebook and through text messages. Weir "was seeking to engage in sexual acts with the students in exchange for money," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.In exchange for a more lenient sentence, Weir plea…
Police & Fire
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere
An Essex County man admitted that he robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint, along with those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Among the victimized hotels were a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, they said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-w…
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