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9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Tote Along River; Grandma Among 4 Charged In ‘Severe Abuse’ Case 9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Tote Along River; Grandma Among 4 Charged In ‘Severe Abuse’ Case
9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Tote Along River; Grandma Among 4 Charged In ‘Severe Abuse’ Case Two more adults have been charged months after a 9-year-old girl was found dead in a tote along a river, as prosecutors say they allowed “severe child abuse and neglect” to continue inside a Pennsylvania home, authorities announced on Tuesday, April 21. Theresa Marie Shipley, 63, identified as the child’s grandmother, and Sandra Lynn Umensetter, 51, a family friend, were charged in connection with the prolonged abuse that led to the death of 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said. Theresa Marie Shipley (left) Renesmay Eutsey’s grandmother, and S…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Teacher's Sedan Slams Into Wall Of Adult Special Needs School In Little Ferry Teacher's Sedan Slams Into Wall Of Adult Special Needs School In Little Ferry
Teacher's Sedan Slams Into Wall Of Adult Special Needs School In Little Ferry A sedan driven by a teacher slammed into a private Little Ferry school for adults with developmental disabilities where she works. The 34-year-old teacher told police she was parking her Honda Civic at the New Jersey Expanding Capabilities Center on Chamberlain Avenue when she lost her brakes around noon on Tuesday, May 7, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. No one was near the window when the sedan rammed the wall, the chief said. The driver reported what appeared to be a minor injury. She was more shaken up than anything, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Oakland Woman Killed By Jeep Lived At Developmentally Disabled Group Home Oakland Woman Killed By Jeep Lived At Developmentally Disabled Group Home
Oakland Woman Killed By Jeep Lived At Developmentally Disabled Group Home OAKLAND, N.J. – (UPDATE) A 38-year-old Oakland woman who was struck and killed by a Jeep backing out of a driveway this week had been living at a nearby group home for developmentally disabled adults. Nora Kohlash was killed Wednesday on Thackery Road -- in what law enforcement authorities called a "tragic accident" -- five doors down from the Bethesda Lutheran Communities group home where she'd been living. “A tragic accident – nothing criminal,” a law enforcement official told Daily Voice. The woman and an aide were walking on the sidewalk in front of 18 Thackeray Road just bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco