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Mom Who Ran Away With 9-Year-Old Daughter Could Be In Bergen County: Police Mom Who Ran Away With 9-Year-Old Daughter Could Be In Bergen County: Police
Mom Who Ran Away With 9-Year-Old Daughter Could Be In Bergen County: Police Police in South Jersey are trying to locate a 9-year-old girl who they say was picked up by her mom in North Jersey and hasn't been returned. Athena Worthy-Miles' mom, Dasia Serrano-Worthy, picked her up from her grandmother's house on 74th Street in North Bergen on Saturday, June 17 at 2:30 p.m., police in West Deptford say. According to Athena's father, Dasia does not have custody of Athena and has not returned her, police said. Dasia also disconnected her phone and no one has been able to contact her, police said. Police said they do not know where Dasia could be, but she is known …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Parents Of Non-Verbal Boy In South Jersey Found (UPDATED) Parents Of Non-Verbal Boy In South Jersey Found (UPDATED)
Parents Of Non-Verbal Boy In South Jersey Found (Updated) UPDATE: The child's parents have been located. ORIGINAL STORY: Police in Camden County need your help identifying a child who can't identify himself. He has been turned over to the care of the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Pennsauken police said mid-day Friday, May 19. Pennsauken police said they found the boy in the area of Marlton Pike and Waldorf Avenue. He is approximately 4'5" and weighs 80 pounds.  "At this time, we have been unable to identify him," police said on Facebook. If anyone knows this juvenile, please call (856) 488-0080 extension…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
FOUND! Missing 8-Year-Old North Jersey Boy Safe, Sound FOUND! Missing 8-Year-Old North Jersey Boy Safe, Sound
Found! Missing 8-Year-Old North Jersey Boy Safe, Sound Fear grew as the search for a missing North Jersey boy continued on Wednesday. Minutes turned to frightful hours as a search intensified for 8-year-old boy Alan Wang of Paramus -- who was eventually found safe and sound. Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg confirmed the happy news shortly after 6:30 p.m. April 26. A civilian spotted Alan near a Route 17 restaurant about 3/4 of a mile from his home and called police. Alan was quickly reunited with his family. "The sun started going down, which was going to affect our search efforts," a responder said. "We're happy a bystander located hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Loyal Dog Keeps Shoeless Boy Company Until Troopers, Mom Find Him In NJ Woods (VIDEO) Loyal Dog Keeps Shoeless Boy Company Until Troopers, Mom Find Him In NJ Woods (VIDEO)
Loyal Dog Keeps Shoeless Boy Company Until Troopers, Mom Find Him In NJ Woods (Video) A 4-year-old boy lost his shoes, but found his family following a frantic search after he went missing with his dog in Atlantic County (scroll for video). “I lost my shoes!” The child can be shouting in the woods near his home in Buena Vista Township in new video shared by New Jersey State Police troopers on Thursday, March 30. Investigators say that the boy and his black Labrador found themselves in a precarious position - though the pup never left his buddy - after wandering away from their home and going missing for more than an hour, leaving his mother and responding troopers in distre…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Missing Boy Found Dead In NJ Lake Missing Boy Found Dead In NJ Lake
Missing Boy Found Dead In NJ Lake The body of a 4-year-old boy reported missing was found submerged in the bottom of a New Jersey lake Thursday, July 14, authorities said. Police were called to Overlook Avenue near John A. Roebling Memorial Park in Hamilton Township on reports of a missing child around 5 p.m., approximately 40 minutes after he'd last been seen, local police said. After about an hour of searching, his body was found submerged in Spring Lake, police said.The boy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
11-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing In Newark 11-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing In Newark
11-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing In Newark Police in Newark are seeking the public's help in locating an 11-year-old girl. Xiomara Elizabeth Giron Soriano was last seen on the 100 block of Van Buren Street on Dec. 21, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Xiomara is 5’4” tall, weighs approximately 125 pounds, has a light complexion, dark brown hair, and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt with a hood, black pants, red sneakers, small earrings and she may have travelled to the state of New York. Director O’Hara urges anyone with information about her whereabouts to call the Division's 24-hou…

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by Cecilia Levine
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FOUND! Paterson Boy With Autism, 9, Home Safe After 'Scary' Overnight Search FOUND! Paterson Boy With Autism, 9, Home Safe After 'Scary' Overnight Search
Found! Paterson Boy With Autism, 9, Home Safe After 'Scary' Overnight Search An intense overnight search for a missing 9-year-old Paterson boy with autism ended happily when he was found several hours later in a vacant apartment right next door to his home. City Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora commanded the search for the youngster, who was reported missing from his Spring Street home, down the street from St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday. "It was all hands on deck," city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. "Shifts were held over. Patrol officers, detectives, juvenile officers and Fire Department personnel all walked the streets and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City
Found! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City UPDATE: An 11-year-old Fort Lee boy who went missing over the weekend turned up on the other side of the George Washington Bridge, authorities said early Monday evening. Aiden Kim "has been located in New York City in good health and is being reunited with his parents," Mirkovic said in a brief statement. Unconfirmed reports were that Port Authority police found him at the bus terminal at Fort Washington Avenue between 178th and 179th streets in Washington Heights. New Jersey State Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office had joined Fort Lee police in searching for Aiden. Mirkovi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Elmwood Park Firefighters Find Missing Girl, 11 HEROES: Elmwood Park Firefighters Find Missing Girl, 11
Heroes: Elmwood Park Firefighters Find Missing Girl, 11 FOUND! A search for a missing 11-year-old Elmwood Park girl ended Thursday afternoon when a trio of volunteer firefighters found her safe and sound in a shopping center sandwich shop. Police pinged Janiah Townes's cellphone to the Elmwood Park Shopping Center on Broadway around 3:30 p.m., then "flooded the area with volunteer firefighters and officers," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. A short time later, Firefighters Alexian Cruz, Mohammed Makanast and Scott Karcz found little Janiah at the Blimpie's -- a little over two hours after she was reported missing.  "It was an all-ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco