Bully Throwing Fireball Leaves CT Boy Severely Burned, Family Says Bully Throwing Fireball Leaves CT Boy Severely Burned, Family Says
Bully Throwing Fireball Leaves CT Boy Severely Burned, Family Says A 6-year-old Fairfield County boy was left severely burned after another child lit a gasoline-doused ball on fire and threw it at hime, his family says. Dominick Krankall was burned around 4 p.m., Sunday, April 24 in Bridgeport, according to a GoFundMe page. Bridgeport police responded to Louisiana Avenue on a report of a child burned, said Scott Appleby, director of emergency management for Bridgeport. Dominick KrankallKayla Deegan/GoFundMe The police department, who said a group of four unsupervised youths were lighting things on fire with gasoline, declined to confirm the boy was bu…
Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall
Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall The family of a 3-year-old Pennsylvania toddler who was swept away to her death by the rapids of a North Carolina waterfall early Monday morning is detailing the incident. Nevaeh Jade Newswanger's Denver parents say they have been working on a construction site in North Carolina and decided to hike up a trail nearby on Sunday, April 10. Nevaeh was playing in the sand nearby when she slipped and fell into the water, her parents said on a GoFundMe page. "We desperately tried to rescue her but the current was so strong and it swept her down the river and over the falls where the angels caught…
Police Seek Clues After Man In Minivan Offers Ride To Young Girl At Parsippany Bus Stop Police Seek Clues After Man In Minivan Offers Ride To Young Girl At Parsippany Bus Stop
Police Seek Clues After Man In Minivan Offers Ride To Young Girl At Parsippany Bus Stop Police are seeking clues after an unidentified man driving a minivan offered a ride to a young girl waiting at a Parsippany bus stop Wednesday morning. The man drove a newer-model minivan to a bus stop near Tabor Road and asked a girl waiting for her bus if she needed a ride around 7 a.m., Parsippany Police said in a Thursday morning release. The man drove away after the girl boarded the bus. The suspect is described as having a tan complexion, possibly in his twenties, and was wearing a black baseball cap and face mask with stars printed on it, police said. “Keeping our children safe i…
2-Year-Old Child Slides Under Moving Car In Horrific Sledding Accident 2-Year-Old Child Slides Under Moving Car In Horrific Sledding Accident
2-Year-Old Child Slides Under Moving Car In Horrific Sledding Accident A child was airlifted after sliding under a moving car in a Philadelphia area sledding accident, authorities said.  Upper Merion police and EMS were called to the 100 block of Arden Road around 4:40 p.m. Friday, police said. The two-year-old child was sledding when they veered off course and into the street, sliding under a passing vehicle, authorities said. The driver immediately stopped and assisted the family in removing the trapped child from underneath the car before first responders arrived, police said. The child was airlifted to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in…
Report Of Attempted Child Luring In Teaneck Turns Out To Be Something Else Report Of Attempted Child Luring In Teaneck Turns Out To Be Something Else
Report Of Attempted Child Luring In Teaneck Turns Out To Be Something Else UPDATE: What was at first reported as an attempted child luring in Teaneck turned out to be an innocent incident, authorities said. A “keen-eyed caller” reported hearing a conversation last week between the youngster and “occupants of a slow-moving vehicle that was driving next to the child” that triggered fears of a possible abduction, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said Tuesday. The caller provided a license plate number along with Ring doorbell footage and audio of the New Year’s Eve incident, the chief said. “Based on the detailed information that the witness provided, detectiv…
PA Boy, 10, Shot, Killed During Thanksgiving Target Practice, DA Says PA Boy, 10, Shot, Killed During Thanksgiving Target Practice, DA Says
PA Boy, 10, Shot, Killed During Thanksgiving Target Practice, DA Says A 10-year-old Berks County boy was shot and killed during target practice on Thanksgiving Day, authorities said. Responders carried the boy out of the woods to an ambulance after he was shot near his home about 100 feet off Chestnut Street in Hereford Township around 1:30 p.m., they said. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest near Allentown, where he was pronounced dead. District Attorney John Adams said the target shooter was “known to the child” and was among those interviewed by State Police as part of an ongoing investigation. An autopsy reportedly was expected to be cond…
Englewood Girl, 11, Injured In SUV Accident Englewood Girl, 11, Injured In SUV Accident
Englewood Girl, 11, Injured In SUV Accident An 11-year-old Englewood girl was hospitalized following a vehicle accident Wednesday morning, authorities said. The child ran into the street and into the side of a passing Honda CRV on Durie Avenue near Tenafly Road around 8 a.m., Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a leg injury, he said. The 59-year-old female driver from Englewood remained at the scene and wasn't issued any summonses.
Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles? Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles?
Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles? Halloween 2021 is bringing the usual nationwide warnings from authorities to be on the lookout for nefarious strangers giving kids pot edibles that look like candy -- but how much of it is (a) based in reality and how much is (b) fear mongering? The answers: (a) none of it and (b) all of it. The true danger lies in people believing urban legends, says Snopes.com, a site dedicated to debunking them.  “You are more likely to summon Beetlejuice by saying his name three times than you are to find marijuana edibles in your children’s Halloween candy,” NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri told…
Mom Jumps Into Sewage-Filled Manhole To Save Toddler At NJ Playground, Report Says Mom Jumps Into Sewage-Filled Manhole To Save Toddler At NJ Playground, Report Says
Mom Jumps Into Sewage-Filled Manhole To Save Toddler At NJ Playground, Report Says A fast-acting mom rescued her 14-month-old son after he fell into a manhole at a North Jersey park on Thursday morning. The mom noticed her child went missing while at the Kawameeh Park in Union around 10:45 a.m., ABC7 reports. She soon found him chin-deep inside of a manhole 7 feet deep, filled with nearly two feet of sewage, the outlet says. While on the phone with dispatchers, the woman noticed her son starting to drift away. And so, she jumped in and grabbed him before he could be swept away, ABC7 says. The mom and son were taken to a local hospital for evaluation. Click here fo…
How About Some AC? Police Say Pennsylvania Predator Invited Hot Kids To Cool Off In His Car How About Some AC? Police Say Pennsylvania Predator Invited Hot Kids To Cool Off In His Car
How About Some AC? Police Say Pennsylvania Predator Invited Hot Kids To Cool Off In His Car "Hey kids, you want some candy?" is apparently outdated. Now potential abductors ask, "Hey kids, you want some air conditioning?" That sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but on Tuesday, a man supposedly asked two children that question, according to Derry Township police. Two men in the Swatara Creek area walked from their parked vehicles to the Deer Run development and spoke with 9 and 11-year-old boys sitting with their dog on a porch outside a home around 5 p.m. One man spoke to the children and the other stood by his car. The man "commented that it was hot outside and the boys c…
Jersey Shore Officer Smashes Car Window To Rescue Child -- Then Pays For New One Jersey Shore Officer Smashes Car Window To Rescue Child -- Then Pays For New One
Jersey Shore Officer Smashes Car Window To Rescue Child -- Then Pays For New One A fast-acting Jersey Shore police officer smashed a window of a car to rescue a child accidentally locked inside by his mother, and then offered to cover the costs of a replacement window. Island Heights Patrolman Mellott saw the frantic mom outside of her vehicle on River Avenue, saying she had just secured her child in to a car seat but accidentally locked her keys inside the vehicle on July 12. Mellott quickly requested first aid as a precaution, as well as dispatching a duty tow truck to preform a lock out kit on the car.  After minutes passed, Mellott noticed the child starting t…
5-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Backyard Bergen Pool 5-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Backyard Bergen Pool
5-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Backyard Bergen Pool A 5-year-old boy died in a backyard pool drowning in Cresskill over the July 4th weekend, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Cresskill police and members of BLS and ALS teams responded to a home in the East Hill section of town at 6:51 p.m. Monday, police records show. CPR was conducted after the boy went into cardiac arrest, responders said. The child was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead hours later, they said. Daily Voice is withholding further information. Exactly two months ago, a 2-year-old boy who was pulled from a backyard swimming pool in O…