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Mom, 31, Killed In Route 9 Crash Was Risk Management Exec With Enormous Heart Mom, 31, Killed In Route 9 Crash Was Risk Management Exec With Enormous Heart
Mom, 31, Killed In Route 9 Crash Was Risk Management Exec With Enormous Heart The woman killed in a crash earlier this month in Central Jersey is being remembered for her abounding love and dedication to her family. Kristina Godich, 31, of Manalapan, was riding in a BMW at the time of a multi-vehicle accident around 1 a.m. Sunday, June 2, on Route 9 in Old Bridge, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Godich was pronounced dead at the scene, and five others were injured. According to her obituary on the Freeman Funeral Homes website, Kristina is survived by her son, Jayson, her husband, Ben Futerman, her parents Arthur and Marina Godich, and countless other clo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Feds Indict Broker For Stealing $3M From Senior NJ Clients To Gamble, Buy Home, Gold Coins Feds Indict Broker For Stealing $3M From Senior NJ Clients To Gamble, Buy Home, Gold Coins
Feds Indict Broker For Stealing $3M From Senior NJ Clients To Gamble, Buy Home, Gold Coins A disgraced former broker and investment advisor is now under federal indictment for stealing more than $3 million from clients that authorities said he used to gamble and buy gold coins and a new house in Bergen County. Kenneth A. Welsh, 42, of River Edge, "used his position as an investment advisor to gain the trust of his victims," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "(He) then exploited that trust,” Sellinger said. Welsh was working at Wells Fargo Clearing Services in Fairfield when federal authorities said he began shifting money from clients' accounts to that he controlled in Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Advisor Who Swindled Mentally Impaired Elderly Siblings Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen Jersey Shore Advisor Who Swindled Mentally Impaired Elderly Siblings Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen
Jersey Shore Advisor Who Swindled Mentally Impaired Elderly Siblings Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen UPDATE: A former investment advisor from the Jersey Shore who admitted swindling elderly and impaired clients out of more than $625,000 to partly fund a gambling habit was sentenced to a plea-bargained 3½ years in federal prison this week. Mario E. Rivero Jr., 39, of Red Bank, must serve out the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Rivero, a former Wells Fargo agent and investment adviser representative who had an office in Elizabeth, convinced five clients to transfer investment funds to their personal bank accounts, federal authorities charged. Many of his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bicyclist, 3 Children Injured After South Jersey Crash With Hit-Run Driver With Trenton Warrant Bicyclist, 3 Children Injured After South Jersey Crash With Hit-Run Driver With Trenton Warrant
Bicyclist, 3 Children Injured After South Jersey Crash With Hit-Run Driver With Trenton Warrant A hit-and-run driver is in custody in Mercer County jail after a series of weekend crashes in Burlington County.  Three children and a woman were hurt Saturday, July 22 when a suspect wanted out of Trenton struck a bicyclist and shortly later had a three-car crash, a Mount Laurel police spokesman said. Christopher Lentz, 38, of Mount Laurel, continued driving after striking a woman on a bike at about 1 p.m. on Hainesport Road, said Patrolman Kyle Gardner, a police department spokesman.  He then crashed into a car with a mother and her three children a short distance away. He stop…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Lakewood Police Charge Alleged Serial Bank Robber, 67 Lakewood Police Charge Alleged Serial Bank Robber, 67
Lakewood Police Charge Alleged Serial Bank Robber, 67 Lakewood police arrested a 67-year-old man in connection with a June bank robbery and attempted bank robbery, authorities said. Ivan Sevastianow, of Howell, was charged with robbing a TD Bank on June 30, Lakewood police said, and attempting to rob a local Wells Fargo bank. He was facing similar charges in Old Bridge, police said. On the afternoon of June 30, Sevastianow allegedly walked into the Wells Fargo located at 425 W. Kennedy Blvd. and handed a bank teller a note demanding money, Lakewood police said. The teller denied his request, so he left the bank and proceeded to walk across t…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Sentenced In String Of Bank Robberies Jersey Shore Man Sentenced In String Of Bank Robberies
Jersey Shore Man Sentenced In String Of Bank Robberies A Colts Neck man who committed a string of bank robberies has been sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison, authorities said. Conor Kavanagh, 31, was convicted in connection with three robberies, all of which occurred within a month of each other in 2021, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago  Shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 13, 2021, an individual who was later identified as Kavanagh approached a teller window at the PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport. Kavanagh then passed a note indicating he …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Bank Robbery Spree: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Bank Robbery Spree: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Bank Robbery Spree: Prosecutor A 29-year-old man from Colts Neck has been indicted in connection with a string of bank robberies on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Conor Kavanagh was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury for three counts of armed robbery, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 13, 2021, a person later identified as Kavanagh approached a teller window at the PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport, passed a note indicating he was in possession of a weapon, and made off with an unspecified q…

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by Jon Craig
News
NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam
NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam A former investment adviser swindled four elderly New Jersey customers out of $529,780 that he used for gambling, meals and car payments, state authorities said. Three of the victims conned by Mario E. Rivero, Jr. were elderly siblings who had eighth-grade educations, couldn't speak or read English and had "diminished capacity," Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, March 14. Rivero -- who'd known the siblings for more than 10 years before becoming their financial professional -- told them and others that their money "would be invested in his mother's and fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Suspect In 3 Armed Bank Robberies Arrested In Central Jersey Getaway Pickup: Prosecutor Suspect In 3 Armed Bank Robberies Arrested In Central Jersey Getaway Pickup: Prosecutor
Suspect In 3 Armed Bank Robberies Arrested In Central Jersey Getaway Pickup: Prosecutor A 29-year-old man from Colts Neck man has been arrested in connection with a series of bank robberies during the past month, authorities said. Conor Kavanagh, 29, was charged with three counts of first-degree armed robbery, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said on Monday. An investigation was initiated after the first of three bank robberies, which took place shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport, the prosecutor said. At that time, a man later identified as Kavanagh approached …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
70-Year-Old North Jersey Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Separate Holdups 70-Year-Old North Jersey Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Separate Holdups
70-Year-Old North Jersey Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Separate Holdups A 70-year-old confessed bank robber from Little Falls was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for holding up banks four days apart in Wayne and Pequannock. Wayne detectives, with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, captured Philip N. McGrantham as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used earlier that day in the Sept. 30 robbery last year of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. He was carrying the proceeds of the holdup at the time, authorities said. McGrantham struck a deal with prosecutors and admitted t…

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by Jerry DeMarco