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Andrew Smith
Clifton, NJ
Schools
Tonight
: Don't Miss Clifton Teacher On 'Wheel Of Fortune'
A Clifton teacher is getting ready to spin the wheel on national television. Andrew Smith, an eighth-grade social studies teacher at Christopher Columbus Middle School, will appear as a contestant on "Wheel of Fortune" on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. on ABC, Clifton Public Schools announced. Smith’s path to the game show started when his sisters downloaded a Roku app for a free trial of "Wheel of Fortune" but forgot to cancel. Over Christmas, he began playing with his family and kept winning. His family signed him up for the show as a joke, and just a week later, he was invited to inte…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
16 Indicted In Crime Ring Targeting Asian-American Jewelers Across Mid-Atlantic: Feds
An indictment of 16 members of a violent mid-Atlantic crime ring has been unsealed and the federal agencies are naming names. Of the 16, eight of the alleged crime ring members were arrested in the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, police in Fairfax County, Virginia announced later that day. They were all arrested in connection to a violent crime spree that took place between Jan. 7, 2022, through Jan. 27, 2023. The crime ring members were all from Maryland and the District of Columbia. They met with their accused leader – Trevor Wright, also known as “Taliban Glizzy” …
Hackensack, NJ
News
NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions
Kind-hearted donors in New Jersey and New York were scammed out of tens of millions of dollars by a telephone soliciting operation that claimed to raise money for homeless veterans, retired and disabled law enforcement officers, breast cancer survivors and others in need, authorities said Wednesday. A joint lawsuit filed by the state of New Jersey, the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of New York, Minnesota and Virginia has permanently shut down the operation headed by Mark Gelvan, a telemarketing consultant who'd been banned for life from raising funds for charity more th…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Nassau County Police Officer Charged With DWI In Suffolk
A Nassau County police officer has been charged with DWI after allegedly driving into a parked vehicle. Andrew Smith, 27, of West Babylon, was arrested by Suffolk County Police around 12:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 12, following the crash in West Babylon, police said. According to police, Smith was driving a Dodge pickup truck northbound on Route 109 when the vehicle struck a parked car. There were no injuries. Nassau County Police reported that Smith has been suspended without pay pending an administrative investigation.
