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Two Victims ID'd In Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse Two Victims ID'd In Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
Two Victims ID'd In Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse Two of the six construction workers killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse have been identified. Brawner Builders employees Miguel Luna, 49, and Maynor Yassir Suazo, 38, Sandovol were making repairs to concrete on the bridge when a Singaporean ship, the Dali, lost power and struck a beam, causing the collapse and sending them into the Patapsco River below around 1:30 a.m., according to multiple news reports and loved ones. The US Coast Guard on Tuesday evening, March 26 said that all six of the missing construction workers are presumed dead and the search has transitioned to a reco…
American Dream: Pizza Chefs From Italy Open Bergen County Restaurant American Dream: Pizza Chefs From Italy Open Bergen County Restaurant
American Dream: Pizza Chefs From Italy Open Bergen County Restaurant Five immigrants, three of whom are pizza chefs from Italy, have opened a Bergen County restaurant in pursuit of the American Dream. Culto Italiano, or the Italian vibe, opened on Dec. 1 at 49 W. Church Street in Bergenfield.The three pizza chefs are 31-year-old Corrado Cervelli, 23-year-old Angelo Riccio, Gianni Massaro. The other two owners are Tammy Castellanos and her husband, Ariel Castellanos, of Rutherford. Tammy and Ariel Castellanos with Corrado Cervelli, Angelo Riccio, and Gianni Massaro at their new restaurant, Culto Italiano. Courtesy of Tammy Castellanos …
UPDATE: Accused Getaway Driver Joins NYC Pair Jailed In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Robbery UPDATE: Accused Getaway Driver Joins NYC Pair Jailed In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Robbery
Update: Accused Getaway Driver Joins NYC Pair Jailed In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Robbery UPDATE: A 19-year-old Honduran national was the wheelman for a duo who pistol-whipped a Bergenfield gas station attendant during a robbery earlier this year, authorities said. And that’s not all for Bronx resident Cesar Herrera Valerio. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a detainer a short time after Valerio was booked into the Bergen County Jail, records show. ICE places detainers on immigrants believed to be illegally living in the United States. Federal judges in Newark then hold hearings to determine whether – and, if so, when -- they'll be deported. For now, Valerio joins…
Bergen Detectives Nab NYC Pair In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Holdup With Assists From Feds Bergen Detectives Nab NYC Pair In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Holdup With Assists From Feds
Bergen Detectives Nab NYC Pair In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Holdup With Assists From Feds One of two Bronx men charged with pistol-whipping a Bergenfield gas station attendant during a robbery earlier this year was captured by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and federal agents as he arrived at Newark Airport on a flight from Honduras. Nixon Francisco-Colon, 34, was seized with help from U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents last Sunday, July 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He has remained held in the Bergen County Jail ever since, records show. Charged with Francisco-Colon is Melvin R. Inoa, 25, who was arrested at his apartment on Clay Street and rem…
Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Pair Nabbed In Violent Armed Gas Station Robbery In Bergenfield Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Pair Nabbed In Violent Armed Gas Station Robbery In Bergenfield
Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Pair Nabbed In Violent Armed Gas Station Robbery In Bergenfield One of two Bronx men charged with pistol-whipping a Bergenfield gas station attendant during a robbery earlier this year was captured by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and federal agents as he arrived at Newark Airport on a flight from Honduras. Nixon Francisco-Colon, 34, was seized with help from U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents last Sunday, July 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He has remained held in the Bergen County Jail ever since, records show. Charged with Francisco-Colon is Melvin R. Inoa, 25, who was arrested at his apartment on Clay Street and rem…
Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password
Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Sharing your Netflix password will soon come with a price. Starting in early 2023, Netflix will allow only one "home account" and charge for every "sub account" added to that account — up to five, the company announced. The new payment plan was rolled out as an experiment in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where customers paid $2.99 to add a sub account. Netflix did not immediately say how much sub accounts will cost Americans.
'TERRIFIED': Central NJ Dad Ripped Away From Family By ICE In Traffic Stop Faces Deportation 'TERRIFIED': Central NJ Dad Ripped Away From Family By ICE In Traffic Stop Faces Deportation
'Terrified': Central NJ Dad Ripped Away From Family By ICE In Traffic Stop Faces Deportation A Middlesex County family is desperate to keep their father in the U.S. after he was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in a traffic stop. Melvin Herrera of North Brunswick, who is an undocumented immigrant, was arrested last November for an expired registration of a vehicle that wasn't even his, ABC7 reports. Herrera was driving a van in Plainfield for his job as a construction worker, and instead of being ticketed, he was arrested and handed over to ICE. The breadwinner and father of three -- whose younger kids, William, 12, and Valerie, 4, have autism -- i…
Imprisoned Hackensack Child Molester Charged With Stalking Imprisoned Hackensack Child Molester Charged With Stalking
Imprisoned Hackensack Child Molester Charged With Stalking A sex offender from Hackensack serving time in state prison for repeatedly molesting a local girl was charged with stalking, records show. In doing so, Favio F. Maldonado violated a no-contact order, according to county records. Maldonado, a 35-year-old former customer service representative, was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of nearly seven years in July 2018 for molesting the victim over the course of more than a year, beginning when she was nine. The Honduran native was arrested following an investigation that began when the girl told authorities in 2014 that he'd touched her over and…
Twice-Deported Immigrant Accused Of Strangling Jersey City Nanny Indicted Twice-Deported Immigrant Accused Of Strangling Jersey City Nanny Indicted
Twice-Deported Immigrant Accused Of Strangling Jersey City Nanny Indicted The 33-year-old Jersey City man arrested in March for allegedly killing a woman while she was jogging in a city park was indicted Wednesday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.  Jorge Rios -- who was deported from the U.S. in 2003 and then again a year later -- has been charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping.  Carolina Cano, a 45-year-old nanny from Jersey City, was killed March 24 as she was going for a run in Lincoln Park. Her body was found in a lake at the park. Marks on her body indicate she had been strangled.  Rios was arr…
Ho-Ho-Kus Dad 1 Of 5 Killed In Small Plane Crash Off Honduras Coast Ho-Ho-Kus Dad 1 Of 5 Killed In Small Plane Crash Off Honduras Coast
Ho-Ho-Kus Dad 1 Of 5 Killed In Small Plane Crash Off Honduras Coast A dad from Ho-Ho-Kus was one of five people killed in a plane crash off the coast of Roatan island in Honduras. Bradley W. Post and three other Americans, along with the Canadian pilot, were in the Piper Cherokee Six that plummeted into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff while en route to the port of Trujillo on May 18. Police divers and firemen recovered four bodies within minutes of the crash. The fifth person was taken to the hospital but died shortly after, officials said. A state government office in Honduras released the victims' identities May 19. Post, 46, was "off on another …
Man Accused Of Killing Jersey City Jogger In U.S. Illegally: Report Man Accused Of Killing Jersey City Jogger In U.S. Illegally: Report
Man Accused Of Killing Jersey City Jogger In U.S. Illegally: Report Jorge Rios, the man accused of fatally strangling a woman in a Jersey City park last month, is an undocumented citizen of Honduras residing in the U.S. illegally and has previously been deported from the United States, News 12 New Jersey reported Wednesday.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Rios was deported in 2003 and again the following year.  Rios, 33, has been charged with the murder and sexual assault of Carolina Cano, a 45-year-old Jersey City nanny whose body was discovered in the lake at Lincoln Park.  Rios is being held at the Hudson County Jail. 
Hawthorne Fan's 100-Game Streak Has Red Bulls Players, Coaches In Awe Hawthorne Fan's 100-Game Streak Has Red Bulls Players, Coaches In Awe
Hawthorne Fan's 100-Game Streak Has Red Bulls Players, Coaches In Awe It began on Oct. 1, 2016 at a home game against the Philadelphia Union -- and Steven Ferrezza of Hawthorne isn't done yet. The 28-year-old has been to 100 Red Bulls games in a row ever since, including six outside of the U.S.  Saturday's MLS home opener against San Jose will be Ferrezza's 101st, according to the New York Post. Ferrezza's job as a logistics analyst for Delta Airlines at Newark Airport has come in handy for booking flights to follow the team. His most impressive feat in during the streak might have been sneaking into a match last year against Honduran club Olimpia,…
Dumont, Englewood Rape Case Convictions Overturned By Immigrant Status Dumont, Englewood Rape Case Convictions Overturned By Immigrant Status
Dumont, Englewood Rape Case Convictions Overturned By Immigrant Status HACKENSACK, N.J. -- New Jersey's highest court overturned an undocumented day laborer's conviction of sexually assaulting three women on the streets of Dumont and Englewood -- in part because prosecutors revealed during his trial that he was in the country illegally. The judge in the case also should have instructed jurors on how to consider testimony from the one eyewitness who prosecutors put on the stand during the fall 2013 trial of Alexis Sanchez-Medina. Taken together, both flaws prevented the Honduran immigrant from getting fair trial and "raise serious questions about whether t…