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NJ Dad Stabbed To Death By Brother In Florida, Authorities Say
A Trenton father was stabbed to death by his brother in Florida, authorities said, leaving his family raising money to bring him home for burial. Ryan Daniels, 30, was found bleeding on the front porch of a home on Davis Road near Finley Road in Jacksonville's Oceanway neighborhood on Saturday, Aug. 15, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said. Daniels was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Detectives identified Daniels' brother, Eric Mincey, 38, as his attacker after reviewing evidence and speaking with witnesses, the sheriff's office said. M…
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Ex-Abercrombie CEO Competent For Sex Trafficking Trial, Called Possible Ruling ‘Disaster’: Docs
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries is competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, a judge ruled Thursday, Aug. 20. Jeffries, 82, was previously ruled incompetent to aid in his own defense, but following an extended controversy over his mental state, Judge Nusrat Choudhury compiled a 157-page decision that he would face the charges. “Jeffries clearly possesses a rational and factual understanding of the proceedings to adjudicate his criminal charges,” Choudhury wrote. “Jeffries has learned and retained adequate information about the interstate prostitution and sex t…
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Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs
A portion of a 6-year-old girl's ear was found inside a Lebanon County home after two dogs mauled her — their second serious attack on a young child at the residence — according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21. Rebecca Hresko, 31, and her parents, Andrew "Andy" Hresko, 70, and Debra Hresko, 61, of the Hresko family, who run Hresko's Bar-B-Que Pit, have been charged for their respective roles in the attacks involving the family's dogs, Chip and Zeus, at their South Lebanon Township home. Rebecca Hresko faces First-Degree Felony Aggravated Assault of a Child, Sec…
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Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In U-Haul: Police
A New York woman transporting dozens of rescue animals to Oklahoma was arrested in Pennsylvania after police found 45 animals packed inside a U-Haul without water and a severely injured pug that had to be euthanized, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 21. Selma T. Kizil, 57, told Derry Township police she runs an animal rescue on Long Island and was moving the animals to her new home in Oklahoma City when officers discovered them at the Hershey Animal Emergency Center around 9:09 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the department. Officers found the animals throughout the front and bac…
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Alex Jones’ $50M Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed To $1.5M In Texas Ruling: Report
A Texas appeals court handed Alex Jones a major legal victory by cutting a $50 million judgment against him to $1.5 million, according to Bloomberg Law. However, the ruling does not affect the $1.4B judgment against him in Connecticut. The unanimous ruling came Friday, Aug. 21, in the 2022 jury trial involving Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The parents sued Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems LLC. Jones had claimed publicly that the shooting never happ…
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Lightning Strike Causes 2-Alarm Fire In NJ City: Authorities
A two-alarm fire displaced nine people in Summit on Thursday, Aug. 20, authorities said. At 6:21 p.m., firefighters responded to a lightning strike at a multiapartment home on Kent Place Boulevard, the City of Summit said in a release. Crews were met with an active fire in the attic and a second alarm was tolled, bringing additional units to the scene, authorities said. After conducting searches of all floors within the home, nine residents, three cats, and one dog were evacuated. The fire was declared under control at 7:16, authorities said. No injuries were reported, authoriti…
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‘Demon’ Made BF Stab College Soccer Star Dead, Mom Helped Hide Body: Court Docs
A soccer player days away from starting her freshman year was stabbed to death by her boyfriend after he claimed a “demon” took over and told him to stab her in a Jeep parked near her dorm — then his mother helped clean up and conceal her body, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21. Royce Joel Moser, 18, of Canonsburg, is charged with criminal homicide in the death of 18-year-old Karoline Jordyn Heintz, along with abuse of a corpse, conspiracy, tampering with evidence, conspiracy to tamper with evidence, and obstructing the administration of law, court recor…
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Mom Charged With Vehicular Homicide In LBI Memorial Day Boat Crash That Killed Son
The mother of a 28-year-old man killed in a Memorial Day boating crash on Long Beach Island has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with her son's death. Jennifer Pearson, a 59-year-old Barnegat resident, surrendered to state police on Wednesday, Aug. 19, and was charged with death by vessel, operating a vessel under the influence, reckless operation, operating without a Boating Safety Certificate, and failure to have a proper lookout, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Pearson is the mother of Gunnar Pearson, a Barnegat resident, w…
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Feds Detail NY Woman's Alleged Plan To Bomb State Capitol, Kill Senators For ISIS
Federal officials are detailing a New York woman's alleged plan to bomb the State Capitol, kill senators, and flee to ISIS-controlled territory in Syria. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, made her initial appearance in federal court on a charge of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, the US Department of Justice said (see criminal complaint attached at the bottom of this news story). Bowie was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 19, as she took possession of what she believed was an explosive device intended for an attack on the New York State Capitol and state senators, authorities said. …
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Viral Wawa Video Has Twist Ending In Bergen County
A driver seen in a viral video apparently backing into a police vehicle at a Bergen County Wawa has been located, authorities said. The video shared by Jersey Talks on Instagram shows a small, black hatchback backing into the police vehicle at the Wawa on Essex Street in Lodi. The officer appears not to realize the vehicle was struck. Lodi police announced Wednesday, Aug. 19, that the driver had been found after asking the public for help. "We received numerous messages, shares, and tips from members of the public," the announcement said. "Your support and willingness to help made a differ…
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Motorcycling Couple Killed When NJ Driver 'Freaked Out' Over Bug Mourned: Report
A motorcycling couple who shared 14 years together are being remembered after they were killed in a head-on Pennsylvania crash allegedly caused when a New Jersey driver became distracted by a bug that flew into her vehicle. Miranda Sue Wormuth, 30, and her "lifelong partner," Anthony Myles Sones, 34, died in the Wednesday, Aug. 12 crash on Carson Hill Road in Brady Township, Clearfield County, according to their obituaries and as previously reported by Daily Voice. Bernadette Cobb, 55, of Brick, NJ, was driving a 2021 Nissan Rogue east when she crossed into the westbound lane and struck the…
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NJ Man Admits To Sexually Exploiting Teen Girls: Feds
A 39-year-old Old Bridge man admitted to producing and possessing child pornography, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 20. Daniel Berwick pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazier said. The criminal complaint against Berwick painted a graphic portrait of a man who authorities say used the photo of an adult content creator to pose as a 17-year-old to catfish a 14-year-old girl into sending him photos of her masturbating with a vibrator. Investigators discovered graphic voice messages Berwick is a…
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Jeanine Pirro Targeted, Hunted By NY Man Who Threatened ‘Bullet In Your F—kin Head’, Feds Say
An angry Long Island man threatened to kill ex-Fox News host and D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in a series of unhinged social media posts, federal authorities said. Daniel Kretsinger replied to an X post from Pirro with a video and said, “I’m specifically targeting you when I come to Washington D.C. and put a bullet directly between your eyes c–t and if Trump keeps up his bulls–t I may kill the president too,” according to charging documents filed in New York’s Eastern District. Pirro is not identified specifically in the documents, but Kretsigner’s listed X account shows him replying to…
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21-Year-Old NJ Woman Stabbed Man: Police
A 21-year-old Glen Gardener woman was arrested and charged with stabbing a man in Brielle, authorities said. On Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 8:51 a.m., officers responded to 606 Rankin Rd. after a 62-year-old Brielle man was stabbed in the abdomen with a kitchen knife, Brielle police said. Officers took the suspect, Kendra Angell, into custody, Brielle police said. She is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with extreme indifference to the value of human life, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and endangering another perso…
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Man Who Killed Couple In Xanax-Fueled Crash Arrested For Bergen County Car Break-Ins: Police
A 33-year-old man who served prison time for killing a husband and wife in a Xanax-fueled crash in Rockland County, New York has been arrested again, this time on robbery and burglary charges in Bergen County, authorities said Thursday, Aug. 20. On Sunday, Aug. 16, officers responded to the parking garage at 170 Prospect Ave. in Hackensack on a report of someone burglarizing vehicles, Hackensack Police Capt. Gregory Zisa said. Upon arrival, they encountered one of the vehicle owners and security for the building in a physical confrontation with the suspect, later identified as Matthew Sindon…
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SC Man Swipes $50 From Kids' Lemonade Stand In Bergen County: Cops
A 35-year-old South Carolina man stole about $50 from a children's lemonade stand in Bergen County before police tracked him down in a nearby park, authorities said. Chapel D. Lighty, a Bishopville, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 19, and charged with theft and taking or receiving a credit card without the owner's consent, Hasbrouck Heights Police Capt. John Behr said. Police were called to the area of Boulevard and Raymond Street after a 911 caller reported that a man had just stolen the proceeds from a lemonade stand being run by neighborhood kids and fled on foot, Behr said. Video obtained…
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Doctor, Air National Guard Veteran Killed In Midair Plane Crash With State Police Helicopter
The pilot killed when his Cessna collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at Carlisle Regional Airport has been identified as a 57-year-old Hershey man with decades of experience in emergency medicine. Paul William Sokoloski, 57, of Hershey, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Wednesday, Aug. 19 crash, according to Pennsylvania State Police and Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall. Sokoloski was the pilot and sole occupant of a Cessna 150 single-engine airplane that collided with a PSP Bell 407GX helicopter at the airport, located at 228 Petersburg Road in South Middleton …
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Pilot Killed, Troopers Injured In Midair Collision Between Police Helicopter And Plane (
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A pilot was killed, and two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured when a small plane struck a police helicopter during a training exercise at Carlisle Regional Airport on Wednesday evening, Aug. 19, officials said. Cpl. Bryce Corman and Trooper Jason Mills were conducting routine training exercises in a Bell 407 helicopter when a Cessna 150 approached from behind and struck the helicopter, Pennsylvania State Police Acting Commissioner Lt. Col. George Bivens said during a late-night briefing with Gov. Josh Shapiro. The pilot of the Cessna was killed in the crash. Authorities know t…
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NJ Man Posed As Religious Solicitor To Meet ‘13-Year-Old’ In PA: Prosecutors
A New Jersey man who drove to Pennsylvania dressed as a religious solicitor to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sex has been sentenced, authorities announced on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The case began when Oscar Castillo-Peralta, 54, of Pleasantville, NJ, started chatting on a social media app with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Jan. 30, 2025, authorities said. Bensalem police previously identified the app as KIK. The pair exchanged phone numbers and continued communicating by text, with the conversations becoming sexual over the following weeks, investigators s…
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Bergen County ShopRite Employee Shoved By Thief Swiping 12-Pack Of
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A man accused of trying to steal a 12-pack of THC-infused cocktails from a ShopRite liquor store ended up facing robbery and aggravated assault charges after shoving an employee who tried to stop him, police said. Or Bar Yehuda, 29, a U.S. citizen born in Israel, attempted to leave ShopRite Liquors on Nathaniel Place with a 12-pack of Gigli cocktails around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, Englewood Police Capt. Renee LaRaia said. Bergen County Jail records list Israel as Yehuda's country of birth. An employee tried to stop Yehuda as he was leaving with the drinks, and Yehuda shoved the worker a…
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Masturbating Man Followed Teen Through Bergen County Town In Black SUV, Police Say
A 17-year-old girl walking in a Bergen County town noticed a large black SUV following her before the driver pulled alongside her, exposed himself, and began masturbating, authorities said. Wellington Avecillas, 52, of Garfield, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 18, following an investigation into the Sunday morning, Aug 16, encounter, Garfield Police Capt. Mario Pozo said. Officers were called to the area of St. Nicholas Cemetery on Passaic Street around 9:34 a.m. Sunday, on a report that a man had exposed himself to the teen, Pozo said. The girl told detectives she first noticed a large bla…
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Ex-NY Giants Star Raising Money After Losing $500K To Alleged NJ Scammer Found Dead: Report
Former New York Giants linebacker Tae Crowder says he lost his entire life savings in an alleged financial scheme that also ensnared other former NFL players, leaving him trying to rebuild after losing at least $500,000. Tae Crowder, who spent three seasons with the Giants, launched a GoFundMe on Saturday, Aug. 8, saying the loss has left him without the financial stability he spent years building. The fundraiser follows allegations involving Motion Venture, a company run by 23-year-old New Jersey resident Mohamed Coulibaly, who was found dead on Friday, July 31, ESPN reported.&…
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NJ Cop Unlawfully Accessed Computer Records: Prosecutor
A 34-year-old Vineland police officer was arrested and charged with unlawfully accessing computer records on Tuesday, Aug. 18, authorities said. Between March 2025 and February 2026, Timothy Ball, without authorization utilized an in-house computer system at the Vineland Police Department and the Criminal Justice Information System to research information related to three people, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Bell was charged with four counts of Computer Criminal Activity, police said. He is due back in court in September.
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Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing
The New Jersey family of a 6-year-old girl killed when a metal badminton racket shaft broke free from its handle and pierced her skull has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Franklin Sports. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Lucy Morgan's family by attorneys Travis M. Brennan and Charles P. Hehmeyer of Berman & Simmons, the Maine law firm announced Wednesday, Aug. 19. Lucy was spending the final day of a family vacation at a lake house in Limerick, Maine, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, when her older siblings began playing badminton in the front yard, according to the complaint. Lucy …
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Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said. Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release. The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…
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Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert
New York City officials have ruled the death of a Connecticut father who fell during a concert at Madison Square Garden an accident. Paul Kueker, 51, of Niantic, was attending a Goose concert with his wife on June 20. The couple was celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Kueker left his seat to use the bathroom midway through the show. Witnesses told police that Kueker appeared intoxicated and climbed over a plexiglass barrier several sections from his seat, the New York Daily News reported. Authorities said he fell from a 150-foot balcony into the 300-section of the arena shortly be…
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Naked, Feces-Covered Man Attacks Hackensack Cops, Had Crack Pipes: Police
A naked man covered in feces and urine attacked Hackensack police officers after they found him inside the stairwell of a luxury apartment building, authorities said. Officers responded to the building at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, on a report of an unwanted man who did not live there, Hackensack Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police found Demond A. Clacken, 29, of Hackensack, naked and covered in feces and urine inside a stairwell, according to DeWitt. After officers ordered Clacken to get dressed, he gave them fake names and began acting erratically, police said. An ambula…
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NJ Teen Dies In Lake Michigan Drowning Amid Rip Currents
A 15-year-old New Jersey boy died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan as large waves and strong rip currents battered the area, authorities said. The boy, whose name is being withheld by Daily Voice due to his age, drowned Monday, Aug. 17, near the Stop 6 beach area in Michigan City, Indiana, according to the LaPorte County Coroner's Office and Michigan City Fire Department. Crews were called that afternoon for a report of a juvenile struggling in the water, the fire department said. The incident happened several stops beyond the designated Washington Park Lifeguard coverage area, a…
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Heroin Dealer Rams NJ State Police Cruiser, Crashes Into Cars During Pursuit: Cops
A 26-year-old driver rammed a New Jersey State Police vehicle, struck several civilian cars, and crashed into another police cruiser during a chase Monday, Aug. 17, authorities said. Detectives from the State Police Crime Suppression North Unit stopped a black Ford Fusion driven by Wolchney Gardere, of Orange, on West Market Street in Newark at 5:43 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, Trooper II Christopher Postorino said. As detectives wearing vests clearly marked as police approached on foot, Gardere intentionally reversed the Ford into the front of an unmarked Dodge Durango troop car, Postorino s…
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Suicidal Man Grieving Fiancée's Death Talked Down From NJ Bridge Jump By Officer
A New Jersey police officer talked a 33-year-old man down from a bridge over active railroad tracks after he called 911 saying he was preparing to jump, authorities said. The man called 911 around 2:48 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, and told a Secaucus Police dispatcher he was getting ready to jump from the bridge near Harmon Cove Towers and Seaview Drive, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Officers Kiril Petrov and Rober Schaffer responded and found the man standing on a ledge on the opposite side of a fence at the top of the bridge, Miller said. A jump or fall would have been catastrophic becau…
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New Cause Of 2024 NJ Earthquake ID'd As Unmapped Fault: What It Means For Future Risk
New Jersey’s massive Ramapo Fault seemed like the obvious suspect after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck in 2024. It wasn’t. Researchers have now traced the quake to a previously unmapped fault in the New Jersey Highlands, one they’ve named the Mountainville Fault. The discovery was detailed in a study published Monday, Aug. 11, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. The 2024 earthquake struck near Tewksbury and close to the roughly 300-kilometer-long Ramapo Fault, the largest fault in the region, according to the study. But the Ramapo Fault is not well posit…
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