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NJ Baseball Player Shot Twice By PA Police, Death Ruled Homicide: Coroner NJ Baseball Player Shot Twice By PA Police, Death Ruled Homicide: Coroner
NJ Baseball Player Shot Twice By PA Police, Death Ruled Homicide: Coroner A 22-year-old New Jersey college baseball player was shot twice during an encounter with police in Pennsylvania, and his death has now been ruled a homicide, according to new details released by the coroner on Thursday, Aug. 27. Glenwood Earl Pysher IV suffered gunshot wounds to the chest during the encounter with Upper Pottsgrove Township Police early Sunday, Aug. 23, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Janine Darby. His death has now been ruled a homicide. Police received a 911 call at approximately 12:29 a.m. reporting an "active burglary" at a residence, according to inform…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Serial Groper Drops Pants Outside Bergen County Restaurant: Police Serial Groper Drops Pants Outside Bergen County Restaurant: Police
Serial Groper Drops Pants Outside Bergen County Restaurant: Police A Bergen County man who police say groped multiple women while riding an electric one-wheel board in June is accused of exposing himself outside a Fairview restaurant two months later, authorities said. Eric Humberto Soria, 29, of Cliffside Park, went to a restaurant on Anderson Avenue in Fairview at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Fairview Deputy Police Chief John Pierotti said.  Soria was peering at a waitress through the restaurant's glass front windows when he pulled down his pants, Pierotti said. Soria was charged with lewdness and released. Soria was arrested in Ju…

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by Cecilia Levine
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VIDEO: Adam Sandler Sends Fans Into Frenzy While Filming 'Grown Ups 3' In Bergen County VIDEO: Adam Sandler Sends Fans Into Frenzy While Filming 'Grown Ups 3' In Bergen County
Video: Adam Sandler Sends Fans Into Frenzy While Filming 'Grown Ups 3' In Bergen County Adam Sandler gave Bergen County fans a thrill as he took over a downtown to film "Grown Ups 3." Sandler and a film crew were spotted around Ridgewood on Wednesday, Aug. 26, according to several social media posts from residents and local businesses. According to Netflix’s Tudum, “Grown Ups 3” reunites Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, and Salma Hayek Pinault more than 13 years after the last film. The movie follows the gang as they set out on an adventure now that their children are grown. Kyle Newacheck is directing, while Sandler and…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Firefighter Injured Battling Church Fire In Carlstadt Firefighter Injured Battling Church Fire In Carlstadt
Firefighter Injured Battling Church Fire In Carlstadt A firefighter was injured battling a fire at a Bergen County church after crews spotted smoke while responding to another alarm nearby, officials said. The fire broke out at a church near Broad and Madison streets in Carlstadt on Thursday, Aug. 27, according to Carlstadt Fire Department Public Information Officer Jarrett Milligan. Firefighters were responding to another alarm in the area when they noticed smoke coming from the church's exterior roofline, Milligan said. Crews investigated and found a small fire involving the exterior roofline. Firefighters quickly reached the affected area …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Flooding Shuts Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights As Downpours Hit Flooding Shuts Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights As Downpours Hit
Flooding Shuts Route 17 In Hasbrouck Heights As Downpours Hit Heavy downpours are flooding roads across New Jersey Thursday afternoon, Aug. 27, roadways across the state. Flooding was reported on several major highways shortly after 1 p.m., according to NJDOT alerts. Bergen County In Hasbrouck Heights, flooding on Route 17 northbound north of Franklin Avenue closed one of three right lanes as of 2:13 p.m. On the New Jersey Turnpike/I-95 in Teaneck, the right lane of the northbound local lanes south of Exit 71 for Route 4/Broad Avenue was flooded as of 1:56 p.m. Motorists were advised to use caution. Hudson County In Secaucus, flooding on the Route…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Investigation Details NY Native’s Disappearance, Death In Nashville Shared By PI Firm Investigation Details NY Native’s Disappearance, Death In Nashville Shared By PI Firm
Investigation Details NY Native’s Disappearance, Death In Nashville Shared By PI Firm A New York native found dead on a work trip to Nashville was located in under five hours by private investigators, according to their organization. The body of Conor Anderson, 31, was found by Covert Results PI firm, which revealed details of the search on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Anderson, a native of Huntington, Long Island, who moved to the Denver area, was last seen alive around 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. He was in town for a work trip surrounding a real estate conference, according to his LinkedIn page. One of Anderson’s family friends hired…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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11-Year-Old Girl Killed In E-Bike Crash: Ocean County Prosecutor 11-Year-Old Girl Killed In E-Bike Crash: Ocean County Prosecutor
11-Year-Old Girl Killed In E-Bike Crash: Ocean County Prosecutor An 11-year-old girl was killed in a crash in Berkeley Township on Wednesday, Aug. 26, authorities said. At 12:45 p.m., Berkeley Township police responded to Moorage Avenue and Sherman Avenue after a dirt bike operated by an 11-year-old boy with an 11-year-old girl as a passenger was traveling northbound when it failed to stop at a posted stop sign at the intersection of Sherman and Moorage Avenues, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. The electric dirt bike entered the intersection and struck the driver’s side door of a Ford F-250 pickup truck traveling westbound on Moorage …

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by Sam Barron
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Jerry Sandusky Gets Hearing On Claims Accusers Were 'Coached' In Penn State Sex Abuse Case Jerry Sandusky Gets Hearing On Claims Accusers Were 'Coached' In Penn State Sex Abuse Case
Jerry Sandusky Gets Hearing On Claims Accusers Were 'Coached' In Penn State Sex Abuse Case Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is asking a Centre County judge to broaden the scope of his upcoming evidentiary hearing, renewing claims that prosecutors, therapists, and others manipulated accusers and withheld information from his defense. Sandusky's attorneys filed a 52-page amended Post-Conviction Relief Act petition on Thursday, Aug. 27, the same day the court confirmed his evidentiary hearing will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 9:30 a.m. The hearing is currently limited to one issue: the June 2025 recantation of R.R., identified in the filings as one of Sandusk…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Tropical Storm Dolly Forms In Atlantic: Here's Projected Path Tropical Storm Dolly Forms In Atlantic: Here's Projected Path
Tropical Storm Dolly Forms In Atlantic: Here's Projected Path A new named storm has formed in the Atlantic, but its future may depend on whether it can survive increasingly hostile conditions ahead. The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Dolly formed Thursday, Aug. 27, over the central tropical Atlantic, becoming the fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Dolly was centered about 1,555 miles east of the Leeward Islands late Thursday morning. Maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph, with higher gusts, while the storm was moving west at about 24 mph.  No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. Though the storm was na…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Loved Ones Mourn Women Killed When Tractor-Trailer Toppled Onto Car On Route 78 Loved Ones Mourn Women Killed When Tractor-Trailer Toppled Onto Car On Route 78
Loved Ones Mourn Women Killed When Tractor-Trailer Toppled Onto Car On Route 78 Loved ones are mourning two Newark women killed when a tractor-trailer overturned onto their car on Interstate 78. Ayesha Wright, 42, and her passenger, Kendra Rouse, 25, were killed in the crash on the eastbound local lanes at milepost 56.8 on Tuesday, Aug. 25, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The tractor-trailer overturned onto Wright's stopped Chevrolet during an evasive maneuver, killing Wright and Rouse and leaving the truck driver with minor injuries, police said. Video shared by Jersey Talks showed a passenger car wedged beneath the overturned tractor-trailer al…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Brother, Sister Killed In Trenton Fire Mourned Brother, Sister Killed In Trenton Fire Mourned
Brother, Sister Killed In Trenton Fire Mourned A family is reeling after two of their children, Disleiny, a 7-year-old girl and Rolando, a 4-year-old boy, were killed in a fire in Trenton on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Firefighters responded to the 300 block of Hewitt Street and saw heavy fire coming from a three-story house, 6 ABC reported. One firefighter sustained a mild injury, Trenton police said. Fire officials told 6 ABC the fire began on the first floor and spread quickly throughout the home. The fire has left the family of two adults and six children homeless. "The resulting grief and sense of loss are beyond words," Solange…

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by Sam Barron
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Hawthorne Man Sexually Assaulted Helpless 80-Year-Old Woman In Home: Prosecutor Hawthorne Man Sexually Assaulted Helpless 80-Year-Old Woman In Home: Prosecutor
Hawthorne Man Sexually Assaulted Helpless 80-Year-Old Woman In Home: Prosecutor A Hawthorne man has been jailed on accusations he sexually assaulted a physically helpless 80-year-old woman who lived in his household, authorities allege. John Schweininger, 54, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 26, following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit and Hawthorne police, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Hawthorne police were notified at approximately 11:11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, that Schweininger had engaged in non-consensual sexual acts with the 80-year-old woman, who authorities said was physically helpless due t…

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by Cecilia Levine