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Stew Leonard's Recalls Apple Crisp, Sugar-Free Apple Pie Stew Leonard's Recalls Apple Crisp, Sugar-Free Apple Pie
Stew Leonard's Recalls Apple Crisp, Sugar-Free Apple Pie Stew Leonard's has recalled two of its apple desserts. The Apple Crisp Made with Honeycrisp Apples may contain undeclared milk and the No Sugar Added Apple Pie may contain undeclared eggs, the grocer announced Friday, March 15.  The products were sold between Aug. 28, 2023 and March 8, 2024 at the Danbury, Norwalk, and Newington, CT stores; East Meadow, Farmingdale, and Yonkers, NY stores, and the Paramus, NJ store. The recall was initiated after it was discovered that the products containing milk and eggs were distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of milk and…
Dance Teacher From CT Swapped Nude Pics, Sought Meet With Bergen Minor: Prosecutor Dance Teacher From CT Swapped Nude Pics, Sought Meet With Bergen Minor: Prosecutor
Dance Teacher From CT Swapped Nude Pics, Sought Meet With Bergen Minor: Prosecutor A Connecticut event planner and dance instructor known as "Glamorous Piti" was arrested and charged with exchanging pornographic images and having sexually explicit chats with an underage student in Bergen County. Edison Bueno-Tenempaguay, 28, of Danbury has been held in the Bridgeport, CT Correctional Center, pending extradition to New Jersey, since his arrest last Friday, March 17, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit earlier this month “received information that a child from Bergen County was being engaged in conversations on social m…
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence $400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence UPDATE: A woman who helped pull a notorious scam that conned 14,000 GoFundMe donors nationwide was nearly 150 miles away when a judge in South Jersey sentenced her to a plea-bargained three years in state prison on Friday, Jan. 6. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown will be released in July after completing a federal sentence at a low-security prison in Danbury, CT, for scamming well-meaning donors out of $400,000 to purportedly help a homeless veteran. At that point, the year and a day federal sentence will be deducted from her state term and a determination will be made whether she shoul…
Details Released In Easter Sunday Plane Crash At Essex County Airport Details Released In Easter Sunday Plane Crash At Essex County Airport
Details Released In Easter Sunday Plane Crash At Essex County Airport A pilot and his two passengers escaped uninjured when the plane they were flying in ran off a runway and crashed at the Essex County Airport on Easter Sunday, authorities said. The 2020 Citation CJ3 Plus was found at the end of Runway 22 in a drainage brook around 2:40 p.m., Fairfield police said. As police and EMS were arriving, the pilot and two passengers were climbing out, police said. They were identified as a 45-year-old man from Danbury, CT, a 57-year-old man from Poughkeepsie, NY and a 66-year-old man from Bernardsville, the plane's owner. The plane was trying to land on Runway 22 …
Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups
Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups UPDATE: A 23-year-old Cleveland man with autism who was accused of five bank robberies and two other attempts in New Jersey – and suspected in a dozen others in Connecticut and Pennsylvania – has died in federal custody in Chicago. Federal authorities hadn’t yet explained to his parents how Tyler James O’Toole died after being hospitalized last month, however, according to a published report. O’Toole was awaiting trial on charges of robbing a bank Glenview, Illinois when he cut off his monitoring bracelet, stole his mother's 2018 Hyundai Elantra and went on a holdup spree last fall, federal…
Feds: Fugitive Accused In NJ, CT, PA Bank Robbery Spree Cut Off Monitoring Bracelet Feds: Fugitive Accused In NJ, CT, PA Bank Robbery Spree Cut Off Monitoring Bracelet
Feds: Fugitive Accused In NJ, CT, PA Bank Robbery Spree Cut Off Monitoring Bracelet UPDATE: A Cleveland man out on bail after robbing a bank outside Chicago cut off his monitoring bracelet, stole his mother's car and went on a holdup spree in New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, federal authorities said. Tyler James O’Toole, 23, robbed or attempted to rob two banks in one day three separate times, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. O'Toole was released to home detention with electronic monitoring after authorities charged him with a August bank robbery in Glenview, Illinois, records show. A month later, he removed the monitoring device, snatched his m…
Manhunt Ends: Fugitive Accused In NJ, CT, PA Bank Robbery Spree Captured Manhunt Ends: Fugitive Accused In NJ, CT, PA Bank Robbery Spree Captured
Manhunt Ends: Fugitive Accused In NJ, CT, PA Bank Robbery Spree Captured UPDATE: A Cleveland man out on bail after robbing a bank outside Chicago cut off his monitoring bracelet, stole his mother's car and went on a holdup spree in New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, federal authorities said. Tyler James O’Toole, 23, robbed or attempted to rob two banks in one day three separate times, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. O'Toole was released to home detention with electronic monitoring after authorities charged him with a August bank robbery in Glenview, Illinois, records show. A month later, he removed the monitoring device, snat…
Feds: IRS Agent Had Cocaine Delivered From Saddle Brook To Upstate NY Home Feds: IRS Agent Had Cocaine Delivered From Saddle Brook To Upstate NY Home
Feds: IRS Agent Had Cocaine Delivered From Saddle Brook To Upstate NY Home An IRS agent who coaches junior football was arrested Wednesday at his Albany home after federal authorities found that he had cocaine delivered there via courier from Saddle Brook. Michael Shelli, 41, repackaged the cocaine for sale in the Albany area, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said after DEA agents arrested the 13-year IRS veteran on charges of conspiring to distribute the drug. A U.S. magistrate judge in Newark released Shelli on $100,000 unsecured bond following a video-conferenced first appearance, he said. The supervisory revenue agent has been a coach with the Nor…
Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack
Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack A Bergen County woman who was sentenced to life in prison for the infamous hacking death of her husband in Rockland County was headed to live with her sister in Hackensack this week after a federal judge granted her a compassionate release. Rita Gluzman, 71, formerly of Upper Saddle River, was granted the release, with conditions, from the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas after suffering multiple strokes, TV station WFAA reported. The Ukrainian-born activist made international headlines after an East Rutherford police officer found her cousin trying to dump garbage bags …
Connecticut Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire Connecticut Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire
Connecticut Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire A car became engulfed in flames after wires fell on the vehicle, killing one person, according to the Danbury Police Department. The incident took place around 8:48 a.m. Tuesday in the area between Jeanette Street and Pembroke Road, said Det. Ralph Anderson. The person was discovered when the police department, along with the Danbury Fire Department, responded to a report of wires down in the area, said Anderson. Once on the scene, a vehicle on fire was located under the wires In March, a New Jersey man was killed after he drove around traffic cones on a closed street and moving a downed …
Neglected Passaic County German Shepherd Won't Leave New Brother's Side Neglected Passaic County German Shepherd Won't Leave New Brother's Side
Neglected Passaic County German Shepherd Won't Leave New Brother's Side "Broken" was the word Theresa Devins says Ringwood rescuers used over-and-over again to describe the German Shepherd she was hoping to adopt last November. Not vicious. Not hostile. Just broken. The dog was estimated to be around three years old and was kept in a pen with no human interaction except for when someone came to drop food for her for the entirety of her life. Officials at Southern Paws were certain that Delilah would be a difficult turn-around and warned Devins right up until the late-November day she came to pick her up. For months, Delilah sat in a corner of Devins…
Trader Joe's With Bergen County Stores Ranks No. 2 For Best Places To Work Trader Joe's With Bergen County Stores Ranks No. 2 For Best Places To Work
Trader Joe's With Bergen County Stores Ranks No. 2 For Best Places To Work For those out there hating their job, "Forbes" Magzine has come out with their Top 100 employers to work for and the No. 2 best place to work happens to have several locations right in the area. Traders Joe's with its easy, breezy setting and apparently, bosses, came in second on the magazine's list that included an exhaustive survey nationally of employees including the likes of Google (#3), Costco (#5) and the main surprise, Michelin (which came in 33 last year) as the number one employer. The store, with locations in Hartsdale, Scarsdale, Larchmont in Westchester also has store…
How Much Snow Did You Get? Parts Of Area Saw Half-Foot Or More How Much Snow Did You Get? Parts Of Area Saw Half-Foot Or More
How Much Snow Did You Get? Parts Of Area Saw Half-Foot Or More If it was a last blast of winter, it sure delivered a solid parting shot.A quick-moving Easter Monday storm that swept through the area left as much as a half a foot or more of snowfall in some spots. Below is a sampling of totals from throughout the area. As always, please be sure to add the total for your hometown by leaving a comment here. Now, if you'll excuse us, we have a brief request. Old Man Winter, you've overstayed your welcome. There's the door, use it, and don't come back for a while. Fairfield County Bridgeport Airport 5.7 inches, 9:50 a.m. Danbury 5.6 inches, 10 a.m. Gree…