Fair 27°
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Fisherman From Turkey Who Fell Off Kayak Found On Jersey Shore Riverbank Body Of Missing Fisherman From Turkey Who Fell Off Kayak Found On Jersey Shore Riverbank
Body Of Missing Fisherman From Turkey Who Fell Off Kayak Found On Jersey Shore Riverbank Authorities in Monmouth County on Monday recovered the body of a man who went missing after falling out of a kayak last week. Nedim Aksoy, 50, of Bordentown was one of two men who fell out of kayaks while fishing near the Oceanic Bridge in Rumson around 11 p.m. Thursday, June 4, the U.S. Coast Guard said. While one of the men was wearing a life jacket and able to swim safely to the shore, Aksoy was not wearing one and instead vanished underwater, authorities said. The kayak was later found washed up on the shore. Aksoy’s body was found near Plum Island in Sandy Hook around 8 a.m. Monday,…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Paterson Man Caught By State Police With $123,255 In Drug Money Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen Paterson Man Caught By State Police With $123,255 In Drug Money Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen
Paterson Man Caught By State Police With $123,255 In Drug Money Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen A Paterson man caught by State Police troopers delivering $123,255 in drug cash will spend the next three years in federal prison before he can be released for his role in a major North Jersey ring. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton sentenced Jhensel Jimenez-Taveras, 27, on Thursday to a plea-bargained 37 months, followed by three years of supervised release. He must serve the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Jiminez-Taveras also must forfeit the cash found in his vehicle when NJSP troopers stopped him in April 2019 following a drug deal in Berkeley H…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
One Dead, One Missing In Rash Of Boating Accidents Up And Down Jersey Coast One Dead, One Missing In Rash Of Boating Accidents Up And Down Jersey Coast
One Dead, One Missing In Rash Of Boating Accidents Up And Down Jersey Coast A rash of water mishaps up and down the Jersey Coast continued Saturday with a search for a missing kayaker in the Raritan Bay, less than 24 hours after a Toms River boater drowned in Barnegat Bay -- and moments before two other people had to be rescued off Keansburg. Authorities on Sunday suspended a search for the kayaker. Search and rescue crews in New Jersey and on Staten Island searched the water after a passerby rescued two of the victim's companions when all three of their kayaks overturned near the Great Beds Lighthouse in South Amboy around 3 p.m. Saturday. None were wearing life …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Firefighters Recover Body In Seaside Park UPDATE: Firefighters Recover Body In Seaside Park
Update: Firefighters Recover Body In Seaside Park Seaside Park and Ocean Beach firefighters and EMS crews were called to Island Beach State Park on Thursday on a report of a body found in the water, authorities said. They could not immediately confirm whether it was the row-boater who went missing on the Toms River before Tuesday's thunderstorms. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search earlier Thursday for an Ocean Gate boater who disappeared before the major storm slammed the Jersey Shore two days earlier. With the discovery of a lifejacket and the 67-year-old man's rowboat, the search and rescue was called off -- for now. Matt Conway…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Jersey Shore Row-Boater U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Jersey Shore Row-Boater
U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Jersey Shore Row-Boater The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for an Ocean Gate boater who went missing before a major storm slammed the Jersey Shore two days earlier. With the discovery of a lifejacket and the 67-year-old man's rowboat, the search and rescue was called off -- for now. Matt Conway's wife reported him missing Tuesday morning, authorities said. If any new information surfaces, the search would be resumed, a spokesman for the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard released security camera photos of Conway taken shortly before he left a dock on the Toms River in a silver rowboat.  Conw…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Jersey Shore Row-Boater Missing HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Jersey Shore Row-Boater Missing
Have YOU Seen HIM? Jersey Shore Row-Boater Missing UPDATE: Rescuers found both the rowboat and life jacket of an Ocean Gate man who went missing before a major thunderstorm hit the Jersey Shore earlier this week, authorities confirmed. His wife reported Matt Conway, 67, missing around 4 p.m. Tuesday, they said. The U.S. Coast Guard released security camera photos of Conway shortly before he left a dock on the Toms River in a silver rowboat that morning. His sneakers were found on the beach of Anglesea Avenue, responders said. Conway was known to row for exercise. A State Police helicopter and fire companies in Toms River assisted wit…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
'May You Fill The Heavens With Your Bagpipes': Jersey Shore Boater Killed In Storm ID'd 'May You Fill The Heavens With Your Bagpipes': Jersey Shore Boater Killed In Storm ID'd
'May You Fill The Heavens With Your Bagpipes': Jersey Shore Boater Killed In Storm ID'd The worst fears of many were realized Thursday when responders recovered the body of a 67-year-old boater who'd gone missing before a tornado-like thunderstorm hit the Jersey Shore earlier this week. "We are heartbroken to announce that our dear band mate and friend Matt Conway was finally located today after going missing Tuesday rowing his boat in the Toms River," fellow members of the Shamrock and Thistle Pipes and Drums wrote Thursday afternoon. "The loss of our dear brother is immeasurable and will be felt by us for years to come." His wife, Patricia, reported Conway, 67, of Ocean Ga…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
John F. Kennedy’s Grand-Niece And Her Son, 8, Missing After Boating Accident, Reports Say John F. Kennedy’s Grand-Niece And Her Son, 8, Missing After Boating Accident, Reports Say
John F. Kennedy’s Grand-Niece And Her Son, 8, Missing After Boating Accident, Reports Say The search is on for two members of the Kennedy family who were reported missing after going boating in the Chesapeake Bay. Maeve Kennedy McKean - the granddaughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and grand-niece of President John F. Kennedy - and her 8-year-old son Gideon were reported missing near Annapolis, Maryland. They haven’t been seen or heard from since Thursday, April 2. According to reports, McKean was taking the family to visit her mother’s waterfront home in Shady Side, Maryland when her son kicked a ball into the water and it drifted away. The two “popped into a canoe” to track down…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Shipper Fined $4M For Polluting, Lying To Officials In Bayonne Shipper Fined $4M For Polluting, Lying To Officials In Bayonne
Shipper Fined $4M For Polluting, Lying To Officials In Bayonne An Italian shipping company has been ordered to pay $4 million for dumping oily waste into the ocean and then lying to conceal the offense, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.  The company, d'Amico Shipping Italia, previously pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.  Authorities say an oil tanker, Cielo di Milano, stopped at U.S, ports, including ports in New Jersey. The company, which owns the tanker, admitted that workers sent oily waste directly into the ocean, bypassing pollution control equipment, and that the discharges sometimes occurred wi…

SHARE

by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
North Bergen Woman Found Dead At Jersey Shore: Report North Bergen Woman Found Dead At Jersey Shore: Report
North Bergen Woman Found Dead At Jersey Shore: Report A woman from Hudson County was found dead on a beach in Highlands Sunday morning, News 4 New York reported.  Melissa Fries, 37, was reported missing Saturday night after going swimming with friends.  State Police, Highland police, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies joined in a water search for the woman, who was reported missing around 11:15 p.m.  An investigation into the precise cause of death was pending an autopsy, but it appears to be accidental, authorities also said. 

SHARE

by Paul Milo
News
Search For Missing Montclair Couple In Barbados Suspended Search For Missing Montclair Couple In Barbados Suspended
Search For Missing Montclair Couple In Barbados Suspended Authorities in Barbados said a water search for a vacationing couple from Montclair ended Sunday, nearly a week after the two were last seen on a rented jet ski. A spokesman for the country’s prime minister told Daily Voice that searchers, including the U.S.Coast Guard, have found no sign of Oscar Suarez, 32, and Magdalena Devil, 25. "The US military called off their search on Saturday and the Barbados Coast Guard and Regional Security System called off theirs at sunset on Sunday," the spokesman, Roy Morris, said in an email.  The two rented a jet ski June 24 at Holetown Beach. A sea…

SHARE

by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB A 67-year-old long-distance swimmer who went missing Friday in the Hudson River drowned, authorities confirmed early Saturday. What initially had been a search became a "recovery effort," the Coast Guard said. The unidentified swimmer was participating in a 15.7-mile next-to-last leg of the “8 Bridges Hudson River Swim” -- which began at the Tappan Zee Bridge and was headed to the George Washington Bridge -- when a spotter saw him go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard joined the NYPD Habor …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco