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Massive Recall Issued For Brand Of Candy Linked To Death Of NY Girl Massive Recall Issued For Brand Of Candy Linked To Death Of NY Girl
Massive Recall Issued For Brand Of Candy Linked To Death Of NY Girl A massive recall has been issued for a brand of candy linked to the death of a girl. About 145,800 Cocco Candy Rolling Candy in various flavors are subject to the recall, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said, noting the candy’s rolling ball can dislodge and become trapped in a child’s throat, posing a fatal choking risk. CPSC said it has received one report of a 7-year-old girl who choked and died after the candy’s rolling ball dislodged and became trapped in her throat in New York in April 2023. The girl's precise place of residence in New York has not been released. Cons…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Firefighter, Driver Detail Revival Of Woman From Region Ejected In Parkway Crash Off-Duty Firefighter, Driver Detail Revival Of Woman From Region Ejected In Parkway Crash
Off-Duty Firefighter, Driver Detail Revival Of Woman From Region Ejected In Parkway Crash An off-duty firefighter, nurse, and passing driver revived an Orange County woman ejected from a vehicle on the Garden State Parkway, sources tell Daily Voice. UPDATE: A 54-year-old Port Jervis woman driving a Chevrolet SUV veered off the roadway to the right and struck a guardrail, sending the vehicle into the roadway in front of a Chevrolet pickup truck near milepost 136.5 in Clark Township in Union County on Wednesday, Aug. 9, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The SUV driver was ejected and seriously injured, but things could've turned out differently if not for the o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
5 Nabbed After Traffic Stop In Area Turns Up Stolen Debit Cards, Forged Checks, $10K 5 Nabbed After Traffic Stop In Area Turns Up Stolen Debit Cards, Forged Checks, $10K
5 Nabbed After Traffic Stop In Area Turns Up Stolen Debit Cards, Forged Checks, $10K What began as a traffic stop in the region ended with five people behind bars on numerous weapons and stolen property charges, authorities said. State police in Orange County first spotted the suspects’ vehicle at around 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, as it drove on Highway 84 in the town of Newburgh. Troopers observed the 2015 BMW-328i violating numerous vehicle and traffic laws. The car also had fraudulent Georgia temporary plates, according to police. Inside the vehicle, troopers found five people ranging in age from 22 to 25. A search of the car turned up a loaded Glock 27 pistol, along…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say
Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say Rapper Fetty Wap was among six men charged with running an elaborate cross-country drug distribution ring out of New York, authorities announced. The rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 28 by FBI agents at Citi Field. An indictment was unsealed on Long Island, in Central Islip federal court, Friday, Oct. 29, charging six men with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances, including five of them also charged for using weapons in connection to drug trafficking. The six men distributed more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Predatory Sexual Assault Of Child In Area Man Charged With Predatory Sexual Assault Of Child In Area
Man Charged With Predatory Sexual Assault Of Child In Area A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child in the area, police said. Dov Weinraub was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 4, said Ramapo Police Det. Sgt. Michael Higgins. Weinraub, of Passaic, New Jersey, is accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 in the area, Higgins said. He was charged with felony counts of predatory sexual assault of a child, criminal sex act, course of sexual conduct against a child, and endangering the welfare of a child, Higgins said. No other information was available from police. Weinraub was arraigned and is schedu…

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by Kathy Reakes