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NJ Business Owner Dies A Week After I-80 Motorcycle Crash In PA
A New Jersey business owner has died a week after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle on Interstate 80 in the Poconos, officials said.
Albert R. VanRiper III, 71, of Montville, was pronounced dead at 12:32 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office.
VanRiper was riding a motorcycle when it crashed around 8:16 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, on I-80 near mile marker 305 in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, the coroner said.
The Montville resident was the president and owner-operator of A. R. Van Riper Jr. Inc., according to h…
Aunt Jumped From Ride After Toddler Fell On NJ Boardwalk: Report
Two people fell from the Sky Ride, a ski-lift-style ride, over the Seaside Heights boardwalk Monday, Aug. 31, authorities said.
At 8 p.m., firefighters responded to the boardwalk after two people fell, while one child remained on the ride, firefighters said. The two people who fell were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, firefighters said. Firefighters did not reveal their condition.
A 31-year-old woman jumped from the ride after her niece fell, News12 reported, citing Seaside Heights police. Neither the girl nor her aunt had obvious injuries, News12 reported.&n…
NJ Woman Killed In Times Square Stabbing, Suspect Fatally Shot By Police
A 32-year-old New Jersey woman was killed after she was stabbed in Times Square Monday, Aug. 31, authorities said.
At 4:24 p.m., police responded to Times Square after Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old Queens woman, had stabbed Erin Piacenti, a Chester resident, and a 68-year-old man, the New York City Police Department said. The victims were transported to a nearby hospital where Piacenti was pronounced dead, the NYPD said. The other victim was in stable condition, police said.
Cisneros, seen in a video shared to Instagram by bboypop97, displayed two large knives and advanced toward police, w…
Heroin, Fentanyl Get Brick Man Arrested: Police
A 45-year-old Brick man was arrested and charged with dealing heroin and fentanyl, authorities announced Monday, Aug. 31.
Following an investigation, a search of Duffy's residence led to the seizure of 89 grams of suspected cocaine and/or crack cocaine, 286 individual glassine wax folds containing suspected heroin/fentanyl, 82 grams of suspected MDMA, 57 grams of suspected fentanyl, and 29 grams of suspected oxycodone pills, Brick police said.
A digital money counter, vacuum sealer, digital scale, suspected cutting agents, packaging materials, and more than $2,500 in cash were al…
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In Philly 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: PPD
A former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive accused of kidnapping, raping, and killing 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus more than 26 years ago has been returned to Pennsylvania to face charges, authorities announced on Monday, Aug. 31.
Alexis Flores, who spent more than 25 years as a fugitive, was captured in Lepaera, Honduras, on Feb. 11 by the FBI's Transnational Anti-Gang Task Force and Honduran authorities, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Following an international extradition process, the FBI transported him back to Philadelphia.
Flores is charged with murder, rape, kid…
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (Update)
A correctional sergeant, his wife, and their two children were killed when their car plunged about 60 feet down a steep embankment on Saturday, Aug. 29, state police said.
Pennsylvania State Troopers were called around 10:16 a.m. to the area of 1365 Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, where first responders found the sedan down the embankment.
Peter Thatcher, 45, and Sandra Thatcher, 45, both of Tunkhannock, police said, died in the crash along with their 11-year-old son, Noah, and 10-year-old daughter, Layla. Public records, their school, and their church later…
Woman, 21, Shot In Chest, Neck As Gunfire Hits 3 Vehicles, 2 Homes: Philly PD
A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized after gunfire struck vehicles and homes in Pennsylvania overnight, police said.
Officers responded to the 800 block of Reno Place in Philadelphia’s 9th District around 3:41 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, for a report of a person with a gun.
At the scene, officers found four spent shell casings, three vehicles hit by gunfire, and two residences struck by bullets, according to police.
The woman and a friend had already arrived at Pennsylvania Hospital in a dark-colored sedan that left before officers arrived, police said. They told investigators they had been on R…
Cops ID 2 Dead In 100-Person NJ Block Party Shooting, 3 Remain Critical
Authorities have identified the two Trenton residents killed when multiple gunmen opened fire on a block party attended by about 100 people, as three other victims remain hospitalized in critical condition.
Anthony Howlett, 42, and Tyasiah West, 33, were killed in the shooting on the 100 block of Locust Street early Sunday, Aug. 30, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta Marbrey said.
West was a mother of three children — Jaylah, Jeremiah, and Cashmere — and was attending school to become a nurse, according to a GoFundMe organized by Tameka English. The fundraiser is seeking donations to provide …
ICE To Seize 2 Women Charged In Jackson Crash That Killed Baby
ICE detainers have been lodged against both women charged in a New Jersey grocery store parking lot crash that killed a 9-month-old boy, records show.
Maria CobonGuzman, 20, of Trenton, and Ariadana Lazaro-Flores, 22, of Toms River, remained in the Ocean County Jail following the Friday, Aug. 28 crash, jail records show. Both records list detainers issued by U.S. Immigration.
Jail records show CobonGuzman is a Guatemalan national, while Lazaro-Flores is a Mexican national.
The Department of Homeland Security also addressed the case in a social media post, calling on New Jersey to honor ICE…
NJ Boat Operator Charged In Deadly Barnegat Bay Crash, Records Show
The operator of a boat that struck a channel marker in Barnegat Bay last month, killing a 26-year-old Somerset County man and seriously injuring two others, has been charged, court records show.
Kevin Martin Wells, 40, of Warren, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 28, and charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, apparently in the death of Michael T. Bereheiko, according to New Jersey court and Ocean County jail records.
Wells was also charged with two counts of assault by auto or vessel in violation of New Jersey's DWI statute, jail records show. He was being held in the Ocean County …
Ocean County Nurse Admits To Spraying Elderly Patient With Pepper Spray: AG
A 57-year-old Manchester woman pleaded guilty to assaulting and neglecting an elderly patient at a rehab center, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 28.
Lisa Erickson pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and neglect of an elderly adult, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Erickson will permanently forfeit her nursing license, and faces 364 days in county jail, Davenport said.
On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, Erickson was working as a nurse at Whiting Gardens when she walked toward the …
