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Multiple Bias Incidents Under Investigation In Jackson: Police Multiple Bias Incidents Under Investigation In Jackson: Police
Multiple Bias Incidents Under Investigation In Jackson: Police Two bias crimes are under investigation in Jackson Township, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 4. Three separate incidents of criminal mischief occurred at the Chai Lifeline facility on County Load Road, Jackson Township police said. Windows were intentionally damaged, police said. Due to the repeated nature of these offenses targeting a Jewish faith-based organization, these incidents are being investigated as bias crimes, police said. A recent burglary, theft, criminal mischief and bias crime that occurred at the BMG facility on South Hope Chapel Road is under investigation, police …

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by Sam Barron
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NJ ICE Detainee's Final Phone Call Before Death Revealed NJ ICE Detainee's Final Phone Call Before Death Revealed
NJ ICE Detainee's Final Phone Call Before Death Revealed The final hours of a Salvadoran immigrant's life are coming into focus through a GoFundMe launched after the New Jersey father's death while in ICE custody. Edwin Lopez Cornejo, 39, called his mother on the evening of Friday, July 31, from Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, according to the GoFundMe organized by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. He told her he "was feeling very sick, that he could not feel half of his face or his right hand, and that he planned to request medical attention," the campaign reads. Lopez Cornejo hoped he would receive the care he needed. The n…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-NY Police Official Texted Son Instructions On Timing Before Gang Shooting: Indictment Ex-NY Police Official Texted Son Instructions On Timing Before Gang Shooting: Indictment
Ex-NY Police Official Texted Son Instructions On Timing Before Gang Shooting: Indictment A former high-ranking police official in Westchester County accused of helping her son flee after a Bronx shooting sent him text messages directing his movements before the gunfire, according to a newly unsealed indictment. The indictment, returned by a Bronx grand jury on Friday, July 31, charges former Mount Vernon Police Deputy Commissioner of Wellness Jennifer Lackard, her son Chase Lackard, 20, and James Lackard with multiple felony offenses stemming from a shooting outside the Bronx Hall of Justice on June 29.  As Daily Voice previously reported, Jennifer Lackard was fired by the…

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by Ben Crnic
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NJ Dad Of 7's Murderer Sentenced Nearly 4 Years After Shooting: Prosecutors NJ Dad Of 7's Murderer Sentenced Nearly 4 Years After Shooting: Prosecutors
NJ Dad Of 7's Murderer Sentenced Nearly 4 Years After Shooting: Prosecutors A man convicted of killing a father of seven in Allentown nearly four years ago will spend the rest of his life behind bars, prosecutors announced Tuesday, Aug. 4. Steven M. Rosa, 32, was sentenced by Judge Robert Steinberg to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a Lehigh County jury convicted him in May of First-Degree Criminal Homicide and carrying a firearm without a license in the killing of 33-year-old Tywon Deleva Abner, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. Rosa also received an additional 10 to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fugitive Alert: Home Invasion Sexual Assault Suspect On The Run, Philly Police Say Fugitive Alert: Home Invasion Sexual Assault Suspect On The Run, Philly Police Say
Fugitive Alert: Home Invasion Sexual Assault Suspect On The Run, Philly Police Say A 26-year-old man is wanted in connection with a home invasion and sexual assault in Philadelphia, police announced Tuesday, Aug. 4. Lee Johnson is wanted on charges including aggravated indecent assault, burglary, unlawful restraint, and related offenses stemming from an incident that happened around 5:30 a.m. on June 4, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Investigators said the alleged attack happened inside a home on the 2200 block of East Somerset Street. Johnson is described as a Black man who stands 5-foot-10 and weighs about 150 pounds. Police said his last known addres…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Skeletal Human Remains Found In Woods In Philadelphia Skeletal Human Remains Found In Woods In Philadelphia
Skeletal Human Remains Found In Woods In Philadelphia Skeletal human remains were discovered in a wooded in Pennsylvania Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, prompting an ongoing investigation by police and the Medical Examiner's Office. Philadelphia police were called to the wooded area near the 12000 block of Knights Road in Northeast Philadelphia at approximately 7 p.m., where the remains of an adult were found. The remains are skeletal, and the race and gender of the deceased have not yet been determined, investigators said. The Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office will work to identify the person and determine the cause and manner of death as the …

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by Jillian Pikora
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1-Star Reviews Hit Joey Tomato's In Point Pleasant Beach After Viral Birthday Cake Blowup 1-Star Reviews Hit Joey Tomato's In Point Pleasant Beach After Viral Birthday Cake Blowup
1-Star Reviews Hit Joey Tomato's In Point Pleasant Beach After Viral Birthday Cake Blowup A longtime Jersey Shore pizzeria is facing a wave of one-star Yelp reviews after a viral video appeared to show an employee arguing with customers who asked to borrow a knife to cut a birthday cake for a 5-year-old. The video, posted to X on Sunday, Aug. 2 by Vintage NewJersey (@VintageNJ1), shows part of a confrontation at Joey Tomato's in Point Pleasant Beach. The account, owned by Tom Jurkowski, documents New Jersey history and has nearly 300,000 followers on Instagram. Joey Tomato's has been in business since 1990. According to Vintage New Jersey's tweet, the family called ahead to ask …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey Shore Warehouse Fire Tolls Multiple Alarms: FD Jersey Shore Warehouse Fire Tolls Multiple Alarms: FD
Jersey Shore Warehouse Fire Tolls Multiple Alarms: FD A warehouse became engulfed in flames in a multi-alarm fire in Freehold, authorities said. At 10 p.m. on Friday, July 31, firefighters responded to the warehouse fire at Freehold Cartage on Route 33, the Morganville Fire Department said. Firefighters arrived and were met with large column of smoke and heavy fire, prompting a second alarm to be transmitted, prompting additional units to respond, fire officials said. Firefighters were forced to hand drag their supply house to suppress the fire with water, firefighters said. A third alarm was tolled as more mutual aid responded to fight t…

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by Sam Barron
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Family Said She Had Schizophrenia — NJ Cop Was Just Cleared In Her Death Family Said She Had Schizophrenia — NJ Cop Was Just Cleared In Her Death
Family Said She Had Schizophrenia — NJ Cop Was Just Cleared In Her Death In the months following Deborah Terrell's death, her family publicly maintained that the 68-year-old, who had schizophrenia, was not given enough time to respond to officers' commands before she was fatally shot. Nearly a year later, a state grand jury reached its decision. The panel voted "no bill" on Monday, Aug. 3, declining to bring criminal charges against New Brunswick Police Officer Josue Plaza in the Aug. 8, 2025 encounter that killed her, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced. Investigators reviewed 911 calls, police radio transmissions, body-worn camera footage…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NYPD Cop Dies After Breast Explant Surgery: Reports NYPD Cop Dies After Breast Explant Surgery: Reports
Nypd Cop Dies After Breast Explant Surgery: Reports The NYPD is mourning the loss of a 31-year-old officer who reportedly died of a botched breast implant surgery in the Dominican Republic. Rebecca De Paula's family members tell Spanish outlet Noticias SIN that she developed a bacterial infection after having her breast implants removed in the Dominican Republic. De Paula developed severe diarrhea and her condition rapidly worsened before she died at a clinic in Santo Domingo following the procedure on Sunday, Aug. 2, according to the outlet. Her family is urging officials to probe whether or not medical malpractice or negligence contributed…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NY Police Official Was Getaway Driver In Son's Gang Shooting: Report NY Police Official Was Getaway Driver In Son's Gang Shooting: Report
NY Police Official Was Getaway Driver In Son's Gang Shooting: Report A high-ranking police official in Westchester County has been fired after being charged in an alleged Bronx gang-related shooting involving her son, city officials announced.  The City of Mount Vernon announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4, that Jennifer Lackard, who served as the department's Deputy Commissioner of Wellness, was terminated effective immediately following criminal charges filed by the Bronx County District Attorney's Office.  The New York Post reported that Lackard was arrested Tuesday morning alongside her son, Chase Lackard, 20, after prosecutors alleged he opened fire on…

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Bronx Man At Large After Committing $1K Fraud At The Home Depot: Stafford PD Bronx Man At Large After Committing $1K Fraud At The Home Depot: Stafford PD
Bronx Man At Large After Committing $1K Fraud At The Home Depot: Stafford PD A 20-year-old Bronx man is at large after he made fraudulent transactions at The Home Depot in Stafford, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 4. Joseph Diaz-Herra unlawfully used a person's credit card information by manually entering the card details to purchase $973 worth of assorted flooring products from the hardware store, Stafford police said. Diaz-Herra is charged with knowingly exhibiting a false government-issued driver's license or other identification, intent to commit credit card fraud, credit card theft, fraudulent use of a credit card and theft by deception, …

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by Sam Barron