Sam Barron

Community Editor

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter

An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

Sam Barron's Contributions

Hammonton, NJ
Breaking News
48 Years Later, Folsom Family's Murder Remains Unsolved: NJSP 48 Years Later, Folsom Family's Murder Remains Unsolved: NJSP 48 Years Later, Folsom Family's Murder Remains Unsolved: NJSP
48 Years Later, Folsom Family's Murder Remains Unsolved: Njsp Gary Deal, Joan Deal and their three-year-old son, Jason, were brutally murdered in their Atlantic County home 48 years ago in one of New Jersey's most notorious unsolved crimes. On Monday, Oct. 30, 1978, the bodies of the Deal family were discovered inside their residence on Mays Landing Road, New Jersey State police said. Gary and Joan, both 26, sustained multiple gunshot wounds as well as injuries inflicted by a sharp-edge weapon while Jason was found dead in his bedroom after sustaining fatal injuries, police said. For the past 48 years, detectives have pursued numerous leads and r…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
Man Killed After Car Rolls Backward Following Route 80 Crash In Parsippany: NJSP Man Killed After Car Rolls Backward Following Route 80 Crash In Parsippany: NJSP Man Killed After Car Rolls Backward Following Route 80 Crash In Parsippany: NJSP
Man Killed After Car Rolls Backward Following Route 80 Crash In Parsippany: Njsp A 26-year-old Wharton man was killed after a chain reaction led to his vehicle rolling backwards and striking him on Friday morning, Oct. 30, authorities said. At 5:39 a.m., Daniel Sandchez Valencia was driving a Toyota SUV west on Route 80 in Parsippany when he lost directional control, ran off the roadway to the left, traveled down a grass median and struck a tree, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Sandchez Valencia exited his vehicle, but the Toyota rolled backwards and struck him before crashing into a second tree, Postorino said. Sandchez Val…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Newton-Andover, NJ
Breaking News
Man Killed After SUV Strikes Mack Truck On Route 80 In Frelinghuysen: NJSP Man Killed After SUV Strikes Mack Truck On Route 80 In Frelinghuysen: NJSP Man Killed After SUV Strikes Mack Truck On Route 80 In Frelinghuysen: NJSP
Man Killed After SUV Strikes Mack Truck On Route 80 In Frelinghuysen: Njsp A 24-year-old Hillsborough man was killed in a crash on Route 80 in Warren County after his SUV struck a Mack truck early Friday morning, Oct. 30. At 1:03 a.m., troopers responded to Route 80 eastbound in Warren County after Thomas Argen was driving a Jeep SUV that struck the front of a Mack truck, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The Jeep ran off the roadway and traveled down a grass embankment, Postorino said. Argen was pronounced dead at the scene, Postorino said. The crash remains under investigation, Postorino said.

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Bridgeton-Upper Deerfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bridgeton Woman Struck, Killed Teen, Fled Scene: Prosecutor Bridgeton Woman Struck, Killed Teen, Fled Scene: Prosecutor Bridgeton Woman Struck, Killed Teen, Fled Scene: Prosecutor
Bridgeton Woman Struck, Killed Teen, Fled Scene: Prosecutor A 34-year-old Bridgeton woman was arrested and charged after he struck and killed a pedestrian before fleeing the scene on Wednesday, Oct. 28, authorities said. At 11:40 p.m., Bridgeton police responded East Broad Street and South East Avenue and found Jesus Clemente-Trujillo, lying near the road, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Clemente-Trujillo was later pronounced dead. The vehicle did not remain at the scene and the driver, Labria Williams, did not notify law enforcement that they were involved in the collision, Webb-McRae said. Officers later located the veh…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Branchburg, NJ
Your Community
NJ Husband Mourned After Killed In Crash NJ Husband Mourned After Killed In Crash NJ Husband Mourned After Killed In Crash
NJ Husband Mourned After Killed In Crash Dylan Reed Walnoha, a Somerset resident, was killed in a crash on Monday, Oct. 26, according to a fundraiser set up to support his widow.. While the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office did not confirm, he is believed to have been killed after his car was engulfed in flames after it was involved in a crash with a tractor trailer on Route 202 in Branchburg. At 5:03 p.m., Branchburg police responded to the crash at Route 202 and Holland Brook Road following a collision between a Peterbilt tractor-trailer and a Ford sedan, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Chief of County Detectives Me…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Denville, NJ
Breaking News
Wrong Way Driver Eluded Cops: Denville PD Wrong Way Driver Eluded Cops: Denville PD Wrong Way Driver Eluded Cops: Denville PD
Wrong Way Driver Eluded Cops: Denville PD A 21-year-old Elizabeth resident was arrested and hit with numerous traffic charges after they fled from police while driving the wrong way in Denville, authorities announced. At 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, officers received a complaint of a reckless driver, Canye Culver, on Franklin Avenue traveling the wrong way, nearly causing several crashes, Denville police said. Officers located the black Chrysler 300 committing several traffic violations, police said. When the officers attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop, the driver attempted to elude them. The vehicle ultimately …

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Woodbury, NJ
Breaking News
NEWLY MINTED MILLIONAIRE: Woodbury Lotto Player Hits Jackpot NEWLY MINTED MILLIONAIRE: Woodbury Lotto Player Hits Jackpot NEWLY MINTED MILLIONAIRE: Woodbury Lotto Player Hits Jackpot
Newly Minted Millionaire: Woodbury Lotto Player Hits Jackpot It was a terrific Thursday for a lottery player in Gloucester County. A ticket sold in Woodbury matched the winning numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot drawing on Thursday, Oct. 29, winning $1.24 million. The ticket was sold at Walmart on Cooper Street in Woodbury. The winning numbers  were 25, 27, 42, 44, and 45. The bullseye was 42 and the XTRA was 03. 

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Waterford-Atco, NJ
Breaking News
Atco Man Charged In Deadly Hit, Run Crash That Killed Dishwasher: Prosecutor Atco Man Charged In Deadly Hit, Run Crash That Killed Dishwasher: Prosecutor Atco Man Charged In Deadly Hit, Run Crash That Killed Dishwasher: Prosecutor
Atco Man Charged In Deadly Hit, Run Crash That Killed Dishwasher: Prosecutor A 24-year-old Atco man was arrested and charged following a hit-and-run crash that killed a 71-year-old dishwasher at a local diner in Voorhees, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30. Aaron Tart is charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, endangering an injured victim and tampering with evidence, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Voorhees Police Chief April Herrington said. At 1:17 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 24,  Voorhees police responded to the 100 block of North Route 73 for a motor vehicle crash involving a bicyclist and found M…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Hamilton Township, NJ
Breaking News
Guns, Drugs Gets Two Men Arrested: Hamilton Twp PD Guns, Drugs Gets Two Men Arrested: Hamilton Twp PD Guns, Drugs Gets Two Men Arrested: Hamilton Twp PD
Guns, Drugs Gets Two Men Arrested: Hamilton Twp PD Two men were were arrested and charged with weapons and drugs offenses following a motor vehicle stop in Hamilton Township, authorities said. At 1:36 a.m., officers pulled over a black Infinity Q50 near South Broad Street and Maddock Avenue, Hamilton Township police said. The passenger, Derrick Rossi, a 45-year--old Hamilton resident had an outstanding warrant, police said. Rossi tried to take his jacket off and then started reaching his hands into the lower side of his body and refused to exit the vehicle, police said. Officers tried to remove Rossi from the vehicle, but he resisted, while…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Toms River, NJ
Breaking News
Toms River Man Admits To Possessing Child Porn: Prosecutor Toms River Man Admits To Possessing Child Porn: Prosecutor Toms River Man Admits To Possessing Child Porn: Prosecutor
Toms River Man Admits To Possessing Child Porn: Prosecutor A 32-year-old Toms River man admitted to possessing child pornography, authorities announced. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Cory Baxter faces four years in prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child sexual material, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. An investigation into Baxter began after New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual was sending/receiving images of child pornography from the internet,  Billhimer said. Baxter was accessing i…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Prev Page 1 of 1174 1 2 3 4 5 Next
1 - 10 of 11,731 articles