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Family Of Slain NJ Girl, 9, Reported Abuse Weeks Before Her Death, Great-Grandma Says
For most of her young life, 9-year-old Maya Thomas knew a home filled with swimming, hiking, love, and two great-grandmothers who adored her. Now, those same women say they tried to save her after learning she was apparently being abused by her mother and stepfather just weeks before her death.
Maya was found severely injured outside her Paulsboro home early Tuesday, Oct. 13, after her mother, India Miller, and stepfather, Sean Scott, called 911 claiming she'd been struck by a car while walking her dog, Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew Johns said.
But doctors found bruises covering …
Netflix Replaces Top Show Boss Behind Your Favorites After Nearly A Decade
The woman who oversaw some of Netflix's biggest hits, including "Stranger Things," "Wednesday," and "Squid Game," is leaving the streaming giant after nearly a decade.
Bela Bajaria, Netflix's chief content officer, is departing the company, Netflix announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Peter Rice, a former Disney and Fox executive, will replace her beginning Monday, Oct. 26.
The shakeup comes one day after Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters told employees on Wednesday, Oct. 14, that the company was cutting about 1,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, in its largest round of layoffs yet d…
NJ Boy, 10, Thought News Report Of Aide's Sex Assault Was About Him: Lawsuit
A 10-year-old New Jersey boy read a news article in December 2023 about an after-school aide accused of sexually assaulting another child. Believing the story was about him, the boy revealed months of alleged abuse to his parents, according to a new lawsuit (attached at the bottom of this news article).
The lawsuit, filed Monday, Oct. 12, in Bergen County Superior Court, accuses the City of Englewood, its school district and Board of Education of failing to protect the boy from Johnathan Jones, a former aide at Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School.
Jones, then 21, was arrested in December 20…
NJ Girl Beaten To Death By Mom, Stepdad After Hit-Run Story Unravels: Prosecutor
A New Jersey mother and stepfather have been charged with murder following the death of a 9-year-old girl, authorities announced Thursday, Oct. 15.
At 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, India Miller, 27, and Sean Scott, 45, both Paulsboro residents, called 911 after Miller said she heard a loud sound, similar to tires screeching, before Scott went outside and found the girl by their shed, at 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew Johns said. Miller said the girl was hit by a car while walking her dog, Johns said.
The girl was transported to a local hos…
Man, 26, Shot In Paterson, But Police Find No Evidence At Scene: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in Paterson, but police were unable to find evidence of a shooting where investigators believe it happened, authorities said.
Paterson police responded to St. Joseph's Hospital in Wayne around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, after receiving a report of a man with a nonfatal gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-in-Charge Patrick Murray said.
Investigators determined the man had been shot near River and Putnam streets in Paterson, but officers found no evidence of a shooting in the area, au…
NJ Dad Drives To Son's Crash, Gets Busted For DWI: Police
A 57-year-old Flanders man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he drove drunk to his son's crash scene, authorities announced Wednesday, Oct. 14.
On Friday, Oct. 9, officers responded to Pleasant Hill Road for a crash, Mount Olive police said. Joseph Dipaolo, the father of the driver involved in the crash, also responded to the scene, police said.
As officers spoke with Dipaolo, they detected the odor of alcohol and that he appeared to be impaired, police said. He was asked to perform field sobriety tests and was arrested, police said.
Dipaolo was charged&nb…
