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Babysitters Mourn Loss Of NJ Kids Found 'Bound & Restrained' In Mom's Car Babysitters Mourn Loss Of NJ Kids Found 'Bound & Restrained' In Mom's Car
Babysitters Mourn Loss Of NJ Kids Found 'Bound & Restrained' In Mom's Car Two children who died after a tow truck driver found them bound and restrained in the back of their mom's car are being remembered by their babysitters. Gabriella Armijos told Daily Voice that 11-month-old Paul and his 7-year-old sister Samantha lit up a room with their "bright smile and laughter. The children's mom, Yuhwei Chou, of Skillman, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. "Paul was like the perfect baby, he always had a smile on his face when he saw either my aunt or myself," she said. "He was such a lovable child.  "Samantha was always curious and lov…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Massive Search Under Way For East Orange Teen Who Disappeared From Deli Massive Search Under Way For East Orange Teen Who Disappeared From Deli
Massive Search Under Way For East Orange Teen Who Disappeared From Deli The search for an Essex County teen who was last seen Oct. 14 at a deli near her house is intensifying. Crews gathered at a pond inside Monte Irvin Park in East Orange Saturday looking for Jashyah Moore, CBS2 reports. SEARCH FOR JASHYAH: Some clearer photos of 14 y/o Jashyah Moore given to me by her mother. Pls note she no longer has a nose ring. Last seen wearing a black jacket, boots + khakis. More in our piece at 11p @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/SpCdOdE5lr — Lisa Rozner (@LisaRoznerTV) November 6, 2021 Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura told the outlet that 14-year-old Jashyah fr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Memorials Honor Jersey Shore Lifeguard Killed By Lightning Memorials Honor Jersey Shore Lifeguard Killed By Lightning
Memorials Honor Jersey Shore Lifeguard Killed By Lightning Monday afternoon was just another work day for South Seaside Park guard Keith Pinto, who sat in the lifeguard chair under clear skies surrounded by his colleagues and beach goers. Seemingly out of nowhere, though, lightning struck.  The 19-year-old guard fell out of his chair and the force knocked a nearby group of people to the ground around 4:30 p.m. at the 21st Avenue Beach, witnesses tell CBS2. A visitor recalls it smelling like hair burning.  #RIP: Friends of 19-year-old Keith Pinto say the community is heartbroken. They, along with his family, are devastated the young man with a…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash
Six Years Later, Son Finds Dad's Missing Cellphone At Spot Of Fatal Mahwah Crash Glenn Slater Jr. had been to the spot in Mahwah where his dad died in a horrific crash nearly three dozen times the past six years. But a visit on Friday was unlike any other. “As always, if I'm nearby I visit the site” in the northwest corner of Bergen County where Glenn Sr. was killed in a horrific crash, he said. Glenn Jr., 33, of West Milford returned on Friday and was about to leave when he spotted it. “On the ground, covered by a layer of dirt…I found my dad's cell phone,” he wrote. “Or maybe it found me.” Glenn Sr., 62, was driving a water tank that struck several trees and flippe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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City 'Accordion' Bus Dangles From Cross Bronx Overpass City 'Accordion' Bus Dangles From Cross Bronx Overpass
City 'Accordion' Bus Dangles From Cross Bronx Overpass The front of a tandem bus careened off the Cross Bronx Expressway and dangled onto a Major Deegan Expressway ramp late Thursday, critically injuring the driver, authorities said. Eight passengers were hospitalized with what the New York Fire Department said weren’t life-threatening injuries after the front of the MTA accordion bus smashed into the ramp below, leaving it vertical, shortly after 11 p.m. The rest of the bus remained on the highway near University Avenue, with its design likely preventing a greater catastrophe. Police initially said the driver either "failed to navigate" a tu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Montclair Shooting Suspect Arrested, Victim Critical Police: Montclair Shooting Suspect Arrested, Victim Critical
Police: Montclair Shooting Suspect Arrested, Victim Critical One person was arrested and another in critical condition after a Tuesday afternoon shooting in Montclair, authorities said. The victim was taken to University Hospital in Newark after the 2 p.m. shooting on Greenwood Avenue outside the Union Garden apartments. A man identified by a witness as having fled the scene was in police custody, Chief Todd Conforti said. The shooter and victim apparently know each other, and more charges were pending an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, the chief said. The incident may have been drug-related, CBS2 reports. "I received co…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug 'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug
'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug "Every day is getting worse," New Jersey's first presumed positive case of coronavirus said in a TV interview. "It happened so quick." James Cai, 32, went to an urgent care center before he was hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center last Tuesday. Cai is a physicians assistant, doesn't smoke and has no underlying health conditions, he said in an interview with CBS2.  He believes he contracted coronavirus at a Times Square medical conference two weekends ago and felt it spread quickly to both of his lungs. "People have to take coronavirus seriously," Cai to…

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by Cecilia Levine