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Husband Charged In NJ Crash That Killed Wife, Prosecutor Says
Two drivers including the husband of a woman killed were found at fault in the Route 9 crash last month in Old Bridge, authorities said. Benjamin Futerman, 32, of Manalapan, and Wilson Familia, 22, of Old Bridge, have both been charged in the June 2 crash on Route 9 at Ferry Road that left Kristina Godich dead and several others injured, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Old Bridge Police Chief Thomas J. Montagna announced Thursday, July 11. Investigators found that speeding combined “with aggressive and reckless driving" contributed to the collision, Ciccone noted. Futerman …
Obituaries
Mom, 31, Killed In Route 9 Crash Was Risk Management Exec With Enormous Heart
The woman killed in a crash earlier this month in Central Jersey is being remembered for her abounding love and dedication to her family. Kristina Godich, 31, of Manalapan, was riding in a BMW at the time of a multi-vehicle accident around 1 a.m. Sunday, June 2, on Route 9 in Old Bridge, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Godich was pronounced dead at the scene, and five others were injured. According to her obituary on the Freeman Funeral Homes website, Kristina is survived by her son, Jayson, her husband, Ben Futerman, her parents Arthur and Marina Godich, and countless other clo…
Police & Fire
Feds Indict Bergen Advisor For Stealing $3M From Senior Clients To Gamble, Buy Home, Gold Coins
A disgraced former broker and investment advisor is now under federal indictment for stealing more than $3 million from clients that authorities said he used to gamble and buy gold coins and a new house in Bergen County. Kenneth A. Welsh, 42, of River Edge, "used his position as an investment advisor to gain the trust of his victims," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "(He) then exploited that trust,” Sellinger said. Welsh was working at Wells Fargo Clearing Services in Fairfield when federal authorities said he began shifting money from clients' accounts to that he controlled in Ju…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Advisor Who Swindled Mentally Impaired Elderly Siblings Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen
UPDATE: A former investment advisor from the Jersey Shore who admitted swindling elderly and impaired clients out of more than $625,000 to partly fund a gambling habit was sentenced to a plea-bargained 3½ years in federal prison this week. Mario E. Rivero Jr., 39, of Red Bank, must serve out the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Rivero, a former Wells Fargo agent and investment adviser representative who had an office in Elizabeth, convinced five clients to transfer investment funds to their personal bank accounts, federal authorities charged. Many of his …
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Sentenced In String Of Bank Robberies
A Colts Neck man who committed a string of bank robberies has been sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison, authorities said. Conor Kavanagh, 31, was convicted in connection with three robberies, all of which occurred within a month of each other in 2021, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago Shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 13, 2021, an individual who was later identified as Kavanagh approached a teller window at the PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport. Kavanagh then passed a note indicating he …
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Popular Kosher Supermarket Opening In North Jersey
Seasons Express is coming to Bergen County. The popular kosher supermarket is opening a location at 465-467 Cedar Lane in Teaneck, replacing a Wells Fargo. The new Seasons Express comes on the heels of the supermarket closing its location in Clifton, after the store unexpectedly lost its lease. Currently, the only Seasons Express in New Jersey is in Lakewood. An opening date for the new Teaneck location has not been announced.
Real Estate
Historic Jersey City Matzo, Tea Factories Redeveloped In $121.5 Million Deal (
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A luxury home developer is partnering with a New York City company to develop a Jersey City condominium community located in an area formerly home to the historic Manischewitz matzo factory and Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company warehouse. Toll Brothers and Sculptor Capital Management will be developing the 34-story 259-unit building at 151 Bay St., in Jersey City. Located within the Powerhouse Arts District in Jersey City, 151 Bay St. is being financed through a $121.5 million construction loan from Wells Fargo. The development will consist of 259 studio- to three-b…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Bank Robbery Spree: Prosecutor
A 29-year-old man from Colts Neck has been indicted in connection with a string of bank robberies on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Conor Kavanagh was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury for three counts of armed robbery, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 13, 2021, a person later identified as Kavanagh approached a teller window at the PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport, passed a note indicating he was in possession of a weapon, and made off with an unspecified q…
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NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam
A former investment adviser swindled four elderly New Jersey customers out of $529,780 that he used for gambling, meals and car payments, state authorities said. Three of the victims conned by Mario E. Rivero, Jr. were elderly siblings who had eighth-grade educations, couldn't speak or read English and had "diminished capacity," Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, March 14. Rivero -- who'd known the siblings for more than 10 years before becoming their financial professional -- told them and others that their money "would be invested in his mother's and fr…
Police & Fire
Suspect In 3 Armed Bank Robberies Arrested In Central Jersey Getaway Pickup: Prosecutor
A 29-year-old man from Colts Neck man has been arrested in connection with a series of bank robberies during the past month, authorities said. Conor Kavanagh, 29, was charged with three counts of first-degree armed robbery, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said on Monday. An investigation was initiated after the first of three bank robberies, which took place shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport, the prosecutor said. At that time, a man later identified as Kavanagh approached …
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HIM? Newark Police Seek ID For Masked Man In Attempted Armored Carjacking
Police in Newark are seeking the public’s help identifying a man they say attempted to carjack an armored vehicle Thursday afternoon. A man, pictured above, entered a Garda armored car occupied by a security guard at Wells Fargo on South Orange Avenue around 1:30 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The man hit two adjacent vehicles and fled the scene, running southbound on Stuyvesant Avenue toward Rockland Terrace, Ambrose said. The car guard sustained a minor hand injury and was treated at University Hospital, authorities said. The suspect is described as a black…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber
GOTCHA! A Clifton police sergeant rushing to the scene nabbed a bank robber as he fled, authorities said. Robert Fitzpatrick, 33, of Elizabeth was charged with robbing the Wells Fargo branch on Main Avenue near the Clifton Commons mall off Route 3 shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Moments earlier, he'd handed a teller a note demanding cash and fled with undisclosed proceeds, Anderson said. No weapon was shown, he said. Sgt. Bruce Lawson was headed to the call when he spotted Fitzpatrick, who fit the robber's description -- and captured him. Fitzpatri…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber
GOTCHA! A Clifton police sergeant rushing to the scene nabbed a bank robber as he fled, authorities said. Robert Fitzpatrick, 33, of Elizabeth was charged with robbing the Wells Fargo branch on Main Avenue near the Clifton Commons mall off Route 3 shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Moments earlier, he'd handed a teller a note demanding cash and fled with undisclosed proceeds, Anderson said. No weapon was shown, he said. Sgt. Bruce Lawson was headed to the call when he spotted Fitzpatrick, who fit the robber's description -- and captured him. Fitzpatri…
Police & Fire
70-Year-Old Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Wayne, Pequannock Holdups
A 70-year-old confessed bank robber from Little Falls was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for holding up banks four days apart in Wayne and Pequannock. Wayne detectives, with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, captured Philip N. McGrantham as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used earlier that day in the Sept. 30 robbery last year of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. He was carrying the proceeds of the holdup at the time, authorities said. McGrantham struck a deal with prosecutors and admitted t…
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