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UPDATE: New Milford High School Student Drowned Trying To Retrieve Ball For Soccer Players UPDATE: New Milford High School Student Drowned Trying To Retrieve Ball For Soccer Players
Update: New Milford High School Student Drowned Trying To Retrieve Ball For Soccer Players UPDATE: The body of a New Milford High School senior was removed from a borough pond hours after what witnesses said was a tragic accident. Clinten Ajit, 18, was doing a good deed when he went into the Hard Castle Pond behind the Dorchester Manor Apartments near the borough athletic fields around 7:15 p.m. Friday, April 22. "Some kids accidentally kicked a soccer ball in the water and [he] said he would get it for them," a responder said after police spoke with witnesses. "He didn't know how to swim and never came back up." Responding officers found Ajit's shoes on the bank, the ball floa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FOUND! Boy, 14, Who Went Missing In Meadowlands Marshes Late At Night Reunited With Mom FOUND! Boy, 14, Who Went Missing In Meadowlands Marshes Late At Night Reunited With Mom
Found! Boy, 14, Who Went Missing In Meadowlands Marshes Late At Night Reunited With Mom A missing 14-year-old East Rutherford boy evaded an hours-long, late-night search before turning up in Lyndhurst, authorities said. The boy's mother told police that her son had run off from The Monarch apartment complex shortly after 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, East Rutherford Deputy Chief Phillip Taormina said. She said she ran after him but lost the boy about 20 feet in the marshland behind the development off eastbound Route 3 across from the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Given the terrain and frigid temperatures, officers requested K-9s from the Bergen County Sheriff's and Maywood pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Was Vacationing With BF, Family Says NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Was Vacationing With BF, Family Says
NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Was Vacationing With BF, Family Says A New Jersey man who was swept out to sea while swimming in Hawaii waters was vacationing with his boyfriend, his family tells Daily Voice. Middletown's Matthew Preziose, 25, was standing in the waters of Lumaha'i Beach and moments later was swept out to sea on Saturday, March 5, his boyfriend, Nick Slawinski told Daily Voice. ALSO SEE: Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' Slawinski claims he leaped into the water to save his love, who was caught in a riptide and nearly 150 feet from the shoreline. The search for his body was suspended the af…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Massive Search Underway For NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Massive Search Underway For NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii
Massive Search Underway For NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii A massive search is underway for a missing New Jersey man who was swept out to sea while swimming in Hawaii waters, authorities said. Matthew Preziose, 25, and another swimmer were in distress off Lumaha‘i Beach just after 1 p.m., Saturday, March 5, Kauai police said. ALSO SEE: Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' One swimmer made it safely to shore, however, the Middletown resident was last seen being swept out to sea, according to local police. Preziose works as a freelance photographer in the NJ and NYC area, according to his Instagram an…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Strip Club Fight: 3 Suspects Charged In Assault Of South Jersey Man Found Dead, Police Say Strip Club Fight: 3 Suspects Charged In Assault Of South Jersey Man Found Dead, Police Say
Strip Club Fight: 3 Suspects Charged In Assault Of South Jersey Man Found Dead, Police Say Three men have been arrested in connection with a fight at a strip club that occurred early Sunday before a South Jersey man went missing and was later found dead. The body of Irving Mayren-Guzman, 19, of Egg Harbor Township, was found in a marsh near the Centerfolds Night Club in Pleasantville on Tuesday morning.  Jamaul Timberlake, 30, Atlantic City; John Hands, 24, of Pleasantville and Garnell Hands, 29, of Pleasantville were taken into custody Wednesday evening, according to Pleasantville police.  All three men were charged with second-degree aggravated assault and consp…

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by Jon Craig
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Drone Finds Bodies Of Missing Jersey Shore Couple In Pine Barrens, No Foul Play Suspected Drone Finds Bodies Of Missing Jersey Shore Couple In Pine Barrens, No Foul Play Suspected
Drone Finds Bodies Of Missing Jersey Shore Couple In Pine Barrens, No Foul Play Suspected Police using a drone found the bodies Tuesday of an Ocean County couple who went missing two weeks ago. No foul play was suspected, authorities said. The bodies of Lorraine Parker, 60, and Gary Parker, 67, "were located deceased in a densely wooded area of Warren Grove in the vicinity of their residence," Stafford Township police announced in a release. Although autopsies were scheduled for later this week, police said they don't suspect any criminal wrongdoing. "Our department sends its condolences to the Parkers' family and friends," the department said. The couple was reportedly last s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police ID Missing Delaware River Boaters Police ID Missing Delaware River Boaters
Police ID Missing Delaware River Boaters New Jersey State Police have identified the two boaters who they said went missing on the Delaware River over the weekend. A search and rescue mission was launched Saturday for Joseph P. McLaughlin, 24, and Brian S. Palangi, 26, both of Deptford, New Jersey State Police spokesperson Adam Dewechter said. Their boat capsized near Crown Point Road in West Deptford around 2:10 p.m., sending them and a third victim overboard, authorities said previously. The third victim was recovered by responders that afternoon, but McLaughlin and Palangi remained missing as of Monday morning, NJSP …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Search For Boaters In Delaware River Turns To Recovery Mission Search For Boaters In Delaware River Turns To Recovery Mission
Search For Boaters In Delaware River Turns To Recovery Mission The search for boaters who went missing when their vessel capsized over the weekend on the Delaware River has turned to a recovery mission, authorities said. Several search and rescue teams including the US Coast Guard were called to the area near Crown Point Road in West Deptford around 2:10 p.m. Saturday, authorities and sources said. The small speed boat had apparently overturned, sending three occupants overboard. One was rescued by Good Samaritans and the other two remained missing as of Monday morning. "The search and rescue has transitioned into a recovery operation," New Jerse…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA Plane Missing Off Coast Of Massachusetts, Coast Guard Says PA Plane Missing Off Coast Of Massachusetts, Coast Guard Says
PA Plane Missing Off Coast Of Massachusetts, Coast Guard Says The United States Coast Guard is searching for a downed plane that departed Reading, PA near Cape Cod, MA, authorities say. The plane is a Piper PA-28 was reported missing on Sunday around 10 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in an emailed statement to the Associated Press. The Coast Guard joined the search for the missing airplane with one person onboard following a report from the Air Force around 10:30 p.m., Coast Guard Petty Officer Noel Ryan told MassLive. #HappeningNow @USCG is responding to a report of a downed aircraft with a single occupant off of #NausetBeach, MA…

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by Jillian Pikora
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STILL MISSING: Search Intensifies For Young Passaic Couple Swept Away In Ida's Floodwaters STILL MISSING: Search Intensifies For Young Passaic Couple Swept Away In Ida's Floodwaters
Still Missing: Search Intensifies For Young Passaic Couple Swept Away In Ida's Floodwaters UPDATE (SEPT. 10): The New Jersey Medical Examiner's Office on Friday positively identified two bodies pulled from the Passaic River over the previous two days as a former high school prom king and queen swept away in Hurricane Ida's floodwaters last week. CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY.... ****** UPDATE (SATURDAY): With the Passaic River tide the lowest its been since before Tropical Storm Ida struck, authorities resumed their search for a former prom king and queen swept away in floodwaters. The Passaic couple, Nidhi Rana, 18, and Ayush Rana, 21, apparently were swept into a storm drain that …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Emergency Crews, State Police Search For Possible Drowning Victim At Tomahawk Lake PHOTOS: Emergency Crews, State Police Search For Possible Drowning Victim At Tomahawk Lake
Photos: Emergency Crews, State Police Search For Possible Drowning Victim At Tomahawk Lake Emergency crews from Byram and surrounding agencies conducted a several-hour search of Tomahawk Lake after receiving multiple reports of a possible drowning victim Monday evening. Byram Police, Fire and Lakeland Emergency Squad responded to Tomahawk Lake in Sparta around 6 p.m. on reports of a swimmer that went underwater and had not resurfaced, the Byram Township fire department said on Facebook. The crews were met at the scene by Tomahawk Lake lifeguards, who had already begun the search, authorities said. A short time later, the Morris County Dive Initiative was requested for assistanc…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Search Crews Find No Evidence Of LBI Plane Crash Search Crews Find No Evidence Of LBI Plane Crash
Search Crews Find No Evidence Of LBI Plane Crash A water search and rescue was canceled about 90 minutes after a small plane was reported crashed off the Jersey Shore, authorities said. The aircraft's suspected crash occurred about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, about a mile offshore from Long Beach Island, reports said. An unconfirmed report, about an hour after the sighting, said air and water rescue reams had not located an aircraft. Among the search teams were U.S. Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police helicopters and local firefighters on boats and jet skis.  “We have received a report of a plane crash off Long Beach Island,” the Coas…

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by Jon Craig