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NJ Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter: Prosecutor
A 50-year-old Egg Harbor Township man pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his stepdaughter, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 14. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Rufino Carreron-Peralta faces 18 years in prison after pleadinig guilty to aggravated sexual assault against a victim less than 13 years of age, endangering the welfare of a child by permitting a child to engage in filming a prohibited sexual act, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. In 2003, a girl told Egg Harbor Township police Carreron-Peralta, her stefather, was sexually abusing her, authorities s…
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29 Dead Sharks Wash Up Along 10-Block Stretch Of NJ Beach
Michelle Greenling is used to seeing the occasional shark during her morning walks along the beach. But 29 in a 10-block stretch? That caught her attention. Greenling, 46, was walking along the beach in Sea Isle City on Wednesday morning, Aug. 12, when she counted 29 dead dogfish sharks along the shoreline between 29th and 39th street, she told Daily Voice. Greenling took photos and posted about what she found in a SIC Facebook group, hoping someone could tell her whether the discovery should be reported. Commenters suggested contacting marine organizations or the New Jersey Department of…
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Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will
Janet Pizzelli became known for her fight to see the man accused of killing her 27-year-old daughter, Mary Rose Fealey, face justice. But when the 61-year-old mother died of breast cancer in December 2025, less than two years after her daughter's murder, she believed that day might never come. Now, months after her death, the outcome she had hoped for has arrived: David Shroitman, the 30-year-old Somerville man charged in Fealey's killing, has been found competent to stand trial. On Thursday, Aug. 13, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober made the ruling, following another…
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NJ Soccer Player Recovering After Mom Dies Saving Her In Colombia Quake
A college soccer player from Bergen County is recovering from critical injuries after an earthquake in Colombia killed her mother, who reportedly went back into a collapsed home to save her. Natalia Jaramillo, who plays soccer for Kean Jersey City, was critically injured during the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday, Aug. 10, according to the team's Instagram account. Natalia's mother, Bergenfield resident Magnolia Garcia Lugo, initially survived when the home where the family was staying collapsed but went back inside in an effort to save her daughter, Bergenfield Mayo…
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NJ Cop Illegally Pulled Woman's Booking Photo Then Sent It To Her: Complaint
A police officer in Monmouth County is facing charges after authorities said he illegally used a police database to find a woman's booking photo. Middletown Police Officer Tony Perito unlawfully accessed a police database to find a booking photo of the woman who had been arrested, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. Perito then sent the photo to the woman via a social media platform, according to the complaint. Pertito is charged with criminal computer activity. Perito was previously honored with a valor award by the department in 2023. Online court records show that…
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Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police
A sleeping child was thrown onto the pavement outside a Lancaster County Walmart, leading to a man's arrest, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Justin Martin Wagner, 41, of Lancaster, was arrested following the incident at the Walmart at 890 East Main St. in Ephrata Township at 6:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Ephrata Police Department. Wagner had been causing a disturbance inside the store before witnesses saw him take a sleeping child from a shopping cart, lift the child into the air, and throw the child onto the pavement in the parking lot, police said. Wagner was la…
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Crash With Injury Jams Tonnelle Avenue In North Bergen
A crash with injuries was causing major backups on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen during the Thursday, Aug. 13 evening commute. The crash was reported on southbound Routes 1&9/Tonnelle Avenue north of Secaucus Road at 6:28 p.m., according to a traffic alert on the DOT site. One of the roadway's two southbound lanes was closed following the crash, the alert said. Major backups were reported in the area, with police at the scene as of 6:43 p.m. Additional details about the crash and the extent of the injuries were not immediately available.
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Man Dies While Helping Friend With Home Maintenance In Clifton Attic
A man died after becoming unconscious while helping friends with home maintenance inside a Clifton attic on Thursday, Aug. 13, authorities said. Clifton police, firefighters, EMS crews, and hospital-based paramedics responded to a home on East 9th Street at 11:55 a.m., Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Anderson said. Responders learned that the man, whose identity was not released, had been helping the residents with home maintenance when he became unconscious in the attic, Anderson said. Crews performed extensive rescue and resuscitation efforts, but the man was pronounced dead at t…
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Surveillance Video Cracks Bergen County Driveway Car Burglary, Police Say
A 19-year-old Irvington man has been arrested nearly two months after two people were caught on surveillance video rummaging through a vehicle in a North Arlington driveway, authorities said. Takeem Leverett was taken into custody on an active North Arlington warrant on Tuesday, Aug. 11, following an investigation into the June burglary, North Arlington Police Capt. David Hudak said. Officers investigated the burglary during the early morning hours of Sunday, June 14, after a vehicle parked in a residential driveway near Crystal and Gold streets was entered. Surveillance footage obtain…
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Route 4 Pursuit Of Stolen Car Ends With Arrest At George Washington Bridge
A stolen car spotted in a Maywood resident's driveway led police on a pursuit that ended with the driver being captured at the George Washington Bridge on Thursday morning, Aug. 13, authorities said. Maywood Police Officer Steven Galesi spotted an occupied gray 2016 Toyota Camry with New York plates backed into a driveway on Briarcliff Avenue just before 12 p.m., Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny said. When the driver saw the officer, the Camry quickly left the driveway and headed north on Briarcliff Avenue, Kenny said. A computer check showed the Toyota had been reported stolen to th…
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NJ Mom Dies Saving Daughter In Colombia Earthquake
A Bergen County mother died after reportedly going back into a collapsed home to save her daughter during an earthquake in Colombia, the borough's mayor said. Magnolia Garcia Lugo, of Bergenfield, was identified as the victim by ABC Eyewitness News. Lugo was visiting Colombia with her daughter when the home where they were staying collapsed during the Aug. 10 earthquake, Bergenfield Mayor Arvin Amatorio said. Preliminary information indicates Magnolia initially survived but re-entered the home in an effort to save her daughter, Amatorio said. According to ABC News, Lugo die…
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NJ Music Teacher, 72, Tried To Have Sex With 17-Year-Old Student: Prosecutor
A 72-year-old New Jersey music teacher was arrested after he tried to have sex with a 17-year-old student he was giving private lessons to, authorities said. John Bendzak was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 12, following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Bendzak had been communicating with the teen in June before trying to engage in sexual conduct with the student at a West Milford home on July 9, Valdes said. After the incident on July 9, Bendzak sent harassing communications to the t…
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NY Man Exposed Himself Multiple Times In NJ Borough: Police
A 21-year-old New York man has been charged after exposing himself throughout South River, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 13. Between Thursday, July 2 and Tuesday, July 7, officers received multiple reports of a man, later identified as Anthony Lopez, exposing himself in public to people. Most of the incidents occurred just off Whitehead Avenue near Magiera Street, Spring Street, and Jeffrie Avenue, police said. An investigation identified Lopez as the suspect and he has been charged with five counts of lewdness, police said. An active warrant has been issued for his arrest, poli…
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Viral Video Shows Gun Pulled From Paramus Brook: Here's What Really Happened
A video showing Paramus police pulling a gun from a local brook has caught fire online, and now authorities are explaining what really happened. Officers were working a detail along Forest Avenue at Behnke Brook (299 Forest Ave.) at 10:52 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, while a section of the brook was being drained, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. As the water dropped, a gun was spotted buried in the mud at the bottom of the brook, Guidetti said. A special officer at the scene called Paramus police, who responded and recovered the weapon, according to the chief. The gun was h…
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Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are
You have probably driven past one without realizing it. Flock's license plate readers have spread along roads and through communities across the country, giving police a tool to locate vehicles while fueling a growing debate over just how much the cameras can reveal about where people go. Now, a growing privacy advocacy project is letting you see where those cameras have been spotted. DeFlock, an independent open-source effort opposed to widespread automatic license plate reader surveillance, maintains a searchable nationwide map of the devices. As of Thursday, Aug. 13, the map displayed …
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20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police
An elderly person and 20 dogs were rescued from inhumane conditions at a home in New York, police said. The dogs were living in feces- and urine-filled cages with insufficient ventilation, New York State Police said Thursday, Aug. 13. Additionally, the dogs did not have immediate access to food or water, authorities said. Troopers responded to a complaint about the home in Argyle on Sunday, Aug. 9 around 1 p.m., according to state police. In addition to the dogs, they found an elderly person “in need of immediate assistance due to mobility issues.” Carol Kiaer, 72, of Argyle, was arrested …
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Gun, Drugs Found In Ex-NJ Councilman's Car: Police (
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A former councilman accused earlier this year of repeatedly smashing windows at a Bergen County home had a gun, drugs, and a prohibited device in his vehicle, authorities said. Glen A. Luciano, 64, was lodged in the Bergen County Jail after voluntarily surrendering on a warrant, Englewood Cliffs Acting Police Chief James Tracy said Thursday, Aug. 13. Luciano's latest charges stem from the investigation that began with his March 16 arrest on third-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree stalking charges, Tracy said. He was given a court date and released at the time. Englewood Cliffs…
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ICE Detains 14 In NJ Town
Fourteen people were detained following an ICE raid in Hackettstown Wednesday, Aug. 12, authorities said. Two of the people detained, Rafael Salazar and Luis Rivera Guillen, have criminal records, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Salazar, a native of the Dominican Republic, was previously arrested in Miami for cocaine possession while Guillen, a Honduras native, has prior convictions in New York for criminal mischief with intent to damage property and possession of controlled substances, ICE said. Everyone detained had illegally entered the United States at some …
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5 Cremation Urns, 70K Videos, 2 Missing Women; Inside 'Dark' Death Investigation: Police
Five urns believed to contain cremated remains, 70,000 videos, 600,000 images, and thousands of pages of writings are among a mountain of evidence recovered from a home now at the center of a death investigation involving two women who vanished years apart, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The sprawling investigation centers on 44-year-old Eugene Horsch and 417 West Chew Avenue in the city's Olney section, where Philadelphia detectives reviewing digital evidence discovered recordings showing missing women Maribel Fresses and Gabrielle Amarando alive and, in later footage, apparently d…
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NJ Cyclist Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver Leaves Behind Brand-New Bride
Rocco Della Serra and his wife, Zsuzsanna Carlson, had been married for just three months when the life they were building together was suddenly cut short. Della Serra, a 65-year-old Cranford father and grandfather, was killed by an alleged drunk driver with a history of DUIs while riding his bicycle on Route 22 in Mountainside on Thursday, Aug. 6, as previously reported by Daily Voice. His wife is now facing the loss of her new husband as friends rally around her through a GoFundMe that had raised $18,000 as of Wednesday, Aug. 12. “Zsuzsanna and Rocco had only been married for three month…
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Fake VIN Leads Cops To Stolen SUV At Paterson Home, Sheriff Says
A VIN that Toyota never issued led Passaic County detectives to a Paterson man accused of using altered documents to title two vehicles, authorities said. Luis M. Nurse-Rosario, 31, was arrested at his Paterson home on Monday, Aug. 10, following an investigation into a 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander and Honda Pilot, Passaic County Sheriff Thomas Adamo said. The investigation began on July 27, when detectives received information about a suspected "re-VIN" Toyota Grand Highlander registered in Paterson, Adamo said. Detectives determined the Toyota had allegedly been titled in New York usi…
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Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama
John Gotti’s COVID fraudster grandson has finally reported to prison, after delaying his report date for nearly half a year, authorities said. Carmine G. Agnello, 40, of Oyster Bay, NY, is being held in federal prison in Fairton, NJ, according to Bureau of Prisons records. Agnello was sentenced to 15 months behind bars in April 2026. He pleaded guilty to stealing $1.1 million in federal COVID relief funds and spending the money on cryptocurrency investments. But Agnello insisted he needed to remain free to donate a kidney to his mother, Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious “Teflon Don…
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Motorcyclist Ejected In Garden State Parkway Crash:
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A 37-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured when his motorcycle struck the back of a van on the Garden State Parkway in Passaic County on Wednesday, Aug. 12, authorities said. New Jersey State Police responded to the southbound Parkway at milepost 155.5 in Clifton at 12:17 p.m. for a crash involving a Ford van and Yamaha motorcycle, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Both vehicles were traveling south when the Yamaha struck the rear of the Ford near milepost 155.5, according to a preliminary investigation. The motorcyclist, a male from Haledon, was ejected and suffered serious injurie…
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Cranford Cyclist Killed By Drunk Driver With Prior DUIs: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old drunk driver with a history of DUIs and careless driving offenses ran a red light on Route 22 in Mountainside, struck and killed a 65-year-old bicyclist, then continued driving for three miles before police found him, authorities and court records show. Fabian Parra, of North Plainfield, was charged Monday, Aug. 10, with second-degree vehicular homicide and second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal crash in the death of Rocco Della Serra, 65, of Cranford, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Mountainside Police Chief Joseph Giannuzzi said. Parra also faces 15 motor v…
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Mitsuwa Shoplifter Hits Worker With Getaway Car In Bergen County: Cops
A shoplifter struck a loss prevention worker with a getaway vehicle while fleeing a popular Bergen County Asian grocery store on Wednesday, Aug. 5, authorities said. Edgewater police responded to Mitsuwa Marketplace at 595 River Road around 2:45 p.m., on a report of a physical dispute, Edgewater Police Detective Sgt. Jorge Vanegas said. A loss prevention employee had confronted two men who were actively shoplifting when the encounter escalated, Vanegas said. Stephen Taborda, 62, of Paterson, struck the employee with the getaway vehicle while fleeing, according to police. Tabo…
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Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say
Eleven New Yorkers have been charged in an alleged international immigration fraud scheme that arranged more than 1,000 sham marriages and collected tens of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said. The defendants were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, after a two-count federal indictment was unsealed, according to the US Department of Justice. The network operated for more than a decade and arranged sham marriages between foreign nationals, primarily citizens of China, and US citizens to fraudulently obtain immigration status, prosecutors allege. Those indicted inc…
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Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents
The Department of Homeland Security DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are planning to spend as much as $20 million on gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, federal records and published reports show. ICE published the new requirement Monday, Aug. 10, seeking CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E. devices, short for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. The federal government describes the gloves as a “Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device” that would be issued to Homeland…
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Teenage Daughter Killed In Intentional Explosion Dad Admitted To Setting: Court Docs
A Pennsylvania father accused of intentionally blowing up his family's home, killing his 19-year-old daughter and injuring his estranged wife, has admitted to killing the teen. Brian Jeffrey Shelleby, 47, of Castle Shannon, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and aggravated arson causing bodily injury in a negotiated plea before Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Bruce R. Beemer on Monday, Aug. 10, court records show. Shelleby is awaiting sentencing, which is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 510, according to his docket. He remains in the Allegheny C…
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2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (
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The two men killed in a head-on crash near Hersheypark have been identified, Derry Township police announced in a correction update on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Ronald Lindenmuth, 57, of Phoenix, Arizona, was driving the minivan and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at West Hersheypark Drive and North Hockersville Road on Tuesday, Aug. 11, police said. James Eyerly, 63, of Harrisburg, was a passenger in the minivan and was taken to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries, according to police. The 17-year-old Harrisburg boy dr…
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Newlyweds Appeared To Share Idyllic Year Of Marriage Before Husband Charged With Her NJ Murder
For their first year of marriage, Alyne and Ignacio Espinal appeared to be a happy couple, sharing photos of beach trips, restaurant outings and celebrations on Facebook. Then, just after their first anniversary, Ignacio Espinal, 55, was charged with murdering his 46-year-old wife inside their Somerville home, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 7:26 p.m., Somerville police responded to a 911 call on Brookside Avenue and found Alyne with multiple lacerations to her chest, neck and thigh, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Chief of County Detectives Mered…
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Parents Charged With Killing Infant In NJ: Prosecutor
A mother and father have been charged with killing their infant baby in Hudson County, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12. Jason Megaro, a 27-year-old Mount Carmel, Pa. resident and Jenae Vasquez, a 20-year-old Bronx resident were indicted by a grand jury on charges of aggravated manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. On Wednesday, March 25, a 2-month old baby boy was brought to a hospital where he was pronounced dead the next day, Mello said. The cause of death was determined to be complications from blunt force injuries t…
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