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Woman Indicted For Killing Mom With Broomstick: Report Woman Indicted For Killing Mom With Broomstick: Report
Woman Indicted For Killing Mom With Broomstick: Report A 65-year-old woman has been indicted for killing her mother with a broomstick, NJ Advance Media reports. Washington Township resident Loretta A. Barr allegedly struck 80-year-old Florence Dicriscio several times during a fight at their apartment, the outlet said. Dicriscio suffered a brain bleed, compacted vertebrae and broken ribs in the Saturday, Aug. 6 assault before being taken to a Philadelphia hospital, where she died three days later from blunt force trauma to the head and chest, the outlet said, citing court documents. DiCriscio Florence J. "Peggy" passed away peacefully on A…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report
NJ Daughter Who Used Broomstick To Fatally Beat Mom Was Acting In Self-Defense: Report An 80-year-old woman told police her 65-year-old daughter from South Jersey beat her with a broomstick three days before she died of her injuries in the attack, NJ Advance Media reports. The alleged assailant's defense attorney, though, says she was acting in self-defense. Florence Dicriscio told officers arriving at the Woodmont Circle in Washington Township on Aug. 6 that Loretta A. Barr struck her in the head with a broom and beat her up, then locked her out of the apartment, NJ.com says. Barr's attorney, Mark Bernstein, said Dicriscio suffered Alzheimer's and dementia, and of…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
SEEN HIM? South Jersey Man With Alzheimer's, 72, Missing SEEN HIM? South Jersey Man With Alzheimer's, 72, Missing
Seen HIM? South Jersey Man With Alzheimer's, 72, Missing Police in South Jersey seek the public's help locating a man in the early stages of Alzheimer's who has gone missing. The Willingboro Police Department said Jimmie Crosby is described as a black male, 72 years old, 5-feet, 10-inches tall, and weighing approximately 180 pounds. Crosby was driving a silver 2011 Chevrolet Malibu with NJ registration H71MAX. He was last seen on Monday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. on Charleston Road.  Anyone with information please contact Willingboro police at 609-877-3001 and/or dial 9-1-1.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
FOUND! Passaic Woman, 78, With Alzheimer's Safe, Sound FOUND! Passaic Woman, 78, With Alzheimer's Safe, Sound
Found! Passaic Woman, 78, With Alzheimer's Safe, Sound A 78-year-old Passaic woman with Alzheimer’s who went missing in the morning was found Wednesday night in Garfield, police said. Gloria Rivera left her Quincy Street residence around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday through the rear yard (see image above, right), city police said. She turned up about 12 hours later, they said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus 'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus
'Power Couple': North Jersey Soulmates Die 12 Days Apart From Coronavirus To put it simply, Sid and Mikki Schneider were soulmates. He was a tennis pro, she was a personal shopper. The two met 30 years ago through mutual friends and finally tied the knot in 1999. They both came from previous marriages and both had their own children. They each had their own hard times -- Mikki was widowed at 31, and then divorced from a second marriage.  But Sid and Mikki were each other's happily ever after, their family members say. Together, Sid and Mikki Schneider lived and died a power couple — just 12 days apart, both of coronavirus.  "They say that true love never die…

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by Cecilia Levine