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Five Teens Arrested In Ocean County After Stealing Luxury SUV In North Jersey: Police
Five teens were accused of stealing a luxury SUV in North Jersey and leading police in Ocean County on a chase, authorities said. Stafford Township police received a report of a stolen vehicle traveling near Route 72 and the Garden State Parkway at around 9:57 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 29. The black 2019 Mercedes GLC was reported stolen from Nutley and was liked to a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian in Newark earlier that day. Officers responded to the area and found the SUV heading with on Route 72 near Marsha Drive. The driver refused to pull over for police and sped away from them. Spike s…
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Charged By FBI With Igniting Explosive Outside Passaic County ATM
A career criminal from Passaic County who's been busted dozens of times in North Jersey in just the past few years used an explosive device to damage an ATM, federal authorities charged. Nicolas Torres, 41, of Passaic, has amassed a lengthy rap sheet over much of his adult life, mostly involving business break-ins that local police and county prosecutors have dealt with. This time, though, the FBI's got him. Torres was captured on surveillance video igniting the device in front of the Chase Bank ATM on North 6th Street in Prospect Park in the early morning hours of July 5, 2022, U.S. Attor…
Police & Fire
Suspended Driver Arrested In Valentine's Day Nutley Hit-Run That Killed Paterson Man: Cops
An arrest has been made in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a 22-year-old Paterson man and injured another person. Dhkir Robinson, 42, is believed to have been behind the wheel of the vehicle that struck Winston Perlaza and a second victim Wednesday evening, Feb. 14 on Milton Avenue in Nutley, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo said. Perlaza was taken to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and pronounced dead soon after, Stephens and Strumolo said. A second pedestrian was also taken to a local hospital for non-fatal injuries…
Police & Fire
Coach From Nutley Awaiting Trial In Lodi Couple's Auto Deaths Charged With Child Sex Crimes
A youth strength and conditioning coach from Nutley who'd remained free while awaiting trial in the deaths of a couple in a horrific early-morning crash outside their Lodi home exposed a child in Bergen County to sexual conduct, authorities charged. Bergen County Prosecutor Musella announced the arrest of Donald Kumar Davis, 33, without specifying the actions he’s accused of. He did say two instances allegedly involved a child in Washington Township and a third involved a child in Wyckoff. New Jersey statutes define the charges listed in jail records against Davis as involving exposing or…
Police & Fire
Social Security Recipient's Death Not Reported, Bank Worker From Passaic Pockets $100,000: Feds
A Passaic man who worked at a bank in Nutley stole more than $100,000 worth of Social Security benefits from the government in the name of a deceased customer, federal authorities charged. The Social Security Administration wasn’t notified of the beneficiary’s death and continued depositing benefits at the commercial bank for more than four years, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Bank employee Jorge Nova, 35, issued debit cards to himself in the beneficiary’s name that he used to drain the account, Sellinger said. Nova also “registered new accounts with a money…
Police & Fire
10 Vintage Cars, 1.7 Pounds Of Coke, $332K Seized From Jobless NJ Drug Dealer: Prosecutor
An unemployed Nutley man bought 10 vintage cars with the money he made selling cocaine, authorities charged. Authorities seized the “exotic” vehicles along with nearly $332,000 in cash that Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Omar Rios, 44, squirreled away in his apartment and a stash house. They also grabbed 1.7 pounds of cocaine, cutting agents, packaging material and a hydraulic press used to compress cocaine for packaging, the prosecutor said. Rios was seized during coordinated raids at his apartment in the Franklin Commons building on Franklin Avenue in Nutley, at a mixed-used …
Police & Fire
Corrections Officer Accused Of Smuggling Cold Cuts, Espresso Into NJ Prison For Inmate Indicted
UPDATE: A corrections officer who was charged with collecting up to $500 a month in bribes to smuggle cold cuts, espresso, jewelry and cologne into a New Jersey prison for a convict known as “Tommy Two Times” is now under indictment. Werner Gramajo, a 46-year-old senior correctional officer at Northern State Prison in Newark, admitted only to delivering the pressed meats -- and not any of the other items -- after he was caught, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Gramajo, of Newark, also claimed that he wasn’t paid for it, Platkin said in announcing the indictment on Wednes…
Sports
Doug Edert Slaps Back: NJ Star Baller Ejected After On-Court Brawl At 'Cuse (
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Doug Edert slaps back. The Bryant University guard — who made headlines during Saint Pete's run to the Elite 8 — was ejected from the Saturday, Nov. 26 game at Syracuse University apparently after being slapped by and then slapping an Orange player. It began with with 7:35 left in the first half when Syracuse guard Judah Mintz appeared to slap the Nutley native and Bergen Catholic grad, who in return slapped Mintz from behind on the side of the head. Things getting out of control up in Syracuse.Cuse guard Judah Mintz slaps Bryant's Doug Edert and then Edert comes right back with a sl…
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Winners
: 5 NJ Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K
There were five third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Tuesday, Nov. 1, drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball to win $10,000 prizes. Those tickets were purchased at the following locations: Bergen County: Woodridge Wine and Liquor, 206 Hackensack St., Wood Ridge; Bergen County: Woodridge Wine and Liquor, 206 Hackensack St., Wood Ridge; Burlington County: Jasmine’s Family Convenience Store, 1301 Hornberger Ave., Roebling; Camden County: Sicklerville News, 521 Williamstown Rd., Sicklerville; and, Essex County: 7-Eleven #21390, 38 Passaic Ave., N…
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Bail Reform Poster Boy Wanted On Warrants Out Of Eight North Jersey Towns Nabbed By Maywood PD
A serial burglar wanted on warrants out of no fewer than eight towns in four counties was captured by Maywood police and charged with a break-in at a local dry cleaner. Nicolas G. Torres, 40, of Passaic, has been repeatedly arrested and then subsequently released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, mostly on commercial burglary charges, over the past several years, records show. His criminal record stretches back more than a decade before that, however. Earlier this year, Torres was linked to break-ins at businesses in Fort Lee, Leonia, Englewood Cliffs, Little Falls, Montclair, Ridg…
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Terrifying
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: Carjackers Rush Lyndhurst Mom With Child In Back Seat
The rampant crime wave involving stolen vehicles took a terrifying turn when a Lyndhurst mother was rushed by two carjackers as she pulled her SUV into her garage with her child in the back seat. Three bandits in all were "casing the area targeting high-end vehicles" in an Audi stolen out of Elizabeth a short time before the frightening incident on Sanford Avenue around noon Thursday, Sept. 15, Lyndhurst Police Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. "One of them forcefully opened the driver's side door," Auteri said. "He ordered the woman out of the vehicle. "However, we believe he was startle…
Sports
Why We Can't Stop Telling St. Peter's Cinderella Story
At first blush, the Saint Peter's Peacocks are just a "dude with an ugly mustache and a gritty group of underdogs." Those are not our words — it's how the team described itself in a Tweet, thanking the nation for its support after its Elite Eight run. The Peacocks' jest and heightened self-awareness might be what make them so loveable: They don't take themselves too seriously, but man, do they work hard. They made history as the first-ever No. 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight, following their victory over No. 3 seed Purdue on Friday. The consecutive and unexpected wins shocked fans an…
Sports
NJ TikToker Stuns Gym Bros With 425-Pound Deadlift (
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Jaws hit the floor at a New Jersey gym last month as Sherein Abdelhady effortlessly pulled 425 pounds right off of it. The 25-year-old physical therapist captured not only her impressive PR, but the stunned faces of the men around her. "Deadlifting 425 pounds is cool," Abdelhady captioned the clip. "But seeing everyone's reaction is cooler." The video, filmed at Clifton's LA Fitness, had more than 31 million views as of Wednesday, March 2. And the reactions were 100% real, Abdelhady said. @shereinabdelhady there’s alot of emotions in this video 😂 #fyp #gym #fitness ♬ without me -…
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Police: Fleeing Shoplifter Struck On Busy Route 4
A fleeing shoplifter was struck and injured running across Route 4 in River Edge, authorities said. Jaime Rojas, a 35-year-old repeat offender from Bloomfield, was standing at the bus shelter on the westbound side of the highway around 5:45 p.m. Thursday when police investigating a shoplifting at the nearby CVS spotted him, River Edge Police Chief Michael Walker said. Seeing them, he bolted across the highway, the chief said. Rojas made it across the westbound side and over the divider but was struck on the eastbound side, he said. The driver told police she saw him tried but couldn't sto…
Police & Fire
NJ Man 'Tired Of Being Mother-In-Law's Sole Caretaker' Had Beaten Her For Days: Report
A New Jersey woman was beaten by her son-in-law over the course of two days before her body was found, NJ.com reports citing police papers. James J. Pica, 58, beat Barbara Ann Bezzone, who was found lying on the floor unresponsive with severe injuries at a home on Prospect Street in Nutley around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Bezzone, 84, was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m., and Pica was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Pica was found sitting on the home’s porch with “visible injuries to his hands” and told respo…
Police & Fire
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor
A 58-year-old man was charged with murder in the killing of his 84-year-old mother-in-law in Nutley, authorities announced. James Pica, 58, called 911 and told dispatchers he killed the woman on Tuesday evening, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Barbara Ann Bezzone was found lying on the floor unresponsive with severe injuries when police responded to 73 Prospect St., around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday night, She was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:45 p.m., and Pica was arrested and charged with murder, au…
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Found
! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound, Taken To Hospital For Evaluation
UPDATE: Morgan Panzer, a 19-year-old Bergen Community College freshman from Nutley whose parents reported her missing on Wednesday, was found Friday evening in Clifton, a family member confirmed. "They found her in the Wendy's by the Clifton Commons," he told Daily Voice around 5:30 p.m. "She's OK. She heading to Clara Maas Medical Center (in Belleville). "A huge shout out to the Nutley and Clifton police departments." It was a police officer's wife who spotted her, in fact. Morgan hadn't strayed far. Her father, Richard Panzer, had confirmed that Morgan was spotted at least twice on T…
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Found
! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound
FOUND!! Morgan Panzer, a 19-year-old Bergen Community College freshman from Nutley whose parents reported her missing on Wednesday, was found Friday evening in Clifton, a family member confirmed. "They found her in the Wendy's by the Clifton Commons," he told Daily Voice around 5:30 p.m. "She's OK. She heading to Clara Maas Medical Center (in Belleville). "A huge shout out to the Nutley and Clifton police departments." It was a police officer's wife who spotted her, in fact. Morgan hadn't strayed far. Her father, Richard Panzer, had confirmed that Morgan was spotted at least twice o…
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Found
! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound
FOUND!! Morgan Panzer, a 19-year-old Bergen Community College freshman from Nutley whose parents reported her missing on Wednesday, was found Friday evening in Clifton, a family member confirmed. "They found her in the Wendy's by the Clifton Commons," he told Daily Voice around 5:30 p.m. "She's OK. She heading to Clara Maas Medical Center (in Belleville). "A huge shout out to the Nutley and Clifton police departments." It was a police officer's wife who spotted her, in fact. Morgan hadn't strayed far. Her father, Richard Panzer, had confirmed that Morgan was spotted at least twice on Th…
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Thief Steals Newark Police Car
A thief who stole a marked Newark police car Thursday was captured a short time later in Nutley, authorities said. Authorities followed the vehicle on GPS after it was stolen at a shopping center on McCarter Highway (Route 21). At one point it was pegged near the Belleville Turnpike bridge from North Arlington, said police who were monitoring the incident. The vehicle then headed north on Route 21 before it somehow became disabled on the highway, they said. Nutley police spotted the car and grabbed the suspect, who was taken to Newark police headquarters. No damages were reported. CHECK…
Schools
19-Year-Olds Both Named 'Nicholas' Win NJ School Board Races
Both are 19 years old. Both are called Nicholas. And both won Board of Education races in New Jersey. In Nutley, Nicholas Scotti won one of the three spots in the seven-candidate race and in Egg Harbor Township, Nicholas Seppy beat out an incumbent board member for an unexpired, one-year term, initially reported by NJ Advance Media. Scotti is a sophomore at George Washington University in Washington and told the outlet he plans on attending the board meetings -- despite the 4-hour drive. Seppy is a sophomore at Stockton University and ran for school board and lost in 2020, NJ Advance…
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$50K Powerball Ticket Sold In Essex County
A Powerball ticket good for $50,000 was sold in Essex County. The ticket from the Saturday, Oct. 9 drawing was sold in Nutley. It was purchased from Sal Convenience on Franklin Avenue. The winning numbers were 12, 17, 30, 45, and 62. The Red Power Ball number was 05. The Power Play was 2X. The Double Play drawing results for the Saturday, Oct. 9, drawing were: 01, 26, 37, 38, and 62. The red Double Play Power Ball number was 17. The Powerball jackpot rolled to $38 million for the Monday, Oct. 11, drawing.
News
Fire Keeps Ski Slope At American Dream Mega Mall In Meadowlands Closed For Now
UPDATE: The indoor ski slope at the American Dream mega malls in the Meadowlands will remain closed until at least the end of this coming week following a fire that drew nearly 20 companies before dawn Saturday. "We can promise you that Big SNOW will be back and better than ever, just as soon as we can safely do so," an Instagram post by the company read. "At this point, we are uncertain of how long that will take." Firefighters doused the electrical blaze, which caused severe fire damage to the roof and ceiling and smoke damage elsewhere in the East Rutherford attraction after breaking ou…
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Pre-Dawn Blaze Damages Ski Slope At American Dream Mega Mall
UPDATE: The indoor ski slope at the American Dream mega malls in the Meadowlands will remain closed until at least the end of this coming week following a fire that drew nearly 20 companies before dawn Saturday. "We can promise you that Big SNOW will be back and better than ever, just as soon as we can safely do so," an Instagram post by the company read. "At this point, we are uncertain of how long that will take." Firefighters doused the electrical blaze, which caused severe fire damage to the roof and ceiling and smoke damage elsewhere in the East Rutherford attraction after breaking ou…
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Feds: Ex-Lodi HS Teacher Admits Scamming Insurance Out Of $550,000 For Compound Meds
A now-former Lodi High School teacher admitted that he collected $550,000 worth of compound medications through bogus claims to an employee benefit program. Jason Nardachone, 51, of Nutley bribed three other teachers $500 a month each to obtain compounded medications that they, like him, didn’t need, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Some of the unnecessary compounded medications – for vitamins and pain and scar creams -- cost the New Jersey School Employees’ Health Benefits Program (SEHBP) $3,300 to $22,800 apiece, she said. All told, Nardachone and his accomplices defrauded the…
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8th Grade Teacher, Coach Accused Of Sexually Abusing NJ Student In Lawsuit: Report
An eighth-grade teacher and coach has been accused of sexually abusing a student in a lawsuit filed against the Toms River Regional school district last month, NJ Advance Media Reports. Former teacher Shawn Lee “openly seduced, coerced, groomed and manipulated [the] plaintiff” by using his “position of power” as the student’s tennis coach at Toms River Intermediate East School from 2005 to 2007, the outlet says citing the suit. The abuse occurred in a vehicle on Toms River High School property and near the victim’s home and continued in a park in Nutley after the v…
Obituaries
Pro NJ Wrestler Michael Cammett AKA 'Golden Boy' Drowns In Delaware River
The New Jersey wrestling community was mourning the loss of a 24-year-old professional grappler who drowned in the Delaware River in New York Sunday, authorities said. Crews recovered Michael Cammett's body from the water in Lumberland (Sullivan County), located near Pennsylvania, according to New York State Police. The North Arlington (Bergen County) native went to the river with friends using a pair of inflatable rafts tethered together around 3 p.m., authorities said. Cammett jumped in the water but did not resurface. An investigation was ongoing. No further information was released. …
Police & Fire
Newark Projects Dealer Caught With Gun Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen
A Newark drug dealer caught with a gun was sentenced to five years in federal prison, authorities said. Ricky Terrell, 24, was one of several dealers targeted for running an open-air drug market – slinging heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and more -- at the Stephen Crane Village public housing complex near the Belleville border, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Several law enforcement agencies teamed up to smash the operation, making undercover buys and intercepting phone calls and text messages, among other tactics, she said. On Feb. 25, 2020, they raided Terrell’s home and found hero…
News
NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims
With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, funeral director Brian Warner got himself a new $7,000 plow for his 2005 monument pickup truck. And just like that it was gone. "It was locked with the keys kept inside the building," said Warner, who owns and operates Warner-Wozniak Funeral Service in Wallington. It's not just him: Privately-owned pickups with plows are being stolen at an alarming rate in New Jersey, authorities confirmed Friday. This past week, three trucks with plows were stolen out of East Rutherford alone. One owner bought his three days earlier and hadn't even…
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Three Prison Officers Charged Criminally In Vicious Beating Of Inmates At NJ Women’s Prison
One of three correctional police officers charged with severely beating and pepper-spraying inmates at New Jersey’s notorious women’s prison last month punched one of them in the face 28 times, state authorities said Thursday. And it was all caught on video, they said. Sgt. Amir Bethea, Sgt. Anthony Valvano and Officer Lisando “Luis” Garcia were all charged with official misconduct for what Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal described as a vicious and unrelenting attack on several inmates at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County beginning shortly before mid…
Business
America Can't Afford To Lose These 5 New Jersey Restaurants, Website Says
Small businesses have certainly suffered amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some long-favorited restaurants closed temporarily, and that was difficult and tragic enough for their loyal patrons. Imagine if more closed for good. Five New Jersey eateries were named to Esquire's list of "100 Restaurants America Can't Afford to Lose." If you've been to any of them, you probably already know why. Cowan's Public, Nutley: The Irish pub with a speakeasy vibe was built on Centre Street in the 1920s and opened about 15 years later. What Esquire says: "The craft-beer, proper-drink, good-food re…
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