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Driver Dead In NJ Turnpike Crash Driver Dead In NJ Turnpike Crash
Driver Dead In NJ Turnpike Crash Good Samaritans rushed to aid a driver before he died in a crash Monday afternoon on the NJ Turnpike, according to footage obtained by Daily Voice. UPDATE: The driver killed in the crash has been identified as a Central Jersey man. Videos show a silver sedan wedged underneath a tractor trailer -- the driver slumped over the steering wheel. Good Samaritans rushed to aid a driver before he died in a crash Monday afternoon on the NJ Turnpike, according to footage obtained by Daily Voice.Special to Daily Voice New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry says the crash occurred on the northbo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Death Of Beloved Soccer Coach, Engineer Rocks South Jersey Communities Death Of Beloved Soccer Coach, Engineer Rocks South Jersey Communities
Death Of Beloved Soccer Coach, Engineer Rocks South Jersey Communities The sudden death of a beloved soccer coach, engineer and father has left a South Jersey community devastated. Thomas G. Pagani, of Robbinsville, died Nov. 10 at the age of 52, his obituary says. Born in Newark, Pagani grew up in Kearny and moved to East Windsor before settling in Robbinsville, where he had lived for over a decade, according to his memorial. Pagani attended NJIT and joined the Tau Lambda Chi (TAX) Fraternity while earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He then spent his engineering career with both civil engineer firms and highway engineering firms improving …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
NJ Dad Who Sexually Assaulted Daughter Tries Fleeing With Her To Canada, Prosecutor Says NJ Dad Who Sexually Assaulted Daughter Tries Fleeing With Her To Canada, Prosecutor Says
NJ Dad Who Sexually Assaulted Daughter Tries Fleeing With Her To Canada, Prosecutor Says A Hudson County dad who sexually assaulted his daughter tried fleeing to Canada with her, despite there being a no-contact order in place, authorities said. Authorities are not releasing the names of the father or his partner -- who accompanied him to Canada -- to protect the minor. Both defendants were charged with endangering the welfare of a child after US Customs and Border Protection stopped them at the Canadian border on Monday, Oct. 11, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Feb. 5, the victim’s father was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn At Newark Airport Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn At Newark Airport
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn At Newark Airport A New Jersey child services worker was busted on child porn charges following a search of his cellphone and laptop at Newark Airport, federal authorities said. Trent Collier, a 55-year-old "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last week when his luggage was searched, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. "Law enforcement" officers conducting forensic searches of both devices found "at least two images of child pornography depicting the genitals of prepubescent children," according to a co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Was Loving Family Man NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Was Loving Family Man
NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Was Loving Family Man The New Jersey construction worker who was killed after being crushed by three tons of porcelain last week is being remembered as a loving family man.  Walter Sanchez was taken to a local hospital in cardiac arrest and later died following the Sept. 20 incident at Porcelain Source on Harrison Avenue in Kearny, an OSHA representative confirmed. Sanchez’s daughter, Nicole, describes her father in a GoFundMe as “such a noble, caring, strong, loving man.” “No words could ever take away the pain we are all going through but remember him as the man he was who will live in our hearts forever…

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by Valerie Musson
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Hoboken Street Fight Stabbing Was Self-Defense, Attorney For Lyndhurst Man Says Hoboken Street Fight Stabbing Was Self-Defense, Attorney For Lyndhurst Man Says
Hoboken Street Fight Stabbing Was Self-Defense, Attorney For Lyndhurst Man Says UPDATE: A Lyndhurst man was defending himself when he stabbed a North Bergen man who attacked him in Hoboken, his lawyer told a judge in Jersey City on Tuesday. "It's self defense, clear self defense," attorney Adam Lustberg of Hackensack said after the judge released Andre Mateus, 26, with conditions following a Zoom hearing. The trouble began at the Tally-Ho bar at the south end of Washington Avenue on Sept. 28.  Two groups got into a dispute that Lustberg said ended when the 22-year-old man who was later stabbed knocked a drink out of his client's hand. Mateus and his friends left…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Stabbed With Machete During Argument In Kearny Walmart Man Stabbed With Machete During Argument In Kearny Walmart
Man Stabbed With Machete During Argument In Kearny Walmart A 43-year-old man was hospitalized after being assaulted with a machete inside of a Kearny Walmart Friday, police said. Police responding to 911 calls found the man inside the store with a deep cut in the back of his head around 10:30 a.m., Kearny police said. The victim was involved in an argument with another man, who then struck him in the head with a machete. The suspect fled the store before police arrived. The victim was transported by EMS to University Hospital, Newark and later released. Anyone with information relevant to the investigation are asked to call (201) 998-1313, or t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Dies, Authorities Say NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Dies, Authorities Say
NJ Worker Crushed By 6,000 Pounds Of Porcelain Dies, Authorities Say A construction worker in North Jersey was killed after apparently being crushed by 6,000 pounds of porcelain that fell on him Monday, police said. The incident on Harrison Avenue was being investigated by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).  The incident occurred at Porcelain Source, headquartered in Kearny, an OSHA representative told Daily Voice. Subsequent reports said the victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital and in cardiac arrest. Roseland Mayor James Spango on Tuesday announced the unidentified worker had died. "The Borough of Roseland, NJ would li…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Father, Son Killed, Mom, 66, Critical In North Arlington House Fire Father, Son Killed, Mom, 66, Critical In North Arlington House Fire
Father, Son Killed, Mom, 66, Critical In North Arlington House Fire UPDATE: A father and son were killed and the mom rescued in a pre-dawn house fire in North Arlington, authorities said. Furious CPR efforts on the 75-year-old father and his 44-year-old son on the front lawn of the 9th Street home were fruitless after the three-alarm fire trapped them shortly after 4 a.m. Friday, Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. Safwat F. Saad and his son, Maged Saad, were both pronounced dead at the scene, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The mother, Amal Z. Saad, 66, was taken to Clara Maas Medical Center in Belleville in critical condition after responders …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CONFIRMED: Male, Female Bodies Pulled From Passaic River Are Couple Drowned By Ida CONFIRMED: Male, Female Bodies Pulled From Passaic River Are Couple Drowned By Ida
Confirmed: Male, Female Bodies Pulled From Passaic River Are Couple Drowned By Ida UPDATE: 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. A search for Nidhi Rana, 18, and Ayush Rana, 21, had ended when the medical examiner's office finally confirmed their identities Friday afternoon based on dental and medical records, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Nidhi and Ayush were swept into a storm drain that empties into the river after getting out of their car on Main Street during l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CONFIRMED: Male, Female Bodies Pulled From Passaic River Are Couple Drowned By Ida CONFIRMED: Male, Female Bodies Pulled From Passaic River Are Couple Drowned By Ida
Confirmed: Male, Female Bodies Pulled From Passaic River Are Couple Drowned By Ida CONFIRMED: 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. A search for Nidhi Rana, 18, and Ayush Rana, 21, had ended when the medical examiner's office finally confirmed their identities Friday afternoon based on dental and medical records, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Nidhi and Ayush were swept into a storm drain that empties into the river after getting out of their car on Main Street durin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison
Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison The wheelman in nearly two dozen gas station and convenience store armed robberies in North Jersey was sent to federal prison for at least nine years. Meshach Whagar, 31, of Newark must serve just about all of the 110-month sentence handed down in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Whager admitted late last year that he drove the getaway car during the 20 predawn holdups in seven counties -- Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union -- in November and December of 2017 (see list of locations below). The gunman…

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by Jerry DeMarco