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Pets Killed, Homes Damaged: 500K Stoves Recalled Over This Fire Risk Pets Killed, Homes Damaged: 500K Stoves Recalled Over This Fire Risk
Pets Killed, Homes Damaged: 500K Stoves Recalled Over This Fire Risk Half a million electric ranges are being recalled after reports of the stoves accidentally turning on, causing fires and killing pets, officials said. LG is recalling about 500,000 stoves due to a fire hazard linked to front-mounted knobs, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a news release on Thursday, Feb. 6. The recall includes LG Slide-In and Freestanding electric ranges with knobs that can be accidentally turned on by humans or pets. The issue has led to at least 86 reports of unintentional activation, resulting in 28 fires, the CPSC said. At least five fires caused exte…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Prison For Man Who Went On Months-Long Crime Spree That Ended At AC Casino Spa: Prosecutor Prison For Man Who Went On Months-Long Crime Spree That Ended At AC Casino Spa: Prosecutor
Prison For Man Who Went On Months-Long Crime Spree That Ended At AC Casino Spa: Prosecutor A 34-year-old Atlantic City man was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 10, to five years in prison, after pleading guilty to a 10-month crime spree, authorities said. From November 2023 until September 2024, Fernando Corriano was arrested for a variety of shoplifting, narcotics, and burglary offenses, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. On Monday, Nov. 6. Corriano was arrested for shoplifting from Boscov’s in Egg Harbor Township, authorities said. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, Corriano was arrested in Atlantic City for the distribution of cocaine. after officers from the A…

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by Sam Barron
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Neighbors Crashed Spy Drone Into New Jersey Home, Lawsuit Says Neighbors Crashed Spy Drone Into New Jersey Home, Lawsuit Says
Neighbors Crashed Spy Drone Into New Jersey Home, Lawsuit Says A Mount Laurel woman is suing her neighbors after she says a drone that they were using to spy on her crashed into her home causing major damage. Nicole Wimbish, who lives on Texas Avenue, filed a lawsuit in Burlington County Superior Court in December 2023, against her neighbors, along with unidentified individuals referred to as "John Doe 1-5." The lawsuit claims the group used a drone recklessly, leading to property damage and emotional trauma. According to the complaint, Wimbish purchased her home in 2009. From the beginning, she says she faced "unwarranted hostility, incivility, and ha…

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
Tornado? 'Freight-Train-Like Noise' Prompts Investigation In South Jersey Town Tornado? 'Freight-Train-Like Noise' Prompts Investigation In South Jersey Town
Tornado? 'Freight-Train-Like Noise' Prompts Investigation In South Jersey Town Severe weather swept through a South Jersey town on New Year’s Day, leaving behind downed trees, damaged fences, and deck destruction late Tuesday, Dec. 31. Multiple 9-1-1 callers described hearing a “freight train-like noise” as high winds caused brief power outages and property damage in Clayton near Fries Mill Road, according to Gloucester County Emergency Management. While no injuries have been reported, residents were left shaken by the unexpected storm activity. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has been contacted to determine whether the damage was caused by a tornado…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Crash Blocks Toll Lanes On Parkway In East Orange Crash Blocks Toll Lanes On Parkway In East Orange
Crash Blocks Toll Lanes On Parkway In East Orange A crash early Thursday, July 25 blocked several toll lanes in East Orange on the Garden State Parkway. As of 7:50 a.m., emergency response vehicles were at the scene with property damage at Exit 145.  The vehicle appears to have crashed while leaving the toll lanes. Delays were reported.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Firefighters Injured, Homes Damaged By Brush Blaze Overlooking Greenwood Lake Firefighters Injured, Homes Damaged By Brush Blaze Overlooking Greenwood Lake
Firefighters Injured, Homes Damaged By Brush Blaze Overlooking Greenwood Lake UPDATE: A resident conducting an illegal burn on a hill overlooking Greenwood Lake ignited a rapidly-spreading brush fire Saturday that engulfed one home, damaged two others and sent two firefighters to the hospital, authorities confirmed. The resident was burning wood and debris in a fire pit when the brush caught fire and flames spread up the hill in the Hewitt section of West Milford, a little over a half-mile from the New York State border, shortly before 12:30 p.m., March 18, West Milford Fire Marshal Michael Moscatello said. Two firefighters were transported from the scene to Chilton …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Delinquents Pelt Hawthorne Police With Bottles, Profanity At Huge Underage House Parties Delinquents Pelt Hawthorne Police With Bottles, Profanity At Huge Underage House Parties
Delinquents Pelt Hawthorne Police With Bottles, Profanity At Huge Underage House Parties Hawthorne police had bottles and profanities hurled their way while responding to separate back-to-back house parties that each drew hundreds of juveniles, authorities said. Two adults were, in turn, hit with summonses for providing alcohol to underage minors and maintaining a nuisance after party-goers destroyed neighbors’ property and caused a car crash, Detective Capt. Robert King said. Officers responding to a complaint found “a large number of vehicles and several hundred youths throughout the street and in the front and rear yard” of a New York Avenue home owned by Amedeo Moino, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
KNOW THEM? Suspicious Vehicle Damages Property, Speeds Away In Morris County Accident KNOW THEM? Suspicious Vehicle Damages Property, Speeds Away In Morris County Accident
Know Them? Suspicious Vehicle Damages Property, Speeds Away In Morris County Accident Know anything? Authorities are seeking clues after a suspicious vehicle with three occupants damaged property and sped away during an accident in Morris County. The suspect vehicle — a silver/gray Volvo — made a left turn on Harwich Road from Fieldstone Drive in Morris Township just after 5:35 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, police said. The car swerved and damaged property while turning as a result of the wet road, according to police. Three occupants then exited the vehicle and checked it for damage before re-entering and driving away, continuing down Harwich Road. A black BMW in the area ma…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Police Seek ID For Man Attempting To Burglarize Morris County Business Police Seek ID For Man Attempting To Burglarize Morris County Business
Police Seek ID For Man Attempting To Burglarize Morris County Business Recognize him? Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a man they say tried to break into a Morris County business and caused damage to another commercial property. The man pictured above is wanted for questioning in an attempted commercial burglary and criminal mischief/property damage incident in Mountain Lakes, local police said on Wednesday, August 10. The incident occurred just before 11:55 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9, police said. The man was seen wearing a “New York Yankees” t-shirt and red gym shorts and was carrying a backpack, according to police. Anyone with information …

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by Valerie Musson
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47 Guests Seized As Wayne Police Pull Plug On Illegal Pop-Up Party 47 Guests Seized As Wayne Police Pull Plug On Illegal Pop-Up Party
47 Guests Seized As Wayne Police Pull Plug On Illegal Pop-Up Party An illegal pop-up party in Wayne was beginning to heat up when an army of police suddenly burst in. A total of 47 party-goers were temporarily taken into custody after New Jersey State Police spotted advertisements posted by the organizers on social media and tipped off Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff. Nearly 500 guests were expected at the Saturday night bash in a vacant commercial building near the Willowbrook Mall, but police pulled the plug before that could happen, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Detectives who had eyes on the building before the scheduled start time watched several p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Mows Down Mailbox, Crashes Into Waldwick Home SUV Mows Down Mailbox, Crashes Into Waldwick Home
SUV Mows Down Mailbox, Crashes Into Waldwick Home One woman was hospitalized with what may be a broken arm and another with neck pain after an SUV collided with a sedan, bowled over a mailbox and smacked into the front of a Waldwick home. Ambulance crews from Waldwick and Allendale joined police at the scene on East Prospect Street right off southbound Route 17 shortly before noon. Both the Nissan Pathfinder that hit the house and the severely damaged Hyundai Elantra had to be towed. The Hyundai Elantra got the worst of it in on East Prospect Street right off southbound Route 17 in Waldwick.Boyd A. Loving A building inspector reported…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Vandal From Fort Lee Nabbed After Returning To Scene, Englewood Cliffs Police Say Vandal From Fort Lee Nabbed After Returning To Scene, Englewood Cliffs Police Say
Vandal From Fort Lee Nabbed After Returning To Scene, Englewood Cliffs Police Say A Fort Lee man suspected of vandalizing a vehicle in Englewood Cliffs was arrested after a witness saw him do it again the following day, authorities said. Officers had taken a property damage report from an owner whose Nissan Rogue had its front and rear passenger-side tires punctured on West Bayview Avenue on Thursday, Feb. 10, Detective Lt. Ronald F. Waldt said. They also canvassed local businesses and reviewed area surveillance video to determine what the vandal looked like, Waldt said. Then came a call around 1 p.m. Friday: He was at it again, this time damaging a vehicle parked in a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Vehicles Towed In Multi-Vehicle Crash In Ridgewood Vehicles Towed In Multi-Vehicle Crash In Ridgewood
Vehicles Towed In Multi-Vehicle Crash In Ridgewood A vehicle barreled across a Ridgewood lawn and hit a house in a multi-vehicle collision Thursday. No one required medical treatment following the crash on Northern Parkway between Van Buren Avenue and Racetrack Road around 3:30 p.m. A Toyota Camry was parked in the driveway when it was struck by a Scion xB that also took down a basketball hoop after hitting a Chevy Equinox. Two adults and a child all refused medical attention at the scene. Path of damage in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Damage to the house was mostly cosmetic. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Video, Social Media Posts ID Local Girls Who Trashed Fair Lawn Community Pool, Police Say Video, Social Media Posts ID Local Girls Who Trashed Fair Lawn Community Pool, Police Say
Video, Social Media Posts ID Local Girls Who Trashed Fair Lawn Community Pool, Police Say A trio of local girls who police said trashed a Fair Lawn community pool apparently didn't keep it a secret. Police responded four different times to overnight break-ins with damage to surveillance cameras, signs and hand-sanitizing stations at the Radburn Association pool, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The sanitizing stations and a lock box containing facility keys were also stolen, he said. Detective Brian Rypkema identified the three borough girls -- all 15 -- after reviewing surveillance video and social media posts, the sergeant said. Delinquency complaints were signed against all three, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Morris County Man Seeks Clues After Pickup Truck Rips Through Backyard, Destroys Fence PHOTOS: Morris County Man Seeks Clues After Pickup Truck Rips Through Backyard, Destroys Fence
Photos: Morris County Man Seeks Clues After Pickup Truck Rips Through Backyard, Destroys Fence A Morris County man is seeking clues after a pickup truck ripped through his backyard and destroyed a large portion of his fencing, leaving a mirror behind in the process. Gerard Patrizio of East Hanover says the backyard and fence of his River Road home were damaged by a navy blue Ford pickup truck between 7:30 and 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. The truck just missed the home’s back driveway and almost drove into the in-ground pool, Patrizio said. The vehicle’s mirror came off during the incident — a clue that may help track down the truck in question. “Please be on the lookout,” Patrizio said. “…

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by Valerie Musson
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Mahwah Couple: Renting Rapper Clogged Our Toilets, Cut Our Carpets, Ruined Landscaping Mahwah Couple: Renting Rapper Clogged Our Toilets, Cut Our Carpets, Ruined Landscaping
Mahwah Couple: Renting Rapper Clogged Our Toilets, Cut Our Carpets, Ruined Landscaping A rapper from Bergen County who was busted on gun charges following a shooting at a Teaneck nightclub trashed the home of a Mahwah couple, a lawsuit filed by their insurance company says. Artist Julius Dubose – better known as A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – clogged and overflowed toilets, cut up carpeting and replaced it with mismatched pieces, among other acts of destruction, when he leased their $3.3 million spread on Finn Court, says the lawsuit filed by Chubb of Philadelphia. Dr. Lawrence Guarino, who owns the home with his wife, Carol, found “negligent, reckless and careless” damage to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Blaze Guts Clifton Homes, Firefighter Injured Blaze Guts Clifton Homes, Firefighter Injured
Blaze Guts Clifton Homes, Firefighter Injured Fire gutted two Clifton homes and damaged another, injuring a firefighter and displacing at least nine people, responders said. The injury wasn’t considered life-threatening, they said. The blaze broke out in the basement of an East 2nd Street home around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. It spread to a car in a driveway that exploded, spreading the flames to a second home. The fire on 2nd Street in Clifton quickly went to three alarms as flames blew through the roof of one of the buildings.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The blaze quickly went to three alarms as flames blew through the roof of one of t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
AFTERMATH: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims AFTERMATH: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims
Aftermath: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims A Maywood firefighter was injured when a tree fell onto an engine -- one of several people hurt by falling branches, limbs and trees in Bergen and Passaic counties during Tuesday's storm, responders said.  A 71-year-old man also required medical attention after a tree fell on his car on Route 17 in Ridgewood as Tropical Storm Isaias barreled through. A driver was injured by glass when a branch from a falling tree crashed through the windshield of a vehicle on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway near Exit 1 in Englewood Cliffs. And two trees fell on an Englewood home, blocking …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris County K-9 Who Won A&E Series Hit With Glass Bottle, Punched By Unruly Man During Arrest Morris County K-9 Who Won A&E Series Hit With Glass Bottle, Punched By Unruly Man During Arrest
Morris County K-9 Who Won A&E Series Hit With Glass Bottle, Punched By Unruly Man During Arrest Kai, the Morris County police K-9 who won A&E Series "America’s Top Dog" needed stitches but is doing OK after being punched and hit with a glass bottle by a combative man during an arrest in Dover, reports say. Dover police were called to an East Blackwell Street apartment for a tenant saying their apartment had been flooded with water coming through the ceiling on Friday, June 5, DailyRecord reports. The upstairs resident, identified as Thomas O'Connor, refused to speak with police but was "naked and exposing himself" through a window, the report said. O'Conno…

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by Valerie Musson
Weather
High Winds Wreak Havoc In North Jersey: Trees, Poles, Wires Down, Roads Closed High Winds Wreak Havoc In North Jersey: Trees, Poles, Wires Down, Roads Closed
High Winds Wreak Havoc In North Jersey: Trees, Poles, Wires Down, Roads Closed High winds on Monday toppled trees and utility poles, damaging homes and vehicles and closing North Jersey roadways. Among the damage: No injuries were reported when high winds blew off part of a Saddle Brook rooftop, blanketing a vehicle parked on President Street; Tenafly responders were busy with a window broken by high winds that rained glass on the sidewalk below from the second floor of the CVS on Washington Street, downed wires from a tree that toppled on Johnson Avenue and a large transformer fire at East Clinton Avenue and Woodland Street; Downed wires closed Route 46 in in both …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drunk Garwood Bachelorette Party Guest ‘Went Psycho' Damaging Airbnb: Report Drunk Garwood Bachelorette Party Guest ‘Went Psycho' Damaging Airbnb: Report
Drunk Garwood Bachelorette Party Guest ‘Went Psycho' Damaging Airbnb: Report A woman from Garwood was arrested in Nashville last week after she became intoxicated and damaged an Airbnb, The Tennessean reported. Officers were called to the home after the owner said Alexandra Cheety, who was in the city for a bachelorette party, had broken in and caused nearly $2,000 in damage, including smashed windows and blinds. Cheety reportedly told police she “went psycho” after drinking two bottles of wine. When officers arrived Cheety was sitting on the front steps and her foot was bleeding, police said. Officers concluded she hurt herself while damaging the home. After she…

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by Paul Milo