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NJ University Sorority Rallies Around Sister Battling Cancer With Fierce Support
Kayla Davis knew almost immediately that she wanted to join AEPhi at Rowan University. The sisters were warm and welcoming, and their tight-knit bond stood out to her, she said. “I knew I wanted to be a part of that,” said Davis, 20, a Little Egg Harbor native and junior exercise science major. Now, as Davis faces an unimaginable challenge—a diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma, a rare bone cancer—her sorority sisters are returning the kindness she brought to their sisterhood, rallying around her with unwavering support. As of Friday, Nov. 15, just five days after diagnosis, more than $12,000 had be…
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Fireball Traveling 34,000 MPH Over NYC Caused Loud Boom Heard Across Tristate: NASA
The mysterious boom heard and felt across the tristate area may have been caused by a meteor passing through the area, NASA says. Locals reported hearing thunder-like booms and rattling just after 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 16. The USGS ruled out earthquakes, and residents across the tri-state reported witnessing fireballs to the American Meteor Society. After hours of anticipating, NASA confirmed a "daylight fireball" over New York City at 11:17 a.m. Reports filed on the American Meteor Society website permitted "a very crude determination of the trajectory of the meteor," …
Police & Fire
New Jersey 9/11 Compensation Advocate Joseph Zadroga Killed By 82-Year-Old Driver
The 76-year-old father who helped launch the 9/11 compensation fund, his son's namesake, was struck and killed by an SUV this weekend, Daily Voice has learned. Joseph C. Zadroga, of Little Egg Harbor, was standing just outside of his parked vehicle when an 82-yer-old driver from Absecon struck him while pulling into a parking spot around 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at Bacharach Rehabilitation at 61 W. Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway, local police said. Zadroga became pinned underneath the 2021 Grey Nissan SUV. Life-saving measures were performed, and Zadroga was rushed to the AtlantiCare R…
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14 NJ Businesses Newly-Barred From Practicing For Shortchanging Workers: DOL
An additional 14 New Jersey businesses have been barred from practicing for short-changing workers and other violations, bringing the total to 82, according to the state's Labor and Workforce Development Department. The businesses — which were named to the NJDOL’s Workplace Accountability in Labor List (the WALL) — owe a collective $956,000 in wages and penalties to the state and their employees. The 14 businesses added to the WALL are: A Z Construction of NJ Inc., Plainfield Brasero Chicken 3 LLC, Paterson Dar's Staffing LLC, Little Egg Harbor EC Abatement Inc., Newark Lane Mechanical He…
Obituaries
NJ Curve Model Dies After Suffering Stroke, Loved Ones Say
Vibrant. Joyful. Influential. This is how Angelina Cranmer is being remembered. The 43-year-old New Jersey native and curve model died on Wednesday, Nov. 15, nearly six weeks after her family says she suffered a stroke and subsequent brain hemorrhage, her loved ones say. Cranmer, who was born in Atlantic City and lived in Little Egg Harbor, was found unresponsive in bed at her home in Florida, just after kissing her two daughters goodnight on Oct. 8, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched for her family. @misshourglass2.0 #fullscreenqueen #fyp #viral #curvy #scrollstopper #thick…
Police & Fire
Man Killed Ex-Wife In Jersey Shore Murder-Suicide: Police
Police have identified the two people killed in a Jersey Shore weekend murder-suicide. Carl Schulz, Jr., 52, is believed to have broken into his ex-wife Kimberly Hoffman's apartment on Whitemarsh Court in Little Egg Harbor, early Saturday, July 29, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Hoffman called police around 5:10 a.m. saying someone was breaking into her home. Responding officers found her suffering a gunshot wound to her face, and a deceased dog who had also been shot, Billhimer said. Schulz was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head, and later died. Authorities…
Police & Fire
Police Sniff Out Dead Dogs Crated In Backyard NJ Shed
Two New Jersey residents are facing animal cruelty charges after a pair of dead dogs were found dead in crates in a backyard shed. Justina T. Erving, 28, was being held in the Ocean County Jail while Jarriel S. Walton, 29, remained at large as of Wednesday, July 5, authorities in Little Egg Harbor said. Police were called to a home on Tavistock Drive on Saturday, July 1, following complaints of a foul odor coming from a shed in the backyard. There, police found two dogs, both about 1 year in age, dead inside of a crate, inside of the shed "under conditions that indicated cruelty or abuse t…
Police & Fire
Repeat Jersey Shore Pedophile Gets 15 Years, No Parole, For Cybersexting With Canadian Girl
A previous sex offender from the Jersey Shore is headed to federal prison for 15 years for an online sexual relationship he had with a 13-year-old girl in Canada. David M. Frew, a 42-year-old registered sex offender from Little Egg Harbor, had served time for sending pornographic images to state investigators posing as minors in Pennsylvania in 2008. Less than a decade later, he was at it again. Authorities in Canada discovered cybersex exchanges in 2017 between Frew and an underage girl, according to a complaint filed by a U.S. Homeland Security Investigations agent. Frew also the youngs…
Police & Fire
Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed NJ Lieutenant's Wife, 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor
An Ocean County man was under the influence of drugs when he caused the crash that killed the wife and daughter of a New Jersey corrections officer over the summer, authorities announced. Thomas F. Polson, 53, of Little Egg Harbor, was in a Ford F350 pickup truck when he left the southbound lane on Siloam Road and struck an SUV before slamming into Denise James' minivan head-on on July 14 in Freehold, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said. James, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene while her 3-year-old daughter with Lt. Craig James died at a local hospital, and became an org…
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Jersey Shore Man Set Dozens Of Fires In 4 Towns: Prosecutor
A 32-year-old man from Ocean County has been indicted in connection with setting dozens of fires in four townships, authorities said. ALSO SEE: 'Red Flag' Warning Issued For NJ As Risk Of Serious Fires Rises Dramatically Gregory Fullman, Jr., of Manchester Township, was indicted by a Grand Jury on 28 counts of aggravated arson, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The charges are in connection with multiple fires that occurred in the Townships of Little Egg Harbor, Manchester, Lakewood, and Wall — between May 2021 and January 2022, he sai…
Police & Fire
LGBTQ+ Resort Owner Arrested In Miami For Another Child Sex Assault — This One In NJ: Report
A 54-year-old co-owner of a "clothing optional" resort charged last month with sexually assaulting a child on his Pennsylvania campgrounds is in custody again for the same — this time for an incident that happened in New Jersey, the Pocono Record reports. Patrick Gremling was arrested in Miami on an out-of-of-state warrant accusing him of sexually assaulting the victim in Little Egg Harbor in 2012, the outlet says. The new charges against Gremling, of Jim Thorpe, were filed two weeks after he was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police for sexually assaulting the same child — then in mid…
Weather
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Easter
: New Jersey Towns With The Least & Most Snow
New Jerseyans on Saturday afternoon began digging out of the second snowstorm this month. Some had a only few inches to shovel away -- others, feet. Here's a look at snow totals (in inches) from across the state, according to the National Weather Service. Wayne: 3.3 Asbury: 3.5 Verona/Montclair: 4 Hewitt: 5.1 Chatham: 6.3 Bergenfield: 6.9 Wood-Ridge: 7.2 North Brunswick: 8.3 Elizabeth: 8.5 Evesham: 10 inches Hammonton: 10 inches Cape May Harbor: 13 Holmdel: 14 Jackson: 14.1 Eatontown: 14.2 Avalon: 15 inches Little Egg Harbor: 18 inches Linwood: 19 inches Bayville: 21 Expect cold and blus…
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Convicted Armed Robber Reindicted For DWI Crash That Killed Rowan Student
A convicted felon serving federal prison time for a string of armed robberies in Connecticut has been indicted, again -- this time in a drunken-driving crash that killed a Rowan University senior nine years ago, NJ Advance Media reported. The DWI case has taken many twists and turns: Derrick D. Gilliam, 35, won an appeal of his homicide conviction last January on the grounds that police took an unwarranted draw of his blood at the hospital after the fatal crash, the outlet said. Matthew Uhl, 22, of Little Egg Harbor, was just two weeks away from college graduation when he was allegedly stru…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Pair Indicted On Charges In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death
A pair of Jersey Shore residents have been indicted in charges stemming from the overdose death of a 16-year-old boy, authorities said. David Belk, 45, and Stephanie O’Neill, 44, both of Little Egg Harbor, were indicted by an Ocean County Grand Jury Nov. 4 on charges of strict liability drug induced death, endangering the welfare of a child, distribution of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of heroin, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Belk and O’Neill supplied heroin and fentanyl to the 16-year-old boy, who was found unresponsive on the f…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Admits Stabbing Victim Dead During Argument
A New Jersey man admitted to stabbing another man to death during an argument at an Ocean County home over three years ago, authorities said. Kendrick Coley, 29, of Little Egg Harbor, pled guilty Thursday to aggravated manslaughter in the May 2018 stabbing death of Richard Pone, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. In response to a 911 call, officers arrived at a home on Maplewood Drive in Little Egg Harbor to find Pone in an upstairs bedroom with multiple stab wounds, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators discovered that Cole…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Pair Supplied Heroin/Fentanyl In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death
A Jersey Shore couple was jailed in connection with an overdose heroin/fentanyl death of a 16-year-old boy last month, authorities said. David Belk, 45, and Stephanie O’Neill, 44, both of Little Egg Harbor, have been charged with strict liability, endangering the welfare of a child, and drug related charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Captain James Hawkins said. Belk and O’Neill supplied heroin and fentanyl to the 16-year-old boy, who was found unresponsive on the floor of an East Susquehanna Driver on July 3, authorities said. Responding officers administered li…
Obituaries
'My 600-Lb Life' Star From NJ Dead At 30
A 30-year-old New Jersey woman who rose to fame on popular TLC show "My 600-lb Life" has died. Gina Marie Krasley, of Tuckerton, died at home on Aug. 1 surrounded by family, her obituary says. A Galloway native, Krasley loved to dance and had a passion for inspiring others on TikTok -- proving "dancing has no size limit," her obit reads. She hoped to one day open a dance studio for children with special needs. Services will be held on Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Maxwell Funeral Home in Little Egg Harbor.
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DWI Driver Gets 7 Years Behind Bars For Jersey Shore Crash That Killed 24-Year-Old Passenger
A 25-year-old Barnegat man will spend seven years behind bars for a crash that killed his 24-year-old passenger in March 2020, in which speed and alcohol were both factors, authorities said Thursday. Jeydon Lowe pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and DWI on Jan. 17, and was sentenced before Superior Court Judge Linda G. Baxter, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Lowe will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his prison sentence before he is eligible for parole, subject to the No Early Release Act. Baxter also suspended Lowe’s driving privileges for …
Obituaries
Frozen Yogurt Trip Turns Deadly: Support Surges For Jersey Shore Teen Car Crash Victims
What was supposed to be a fun weekend out getting frozen yogurt turned out to be a horrific one for two teenage girls, one now dead and the other critical, following a head-on crash on their way home. Support is surging for Pinelands Regional High School students, friends and coworkers of Gianna Palmieri, 16, and Kaitlyn, following the Jan. 30 crash. The speeding driver who struck them -- Michael Pillarella, 26, of Manahawkin -- was slapped with new charges of aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide after Palmieri died of her injuries Tuesday, authorities said. A GoFundMe for Gianna's…
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Haledon PD: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Flicking Cigarette Ashes From Car Caught With Loaded Gun
An ex-con who flicked cigarette ashes from a speeding car had a loaded gun hidden under the seat, Haledon police said. Officer Jeffrey Welsh smelled raw pot as he approached the 2005 Infiniti sedan during a stop on Pompton Road near Ailsa Avenue, Lt. George Guzman said. Joined by Special Police Sgt. John Jones and a William Paterson University police officer, Welsh found a .44-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun loaded with six bullets under the front passenger seat and a bag of marijuana in back, Guzman said. The driver got a speeding ticket and was released. Welsh arrested the passenger,…
Police & Fire
Rubbing People The Wrong Way: More Massage Therapists Lose Licenses In NJ
New Jersey authorities this week revoked the license of the ninth massage therapist in the past year for “inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact” with a client who literally put her trust in his hands. John R. Popper, 48, of Little Egg Harbor was convicted earlier this year of harassment by offensive touching for placing his hand on a client’s vagina during a massage at Hand and Stone spa in Somers Point. In turn, the state Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy permanently barred him from working as a massage therapist in New Jersey ever again because he “engaged in professional miscond…
Police & Fire
U.S. Marshals Capture Long Island Fugitives Wanted For Gunning Down Jersey Shore Man
U.S. Marshals captured two Long Island fugitives charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a Jersey Shore man. Ademola Bostick, 24, of Bay Shore, and Rajah Mayo, 20, of Freeport, had driven to the shore intending to kill 23-year-old Charles Sortino, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Little Egg Harbor Police Chief Richard Buzby said in a joint announcement. Bostick shot Sortino several times and left him in the road on Center Street in Little Egg Harbor at 11:45 p.m. April 3, they said. Sortino remained in critical condition at Atlantic City Medical Center, Billhimer a…
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Instant
Millionaire
: Ocean County Man, NJ Residents Get Lucky At Lottery Drawing
New Jersey Lottery picked another "million dollar replay millionaire" on Friday in Asbury Park. James Wood of Little Egg Harbor in Ocean County won $1 million. Wood was speechless as he grabbed a giant replica of his check before asking, "Can I take it home?" Wood was selected from 15 million entries, "second chance" losing instant lottery tickets. Woods told Lottery officials he is still in shock, and feels like his wildest dreams have finally come true. When asked if they had any plans for the big prize, James mentioned his family was hoping to take a vacation to Hawaii this s…
Police & Fire
CT Man Indicted For Shooting At Police Officer, Fleeing Ocean County Stop After Kidnapping GF
A Connecticut man who authorities said fired at a police officer following a Jersey Shore traffic stop was indicted on attempted murder, kidnapping and other charges, authorities said. Miguel Angel-Villegas, 29, of New Haven had threatened to kill his then-girlfriend if she didn't drive him from Connecticut to New Jersey, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. After making the woman give the Tuckerton police officer a bogus name during the traffic stop last Nov. 21, Angel-Villegas forced her at gunpoint to speed away, Billhimer said. She hit the gas and the vehicle struck…
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