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'Special K,' Ecstasy Seized In Separate Lyndhurst Stops 'Special K,' Ecstasy Seized In Separate Lyndhurst Stops
'Special K,' Ecstasy Seized In Separate Lyndhurst Stops Lyndhurst police made separate weekend drug arrests following traffic stops in the same area. Officer Michael Clifford stopped an older model BMW with a cracked windshield and expired inspection sticker in the area of Polito Avenue and Wall Sreet West late Friday, Detective Lt. Michael Auteri said. The vehicle also had a temporary license plate that, it turned out, belonged to another vehicle, he said. The driver, Marco Ribeiro, 40, of Newark was carrying Ecstasy and was unlicensed, Auteri said. He was charged with drug possession, issued traffic summonses and released pending a hearing. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Winning Lotto Ticket Good For $10K Sold In Hudson County Winning Lotto Ticket Good For $10K Sold In Hudson County
Winning Lotto Ticket Good For $10K Sold In Hudson County A New Jersey Lottery ticket good for $10,000 was sold in Hudson County. The ticket from the Friday, Dec. 31 drawing matched the winning numbers, which were: 02, 05, 30, 46, and 61. The Gold Mega Ball was 08, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. That ticket was purchased at Best Buy Wine & Liquor, 315 Kearny Ave., in Kearny. In addition to the third-tier prize won, 24 players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier, multiplying the prize to $1,500. 

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by Cecilia Levine
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3 NJ Walmart Stores Close Due To COVID 3 NJ Walmart Stores Close Due To COVID
3 NJ Walmart Stores Close Due To COVID Three Walmart stores across New Jersey have closed due to COVID-19. The latest store to close was in Manville (Somerset County), which was shut temporarily Sunday for cleaning, NJ Advance Media reports. It was expected to reopen Tuesday, Walmart officials told the outlet. The Linden Supercenter closed last week after an employee tested positive for the virus.  Kearny's store was closed Thursday for sanitization, although it was unclear if anyone tested positive. Click here for more from NJ Advance Media.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog
Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog A Paramus woman who’d threatened to kill a former lover broke into his Fort Lee condo with her new boyfriend and stabbed the man's dog, authorities said. The owner told police he fled the Cumbermeade Road condominium after the couple called and threatened to shoot him just after midnight Tuesday, Capt. Edward Young said. Officers who found the front door ajar were later shown Ring video by the victim showing Leena Radwan, 34, and Joseph Valenti, 32, of Kearny breaking in and stabbing his German Shepherd, Young said. Rushed to a local animal hospital with a deep gash that bled profusely, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash ID'd As Central Jersey Man, 31 Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash ID'd As Central Jersey Man, 31
Driver Killed In Turnpike Crash ID'd As Central Jersey Man, 31 Authorities have identified the driver killed in a collision on the New Jersey Turnpike. Andrew N. Disney, 31, of Edison, was killed when his sedan slammed into the rear of a tractor-trailer pulled over along the turnpike, according to New Jersey State Police Trooper Brandi Slota. Good Samaritans tried to rescue Disney from the wreckage at about 2 p.m. on Monday. Videos show a silver sedan wedged underneath a tractor trailer -- the driver slumped over the steering wheel. New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry says the crash occurred on the northbound side of the western spur near mile…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
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
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
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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
Police & Fire
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