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Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation
Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation A man who killed a Teaneck father and his four daughters when his pickup truck veered across a Delaware highway into the path of their minivan was sentenced to a year's probation on Friday, according to a published report. Alvin Hubbard III, of Maryland, could be sentenced to 14 years in prison if he doesn't meet the requirements of his probation. Hubbard pleaded guilty in June to five counts of death by auto and two of vehicular assault in connection with the July 2018 crash, which occurred as the Trinidad family was returning from a trip to Ocean City, MD.  Killed were Audi Marquez …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Irvington Man Sentenced For Role In $2.4M Fake Check Scam Irvington Man Sentenced For Role In $2.4M Fake Check Scam
Irvington Man Sentenced For Role In $2.4M Fake Check Scam An Irvington man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for taking part in a scam that cost home improvement stores millions of dollars, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Reginald Phillips, 56, had previously pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Four others who took part in the scam had also pleaded guilty.  Philips was described as the ringleader of the scam by authorities.  For four years beginning in 2013, the scammers purchased expensive merchandise from stores in New Jersey and elsewhere on the East Coast using checks with false names but leg…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Hamburg Man Who Died In High-Speed Delaware Crash, 48, Was 'Not Properly Restrained' Hamburg Man Who Died In High-Speed Delaware Crash, 48, Was 'Not Properly Restrained'
Hamburg Man Who Died In High-Speed Delaware Crash, 48, Was 'Not Properly Restrained' A 48-year-old Hamburg man died over the weekend in a high-speed Delaware crash, state police said. The man, whose name was not being released, came speeding down a Milton street in his 2017 Chevrolet Impala when he struck a tree in the front yard of a local home around 12:40 a.m. Sunday, Delaware State Police said. The driver "was not properly restrained" and subsequently ejected from the vehicle before hitting the tree, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Debris from the vehicle struck the home but there were no injuries to anyone inside, police said. The crash continu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report
Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report A 46-year-old Delaware man who authorities said brought a gun loaded with hollow point bullets to a grade school in Westfield last week had been romantically involved with a teacher at the school, News 12 New Jersey reported. Thomas Wilkie, 46, of Bear, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School after Westfield police were notified by police in Delaware that Wilkie may be heading therel. Authorities said that Wilkie was found sitting in an SUV in the parking lot with the gun and with additional clips of ammunition. Another 130 rounds of ammunition were…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor
Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor The man arrested while in possession of a gun and ammunition at a Westfield grade school is a 46-year-old Delaware resident, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. Thomas J. Wilkie, of Bear, was arrested by Westfield police shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School. Westfield police received a tip from police in New Castle County in Delaware that Wilkie might be armed and headed to the school, authorities said. Students were in the building taking part in an after-school program when police apprehended Wilkie, who was found sitting in the fr…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Newark Man Used Fake Checks In $2M Nationwide Scam Newark Man Used Fake Checks In $2M Nationwide Scam
Newark Man Used Fake Checks In $2M Nationwide Scam A 35-year-old Newark man admitted writing bogus checks for which he received millions in merchandise from home-improvement stores across the country, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey said Tuesday.  Lessie Dickerson III pleaded guilty in Newark to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is scheduled to be sentenced in September.  Dickerson wrote fraudulent checks for years, from 2013 until 2017, using them to obtain expensive items like hardwood flooring and air conditioners from retailers in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Delaware and other states, including New Jersey.  Working with ot…

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by Paul Milo
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Feel It? 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Off East Coast Feel It? 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Off East Coast
Feel It? 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Off East Coast A 4.7 magnitude earthquake was reported more than 100 miles off the coast of Maryland Tuesday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. While one person in Delaware said he felt light tremors around the time of the 6:30 p.m. quake, no reports came in from New Jersey. "The Town of Ocean City is aware of an earthquake that took place in the Atlantic, approximately 130 miles off shore and nearly 6 miles deep," Ocean City officials said on social media.  "Although we have seen no effects here, our Emergency Services Department has been in contact with our State …

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEE IT? (VIDEO): Fireball Dazzles New Jersey, East Coast SEE IT? (VIDEO): Fireball Dazzles New Jersey, East Coast
SEE IT? (Video): Fireball Dazzles New Jersey, East Coast Several people in New Jersey reported seeing a fireball that tore across the area Wednesday The American Meteor Society received more than 190 reports from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and North Carolina between 6:35 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. The fireball was traveling from northeast to southwest and ended its flight somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Norfolk, V.A., the AMS said. News12's assistant news director, Jeremy Settle, posted a video of the alleged meteor darting across the sky in West New York. "A fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, gen…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals
Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Out with the old, in with the new. That's what voters are telling political pollsters in the latest public opinion surveys. While Westchester County's Hillary Clinton, Vermont's Bernie Sanders and Delaware's Joe Biden are considered presidential contenders in 2020, three-out-of-four Democratic voters think their party needs to back someone new. Some top media pundits are touting former Vice President Biden as a likely frontrunner, as seen in this Tweet.  However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 73 percent of likely Democratic voters believe their pa…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Hearts Pour Pain, Love For Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Killed In Crash Hearts Pour Pain, Love For Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Killed In Crash
Hearts Pour Pain, Love For Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Killed In Crash Shock mixed with sadness Saturday as word spread that a Teaneck father and his four daughters were killed and his wife hospitalized in a violent highway crash in Delaware. In barely half a day, people contributed nearly $65,000 to the lone survivor, 53-year-old Mary Rose Ballocanag, on a GoFundMe campaign launched by family friend Arlinda Douglas. A Saturday night memorial at Votee Park drew hundreds who mourned the deaths of Audie Marquez Trinidad, 61, and daughters Kaitlyn, 20; Danna, 17; and 13-year-old twins Melissa and Allison, who were all killed when their minivan collided with a wro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95 Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95
Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95 Law enforcement agencies up and down the east coast are teaming to protect motorists on I-95 as part of the National Drive to Save Lives Campaign. State police agencies from 15 east coast states - including New York and Connecticut - are teaming in an effort to “keep one of the country’s most highly-traveled interstates, I-95 safe and fatality-free" Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. There will be an increased police presence on the interstate during the two-day detailed effort, with officers and troopers focusing on seat belt violations, safety restraint use, speeding, impaired …

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by Zak Failla
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NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question
NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a multi-state coalition of elected officials who are intending to challenge President Donald Trump and the federal government’s decision to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. On Monday night, the Commerce Department announced it would indeed reintroduce the question, which had been asked until 1960. The lawsuit was filed by Attorneys General in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New…

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by Zak Failla