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Dad Killed Wife, Daughter In NJ Before Turning Gun On Himself In NJ Mansion: Prosecutor
The Grodnick family has been identified as the victims of a double murder suicide in Somerset County, authorities announced Tuesday, Oct. 6.
David Grodnick, 61, killed his wife, Lora, 62, and daughter, Sloane, 24 before killing himself, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Meredith McKay, and Montgomery Township Chief of Police Silvio Bet said.
On Thursday, Oct. 1, Montgomery Township police conducted a welfare check on the residence, but were unable to contact the residents, authorities said. On Friday, Oct.…
Man Admits To Selling Russian Plutonium Out Of His Home To Buyers Across US, Abroad: Feds
A convicted Massachusetts felon has admitted to importing plutonium from Russia and mailing the highly radioactive material to dozens of buyers through a business he ran from a South Hadley home, authorities said. Police also found child sexual abuse material at his home.
Jacob D. Miller, 44, of Hadley, pleaded guilty to possession of ammunition and explosives, importing nuclear material without authorization, mailing hazardous materials, and possessing child sexual abuse material, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said on Monday, Oct. 5.
Miller has remained in fed…
PA Measles Outbreak Tops 1,000, Highest In US, 4 Vaccinated Residents Among Infected
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak has surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases and now includes five deaths, state health officials announced Monday, Oct. 5.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 1,004 cases across 39 counties so far in 2026 — up 27 cases since Friday, Oct. 2.
There have been 198 hospitalizations tied to the outbreak, according to the department. Nearly 20 percent of people identified by the state with measles have been hospitalized.
The new numbers come less than a month after the statewide total stood at 676 cases in 37 counties, with 124 hospitalizations and two measles-a…
DWI Reckless NY Driver Had Phony License Plates: Denville PD
A 35-year-old New York man was hit with a slew of charges after he drove drunk in Denville, authorities said.
At 3:15 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, officers received a report of a vehicle driving with fictitious license plates, police said. The vehicle was located on Route 10 East and the driver, Ahmed Sekou Sow displayed signs of possible impairment, Denville police said.
Sow was arrested following field sobriety testing, police said. He was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving, driving with a suspended license, driving an unregistered vehicle, reckless driving and fictitio…
Fake FBI Agents Storm NJ Apartment, Steal $7.5K: Police
A New Jersey man has been arrested after police say he and two accomplices posed as FBI agents, forced their way into a woman's apartment and stole $7,500 from her safe.
Samuel Prata, 42, was arrested Sunday, Oct. 4, in connection with the Thursday, Aug. 27 home invasion on Mott Street near Raymond Boulevard, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. said.
Three men knocked on the door of the woman's third-floor apartment around 2:30 p.m. and claimed to be federal agents, demanding that she open the door, Miranda said. When she did, the men rushed inside and pushed her onto a c…
Dead Passengers, Fake Drivers: NJ Woman, Colombian Lover's $13M Scheme Unravels
Some of the passengers were dead. Some of the drivers had never driven a car.
But a New Jersey woman and her Colombian lover apparently had no trouble taking taxpayers for a ride.
For years, prosecutors say, Jael Watts, 45, of Alloway, operated Pearl Transit Corporation, a New Jersey-based company that purported to have drivers scattered across the country giving rides to elderly and disabled people while also conducting outreach for homeless Americans.
Watts and Luis Pino-Copete, 42, of Bogota, Colombia, were convicted following a multi-week federal trial in Utica of orchestrating a spraw…
