Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police
Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police A Bergen County man threatened to have a family friend deported unless he paid $6,000, falsely claiming he had connections at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, authorities said. Carlos A. Roca-Roca was arrested in Fairview on Saturday, Oct. 3, following an investigation led by Detective Diego Porras, Fairview police said. Roca-Roca allegedly contacted the victim and claimed he knew someone at the state motor vehicle agency who could remove the victim's name from a deportation list. He demanded $6,000 to have the victim removed from the supposed list, threatening to have him depo…
Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner
Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner A 6-year-old Amish boy who drowned after falling into a manure pit while visiting a relative's Lancaster County farm has been identified by the coroner. Leon James Blank, of Christiana, was visiting a family member's property in the 6200 block of Meadeville Road in Salisbury Township when he fell into the manure pit on Sunday, Nov. 8, according to a media alert issued by Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni's office on Monday, Nov. 9. The coroner's office was called to the farm at 4:25 p.m., where investigators pronounced Leon dead. His cause of death was determined to be asphyx…
Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride
Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride A missing Massachusetts cardiologist and father of two was found dead near a cow pasture after vanishing during a weekend bike ride, authorities said. Dr. Daniel Arnett, 44, of Beverly, Massachusetts, was last seen around 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in Newbury. His body was discovered shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday near the Tendercrop Farm cow pasture, according to the Essex County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday. The discovery came after a search for Arnett, who had left home without his cellphone. Police had described him as an "overdue cyclist" after he failed to return from his ride. …
Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison
Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison A former Massachusetts police officer accused of grooming a young girl, sexually abusing her for years, and killing her after she became pregnant with his child has been found guilty of murder, federal authorities said.  A federal jury in Boston convicted Matthew Farwell, 41, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, of killing Sandra Birchmore, 23, and her unborn child. The former Stoughton officer was found guilty of killing a witness, victim, or informant and causing the death of an unborn child during a federal crime, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Farwell fac…
Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County
Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County A Ho-Ho-Kus fire truck struck a Honda Fit while responding to a fire in Waldwick, seriously injuring the driver on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The crash happened on Franklin Turnpike as the fire truck was responding to a separate call in Waldwick, according to Waldwick Police Lt. David Passaretti. Photos from the scene captured by Boyd A. Loving show extensive passenger-side damage to a gray Honda Fit, with both doors heavily dented and the side mirror displaced. The driver of the Honda was transported to a hospital, Passaretti said. The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigatio…
Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash
Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash A routine trip to work took a terrifying turn for a US Secret Service motorcycle officer who was critically injured in a crash near the National Zoo in DC, leaving his family facing an uncertain road to recovery. Officer Chase Lettrich, a member of the Secret Service's Motorcade Support Unit, was riding to work on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, when his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Connecticut Avenue NW near Devonshire Place. The crash happened shortly after 6 a.m., leaving Chase unconscious but breathing when emergency crews rushed him to the hospital, according to multiple reports. The …
Driver Mistakes Woman For Garbage Bag In Deadly Dragging NJ Death: Prosecutor Driver Mistakes Woman For Garbage Bag In Deadly Dragging NJ Death: Prosecutor Driver Mistakes Woman For Garbage Bag In Deadly Dragging NJ Death: Prosecutor
Driver Mistakes Woman For Garbage Bag In Deadly Dragging NJ Death: Prosecutor A driver who thought she had struck a garbage bag in Newark instead hit a woman and dragged her beneath her vehicle to a supermarket, where she went shopping before discovering the victim, authorities said. The woman was found dead beneath the vehicle in the parking lot of Extra Supermarket at 327 Lyons Avenue around 6:58 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. The driver told investigators she was heading south on Sherman Avenue when she struck what she initially believed was a black garbage bag, authoriti…
Car Smashes Through Garage Wall At Route 17 Bergen County Special Services, Injures Man Below Car Smashes Through Garage Wall At Route 17 Bergen County Special Services, Injures Man Below Car Smashes Through Garage Wall At Route 17 Bergen County Special Services, Injures Man Below
Car Smashes Through Garage Wall At Route 17 Bergen County Special Services, Injures Man Below A 65-year-old pedestrian was hospitalized after a car struck two parked vehicles and smashed through a parking garage wall at the Bergen County Board of Social Services building, sending debris onto him below, police said. The crash happened at 218 Route 17 North around 10:42 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to Rochelle Park police. A 19-year-old Philadelphia man was driving when he struck two parked vehicles before crashing into the garage wall, causing part of it to break and injure the pedestrian on the ground level below, police said. The pedestrian, a Paterson resident, was taken to H…
NJ Police Sgt Charged With DUI, Records Show NJ Police Sgt Charged With DUI, Records Show NJ Police Sgt Charged With DUI, Records Show
NJ Police Sgt Charged With DUI, Records Show A 42-year-old Middletown Township police sergeant has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with DWI, reckless driving, and driving while intoxicated within 1,000 feet of a school in Howell, Daily Voice has learned. Sgt. Elzbieta Banel faces three charges stemming from Wednesday, Nov. 4, court records show. The charges include operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, reckless driving, and DWI on school property or within 1,000 feet of a school. Banel is due in Howell Municipal Court on Friday, Nov. 20. Middletown Police Chief Craig Weber told NJ 101.5 t…
Video Shows SUV Trying To Pass Box Truck Before Crash Outside Hackensack School Video Shows SUV Trying To Pass Box Truck Before Crash Outside Hackensack School Video Shows SUV Trying To Pass Box Truck Before Crash Outside Hackensack School
Video Shows SUV Trying To Pass Box Truck Before Crash Outside Hackensack School A black SUV became wedged beneath a box truck after apparently trying to pass it as the truck turned into a Bergen County elementary school Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, newly obtained surveillance footage shows. The crash happened on the Esplanade at the Hackensack-Maywood border around 10:50 a.m., near Nellie K. Parker Elementary School. Footage from a nearby home's surveillance camera shows both vehicles heading toward Central Avenue when the box truck begins making a left turn into the school. The black Nissan SUV appears to accelerate in an attempt to pass the truck, but instead collides …
NJ Cheerleader, 17, Killed In Violent North Carolina Crash NJ Cheerleader, 17, Killed In Violent North Carolina Crash NJ Cheerleader, 17, Killed In Violent North Carolina Crash
NJ Cheerleader, 17, Killed In Violent North Carolina Crash Katelyn Christine Grisolia-Keegan, a 17-year-old New Jersey native, was killed in a car crash in North Carolina Friday, Nov. 6. At 9:15 p.m.,  Keegan was driving an SUV east on Route 64 when she went off the road, hitting several trees, causing the vehicle to overturn, WXII reported, citing state troopers. Keegan was pronounced dead at the scene, WXII said. Growing up in Jackson, Keegan was a member of the cheer team, played football, and participated in singing competitions, according to her obituary from the Fiore-Buckley Funeral Home website. "She embraced life with enthu…
Tour Helicopter Crash-Lands On NJ Pier (DEVELOPING) Tour Helicopter Crash-Lands On NJ Pier (DEVELOPING) Tour Helicopter Crash-Lands On NJ Pier (DEVELOPING)
Tour Helicopter Crash-Lands On NJ Pier (Developing) A tour helicopter made an emergency landing at a New Jersey port Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, authorities confirmed. The FlyNYON landed at the Port Jersey Port Authority Marine Terminal in Bayonne, just outside the container terminal, around 9 a.m., according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. No injuries were reported. Port Authority police and first responders were at the scene, and the US Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board were notified, officials said. The circumstances leading to the emergency landing were not immediately clear. In April 2025, a family …