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Jersey Shore Woman Bought $840K Home With Fake Documents: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Woman Bought $840K Home With Fake Documents: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Woman Bought $840K Home With Fake Documents: Prosecutor A 32-year-old woman from Monmouth County bought a $840,000 home using bogus documents, authorities said. Sydne Phillips, of Allentown, was charged with two counts of theft by deception,  impersonation and two counts of forgery, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. She provided fraudulent documents to obtain a mortgage and attempted to use a fraudulent $76,000 check to cover the closing costs of the real estate transaction, Bradshaw said. She was taken into custody June 1 and held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility in Mays Landing pending a detention …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Teen Charged In Double Fatal Route 9 Crash: Prosecutor Teen Charged In Double Fatal Route 9 Crash: Prosecutor
Teen Charged In Double Fatal Route 9 Crash: Prosecutor A Howell teenager has been charged in connection with a collision that killed two teens and injured two others in Freehold Township last year, authorities said. The defendant was 17 at the time of the crash, and because of his age, his identity is being withheld, they said. He has been charged on juvenile complaints with two counts of second-degree vehicular homicide and two counts of assault by auto, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on April 19, 2022, officers were dispatched to 3468 U.S. Highway 9 for a single-vehic…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Jersey Shore Native, Beloved Mom Dies From Routine Surgery Complications, 32 Jersey Shore Native, Beloved Mom Dies From Routine Surgery Complications, 32
Jersey Shore Native, Beloved Mom Dies From Routine Surgery Complications, 32 Jersey Shore native and beloved mother Keisha Lynn Diaz died unexpectedly following complications from a routine surgery on Saturday, April 9. She was 32. Born in Allentown, Keisha attended Egg Harbor Township High School, where she graduated in 2008, her obituary says. She also studied at Cumberland County College and lived in Vineland at the time of her death, her social media page says. Keisha worked at Harbor Freight Tools for more than a decade and became a mother to two loving children of her own — Key'Naydalynn, 13, and Adrieanna, 7, according to her memorial. The beloved mother wa…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Teen Killed In Route 9 Crash Loved To Dance, Was Loving Brother Teen Killed In Route 9 Crash Loved To Dance, Was Loving Brother
Teen Killed In Route 9 Crash Loved To Dance, Was Loving Brother A 15-year-old boy killed in this week's crash on Route 9 was being remembered for his charisma.John Ryan McCarthy and, standout football star Asaivion Whiting, 17, of Manalapan, NJ died in the crash on Tuesday, April 19 in Freehold. A GoFundMe launched for John had raised more than $9,200 as of Thursday, April 21. A campaign for Asaivion had raised more than $24,000. "John was known just to make people laugh, no matter the situation," the page says. "John was a momma's boy at heart, and he was proud of it. He loved to dance his heart out and put on a show always.  "If you knew John, y…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teen Football Star Dead In Route 9 Crash Was Aspiring Police Officer Teen Football Star Dead In Route 9 Crash Was Aspiring Police Officer
Teen Football Star Dead In Route 9 Crash Was Aspiring Police Officer Support is surging for a star athlete killed in a Route 9 crash earlier this week.Asaivion Whiting, 17, a standout athlete on the Manalapan High School football team, was being remembered as soft spoken and polite.  He dreamt of being a police officer, according to a GoFundMe page that had raised more than $23,000 as of April 21. Whiting was a passenger in the 2004 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by a 17-year-old male from Howell, that changed lanes when the driver lost control and spun out around 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, authorities said. The vehicle ran off the road to the right si…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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2 Teenage Passengers Killed In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor 2 Teenage Passengers Killed In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor
2 Teenage Passengers Killed In Jersey Shore Crash: Prosecutor Two teenage passengers were killed in a crash in Monmouth County, authorities said.Three other teens, including the driver, were injured in the single-car crash, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. On Tuesday, April 19, at 10:38 p.m., Freehold police responded to a report of an overturned vehicle. The investigation found that a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by a 17-year-old male from Howell, was traveling southbound on Route 9, near 3468 Rt. 9, when the vehicle changed lanes and the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to spin out, Linskey said…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Driver Hits 9 Vehicles, Killing Woman: Police NJ Driver Hits 9 Vehicles, Killing Woman: Police
NJ Driver Hits 9 Vehicles, Killing Woman: Police A New Jersey driver hit nine vehicles in a Tuesday afternoon crash that killed a 76-year-old woman, authorities said. John MacMillan, 62, was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu southbound on Route 130 and ran a red light at the Horizon Center Boulevard intersection in Hamilton Township around 1:50 p.m., Lt. Richard Mastropolo said in a release. MacMillan, of Edgewater Park, struck nine vehicles, including a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Frances Sgro, 76, of Columbus, Mastropolo said. Sgro was extricated and taken with serious injuries to Capital Health Regional Hospital in Trenton, where s…

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by Valerie Musson