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Burn Hazards Cost Fitbit $12M+ After Delayed Smartwatch Recall: CPSC Burn Hazards Cost Fitbit $12M+ After Delayed Smartwatch Recall: CPSC
Burn Hazards Cost Fitbit $12M+ After Delayed Smartwatch Recall: Cpsc Fitbit will pay more than $12 million for failing to promptly report that its Ionic smartwatches posed serious burn risks, officials said. Fitbit LLC, which is now owned by Google, has been fined $12.25 million to settle claims by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal agency said in a news release on Thursday, Jan. 23. The defect caused the Ionic smartwatches to overheat, leading to second- and third-degree burns for some users. Between 2018 and 2020, Fitbit received multiple reports of its Ionic smartwatches overheating and injuring users, the CPSC said. In ear…
South Jersey Cocaine Dealer Who Set July 4th Guest On Fire Sentenced: Prosecutor South Jersey Cocaine Dealer Who Set July 4th Guest On Fire Sentenced: Prosecutor
South Jersey Cocaine Dealer Who Set July 4th Guest On Fire Sentenced: Prosecutor A South Jersey man has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with three separate crimes, authorities said. Deshoin Rowell, 22, of Northfield, was sentenced on Wednesday, May 31, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Among his crimes was setting a guest on fire during a bonfire at his home on July 4, 2021, the prosecutor said. He was convicted on three separate indictments charging him with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a handgun, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, the prosecutor said. After an investigation b…
Electrocution Survivor Loses Insurance Benefits, Jersey Shore Friends Rally To Pay His Bills Electrocution Survivor Loses Insurance Benefits, Jersey Shore Friends Rally To Pay His Bills
Electrocution Survivor Loses Insurance Benefits, Jersey Shore Friends Rally To Pay His Bills A Monmouth County man survived being electrocuted but suffered burns over 40 percent of his body. Now, he faces the painful task of paying medical bills after his Medicare coverage was cut. More than $28,000 has been raised in this GoFundMe page to support Paul Roberts, of Fair Haven, who accidentally hit a live wire while cutting a tree branch last August. Per a GoFundMe organized by Paul's friends, Carrie and Ron Drazin: "He was being electrocuted for approximately 20 minutes with his body literally in flames when the police arrived.  When the power was turned off, he fell 25 feet f…
Driver Seriously Hurt As Honda Veers Off Road, Bursts Into Flames In Hamilton Crash: Police Driver Seriously Hurt As Honda Veers Off Road, Bursts Into Flames In Hamilton Crash: Police
Driver Seriously Hurt As Honda Veers Off Road, Bursts Into Flames In Hamilton Crash: Police A driver was rushed to a nearby trauma center with serious burns and injuries after his vehicle veered off the road and went up in flames in Hamilton late on Wednesday, Sept. 21, authorities said. Yvenson Dossous, 33, was behind the wheel of a 2022 Honda Pilot when he veered off of Whitehorse Ham Square Rd. and slammed into a tree on the northeast curb just after 9:50 p.m., Hamilton Police said in a release. After the collision, the Honda became engulfed in flames, causing residents to quickly respond and pull Dossous, of Hamilton, from the flaming vehicle, police said. Emergency crews fr…
Mercer County Burn Victim Flown To Hospital: Police Mercer County Burn Victim Flown To Hospital: Police
Mercer County Burn Victim Flown To Hospital: Police A man from Mercer County was flown to a hospital after suffering burns, authorities said. The victim was burned at his home on Shagbark Lane in East Windsor shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 15, township police Det. Sgt. Matthew Oehling told DailyVoice.com. The man was flown via medical helicopter to Cooper Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston for treatment, Oehling said. Additional details were not released.
NJ Boy Severely Burned In Backyard Bonfire Gets Community Support NJ Boy Severely Burned In Backyard Bonfire Gets Community Support
NJ Boy Severely Burned In Backyard Bonfire Gets Community Support An outpouring of support was shown for 11-year-old Ryan Jastrzembski after most of his body was burned in an accident during a backyard bonfire in Mount Laurel. Joseph Boccuti, who is a friend and business partner of Ryan's father, started this GoFundMe page. "Young Ryan, only 11 years old, suffered burns over 90% of his body," he writes. "Needless to say, he has a long, extremely tough road ahead to recovery." The boy poured gasoline on the fire and the gas can exploded on Monday, Mount Laurel police said.  "Due to the large percentage of his body that was burned, the plan is n…