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200 United Passengers Evaluated After Newark-Bound Flight Diverts To NY: Officials
A flight bound for Newark Liberty International Airport was diverted to Orange County, NY, officials said citing both turbulence and an ailing passenger. Nearly 200 passengers were evaluated, with some taken to local hospitals, when United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv landed at the New Windsor Airport at approximately 6:45 p.m. Friday, March 29, according to the FAA and Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Windsor EMS (@new_windsor_ems) While Neuhaus said the flight was diverted …
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Teen Rape Defendant Also Stalked Ramapo College Student, Authorities Charge
UPDATE: A 19-year-old man already accused of repeatedly raping a minor at the Jersey Shore and in New York State also stalked a female Ramapo College student, authorities charged. Jon Pelcin, of Monroe, NY, followed the sophomore around the Mahwah campus "on multiple occasions," Township Detective Lt. Kevin Hebert wrote. Pelcin "showed up at sporting events where the victim [was] in attendance" and followed her in his vehicle, putting her "in fear of death or bodily injury," Hebert added. One time Pelcin followed the victim from the school gym to the student center and then to the library…
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Teen Accused Of Jersey Shore, NY Child Rape Charged With Stalking Ramapo College Student
UPDATE (Dec. 9, 2022): A 19-year-old man already accused of repeatedly raping a minor at the Jersey Shore and in New York State also stalked a female Ramapo College student, authorities charged. Jon Pelcin, of Monroe, NY, followed the sophomore around the Mahwah campus "on multiple occasions," Township Detective Lt. Kevin Hebert wrote. Pelcin "showed up at sporting events where the victim [was] in attendance" and followed her in his vehicle, putting her "in fear of death or bodily injury," Hebert added. One time Pelcin followed the victim from the school gym to the student center and then…
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: Southbound GSP Crash In Bergen Kills Pickup Driver, 35, From NY
UPDATE: A pickup truck veered off the Garden State Parkway and into a bank of trees, killing its driver, New Jersey State Police said. Simon Sendon Rey, 35, of Campbell Hall in Orange County, NY, was alone when his Dodge Ram ran off the right side of the roadway on the southbound parkway near milepost 167.7 in Washington Township around 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, NJSP Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele said. The pickup "struck multiple trees and overturned," Peele said. A medical chopper was initially summoned as firefighters worked to extricate Rey. It was cancelled soon after. Rey, who was o…
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: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
The driver of a transport van apparently suffered a medical episode before the vehicle crashed overnight near the George Washington Bridge, killing him and three workers being shuttled home from a factory in Orange County, NY, authorities said. Eight others were hospitalized following the crash on the southbound on the Palisades Interstate Parkway between Exits 1 and 2 in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. George Massey, 54, of the Bronx was driving the Ford Econoline E350 passenger van, which landed on its side in a wooded area of the median, Palisades Interstate Par…
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: Deceased Driver, Passengers ID'd In Multi-Fatal Van Crash On Palisades Parkway
UPDATE: The driver of a passenger van apparently suffered a medical episode before a crash overnight near the George Washington Bridge that killed him and three workers being shuttled home from a factory in Orange County, NY, authorities said. Eight others were hospitalized following the crash on the southbound on the Palisades Interstate Parkway between Exits 1 and 2 in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. George Massey, 54, of the Bronx was driving the Ford Econoline E350 passenger van, which landed on its side in a wooded area of the median, Palisades Interstate Park…
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: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
UPDATE: The driver of a passenger van apparently suffered a medical episode before a crash overnight near the George Washington Bridge that killed him and three workers being shuttled home from a factory in Orange County, NY, authorities said. Eight others were hospitalized following the crash on the southbound on the Palisades Interstate Parkway between Exits 1 and 2 in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. George Massey, 54, of the Bronx was driving the Ford Econoline E350 passenger van, which landed on its side in a wooded area of the median, Palisades Interstate Park…
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Hudson Driver Caught After Crashing Car Stolen From NY Into Backyard Off GS Parkway: Paramus PD
Paramus police captured a Jersey City ex-con who crashed a car stolen out of Orange County into the backyard of a home off the Garden State Parkway and then took off on foot, authorities said. The 2018 Nissan Maxima -- which had just been reported stolen out of Monroe, NY -- barreled off the southbound Parkway exit ramp and into private property on Highland Avenue around 7 p.m. Monday, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officers Nicholas Perna and Clario Sampson found Javon Reaves, 29, who'd bailed out and was walking on Alden Road a short time later, the chief said. He at first …
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: Driver Of Disabled Vehicle Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway In Bergen County
A driver from New York State was killed when he and his disabled vehicle were struck overnight on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The 35-year-old Orange County resident was headed south in his Acura when it was involved in another accident shortly before midnight Sunday in Washington Township, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. The Walden, NY man got out, after which he and his car were struck by a Chrysler minivan -- killing him -- at milepost 165.9, the trooper said. His identity was temporarily being withheld pending next-of-kin notification. Further i…
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Dealer Who Produced Deadly Opioids In Basement Across From Paterson Mayor's Home Gets 10 Years
A dealer who produced lethal opioids in a fortified basement drug mill across the street from the mayor of Paterson's house was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, authorities said. Silk City police had seized 17,000 folds of heroin and fentanyl -- as well as packaging and distribution materials -- while arresting Rafael “Chiquito” Brito and his girlfriend, Rosanny Prado, during a March 2020 raid on their East 36th Street residence across from Mayor Andre Sayegh's home. The drugs were linked to at least 10 overdose deaths of both local and suburban buyers, authorities said at the time. …
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Jersey Ex-Con ID'd As Fleeing Route 287 Stolen Car Driver Who Crashed On NY State Thruway
UPDATE: A driver chased by police more than 40 miles from New Jersey into New York State before crashing a stolen car was identified as an ex-con who’s been involved in previous pursuits and has an arrest record that numbers in the dozens. Dustin Jeandron, 37, recently of Keyport and Trenton, gave New York State troopers a Hell’s Kitchen address after they took him into custody following Wednesday afternoon’s chase. Jeandron was driving a Hyundai sedan reported stolen out of Harrison when a Wayne police officer "spotted the vehicle in Wayne with fictitious plates and attempted to make a sto…
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: NJ Route 287 Pursuit Ends With Crash, Two In Custody On NY State Thruway
UPDATE: A driver chased by police more than 40 miles from New Jersey into New York State before crashing a stolen car was identified as an ex-con who’s been involved in previous pursuits and has an arrest record that numbers in the dozens. Dustin Jeandron, 37, recently of Keyport and Trenton, gave New York State troopers a Hell’s Kitchen address after they took him into custody following Wednesday afternoon’s chase. Jeandron was driving a Hyundai sedan reported stolen out of Harrison when a Wayne police officer "spotted the vehicle in Wayne with fictitious plates and attempted to make a st…
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Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY
Palisades Interstate Parkway police found a 1-year-old boy safe and sound in Orange County, NY after his mother's boyfriend abducted him from a Hudson River lookout in New Jersey late Monday afternoon, authorities said. The boy’s mother, 24, called PIP police after her boyfriend took her son and drove off, leaving her at the Rockefeller Lookout rest area on the northbound parkway shortly after 4:30 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Parkway police issued an alert for a KIA Sorrento with a temporary New Jersey license plate. The search ended shortly after, Walter said. “Police wer…
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Feds: Imprisoned Paterson Dealer Admits Selling Heroin That Killed User From Warwick, NY
A twice-imprisoned drug dealer from Paterson admitted he sold the heroin that killed a user from Orange County, NY. Shameik "Homeboy" Byrd, 31, who’s currently serving a state prison sentence, told a federal judge via videoconference in Newark that the death of 25-year-old Kean Cabral of Warwick was caused by heroin from the batch of “Trap Queen” that he’d been selling. State authorities tried to prosecute Byrd and a couple who they said bought the drugs from him and sold some to Cabral in April 2016. They were over-ruled, however, by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which said they didn’t ha…
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Drunken Ex-Con Fights Police Over Gun On Route 17 After Hit-Run Victim Follows Him From NYC
Hasbrouck Heights police had to fight a combative ex-con to get a gun away from him after he was followed to a Route 17 gas station by the victim of a hit-and-run crash in Washington Heights, authorities said. A drunken Jamel McCaskill, 44, also had $20,000 in banded cash in his totaled car, police said after Friday night's arrest. McCaskill was known to authorities, having been shot by a rival gang member in Harlem six years ago. The case made international headlines after the sentencing judge told the shooter: "Black lives don’t matter to black people.” A caller told Hasbrouck Heig…
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: Derek Jeter Drops Price Of Greenwood Lake Mansion
New York Yankee legend is hoping to hit a home run in the real estate market. The former slugger's Greenwood Lake home is back on the market for a cool $12.75 million. The Orange County, NY property -- dubbed "Tiedemann Castle" and located on the water that straddles New York and New Jersey -- was first purchased by the Hall of Fame shortstop 15 years ago. Jeter, an All-Star shortstop and team captain who spent his entire playing career with the Yankees, is now the chief executive officer of the Miami Marlins -- and doesn't spend too much time up north anymore. It had been on the market …
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Taking Liberties: Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While Englewood Child, Sitter Were Home
A babysitter was alone with a young child when a Pennsylvania couple broke into an Englewood home, helped themselves to food, drink – even a shower – and fled in the victims’ SUV, authorities said. They may have even had sex there, too. The babysitter eventually discovered the pair, who fled in the homeowner’s Lincoln Navigator with jewelry, a wallet, clothing and a backpack -- while leaving the clunker they drove up in behind, they said. They also took the one item that authorities said would lead police directly to them: an iPhone. Alex Ray Yeakley, of Myerstown, and Amanda Lentz, o…
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! CT Man Facing 125 Burglary Charges Across NJ, NY Found With 9 Handguns, Crossbow
A 30-year-old Connecticut man arrested in connection with a string of burglaries across New Jersey and New York was found with nine handguns, a crossbow and a slew of other weapons and contraband following a multi-jurisdictional investigation, authorities said. Patrick Ryan of Fairfield, CT was arrested Sunday morning and charged with a total of 74 counts of burglary to a motor vehicle and dozens of other offenses, Hardyston police said in release from the Sussex County Detective’s Association. A search of Ryan’s house and car turned up nine handguns, a crossbow and a shotgun, as well as nu…
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