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Teen Who Went Viral Meeting Saquon Barkley Now ‘Out Of Options’ In Cancer Fight Teen Who Went Viral Meeting Saquon Barkley Now ‘Out Of Options’ In Cancer Fight
Teen Who Went Viral Meeting Saquon Barkley Now ‘Out Of Options’ In Cancer Fight More than $23,000 has been raised to support a 15-year-old boy fighting aggressive childhood cancer after a recent hospitalization left him temporarily paralyzed. You may recognize Ke’yair Christie, 15, of Ewing, from a video that went viral on Facebook showing Samuel Weidenhofer surprising him and his family at Walmart with a Saquon Barkley jersey and tickets to an Eagles game. “Key has been fighting for his life since he was 8 years old,” the fundraiser states. “He is 15 now—and in those seven years, he has endured more than most people face in a lifetime,” the fundraiser launch…
Winds Up To 70 MPH, Hail, Lightning Expected In NJ, PA: Here's The Timing Winds Up To 70 MPH, Hail, Lightning Expected In NJ, PA: Here's The Timing
Winds Up To 70 MPH, Hail, Lightning Expected In NJ, PA: Here's The Timing Flash flooding is slamming parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania Friday, May 16, with more severe weather possible on Saturday, forecasters say. At 11:32 a.m., the National Weather Service in Mount Holly issued a Flash Flood Warning after Doppler radar showed rainfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour. Some areas have already recorded an inch of rain. “Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms,” the NWS said. “Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.” The warning is in effect until 3:30 p.m. for the following counties: In New Jersey: Southwestern Mercer, Northwester…
VIDEO: NJ Mom Nearly 5X Legal Limit Crashes With Kids In Car VIDEO: NJ Mom Nearly 5X Legal Limit Crashes With Kids In Car
Video: NJ Mom Nearly 5X Legal Limit Crashes With Kids In Car Newly released body camera footage shows the arrest of a New Jersey mother of three who police say was nearly five times the legal limit when she crashed her SUV with her children in the car last fall. Megan Fackler, then 38, of Ewing, was arrested on Oct. 5, 2024, after crashing her Chevrolet Traverse into a Freightliner truck at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Summit Avenue, according to Ewing Township Police and as first reported by Transparency Bodycam. In the footage, Fackler is seen remaining in the driver’s seat for approximately 10 minutes, refusing to get out while insisting s…
Video Shows NJ Mayor Nearly 4X Legal Limit Arrested After Picking Son Up From School: Cops Video Shows NJ Mayor Nearly 4X Legal Limit Arrested After Picking Son Up From School: Cops
Video Shows NJ Mayor Nearly 4X Legal Limit Arrested After Picking Son Up From School: Cops Newly released bodycam footage shows the DUI arrest of Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca, who was nearly four times over the legal limit when she was arrested on St. Patrick's Day for driving with her toddler son in the vehicle, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. LaPlaca, 45, was charged with DWI, child endangerment, and multiple traffic violations following the St. Patrick’s Day incident on Sunday, March 17, Lumberton police said.  The bodycam footage, shared by Transparency Bodycam on Friday, March 28, shows officers arriving at LaPlaca’s home around 5:26 p.m.…
20-Year-Olds Both Killed When Car Slams Trees Off I-195: NJSP 20-Year-Olds Both Killed When Car Slams Trees Off I-195: NJSP
20-Year-Olds Both Killed When Car Slams Trees Off I-195: Njsp Two 20-year-olds were killed when their car veered off Interstate 195 and slammed into trees early Sunday, March 9, authorities said. Denzel George, of Ewing, and Janae Boisseau, of Trenton, were traveling east in an Acura when the vehicle ran off the road near milepost 10 in Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey State Police Sergeant First Class Charles Marchan said. The crash happened at 3:01 a.m., when the Acura struck two trees, ejecting both occupants and killing them, Marchan said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Top Educators In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties Named Top Educators In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties Named
Top Educators In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties Named The New Jersey Department of Education has named the top 21 educators in the state. The department released the list of the 2024-25 New Jersey County Teachers of the Year on Tuesday, Aug. 6.  They are: Atlantic County: Carly Broomhead, Visual Arts Teacher at Emma C. Attales Middle School in the Absecon School District Bergen County: Margarita Diakos, Special Education Teacher at Ramsey High School in the Ramsey School District Burlington County: Margaret Fanourgakis, Health & Physical Education Teacher at Shawnee High School in the Lenape Regional Hi…
NJ State Trooper Tried To Pay Girl For Sex, Asked For Sexual Pictures: Prosecutors NJ State Trooper Tried To Pay Girl For Sex, Asked For Sexual Pictures: Prosecutors
NJ State Trooper Tried To Pay Girl For Sex, Asked For Sexual Pictures: Prosecutors A state trooper was accused of trying to pay for sex from someone he believed was a teen girl and asking for sexual pictures, authorities said. Shane Dempsey, 31, of Brick Township, was arrested in Ewing on Monday, July 1, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release. Investigators said Dempsey contacted an undercover detective on the social media app Whisper earlier in 2024.  Prosecutors said Dempsey asked for "sexually explicit images" from the detective, who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. He also said he would pay money for a sex act fro…
Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen
Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Jerome “Righteous" Roberts will have to see his 70th birthday before he can taste freedom again. A convicted killer who aimed to "flood the streets" of Trenton with a "motherlode" of heroin, Roberts, 53, was sentenced this week to what will be a minimum of 17 years in federal prison for his role in a drug ring that once dominated the capital city. Federal jurors had convicted Roberts, of Delran, of drug conspiracy following a three-week trial in Trenton in October 2021. U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner, in turn, sentenced the Bloods gang leader to a 245-month prison sentence t…