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Forked River-Lacey, NJ
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Grandfather Charged In NJ Boat Crash That Killed Grandchildren, Ages 9, 7: Report
The grandfather of two children killed in an Ocean County boating crash has been charged with vehicular homicide nearly a month after their deaths, according to court records and NJ Advance Media. Stephen Christopher Schneider, 64, of Bayville, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 14, and charged with two counts of second-degree reckless vessel homicide/death by vessel, operating a vessel under the influence, and reckless operation of a vessel, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Christopher Postorino said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Troop “C” Criminal Investigation Office, State Po…
Norwalk, CT
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FDA Raises Massive Egg Recall To Highest Risk Level
A food-safety action already affecting millions of kitchen staples has escalated sharply under a federal risk review. The Food and Drug Administration now lists more than 38 million eggs in the Midwest Poultry Services recall and has classified the action as Class I, the agency’s highest risk level, according to its enforcement record. The updated total is roughly double the 19,074,924 eggs described in the company’s original recall announcement on Wednesday, July 22. A Class I designation means exposure to the recalled product carries a reasonable probability of causing serious health con…
Ronkonkoma, NY
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14-Year-Old LI Boy Dies Suddenly, Shattered Families Launch Fundraisers: ‘Way Too Soon’
A 14-year-old Long Island boy has died following an out-of-town accident, according to family and friends. Gianni Galoppe was part of the Connetquot Swim team and loved playing Roblox, according to one fundraiser launched for his mother and her family. He died Thursday, Aug. 13. “Gianni was 14 years old and left us way too soon,” organizer Jennifer Lehnert wrote in the GoFundMe. “He had such a sweet heart and touched the lives of so many people around him.” The teenager’s father and mother, Robert Galoppe and Alissa Coscia, had separated prior to his death, and two different fundraisers ha…
Suffern, NY
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Car Plunges Into River After Being Rear-Ended On Thruway In Rockland County
A car crashed through a guardrail and plunged into a river after being rear-ended on the New York State Thruway in Rockland County, authorities said. The crash happened in the Village of Hillburn at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to New York State Police. Investigators determined that a 29-year-old Brooklyn resident was driving a 2022 Ford van northbound on the Thruway when he rear-ended a 2020 Volkswagen sedan, police said. The impact sent the Volkswagen through the guardrail and into the Ramapo River, according to State Police. The Volkswagen…
Hempstead, NY
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Brothers Found Dead In LI Basement Died In Murder-Suicide, Police Say
The two brothers found dead in a Long Island basement on Wednesday, Aug. 12 were killed in a murder-suicide, police said Friday, Aug. 14. Garfield Adamson, 50, of Hempstead, fatally shot his older brother, 52-year-old David Adamson, in the Hempstead home before turning the gun on himself, the Nassau County Police Department said. Cops were called to the home at 16 Angevine Avenue around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a shooting, authorities said. Arriving officers found the Adamson brothers suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds, and they were pronounced dead at the scene, pol…
White Plains, NY
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Luigi Mangione Makes Stunning Admissions As Slain CEO’s Family Reacts In Court
A startling confession inside a packed Manhattan courtroom has dramatically shifted one of the nation’s most closely watched criminal cases. Luigi Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty on Friday, Aug. 14, to two federal stalking counts stemming from the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Each count carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing has been scheduled for Friday, Dec. 18. “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione told the judge. “I knew what I was doing was illegal.” Members of Thompson’s family, including hi…
Sea Isle City, NJ
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29 Dead Sharks Wash Up Along 10-Block Stretch Of NJ Beach
Michelle Greenling is used to seeing the occasional shark during her morning walks along the beach. But 29 in a 10-block stretch? That caught her attention. Greenling, 46, was walking along the beach in Sea Isle City on Wednesday morning, Aug. 12, when she counted 29 dead dogfish sharks along the shoreline between 29th and 39th street, she told Daily Voice. Greenling took photos and posted about what she found in a SIC Facebook group, hoping someone could tell her whether the discovery should be reported. Commenters suggested contacting marine organizations or the New Jersey Department of…
Somerville, NJ
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Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will
Janet Pizzelli became known for her fight to see the man accused of killing her 27-year-old daughter, Mary Rose Fealey, face justice. But when the 61-year-old mother died of breast cancer in December 2025, less than two years after her daughter's murder, she believed that day might never come. Now, months after her death, the outcome she had hoped for has arrived: David Shroitman, the 30-year-old Somerville man charged in Fealey's killing, has been found competent to stand trial. On Thursday, Aug. 13, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober made the ruling, following another…
Bergenfield, NJ
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NJ College Soccer Player Recovering After Mom Dies Saving Her In Colombia Earthquake
A college soccer player from Bergen County is recovering from critical injuries after an earthquake in Colombia killed her mother, who reportedly went back into a collapsed home to save her. Natalia Jaramillo, who plays soccer for Kean Jersey City, was critically injured during the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday, Aug. 10, according to the team's Instagram account. Natalia's mother, Bergenfield resident Magnolia Garcia Lugo, initially survived when the home where the family was staying collapsed but went back inside in an effort to save her daughter, Bergenfield Mayo…
Middletown, NJ
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NJ Cop Illegally Pulled Woman's Booking Photo Then Sent It To Her: Complaint
A police officer in Monmouth County is facing charges after authorities said he illegally used a police database to find a woman's booking photo. Middletown Police Officer Tony Perito unlawfully accessed a police database to find a booking photo of the woman who had been arrested, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. Perito then sent the photo to the woman via a social media platform, according to the complaint. Pertito is charged with criminal computer activity. Perito was previously honored with a valor award by the department in 2023. Online court records show that…
Stamford, CT
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Airport Emergency: United Flight Abruptly Aborts Takeoff As Crews Rush To Runway
Passengers expecting a routine departure instead found themselves stopped on the runway as emergency crews converged around their jet. United Airlines Flight 455 aborted takeoff at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after two main landing gear tires blew on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to multiple reports. The Boeing 737-900 was bound for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport with 161 passengers and six crew members, ABC News reported. The aircraft was accelerating along the runway at about 115 mph when the tires failed around 1:45 p.m. The pilots rejected the takeoff and brought the …
Ephrata, PA
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Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police
A sleeping child was thrown onto the pavement outside a Lancaster County Walmart, leading to a man's arrest, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Justin Martin Wagner, 41, of Lancaster, was arrested following the incident at the Walmart at 890 East Main St. in Ephrata Township at 6:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Ephrata Police Department. Wagner had been causing a disturbance inside the store before witnesses saw him take a sleeping child from a shopping cart, lift the child into the air, and throw the child onto the pavement in the parking lot, police said. Wagner was la…
Hagerstown, MD
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Maryland Grandma Drove 11 Miles Before Realizing 7-Year-Old Grandson Was Gone: Prosecutors
A 68-year-old grandmother in Maryland is facing time behind bars after her grandson fell out of her vehicle and was killed. She never noticed he was gone. Hagerstown resident Lorraine Marie O'Neill was found guilty following a four-day trial of neglect of a minor in connection with the death of her 7-year-old grandson in November 2024. On Nov. 24, 2024, prosecutors say O'Neill was driving north on I-97 through Millersville in a 2011 Mazda 3 with her grandson riding in a car seat in the back. As she was traveling near I-97 and Benfield Boulevard, the child fell out of the vehicle’s rear pa…
Clifton, NJ
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Man Dies While Helping Friend With Home Maintenance In Clifton Attic
A man died after becoming unconscious while helping friends with home maintenance inside a Clifton attic on Thursday, Aug. 13, authorities said. Clifton police, firefighters, EMS crews, and hospital-based paramedics responded to a home on East 9th Street at 11:55 a.m., Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Anderson said. Responders learned that the man, whose identity was not released, had been helping the residents with home maintenance when he became unconscious in the attic, Anderson said. Crews performed extensive rescue and resuscitation efforts, but the man was pronounced dead at t…
Flemington-Raritan, NJ
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6-Year-Old Killed In NJ Car Crash That Injured 10 Mourned: Remembering Brandi
A 6-year-old girl has died following a New Jersey car crash in which 10 people were injured this week. Brandi Karcher, of Delaware Township, succumbed to her injuries sustained in the two-vehicle crash on Route 173 on Wednesday, Aug. 12, authorities said. At 4:34 p.m., on Monday, Aug. 10, a Kia was traveling west on Route 173 in Bethlehem Township when it collided with a Jeep SUV making a right-hand turn, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police, said. Aside from Brandi, nine other people were hospitalized in the crash with minor injuries, Lebron said. A GoFundMe has be…
West Milford, NJ
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NJ Music Teacher, 72, Tried To Have Sex With 17-Year-Old Student: Prosecutor
A 72-year-old New Jersey music teacher was arrested after he tried to have sex with a 17-year-old student he was giving private lessons to, authorities said. John Bendzak was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 12, following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Bendzak had been communicating with the teen in June before trying to engage in sexual conduct with the student at a West Milford home on July 9, Valdes said. After the incident on July 9, Bendzak sent harassing communications to the t…
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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'Door Kick Challenge' On Rise In Dutchess County: 'Could Get Someone Killed,' DA Says
Authorities are issuing an urgent warning after a dangerous social media challenge involving people violently kicking the doors of occupied homes has been reported in several Dutchess County communities. Multiple incidents connected to the so-called "door kick challenge" are under investigation in the towns of Beekman, Poughkeepsie, and LaGrange, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced on Thursday, Aug. 13. The social media trend involves participants kicking or striking residential doors, sometimes while masked and during overnight hours, according to prosecutors. …
Paramus, NJ
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Viral Video Shows Gun Pulled From Paramus Brook: Here's What Really Happened
A video showing Paramus police pulling a gun from a local brook has caught fire online, and now authorities are explaining what really happened. Officers were working a detail along Forest Avenue at Behnke Brook (299 Forest Ave.) at 10:52 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, while a section of the brook was being drained, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. As the water dropped, a gun was spotted buried in the mud at the bottom of the brook, Guidetti said. A special officer at the scene called Paramus police, who responded and recovered the weapon, according to the chief. The gun was h…
Towson, MD
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Man Who Urinated On Family During Morgan Wallen Concert At M&T Bank Stadium Arrested: Police
A Morgan Waller fan from North Carolina is facing charges for allegedly urinating on concertgoers in Maryland. Jayson Reed, 33, has been arrested following a bizarre incident at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday, July 18, where police say he urinated on people before an altercation broke out during Wallen's show. Now, nearly a month later, Reed is facing charges that include four counts of second-degree assault, public urination, and other related offenses, according to Maryland Transportation Authority Police. MDTA Police officers were helping Baltimore Police at the conc…
South Glens Falls, NY
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20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police
An elderly person and 20 dogs were rescued from inhumane conditions at a home in New York, police said. The dogs were living in feces- and urine-filled cages with insufficient ventilation, New York State Police said Thursday, Aug. 13. Additionally, the dogs did not have immediate access to food or water, authorities said. Troopers responded to a complaint about the home in Argyle on Sunday, Aug. 9 around 1 p.m., according to state police. In addition to the dogs, they found an elderly person “in need of immediate assistance due to mobility issues.” Carol Kiaer, 72, of Argyle, was arrested …
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Lightning Strikes Reported Before Early-Morning Bergen County House Fire
A Bergen County family escaped safely after a house fire broke out early Thursday, Aug. 13, as lightning strikes were being reported across the area, authorities said. Glen Rock police and firefighters responded to 37 Hanover Place at 2:32 a.m. on a report of a structure fire, Police Chief Michael Trover said. Responding police officers shut off a gas line near the fire and kept the blaze under control until firefighters arrived, Trover said. Glen Rock firefighters, with mutual aid from surrounding towns, extinguished the fire, according to Trover and the Glen Rock Volunteer Fire Depar…
Englewood, NJ
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Gun, Drugs Found In Ex-NJ Councilman's Car: Police (
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A former councilman accused earlier this year of repeatedly smashing windows at a Bergen County home had a gun, drugs, and a prohibited device in his vehicle, authorities said. Glen A. Luciano, 64, was lodged in the Bergen County Jail after voluntarily surrendering on a warrant, Englewood Cliffs Acting Police Chief James Tracy said Thursday, Aug. 13. Luciano's latest charges stem from the investigation that began with his March 16 arrest on third-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree stalking charges, Tracy said. He was given a court date and released at the time. Englewood Cliffs…
Hackettstown, NJ
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ICE Detains 14 In NJ Town
Fourteen people were detained following an ICE raid in Hackettstown Wednesday, Aug. 12, authorities said. Two of the people detained, Rafael Salazar and Luis Rivera Guillen, have criminal records, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Salazar, a native of the Dominican Republic, was previously arrested in Miami for cocaine possession while Guillen, a Honduras native, has prior convictions in New York for criminal mischief with intent to damage property and possession of controlled substances, ICE said. Everyone detained had illegally entered the United States at some …
Stamford, CT
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Shocking Discovery: HS Football Player Practices With Venomous Snake Hidden In Helmet
A high school football practice took a frightening turn when a player discovered he had been sharing his helmet with an unexpected guest. The incident happened on Thursday, Aug. 6, in Arkansas, about 15 miles northwest of the state capital, Little Rock. The Maumelle High School student had reportedly practiced for nearly an hour before feeling movement inside his helmet and alerting a coach, according to multiple reports. Hidden behind the padding was a roughly 2-foot-long venomous cottonmouth. ABC News reported that the player was not bitten. "A student put on his helmet, onl…
Southampton, NY
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Winter Outlook Warns Of Complicated Pattern: Farmers' Almanac Predicts 'Heavy, Wet Snow'
A newly released long-range forecast is offering an early look at a winter that could prove especially tricky across the Northeast. The Farmers' Almanac says the 2026-27 season may bring sharp weather contrasts nationwide, with an unpredictable mix of precipitation expected across the Northeast. "The Northeast may face one of the season’s most complicated winter patterns," the Farmers' Almanac said. The outlook calls for a mix of rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow, with the type of precipitation varying depending on storm tracks and temperatures. "Coastal communities could receive more …
Oyster Bay, NY
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Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama
John Gotti’s COVID fraudster grandson has finally reported to prison, after delaying his report date for nearly half a year, authorities said. Carmine G. Agnello, 40, of Oyster Bay, NY, is being held in federal prison in Fairton, NJ, according to Bureau of Prisons records. Agnello was sentenced to 15 months behind bars in April 2026. He pleaded guilty to stealing $1.1 million in federal COVID relief funds and spending the money on cryptocurrency investments. But Agnello insisted he needed to remain free to donate a kidney to his mother, Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious “Teflon Don…
Arlington, VA
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Sailors Try To Jump Overboard Amid Aircraft Carrier's Lengthy Iran War Deployment: Reports
Several sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly tried to jump overboard, fueling concerns about a mental health crisis in the aircraft carrier's ninth month of deployment during the US-Israeli war with Iran. The attempts were reported by the Navy Times and the Stars and Stripes military news outlets on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The USS Abraham Lincoln left its home port of San Diego on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, with roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines for what was initially expected to be a Pacific deployment. The aircraft carrier was later redirected to the Middl…
White Plains, NY
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Chilling New Allegations Emerge In Rob, Michele Reiner Murder Case
A grand jury has added a chilling new dimension to the murder case against the son of a celebrated Hollywood couple. An indictment charging Nick Reiner, 32, with murdering his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and photographer-producer Michele Singer Reiner, was unsealed on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The indictment adds a special circumstance allegation that Nick Reiner committed the killings by lying in wait, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “This was a profound betrayal by someone who was loved and trusted by the very people he is accused of killing,” L…
Ossining, NY
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Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say
Eleven New Yorkers have been charged in an alleged international immigration fraud scheme that arranged more than 1,000 sham marriages and collected tens of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said. The defendants were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, after a two-count federal indictment was unsealed, according to the US Department of Justice. The network operated for more than a decade and arranged sham marriages between foreign nationals, primarily citizens of China, and US citizens to fraudulently obtain immigration status, prosecutors allege. Those indicted inc…
Yorktown, NY
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Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files In Westchester: DA
An employee at a Northern Westchester middle school is facing felony charges after allegedly possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material online, prosecutors said. Shrub Oak resident Francis John Teeling, 69, an employee of Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School in Yorktown Heights, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Teeling worked as an itinerant substitute Food Service employee, according to the Lakeland Central School District. Teeling was charged via felony complaint with promoting an obscene sexual…
Somerville, NJ
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Newlyweds Appeared To Share Idyllic Year Of Marriage Before Husband Charged With Her NJ Murder
For their first year of marriage, Alyne and Ignacio Espinal appeared to be a happy couple, sharing photos of beach trips, restaurant outings and celebrations on Facebook. Then, just after their first anniversary, Ignacio Espinal, 55, was charged with murdering his 46-year-old wife inside their Somerville home, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 7:26 p.m., Somerville police responded to a 911 call on Brookside Avenue and found Alyne with multiple lacerations to her chest, neck and thigh, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Chief of County Detectives Mered…
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