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High School Track Coach, Wife Killed After SUV Plows Into South Jersey Home
A New Jersey high school track coach and his wife have been identified as the two people killed when their SUV crashed into a home and caught fire Saturday, Jan. 17.
Clearview High School track coach Thomas "Tom" Hengel, 72, was behind the wheel of a 2020 Hyundai Palisade, with his wife Lisa Hengel, 61, in the passenger seat, when the vehicle accelerated, struck a curb, crossed two front yards, and crashed into the side of a home on Banff Drive with enough force to go through the wall and into the home’s living room around 6:15 p.m., local police said.
Police said the impact sparked a…
Man Sets Fire To Parked Car On Long Island, Police Say
A Long Island man is accused of setting a parked car on fire in an early-morning arson.
The incident happened around 4:10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, near Herricks Road and Jackson Avenue in Mineola, according to Nassau County Police.
Glenn Annesley, 62, entered a 2011 Toyota and set the vehicle on fire before fleeing the scene, police said. The car sustained heavy damage, but no injuries were reported.
Annesley, of Garden City, was located at a hospital around 4 p.m. and arrested without incident. He is charged with third-degree arson and also had three active Nassau County warrants.
Long Island Man Sets Toyota On Fire: Arson Bomb Squad
A Garden City man is accused of setting a vehicle ablaze in Mineola, the Nassau County Arson Bomb Squad announced on Sunday, Sept. 28.
Glenn Annesley, 62, entered a 2011 Toyota parked near Herricks Road and Jackson Avenue and set it on fire at 4:10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, according to detectives.
The vehicle sustained significant damage, though no injuries were reported, authorities said.
Annesley fled the scene but was later located at a hospital around 4 p.m. the same day, where he was taken into custody without incident, police said.
He is charged with Arson 3rd Degree and was foun…
Double Murder: Elderly Couple Burned, Stabbed After Letting Stranger Into NYC Home, Cops Say
A manhunt is underway for a parolee with a violent criminal history wanted in the deaths of a couple in their Queens, NY home, authorities said.
Jamel McGriff, 42, is wanted in the killings of Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Olton, 77, which happened Monday, Sept. 8, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Tisch said McGriff went to the Oltons’ home that morning, claiming his cell phone battery was dead and he needed to charge it. Video shows McGriff speaking with Frank Olton before being allowed into the couple’s backyard, Tisch said. The two then walked inside through the back door of the…
Ny-linked Abandoned Property Becomes Dumping Ground, Ignites Fifth Blaze In PA (Watch)
A notorious abandoned property tied to a New York-based company was dumped with trash and set ablaze again in Pennsylvania, marking the fifth overnight fire in recent weeks, Ryan Township Fire/Rescue announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Firefighters were dispatched at 12:48 a.m. to 599 Lofty Road, Delano Township (Schuylkill County) where they found multiple trash piles burning and flames spreading into the brush. Ryan Township crews responded with an engine, UTV, heavy brush truck, and tanker, backed by mutual aid from Districts 6, 25, 48, and 49.
Six lines were placed in service to control th…
Water Caused Fire That Gutted Popular Oceanfront Restaurant On Long Island, Owner Says
For years, Crabby Amy’s was a summer staple in Seaford — now, after a devastating fire, its future hangs in the balance.
By sunrise Friday, Aug. 22, only charred remains of the beloved seafood restaurant lay where loyal patrons long gathered for lobster rolls, crab cakes, and cocktails along the marina.
Firefighters responded to the Treasure Island Marina on Ocean Avenue at around 9:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, as Daily Voice reported. The Wantagh Fire Department and neighboring companies found the building fully engulfed in flames.
Six unoccupied boats docked nearby sustained damage, and th…
NJ Synagogue Firebombed In 2012 Ravaged By Fire — Along With All 7 Torahs
Tragedy has struck yet again for a New Jersey synagogue targeted in a 2012 firebombing.
At approximately 2:45 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, a blaze ripped through Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman and his wife, Bina's, Montross Avenue home and synagogue in Rutherford, where they've been since 2014.
The couple and four of their six children who were home at the time escaped "right in the nick of time," according to Bina's sister, Brocha Wilschanski. However, everything else was destroyed — including all seven Torahs.
"They're in shock, but they're well," Wilschanski said in a call with Daily Voice. "The al…
NY Dad, 3 Kids Died In Fire — A Decade Later, Man Accused Of Setting It Is Charged, DOJ Says
More than a decade after a house fire killed a father and three children, and seriously injured a fourth in upstate New York, a longtime suspect has been federally charged.
Edward Leon, 53, of Fultonville, was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on a charge of malicious use of fire to destroy property resulting in death, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Albany.
The fire broke out on May 2, 2013, at a Schenectady rental home on Hulett Street. It killed David Terry and three of his children: Michael Terry, Layah Terry, and Donovan Duell. A fourth child, Sa’fyre Terry, survived…
CNA Mom Of 3, Man Died Of Gunshots Before Arson Fire: Coroner
The two people rescued from a burning Stewartstown Borough home Sunday morning died from gunshot wounds to the head before the blaze even started, new investigation details confirm.
Jennifer Troch, 41, and Michael Shores Jr., 54, both of the first block of North Main Street, were pronounced dead at WellSpan York Hospital on Sunday, Aug. 3—Shores Jr. at 7:12 a.m., Troch at 7:30 a.m., Coroner Pam Gay said in separate releases. Both were found unconscious during a firefighter-led rescue from the second floor and rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest.
Troch, a Maryland native and mother of t…
