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Pittsburgh FDU Player Scores $25,000 NIL Deal Pittsburgh FDU Player Scores $25,000 NIL Deal
Pittsburgh FDU Player Scores $25,000 NIL Deal The good vibes keep coming for Farleigh Dickinson University basketball. Fresh off becoming the second 16-seed to upset a #1 seed in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, walk-on Brayden Reynolds, a Pittsburgh native, was awarded a $25,000 NIL deal from Degree Deodorant and basketball legend Julius Erving. Reynolds, a 6'1" sophomore was chosen after he overcame adversity, going from walk-on to key contributor on a team that shocked the country by beating Purdue, busting everyone's brackets in the process. Despite being a standout basketball player in high school, Reynolds' recruitment stalled amidst t…
Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report
Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report The number of brutal murder confessions continues to mount for imprisoned New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, who reportedly is scheduled to plead guilty to five more killings, all of women on Long Island. Cottingham, now 76, has been serving multiple life sentences in South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, NJ, for more than four decades for killing six Garden State women between 1967 and 1980. He's spent a considerable part of that time lately claiming he's committed several other killings. “For a long time now I have been trying to understand the darkness that enveloped my soul…
DMV Imposter Dupes Victims Out Of $1,500 To $2,000 Each, More Pawns Possible DMV Imposter Dupes Victims Out Of $1,500 To $2,000 Each, More Pawns Possible
DMV Imposter Dupes Victims Out Of $1,500 To $2,000 Each, More Pawns Possible A con artist impersonating a DMV employee took dozens of unsuspecting customers for a ride, fleecing them out of tens of thousands of dollars, before Lodi police put the brakes on the heartless scheme, authorities said. Mohammad A. Aburomi, 61, actually had his victims meet him at the agency's offices in Lodi and Wayne, where he promised to help them cut the line for payments of $1,500 to $2,000 each, investigators found. "He had a two-way radio and all the garb, including a black shirt that identified him as a DMV worker," Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. "He even had applications tha…
End-Of-Care Patient's Husband Charged With Putting Pillow Over Her Face At NJ Hospital End-Of-Care Patient's Husband Charged With Putting Pillow Over Her Face At NJ Hospital
End-Of-Care Patient's Husband Charged With Putting Pillow Over Her Face At NJ Hospital A Fair Lawn man visiting his wife at Hackensack University Medical Center was jailed after authorities charged him with putting a pillow over her face. City police arrested Pietro Atria, 73, at the hospital around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Hackensack Police Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Relatives apparently sounded the alarm after finding that Antonia Atria, also 73, had been assaulted in her hospital bed, sources said. She apparently has been in end-of-life care, they said. Antista said he couldn't confirm the victim's identity under the law. He did say that she "didn't suffe…
SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing NJ Man Still Hasn't Been Found SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing NJ Man Still Hasn't Been Found
Seen HIM? Two Years Later, Missing NJ Man Still Hasn't Been Found Ruben Wilson had a habit of wandering off and sometimes traveling significant distances from his Englewood home despite dementia and other challenges. The 6-foot, 240-pound Wilson always turned up, though -- from as close as Teaneck, Hackensack and Tenafly, and as far as the Jersey Shore. He was once found with his dog in Englewood Cliffs. Another time, he drove nearly 70 miles to Wall Township. That changed after Wilson went missing more than two years ago. Ruben always enjoyed an early cup of coffee with his son, Shalom Kennedy, loved ones said. That didn't happen the morning of May 2…
Notorious NJ Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of Dance Teacher At Popular Long Island Mall Notorious NJ Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of Dance Teacher At Popular Long Island Mall
Notorious NJ Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of Dance Teacher At Popular Long Island Mall Another female victim has been added to the list of imprisoned 75-year-old New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, thanks to advances in DNA technology. Cottingham was arraigned on Long Island via videoconference Wednesday from South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton for the 1968 slaying of a New Hyde Park woman in the parking lot of the popular Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. He entered a not-guilty plea to murder charges in the death of Diane Cusick, a 23-year-old divorced single mom who worked as a dance instructor. Cottingham, a married father of three who’d lived in Lodi and wor…
Authorities Seek Next Of Kin Of NJ Man Killed More Than 40 Years Ago Authorities Seek Next Of Kin Of NJ Man Killed More Than 40 Years Ago
Authorities Seek Next Of Kin Of NJ Man Killed More Than 40 Years Ago Authorities in Bergen County are hoping the public can help them locate the family of a man who was struck and killed on Route 17 in Hackensack more than 40 years ago but was only recently identified. Eugene Mack Jr. was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center on February 22, 1978. The Bergen County Medical Examiner was unable to identify the body and the case was registered in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Advances in fingerprint forensics helped the FBI identify Mack, who authorities said was born in New York City, served in the U.S. Air Force and…
NJ Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets NJ Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets
NJ Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets TRIBUTE: A final farewell for one of the last remaining veterans of World War II's Normandy Invasions was all paid for when disaster struck. Eugene W. Dednam of Hackensack died last month, just weeks after turning 100. He had no known survivors. The Paterson funeral home that was chosen to someday handle Dednam's burial arrangements had since burned down, however. With it went the money that was paid in the late 1980s for his final rest. Then Brian and Deb Warner stepped in. “We feel that a wartime veteran can never truly be thanked for the sacrifices they make,” said Brian Warner, the e…
NJ Ex-Con Admits Brutally Beating GF’s Dogs To Death NJ Ex-Con Admits Brutally Beating GF’s Dogs To Death
NJ Ex-Con Admits Brutally Beating GF’s Dogs To Death An ex-con from Bergen County admitted brutally killing two of his girlfriend’s dogs at her home in upstate New York, authorities announced. Matthew Savinovich, 28, of Norwood “systematically and brutally killed” his now-former flame's Chihuahuas by “slamming them against a wall” in her Lake Peekskill, NY home, Putnam County District Attorney Robert V. Tendy said Thursday, April 28. Savinovich also admitted crushing and killing a ferret of hers by “intentionally dropping a mattress and box spring on top of it,” Tendy said. The killings occurred “over the course of their relationship from De…
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone UPDATE: An employee recently let go by a Bergen County ground beef and burger producer threatened to "kill everyone inside of the building" and told police that they'd "better get there" to stop him, authorities said. A SWAT team and colleagues from neighboring towns joined Carlstadt police at the Wonder Meats Inc. headquarters on Broad Street following the threats Tuesday evening, April 12. They later arrested ex-con Mark Brownridge, 46, at Penn Station in Newark with help from New Jersey Transit police after tracking him overnight on his cellphone. Brownridge, most recently of Hackensac…
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone An employee recently let go by a Bergen County ground beef and burger producer threatened to "kill everyone inside of the building" and told police that they'd "better get there" to stop him, authorities said. A SWAT team and colleagues from neighboring towns joined Carlstadt police at the Wonder Meats Inc. headquarters on Broad Street following the threats Tuesday evening, April 12. They later arrested Mark Brownridge, 46, at Penn Station in Newark with help from New Jersey Transit police after tracking him overnight on his cellphone. Brownridge, most recently of Hackensack, has previous…
$1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee: NJ Authorities $1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee: NJ Authorities
$1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee: NJ Authorities A now-former product manager at Bergen County-based Stryker Corporation stole $1 million worth of medical equipment that she then resold, authorities charged. Jacqueline M. Riley didn’t stop there: She also screwed the resellers themselves by pocketing payments for products that never made it to them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. One who paid for medical equipment reported getting a box filled with “old silverware, junk and even a pair of used woman's shoes.” Online complaints about Riley, 32, of Roseland were quickly spreading among resellers as Musella’s detectives investi…
Detectives: NJ Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Circled Back After Daughter Woke Detectives: NJ Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Circled Back After Daughter Woke
Detectives: NJ Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Circled Back After Daughter Woke A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges against him…
MURDER SHOCKER: Ex-BF Cleared, Recent Lover Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death MURDER SHOCKER: Ex-BF Cleared, Recent Lover Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
Murder Shocker: Ex-BF Cleared, Recent Lover Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…
NJ Man Charged With 20 Guns, 15 Rifles, Grenade Launcher — All Stolen NJ Man Charged With 20 Guns, 15 Rifles, Grenade Launcher — All Stolen
NJ Man Charged With 20 Guns, 15 Rifles, Grenade Launcher — All Stolen A Moonachie auto detailer wanted by federal authorities was caught with 20 stolen handguns, 15 stolen rifles, a stolen grenade launcher – and sports memorabilia that wasn't his, either, authorities said. Abdel W. Shileh, a 35-year-old Palestinian national, faces a staggering 81 counts involving the possession of stolen weapons, armed burglary and other offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella's Narcotics Task Force watched late last week as Shileh met with a pair of gun buyers -- Michael Hayes, 31, of Jersey City and Turron Ward, 43, of Irvington – at h…
Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke
Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…
UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
Update: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…
'Sororicide': FL Woman Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of NJ Sister 'Sororicide': FL Woman Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of NJ Sister
'Sororicide': FL Woman Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of NJ Sister UPDATE: A 27-year-old Florida woman was charged with murder for killing her younger sister with a point-blank gunshot to the head in their mother's Little Ferry home, authorities said. Angielly Dominguez, 27, was headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike in her boyfriend's Ford Mustang early Tuesday evening, March 22, when State Police nabbed her in Cherry Hill, nearly 90 miles from the scene of the sororicide, law enforcement sources confirmed. There were five guns in the trunk of the vehicle, which her boyfriend had reported stolen along with the weapons, they said. Dominguez had driven …
His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad Booby-Trapped NJ Home, Police Say His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad Booby-Trapped NJ Home, Police Say
His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad Booby-Trapped NJ Home, Police Say Two children of a former Russian military member feared their suicidal father had booby-trapped their Bergen County home after losing $400,000 in the stock market, investigators said. Anatoly Zaytsev, 67, remained held in the county jail in Hackensack on Wednesday, March 23, more than two weeks after members of the county Bomb Squad and other responders converged on his Oakland home and seized rifles, high-capacity magazines and silencers. The incident reportedly began when Zaytsev’s son told borough police that his father surrendered five guns to him.  The son also told them the Ukra…
UPDATE: Woman Who Shot, Killed Sister In NJ Captured By State Police UPDATE: Woman Who Shot, Killed Sister In NJ Captured By State Police
Update: Woman Who Shot, Killed Sister In NJ Captured By State Police UPDATE: A 27-year-old Florida woman was charged with murder for killing her younger sister with a point-blank gunshot to the head in their mother's Little Ferry home, authorities said. Angielly Dominguez, 27, was headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike in her boyfriend's Ford Mustang early Tuesday evening, March 22, when State Police nabbed her in Cherry Hill, nearly 90 miles from the scene of the sororicide, law enforcement sources confirmed. There were five guns in the trunk of the vehicle, which her boyfriend had reported stolen along with the weapons, they said. Dominguez had driven …
NJ Teacher Who Made National Headlines Jailed On Child Sex Charges NJ Teacher Who Made National Headlines Jailed On Child Sex Charges
NJ Teacher Who Made National Headlines Jailed On Child Sex Charges A teacher at a Hasbrouck Heights Catholic school who once made national headlines for participating in a prestigious space program was charged with sexually assaulting a child. James Falletti, 43, of Hackensack was released from the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, March 15, pending court action following his arrest on Monday, records show. Falletti "sexually assaulted [a] child, who was younger than 16 years old, in Elmwood Park," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The married Falletti taught science and world languages for seven years at St. Leo's Catholic School in Elmwood Par…
NJ Woman, 73, Charged With Killing Baby Girl NJ Woman, 73, Charged With Killing Baby Girl
NJ Woman, 73, Charged With Killing Baby Girl UPDATE: A 73-year-old Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park who was charged with the death of an 11-month-old baby allegedly had been treating people in the area for years -- including the dead infant's older brother. Elida Catalan-Medina was charged earlier this week with aggravated manslaughter and illegally practicing medicine for giving baby Genesis a fatal dose of magnesium, olive oil and water to treat constipation, court documents show. Enma Medina, 38, who lives across town, took the infant to Medina-Ramos's home last Dec. 7 because the infant was sick, according to an affida…
ICE Puts Hold On NJ Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens ICE Puts Hold On NJ Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens
ICE Puts Hold On NJ Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens A married contractor was charged with sexually assaulting two pre-teens in Hackensack and Westwood nearly five years ago. Francisco Barrera-Capistran, 36, who now lives in Homasassa, FL, was arrested in Westwood on Monday, Feb. 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail after ICE placed a detainer on him Tuesday amid questions about his immigration status. Jail records list him as a Mexican national. If a local judge orders his release for some reason -- say, bail reform -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has requested 48-hour …
Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
Fugitive Wanted For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees were n…
IT'S OVER: Fugitive Sought For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide IT'S OVER: Fugitive Sought For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
IT'S Over: Fugitive Sought For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of his own hand in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees w…
FEDS: NJ Men Busted After 3 Fentanyl-Laced NYC Drug-Delivery Deaths FEDS: NJ Men Busted After 3 Fentanyl-Laced NYC Drug-Delivery Deaths
Feds: NJ Men Busted After 3 Fentanyl-Laced NYC Drug-Delivery Deaths Two North Jersey men worked for a drug-courier service that peddled fentanyl-laced cocaine responsible for killing three customers in a single day, federal authorities in Manhattan charged. Billy "Jason" Ortega, 35, of West Milford was the dispatcher who sent Kaylen Rainey, 30, of Manhattan to three different city addresses on March 17, 2021 after promoting "new batches" of drugs, an FBI complaint on file in the Southern District Court of Manhattan alleges. Three customers -- Amanda Scher, Julia Ghahramani and Ross Mtangi -- all died after ingesting the coke, authorities said. Scher texted…
CAUTIONARY TALE: NJ Woman Severely Burned After Cigarette Ignites Oxygen CAUTIONARY TALE: NJ Woman Severely Burned After Cigarette Ignites Oxygen
Cautionary Tale: NJ Woman Severely Burned After Cigarette Ignites Oxygen A Hackensack smoker on home oxygen suffered burns on her chest and face after her cigarette ignited an apartment fire, authorities said. The 50-something victim was alert when she was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following Wednesday's mishap at the Quail Heights Apartments on Prospect Avenue, city Fire Capt. Justin Derevyanik said. A man who doused the fire sustained minor burns but declined medical attention, Derevyanik said. Fire officials were investigating, the captain said. Oxygen therapy ordinarily is prescribed to people with certain cardiac or respiratory conditi…
Men Drop Sex Assault Suits Against Ex-NJ Judge Turned Fox Analyst Men Drop Sex Assault Suits Against Ex-NJ Judge Turned Fox Analyst
Men Drop Sex Assault Suits Against Ex-NJ Judge Turned Fox Analyst Two men have dropped their lawsuits accusing disgraced former Bergen County judge turned Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano of sexually assaulting them. Napolitano, who was fired from Fox last August amid accusations of sexually harassing employees, had already made headlines this week for selling his condo at Trump International Hotel & Tower on Central Park West. Then came reports, first published in the New Jersey Law Journal, that Charles Corbishley and James Kruzelnick had withdrawn their suits accusing Napolitano of sexual abuse three decades apart. Napolitano also dropped a lib…
Police: Drill Music Rapper Bizzy Banks Busted With Drugs, Loaded Gun In Hackensack SWAT Raid Police: Drill Music Rapper Bizzy Banks Busted With Drugs, Loaded Gun In Hackensack SWAT Raid
Police: Drill Music Rapper Bizzy Banks Busted With Drugs, Loaded Gun In Hackensack SWAT Raid Drill music rapper Bizzy Banks was busted with drugs and a loaded revolver during a SWAT team raid Friday morning at his Hackensack apartment, authorities said. Born Majesty Blessed Moses, the 23-year-old Brooklyn native was processed on drug, weapons and money laundering charges and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, City Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Police found more than two pounds of pot, $2,750 in proceeds and the gun, which was loaded with hollow-point bullets following an investigation by Detectives…
ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes
ICY Morning (Update): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes UPDATE: One victim was confirmed dead and westbound Route 3 in East Rutherford was temporarily closed Wednesday morning following what was the most serious in a series of crashes on icy North Jersey roads. Here's a listing of incidents. Mark Kolta, 31, of North Bergen had been involved in an earlier chain-reaction crash on the Hackensack River bridge on westbound Route 3 shortly after 6:30 a.m., East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. He was struck in another pileup after getting out of his vehicle, the deputy chief said. Kolta was pronounced dead at a local hospital a …
Post-Christmas Fire Ravages One NJ Home, Damages Others Post-Christmas Fire Ravages One NJ Home, Damages Others
Post-Christmas Fire Ravages One NJ Home, Damages Others A Sunday fire ripped through one Passaic home and extended to others on either side. The heavily-involved blaze on Harrison Street near Myrtle Avenue began as two alarms at around 9:15 a.m. Heavy fire in the rear of the building eventually began consuming the rest of the 2½-family house -- eventually blowing through the roof -- while spreading to two others. Flames blew through the roof of the Harrison Street home in Passaic.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The blaze appeared knocked down a couple of times before eventually being declared under control around 11 a.m. A firefighter sustain…