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Family Rallies For Support After Swimmer Found Dead In Delaware Water Gap: Fundraiser Family Rallies For Support After Swimmer Found Dead In Delaware Water Gap: Fundraiser
Family Rallies For Support After Swimmer Found Dead In Delaware Water Gap: Fundraiser A family was rallying for support after a Jackson Township man died while swimming in the Delaware Water Gap, according to a fundraising campaign. A GoFundMe page was created in memory of 24-year-old Jeysson Osorio Reyes. His body was found after he went missing in the Delaware River near Milford Beach in Milford, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, June 29. Osorio's GoFundMe page had raised more than $1,200 from at least 17 donations as of Wednesday, July 3. "I please ask all the people that if you can help with whatever comes from your heart," wrote Mayra Diaz, the fundraiser's org…

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by Chris Spiker
Traffic
Major Delays Reported Along Route 80 Just Over PA Border Major Delays Reported Along Route 80 Just Over PA Border
Major Delays Reported Along Route 80 Just Over PA Border Major delays were being reported along Route 80 in Warren County, NJ Saturday morning, Aug. 19. It wasn't immediately clear what was causing the 25-minute delays (at least) through Hardwick Township near the Delaware Water Gap. Photos captured by the DOT camera showed traffic piled up along the westbound side of the highway at NJ-94, at 10:55 a.m. Motorists were encouraged to find another route — or settle into bumper-to-bumper jams.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap NJ Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap
NJ Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap Crews were continuing to search for a 19-year-old swimmer who went missing at the Delaware Water Gap. Witnesses said the Paterson man was trying to swim from the shoreline to the bridge abutments with three others when he began struggling in the current around 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13 at Karamac — located about a mile north of Route 80, in Warren County, officials said. Three other swimmers were later rescued by volunteer rescue team members from Portland Hook and Ladder Company out of Portland, PA. None of the swimmers were wearing a life jacket. The swimmer disappeared under the water, w…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NJ Police Officer, Woman Both Wounded, Suspect Dead In Domestic Incident NJ Police Officer, Woman Both Wounded, Suspect Dead In Domestic Incident
NJ Police Officer, Woman Both Wounded, Suspect Dead In Domestic Incident UPDATE: A police officer was shot responding to a domestic incident that left a woman wounded and the gunman dead Saturday afternoon in Warren County, authorities confirmed. Warren County Prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer confirmed that the suspect had shot the woman and then opened fire on officers responding to the 1:15 p.m. April 8 incident just off Hanover Street in Phillipsburg. The gunman then shot and killed himself, the prosecutor said. Both the officer, who was wounded in the leg by a round shot through his car door, and the woman, who was shot in the torso, were airlifted to nearby St. Lu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hiker Suffers Medical Emergency Several Miles Into Delaware Water Gap Hike Hiker Suffers Medical Emergency Several Miles Into Delaware Water Gap Hike
Hiker Suffers Medical Emergency Several Miles Into Delaware Water Gap Hike A woman had to be rescued and taken to a nearby trauma center after falling during a hike on the Delaware Water Gap Thursday morning, authorities said. The Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue Company was one of several crews that responded to the report of a fallen hiker about four miles north on the Appalachian Trail from the Dunnfield Creek Parking Area on Route 80, the squad said. Crews initially met at the Dunnfield Creek Lot before moving to Old Mine Road, where they directly accessed the trail. Rescuers found the woman within about 45 minutes and rendered aid at the scene as additiona…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Investigators: NJ Man, 19, Shot, Killed In Poconos Over Alleged $100 Debt Investigators: NJ Man, 19, Shot, Killed In Poconos Over Alleged $100 Debt
Investigators: NJ Man, 19, Shot, Killed In Poconos Over Alleged $100 Debt UPDATE: A Pennsylvania man claimed he shot and killed a Paterson teen in the Poconos over an alleged $100 debt, authorities said after arresting him and an accused accomplice. Tyrone Michael Parson, 19, of Stroudsburg lured Jaheem Keith Alston, also 19, into a purported drug deal before pulling out a gun and firing several shots at him on Oct. 16, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Alston's body was later found in a wooded area of Middle Smithfield Township, about 15 minutes west of the Delaware Water Gap, they said. Parson allegedly told investigators that Alston -- who was graduate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Armed Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Fed Pen Armed Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Fed Pen
Armed Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Fed Pen UPDATE: A Wayne man must spend more than a year and a half in federal prison for an assault and fierce struggle that occurred after he pulled a pellet gun on a couple who'd been swimming at the Delaware Water Gap. Jeffrey A. Mulcahy, 59, must serve just about all of the 21-month sentence he received Tuesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Mulcahy took a deal from the government rather than face trial, admitting last fall that he assaulted the couple in the Kittatinny Point area on the New Jersey side of the river in September 2019. Mulcahy initially walked off after…

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by Jerry DeMarco