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Chambersburg, PA

Police & Fire

Sextortion Of 30+ Children Worldwide Gets Florida Man 30 Years: Usdoj A Florida man who sextorted children across the globe, including six minors in Central Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus announced on Thursday, April 24. Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 35, an Ecuadorian national most recently residing in Miami, was handed the decades-long sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion after being convicted on two counts of "Production of Child Pornography", according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Sandoval exploited children in a calculat…

by Jillian Pikora

04/24/2025

Millville, NJ

Police & Fire

NJ Dad Beaten Dead With Metal Baseball Bat While Defending Teen Daughter On Easter: Prosecutor A 55-year-old Millville man and his 17-year-old son were charged on Monday, April 21, after killing a father and assaulting his teen daughter over the weekend, authorities said. On Saturday, April 19, Gus Serbeck's daughter was assaulted by the 17-year-old, referred to as J.H. at the teen's Leamings Mill residence in Millville, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. The next day, Serbeck and his daughter went to their house to confront Eric Hannah about the assault, Webb-McRae said. J.H. and Serbeck met at the front door and began physically fighting, Webb-McRae said. …

by Sam Barron

04/24/2025

Waretown-Ocean Township, NJ

News

Bonfire Left Burning Sparked 15,000-Acre NJ Wildfire, 19-Year-Old Man Charged: Prosecutor A 19-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with setting the massive wildfire that scorched 15,000 acres and destroyed a commercial building this week, officials announced. Joseph Kling, of Ocean Township (Waretown), was charged with Aggravated Arson and Arson in connection with the Tuesday, April 22 blaze, according to a joint statement from Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, NJ DEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette, and Ocean Township Police Chief Michal Rogalski. The fire was first spotted at 9:45 a.m. by the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower, which reported seeing smoke near Jones Roa…

by Cecilia Levine

04/24/2025

Port Jefferson, NY

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$10M Fraud: NY Dad, Son Get Years For Spending Investor Money On Lavish Lifestyle A New York father and son will spend years behind bars for conning investors out of millions of dollars that funded their lavish lifestyle. Long Island resident Eugene Austin, age 62, of Port Jefferson, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, April 23, following a jury conviction for wire fraud and money laundering. Austin’s 29-year-old son, Brandon Austin, of Coram, was previously sentenced to four years behind bars for his role in the scheme. The men offered to serve as a broker for sales of large quantities of cryptocurrency at below-market exchange r…

by Michael Mashburn

04/23/2025

New Brunswick, NJ

Police & Fire

Car Wash Employee Killed After Struck By Vehicle: New Brunswick PD A 54-year-old employee at Trax Car Crash in New Brunswick was killed after he was struck by a vehicle on Tuesday, April 22, authorities said. At 1:15 p.m., a vehicle driven by an 81-year-old woman accelerated while entering the tunnel portion of the car wash on Route 18 and struck Enrique Barahona and the tunnel structure, New Brunswick police said. Barahona, a New Brunswick resident, sustained fatal injuries while two other employees sustained minor injuries, police said. The driver was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said. The crash remains under investigation, police said.

by Sam Barron

04/23/2025

Hartford, CT

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Nearly Half Of Americans Now Breathing Unhealthy Air, New Study Says Nearly half of all people in the United States, including millions across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, are breathing unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to a new study. The American Lung Association released its 2025 edition of the "State of the Air" report on Wednesday, April 23. The study, now in its 26th year, highlights troubling air quality trends in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The report found that 156 million people – about 46% of the U.S. population – are living in counties that earned failing grades f…

by Chris Spiker

04/23/2025

Bellport-Brookhaven-East Patchogue, NY

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Botched Circumcision 'Nightmare' Nearly Killed Newborn, Claims NY Family Demanding Answers A Long Island couple is sharing the harrowing story of their newborn son’s catastrophic medical complications following a botched circumcision–and they’re calling for sweeping accountability in the medical system. Tim Groth, a doctor and father from Lake Grove, said his 20-day-old son Cole is now fighting for his life in the ICU at Columbia Hospital, having undergone multiple emergency surgeries and more than 20 blood transfusions — all stemming, he says, from a procedure commonly considered routine. “Yes, you heard that right — dying in a cardiac NICU at one of the ‘best’ hospital systems …

by Michael Mashburn

04/23/2025

Mahopac, NY

Police & Fire

4 Hospitalized In 2-Car Crash At Putnam County Intersection Four people were taken to a hospital following a two-car crash at an intersection along Route 6 in Putnam County. The crash happened on Tuesday, April 22 just before 4:30 p.m., when two vehicles collided at the intersection of Route 6 and Mi-Anna Drive in Mahopac, according to the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department. The incident closed the intersection for around 40 minutes until the vehicles could be removed. Four people were taken to a hospital for evaluation, the fire department said.

by Ben Crnic

04/23/2025

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