NJ Town Mourns 14-Year-Old Following Deadly Skateboarding Accident NJ Town Mourns 14-Year-Old Following Deadly Skateboarding Accident NJ Town Mourns 14-Year-Old Following Deadly Skateboarding Accident
NJ Town Mourns 14-Year-Old Following Deadly Skateboarding Accident More than $82,000 has been raised for a New Jersey family following the death of a 14-year-old boy in a skateboarding accident. The GoFundMe, launched by Jennifer Pinto, initially identified the Pequannock teen and included his photo, but both were later removed out of respect for the family’s privacy. The boy was skateboarding home in Pequannock Township on Friday, Oct. 2, when he fell, suffering a fatal injury, Pinto wrote Emergency crews responded to Hopper Avenue and Woodland Court at 5:46 p.m. and found Charlie suffering from a head injury, Pequannock Township police said. He had fall…
Drunk Man Caught Parked On I-684 Shoulder With 14-Year-Old In Car In Westchester: NYSP Drunk Man Caught Parked On I-684 Shoulder With 14-Year-Old In Car In Westchester: NYSP Drunk Man Caught Parked On I-684 Shoulder With 14-Year-Old In Car In Westchester: NYSP
Drunk Man Caught Parked On I-684 Shoulder With 14-Year-Old In Car In Westchester: Nysp A man faces a felony charge after police said they found him intoxicated with a 14-year-old child inside a vehicle parked along I-684 in Westchester County.  Port Chester resident Hector Villa, 49, was arrested following a welfare check in North Salem early Sunday morning, Oct. 4, New York State Police announced on Monday, Oct. 5. At around 3:40 a.m. on Sunday, troopers checked on a vehicle parked on the shoulder of I-684. During the encounter, Villa, who police identified as the driver, showed signs of intoxication, according to the agency. Troopers then administered field sobri…
NJ Teacher Dies After Apparent Missing-Person Search In Cape May NJ Teacher Dies After Apparent Missing-Person Search In Cape May NJ Teacher Dies After Apparent Missing-Person Search In Cape May
NJ Teacher Dies After Apparent Missing-Person Search In Cape May Christine C. Back, a Jersey Shore photographer and artist who shared her passion for creativity as a high school digital arts and photography teacher, died Monday, Sept. 14, in Cape May, according to her obituary on the Spilker Funeral Home website. She was 61. Lower Township police separately identified Back, of the Villas section of the township, as missing that same day. Officers conducting a welfare check were unable to reach Back at her home before belongings identified as hers were found on the beach near the water in Cape May City, police said. The discovery prompted an extensive sea…
Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say
Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say A young Long Island family’s home was destroyed in a towering inferno over the weekend, according to officials and a fundraising campaign launched to help them. The fire on Clocks Boulevard in Massapequa was reported around 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, the Massapequa Fire Department said in a Facebook post. Several more departments joined Massapequa FD in responding to the blaze, which took about two hours to bring under control, officials said. The family was not home at the time, and two firefighters suffered minor injuries, according to the department. Investigators believe the flames st…
Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say
Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say A gunman wanted in the killing of a 16-year-old boy opened fire inside a Pennsylvania corner store, shooting the child four times and wounding an 18-year-old man as a store clerk stood only feet away, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Oct. 5. Jaiden Tavaughn Servance, 23, of Lancaster, is wanted on charges of criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, recklessly endangering another person, and carrying a firearm without a license, Lancaster City Bureau of Police announced. The charges stem from the shooting at a corner grocery store at 423 South Duke St. a…
$500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies $500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies $500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies
$500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies The Trump administration has begun sending $500 refund payments to nearly one million Americans across 30 states, but where you live is only part of the eligibility equation. The payments target people who purchased Affordable Care Act coverage through the federal exchange without receiving premium assistance, according to a White House fact sheet. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia are excluded. Those states operate their own health insurance marketplaces instead of using the federal HealthCare.gov platform covered by the refund program. The Treasury D…
CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home
CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home Authorities have identified a couple who were found dead inside a Connecticut home last week and ruled the deaths a murder-suicide.  Jo Ann Karales, 66, and William Karales, 71, were found dead inside their Orchard Road home in Woodbridge shortly before noon Friday, Oct. 2, police said. Officers were called to the home for a welfare check after an employee told police they had not arrived for work and were not answering their phones.  Woodbridge police officers discovered their bodies after climbing through a window at the back of the house, authorities said. Authorities took the…
Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases
Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases A fifth measles-associated death has been confirmed in Pennsylvania as the Commonwealth’s outbreak surpassed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, health officials said. An unvaccinated Lancaster County resident with confirmed measles died, the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Wednesday, Sept. 30. The department did not release the person’s age, sex, or other identifying details. The death is the fifth Pennsylvania resident to meet the state’s measles-associated death definition this year, officials said. As of Monday, Oct. 5, Pennsylvania had confirmed 1,004 measles cases and 198 hos…
Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say
Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say The Friends of the Bergen County Zoo excitedly announced in June that the county-run zoo in Paramus' Van Saun County Park was getting a new bald eagle. Her name was Betsy, the newsletter said, and she would be joining Contact, a male bald eagle who had lived at the zoo for more than 20 years. The two birds were being introduced "behind the scenes," the zoo said. Weeks later, Contact — whose name came from an apparent collision with a plane that left him injured — was dead. Multiple sources have told Daily Voice that in the days leading up to the death, the new bird had Contact in aggr…
Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County
Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County A man was hospitalized after being found shot outside a Westchester County deli late Sunday night, Oct. 4, police said. The shooting happened near 2 Harrison St. in New Rochelle at around 10:46 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, New Rochelle Police announced on Monday, Oct. 5.  Officers arrived within minutes and found a man lying in front of the deli. He was conscious but bleeding from the back of his head, police said.   Emergency crews treated the man at the scene before taking him to a local hospital. He was listed in stable condition with injuries that were not considered life-thr…
21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile' 21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile' 21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile'
21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile' Authorities have identified a 21-year-old Western Massachusetts woman who was killed when the car she was riding in struck a guardrail and came to rest in a backyard last week. Lexani Velazquez, of Westfield, was killed in the crash Friday, Oct. 2, around 1:15 a.m. near the rotary at Park Street and South Street in Easthampton, according to the Northwestern District Attorney's Office.  Velazquez was a passenger in the vehicle, which was traveling on Park Street when it struck the guardrail before coming to rest in a home's backyard, according to the preliminary investigation. The driv…
2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports 2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports 2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports
2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports A child was struck and killed by a vehicle in a parking lot in Monmouth County Saturday, Oct. 3, according to State Police and published reports. At 11:07 a.m., a 66-year-old Roselle Park woman and a juvenile were exiting a parking lot on Emleys Hills Road in Upper Freehold Twp and when they were struck by a Chrysler SUV exiting a parking space in reverse, Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The crash happened in the lot used by Bullock Farms and Screamin' Hill brewery within the Cream Ridge section of town, NJ Advance Media reports. The child was 2 years…
Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police
Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police A man faces six felony charges after police said they caught him looking through a woman's bathroom window in Westchester County.  Ossining resident Juan G. Guambana, 50, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 1, and charged with six counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance, all felonies, New Castle Police announced.  The arrest followed an investigation into reports of a man watching a female resident through her bathroom window on several occasions during the early morning hours, police said.  On Oct. 1, detectives set up surveillance around the woman's home to identify the p…
Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered
Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered Federal investigators have uncovered new evidence in a Cyclospora outbreak that sickened nearly 13,000 people, but a key question remains unanswered. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday, Oct. 2, that two environmental samples tested positive for the parasite during its investigation into recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico. One came from a tank holding outgoing wastewater from the company’s processing facility. The other came from a drainage ditch at a lettuce grower identified through the agency’s traceback investigation. The findings strengthen the link between …
FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved' FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved' FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved'
FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved' FBI Director Kash Patel is getting married. Patel, 46, who grew up in Garden City, Long Island, and country singer Alexis Wilkins, 27, announced their engagement Sunday, Oct. 4, after more than three years together. Wilkins shared a black-and-white photo on X showing the smiling couple as she held up her left hand, revealing a diamond engagement ring. "Went and got the law involved 💍❤️," it's captioned. The couple met at an event in Nashville in 2022 and began dating in early 2023. Wilkins, who was born in Boston and grew up primarily in Arkansas, graduated from Belmont University in Nas…
Fake FBI Agents Storm NJ Apartment, Steal $7.5K: Police Fake FBI Agents Storm NJ Apartment, Steal $7.5K: Police Fake FBI Agents Storm NJ Apartment, Steal $7.5K: Police
Fake FBI Agents Storm NJ Apartment, Steal $7.5K: Police A New Jersey man has been arrested after police say he and two accomplices posed as FBI agents, forced their way into a woman's apartment and stole $7,500 from her safe. Samuel Prata, 42, was arrested Sunday, Oct. 4, in connection with the Thursday, Aug. 27 home invasion on Mott Street near Raymond Boulevard, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. said. Three men knocked on the door of the woman's third-floor apartment around 2:30 p.m. and claimed to be federal agents, demanding that she open the door, Miranda said. When she did, the men rushed inside and pushed her onto a c…
Dead Passengers, Fake Drivers: NJ Woman, Colombian Lover's $13M Scheme Unravels Dead Passengers, Fake Drivers: NJ Woman, Colombian Lover's $13M Scheme Unravels Dead Passengers, Fake Drivers: NJ Woman, Colombian Lover's $13M Scheme Unravels
Dead Passengers, Fake Drivers: NJ Woman, Colombian Lover's $13M Scheme Unravels Some of the passengers were dead. Some of the drivers had never driven a car. But a New Jersey woman and her Colombian lover apparently had no trouble taking taxpayers for a ride. For years, prosecutors say, Jael Watts, 45, of Alloway, operated Pearl Transit Corporation, a New Jersey-based company that purported to have drivers scattered across the country giving rides to elderly and disabled people while also conducting outreach for homeless Americans. Watts and Luis Pino-Copete, 42, of Bogota, Colombia, were convicted following a multi-week federal trial in Utica of orchestrating a spraw…
Pedestrian Nearly Killed In Crosswalk By Hit-Run Land Rover Driver In Maryland, Police Say Pedestrian Nearly Killed In Crosswalk By Hit-Run Land Rover Driver In Maryland, Police Say Pedestrian Nearly Killed In Crosswalk By Hit-Run Land Rover Driver In Maryland, Police Say
Pedestrian Nearly Killed In Crosswalk By Hit-Run Land Rover Driver In Maryland, Police Say A pedestrian doing all the right things came dangerously close to being killed by a hit-and-run driver in Maryland. Officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, in Severna Park, where a person was struck by an SUV while in a crosswalk at the intersection of Ritchie Highway and Magothy Bridge Road. Investigators described the crash as near-fatal. Video from nearby businesses helped police identify the vehicle as a dark-colored Land Rover Discovery that was traveling north on Ritchie Highway when it struck the pedestrian. …
30-Person Brawl At Bergen County Bar Draws Police From 4 Towns, Police Say 30-Person Brawl At Bergen County Bar Draws Police From 4 Towns, Police Say 30-Person Brawl At Bergen County Bar Draws Police From 4 Towns, Police Say
30-Person Brawl At Bergen County Bar Draws Police From 4 Towns, Police Say A large fight involving approximately 30 people outside a Bergen County bar ended with four arrests early Sunday morning, Oct. 4, police said. Officers responded to JoJo's Bar and Grill on Monroe Street in Garfield, just before 1:30 a.m., for reports of a large fight outside the bar, Garfield Police Capt. Mario Pozo told Daily Voice. Officers saw two people actively fighting as they arrived, Pozo said. Mutual aid was requested from police departments in Lodi, Wallington and Saddle Brook. Four people were ultimately arrested, including three on simple assault charges and one on an obstructi…
NJ Mom Of 3, Comcast Exec Dies Suddenly At 41 NJ Mom Of 3, Comcast Exec Dies Suddenly At 41 NJ Mom Of 3, Comcast Exec Dies Suddenly At 41
NJ Mom Of 3, Comcast Exec Dies Suddenly At 41 A South Jersey mother of three and longtime Comcast marketing executive died suddenly on Monday, Sept. 28.  Gina Marie Incollingo, of Haddonfield and formerly of Southampton, PA, was 41, according to her obituary on the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home website. A mother of three, Incollingo was remembered for her devotion to her family, distinctive laugh, sense of humor and style, along with her love of the Philadelphia Eagles. She also had a lifelong connection to Italy, where she spent time as a child, studied abroad while attending Villanova University and married Jeremy in Tuscany…
Social Security Changes Clear Congress: What To Know Social Security Changes Clear Congress: What To Know Social Security Changes Clear Congress: What To Know
Social Security Changes Clear Congress: What To Know A change could be coming to how Americans navigate one of retirement’s biggest decisions: when to start collecting Social Security. Congress has passed the bipartisan Claiming Age Clarity Act, which would rename key claiming-age benchmarks to clarify their financial consequences. The legislation would leave eligibility ages and benefit formulas unchanged. Reps. Lloyd Smucker, a Pennsylvania Republican, and Don Beyer, a Virginia Democrat, announced Wednesday, Sept. 30, that their bill had cleared the Senate and was headed to President Donald Trump for his signature. The Senate approved the …
Dad Of 2 Dies In Route 72 Motorcycle Crash, PA State Police Says Dad Of 2 Dies In Route 72 Motorcycle Crash, PA State Police Says Dad Of 2 Dies In Route 72 Motorcycle Crash, PA State Police Says
Dad Of 2 Dies In Route 72 Motorcycle Crash, PA State Police Says A 29-year-old father of two died after his motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a car on Route 72 in Lebanon County on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 3, Pennsylvania State Police said. Jean C. Rodriguez Torres, of Lebanon, was riding a 2016 Suzuki DR-Z400SM south on Route 72 near Moonshine Road in Union Township around 2:17 p.m. when he entered the northbound lane while approaching a curve, according to PSP Jonestown's crash report. Rodriguez Torres' motorcycle struck a northbound 2009 Volvo C30 driven by Stuart C. Walmer, 53, of Annville, state police said. Rodriguez Torre…
Details Emerge About 6 Onboard Jet That Went Missing Over Atlantic Details Emerge About 6 Onboard Jet That Went Missing Over Atlantic Details Emerge About 6 Onboard Jet That Went Missing Over Atlantic
Details Emerge About 6 Onboard Jet That Went Missing Over Atlantic New details are emerging about the six people aboard a Northeast-bound jet that vanished over the Atlantic, as rescue crews continue searching off Massachusetts. Click here for a new, updated story: Missing Jet Search Leads To Debris Discovery Off Northeast Coast The missing aircraft was a Latitude Air Ambulance medical flight carrying two Canadian pilots, two Canadian medical workers, a patient, and the patient’s relative, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Canada’s transport minister, Steven MacKinnon, confirmed that four of those aboard were Canadian. The patient…
Fashion CEO, Wife Found Shot Dead Outside California Residence Fashion CEO, Wife Found Shot Dead Outside California Residence Fashion CEO, Wife Found Shot Dead Outside California Residence
Fashion CEO, Wife Found Shot Dead Outside California Residence A fashion company CEO and his wife were found shot dead outside their California home, according to multiple reports. Neighbors identified the couple as Bryan and Michelle Walker, who built the women’s clothing brand, Bryn Walker.  They were found outside their home on Panoramic Way in Oakland, California, on Friday, Oct. 2, The Berkeley Scanner reported. Police had not publicly released their names when the Scanner published its report. Michelle was 63. Reports differed on Bryan’s age. A neighbor who heard gunfire discovered the couple around 10:45 a.m., according to the Scanner, ci…
Possible Murder-Suicide: 3 Found Dead In NJ Mansion, Prosecutor Says Possible Murder-Suicide: 3 Found Dead In NJ Mansion, Prosecutor Says Possible Murder-Suicide: 3 Found Dead In NJ Mansion, Prosecutor Says
Possible Murder-Suicide: 3 Found Dead In NJ Mansion, Prosecutor Says Three people were found shot dead in a New Jersey home, including one person who was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, Oct. 2,  officials said. At 5:52 p.m., the three bodies were discovered at a home on Wild Azalea Lane, in Skillman, Somerset County Prosecutor John  McDonald said. Caution tape was seen outside of the mansion 39 Wild Azalea Ln., as published by The Montgomery News. The investigation began a day earlier, when Montgomery Township police received a request to check on the occupants of the home just before 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, McDonald said.&nb…
Lost Pool Bet Led To 14 Bullet Holes, 2 Gunshot Wounds In Pennsylvania: DA Lost Pool Bet Led To 14 Bullet Holes, 2 Gunshot Wounds In Pennsylvania: DA Lost Pool Bet Led To 14 Bullet Holes, 2 Gunshot Wounds In Pennsylvania: DA
Lost Pool Bet Led To 14 Bullet Holes, 2 Gunshot Wounds In Pennsylvania: DA A lost pool bet worth several hundred dollars ended with 14 bullet holes in a car and two gunshot wounds — and nearly four years later, the Pennsylvania shooter has been sentenced to state prison. Jan Carlos Cruz-Rivera, 30, of the 200 block of North Marshall Street in Lancaster, was sentenced to six to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to aggravated assault and discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced in an update on Friday, Oct. 2. Judge Dennis Reinaker imposed the sentence. The shooting…
Possible Explosion Sends Flames Ripping Through Bergen County Home: Firefighters Possible Explosion Sends Flames Ripping Through Bergen County Home: Firefighters Possible Explosion Sends Flames Ripping Through Bergen County Home: Firefighters
Possible Explosion Sends Flames Ripping Through Bergen County Home: Firefighters Flames ripped through the front of a Bergen County home as firefighters responded to a reported structure fire with a possible explosion, officials said. The Wyckoff Fire Department responded to the home on Patton Place on Friday night, Oct. 2, according to the department. Video shared by the department shows flames shooting from the front of the home as crews worked at the scene. Firefighters conducted fire suppression and ventilation, the department said. Mutual aid crews responded to the scene and provided coverage. No information on injuries or the cause of the fire was immediately r…
Hudson County Sheriff's Detective Michael Soriano Dies After 20 Years Of Service Hudson County Sheriff's Detective Michael Soriano Dies After 20 Years Of Service Hudson County Sheriff's Detective Michael Soriano Dies After 20 Years Of Service
Hudson County Sheriff's Detective Michael Soriano Dies After 20 Years Of Service A longtime Hudson County Sheriff's Office detective is being mourned after his death following 20 years of service. Detective Michael Soriano died on Friday, Oct. 2, according to a tribute shared by the Secaucus Police Department. Soriano dedicated two decades to serving and protecting the people of Hudson County, the department said. "His courage, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to public service will never be forgotten." Secaucus police extended condolences to Soriano's friends, family, colleagues and the Hudson County Sheriff's Office. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his…