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Wrong Way Bronx Man Drove Drunk With Kids In Car: Fairfield PD Wrong Way Bronx Man Drove Drunk With Kids In Car: Fairfield PD
Wrong Way Bronx Man Drove Drunk With Kids In Car: Fairfield PD A 33-year-old Bronx man was arrested and charged after he drove drunk with children in the car in Fairfield, authorities announced Thursday, Sept. 10, authorities said. At 2:06 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, officers observed a black Dodge Durango driving the wrong way on Route 46, westbound in the eastbound lanes, Fairfield police said. The Dodge was pulled over in a McDonald's parking lot and the driver, Miguel Nocelo-Soto displayed bloodshot and watery eyes, police said. The juveniles, 17, 12 and 1 were seated in the back, police said. Nocelo-Soto told officers he had only consumed two beers,…
$60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police $60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police
$60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police A New Jersey mom charged with stealing more than $7,000 from Media Little League is now wanted in connection with a nearly $60,000 fraud scheme targeting a senior citizen across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, police said. Robin Massing, 57, of Audubon, New Jersey, was among five people charged following a four-month Nether Providence Township Police investigation, the department announced Thursday, Sept. 10. The victim reported that $58,600 was drained from a TD Bank checking account through five fraudulent in-person withdrawals and a wire transfer between May 8 and May 11, accordi…
Plane Crash: Police ID 2 Victims Killed In Massachusetts Aviation Disaster Plane Crash: Police ID 2 Victims Killed In Massachusetts Aviation Disaster
Plane Crash: Police ID 2 Victims Killed In Massachusetts Aviation Disaster Authorities have identified the two people who were killed when the training aircraft they were on crashed into a wooded area in Massachusetts over the weekend.  Kenneth R. Moore, 66, of Pembroke, and Marcy Asbury, 62, of East Falmouth, died in the Saturday, Sept. 5, crash, Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni announced on Thursday.  The Piper PA-28 Cherokee went down near Center Street around 9:15 p.m.  Ludlow police and Massachusetts State Police began searching the area after receiving a report of a missing aircraft. Crews later found the plane off Center Street. …
Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’ Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’
Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’ A newlywed New York man has disappeared, and his wife believes he could be facing a medical emergency. Dominick Bianchi, 35, was last seen Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. around his home in East Greenbush, the local police department said on Facebook. Bianchi has Type 1 diabetes, and his new bride, Julianna Zyra, told ABC affiliate WTEN she wasn’t sure if he could monitor his blood sugar. The missing man has a continuous glucose monitor, but it’s “paired to his phone that he doesn’t have,” Zyra told WTEN. Zyra told the station Bianchi had been battling mental health issues recently but “nobody…
'ICE Agents Raped Your Daughters,' PA Attorney Told NJ Official, Prosecutor Says 'ICE Agents Raped Your Daughters,' PA Attorney Told NJ Official, Prosecutor Says
'ICE Agents Raped Your Daughters,' PA Attorney Told NJ Official, Prosecutor Says A Pennsylvania attorney was arrested after authorities said he sent a Sussex County public official obscene emails about her daughters, ICE agents and pedophiles. Karl R. Heideck, 45, of Jenkintown, PA, was charged with fourth-degree cyber-harassment following an investigation by the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office and Newton police, Sussex County Prosecutor Daniel M. Perez announced Wednesday, Sept. 9. The investigation began after the public official received the emails on Sunday, Aug. 2, authorities said. The messages contained lewd, indecent or obscene material intended to emotio…
Bergen County Man Sexually Assaults Girl Under 13: Prosecutor Bergen County Man Sexually Assaults Girl Under 13: Prosecutor
Bergen County Man Sexually Assaults Girl Under 13: Prosecutor A 39-year-old man has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 in Bergen County, authorities said. Victor G. Sayas was arrested in Oakland on Wednesday, Sept. 9, following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and Oakland police, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Sayas is accused of penetrating the girl's vagina with his fingers and touching her buttocks with his hand or finger, according to charging documents obtained by Daily Voice. The investigation began on Monday, Sept. 7, when Oakland police contacted the prosecutor's Special Victim…
Pit Bull Found Tied To Fence Near Garden State Parkway, Shelter Says Pit Bull Found Tied To Fence Near Garden State Parkway, Shelter Says
Pit Bull Found Tied To Fence Near Garden State Parkway, Shelter Says A female pit bull was found tied to a fence near the Garden State Parkway, and an animal shelter is trying to find out where she came from. The dog was found on Summit Avenue near the parkway entrance in Bloomfield on Tuesday night, Sept. 8, according to the Bloomfield Animal Shelter. She had no collar, identification tags, or microchip, the shelter said. The shelter is now seeking information about the dog's origin or anyone who may know how she ended up tied to the fence. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bloomfield Animal Shelter at 973-748-0194.
DUI Lawyer Knees Officer In Groin During Bergen County Arrest: Police DUI Lawyer Knees Officer In Groin During Bergen County Arrest: Police
DUI Lawyer Knees Officer In Groin During Bergen County Arrest: Police An attorney with a history of aggravated assault on law enforcement kneed a police officer in the groin during her arrest in Bergen County, sending him to the hospital on Tuesday evening, Sept. 8, Daily Voice has learned. Yana Chechelnitsky, who identifies herself on Facebook as an attorney with a law practice in Elizabeth, was stopped after an officer observed signs that she was impaired, according to Bill Maer, a spokesperson for the Cliffside Park Police Department. The divorced 48-year-old told the investigating officer she was returning home from a party, Maer said. The …
Off-Duty NJ Cop Charged With DUI In Weekend Hit-Run Crash: Records Off-Duty NJ Cop Charged With DUI In Weekend Hit-Run Crash: Records
Off-Duty NJ Cop Charged With DUI In Weekend Hit-Run Crash: Records A veteran police officer who has been on the force for 24 years was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a crash in the New Jersey town where he serves, court records show. Nelson W. Hearns Jr., a patrolman with the Cranford Police Department, was charged following an incident at Centennial Avenue and South Avenue in Cranford at 12:27 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, according to New Jersey Judiciary records. Hearns was driving a silver 2019 Mercedes-Benz four-door vehicle, the records show. He was issued three tickets: operating under the influence of liquor …
Man Takes Fatal Leap From GWB: Police Man Takes Fatal Leap From GWB: Police
Man Takes Fatal Leap From GWB: Police A man died after climbing over a fence and jumping from the George Washington Bridge Wednesday morning, authorities said. Port Authority police received a report that the man climbed over the fence on the bridge's Northwalk and jumped at approximately 8:43 a.m. on Sept. 9, authorities said. The man's body was recovered by the NYPD, according to Port Authority police. A report from Citizen NYC says that the man's body was recovered on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. No information about his identity was released.  Fifteen people had jumped to their deaths from the bridge …
VIDEO: Shirtless Man Dances On Truck Moving Across GWB Before Arrest VIDEO: Shirtless Man Dances On Truck Moving Across GWB Before Arrest
Video: Shirtless Man Dances On Truck Moving Across GWB Before Arrest The saxophones only got louder in a now-viral TikTok video that shows a shirtless man dancing on the back of a flatbed truck moving across the George Washington Bridge. The video of the Sept. 3 scene was shared by TikTok user @johnortizzzz24 and had racked up nearly 20,000 views as of Wednesday, Sept. 9. What the clip doesn't show viewers, though, is what happened afterward: the dancer's arrest. Port Authority police identified the man as 28-year-old Arnesia Crawford, and said officers removed him from the back of the truck in Fort Lee, NJ. Crawford was subsequently charged with aggr…
Neighbor Pointed AR-Style Paintball Gun During Dispute, Police In Bergen County Say Neighbor Pointed AR-Style Paintball Gun During Dispute, Police In Bergen County Say
Neighbor Pointed Ar-style Paintball Gun During Dispute, Police In Bergen County Say A dispute between neighbors in New Jersey escalated when one of them pointed an AR-style paintball gun at the other before disappearing, authorities said. The incident began on Mola Boulevard in Elmwood Park on Monday, Sept. 7, when a caller told police her boyfriend had been threatened by a neighbor while outside smoking a cigarette, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The victim told responding officers that the neighbor, later identified as Sylvester Irving, 33, appeared intoxicated and began yelling at him, according to Foligno. The two exchanged words before the neighb…