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2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (
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The two men killed in a head-on crash near Hersheypark have been identified, Derry Township police announced in a correction update on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Ronald Lindenmuth, 57, of Phoenix, Arizona, was driving the minivan and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at West Hersheypark Drive and North Hockersville Road on Tuesday, Aug. 11, police said. James Eyerly, 63, of Harrisburg, was a passenger in the minivan and was taken to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries, according to police. The 17-year-old Harrisburg boy dr…
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Newlyweds Appeared To Share Idyllic Year Of Marriage Before Husband Charged With Her NJ Murder
For their first year of marriage, Alyne and Ignacio Espinal appeared to be a happy couple, sharing photos of beach trips, restaurant outings and celebrations on Facebook. Then, just after their first anniversary, Ignacio Espinal, 55, was charged with murdering his 46-year-old wife inside their Somerville home, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 7:26 p.m., Somerville police responded to a 911 call on Brookside Avenue and found Alyne with multiple lacerations to her chest, neck and thigh, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Chief of County Detectives Mered…
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Parents Charged With Killing Infant In NJ: Prosecutor
A mother and father have been charged with killing their infant baby in Hudson County, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12. Jason Megaro, a 27-year-old Mount Carmel, Pa. resident and Jenae Vasquez, a 20-year-old Bronx resident were indicted by a grand jury on charges of aggravated manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. On Wednesday, March 25, a 2-month old baby boy was brought to a hospital where he was pronounced dead the next day, Mello said. The cause of death was determined to be complications from blunt force injuries t…
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Award-Winning NJ Sportswriter Greg Tufaro Dies At 59
Award-winning New Jersey sportswriter Greg Tufaro, whose nearly 30-year career earned national recognition and the admiration of fellow journalists, died Monday, Aug. 10, at 59 years old. The lifelong Edison resident graduated from Saint Joseph High School in Metuchen and Rutgers University. He would go on to spend nearly three decades in journalism, writing for the Home News Tribune in East Brunswick and the USA TODAY NETWORK, racking up national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for investigative reporting, breaking news, news reporting, and game story writing. Ove…
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$770M ATM Ponzi: Man Who Filed NJ Bankruptcy Pleads Guilty In Massive Fraud
A businessman accused of building a $770 million investment scheme around thousands of ATMs and cryptocurrency kiosks — some of which did not exist — has admitted to federal securities fraud. Daryl F. Heller, 56, of Lititz, pleaded guilty before US District Judge Catherine Henry on Monday, Aug. 10, according to US Attorney David Metcalf. Heller admitted that from approximately January 2017 through December 2024, he solicited and caused others to solicit approximately $770 million from investors in Prestige and WF Velocity ATM Funds through false and fraudulent representations, federal prose…
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4 Responders Hospitalized As Heavy Fire Tears Through Bergen County Home (
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Heavy fire tore through the second floor and attic of a Bergen County home Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 11, sending three police officers and a firefighter to the hospital and damaging two neighboring homes, authorities said. The fire broke out at a home on Woodland Road in Demarest shortly before 4 p.m., prompting responses from surrounding agencies, according to the Demarest Police Department and the Cresskill and Dumont fire departments. Demarest police were called to the residential structure fire at approximately 3:43 p.m., police said. Officers gained entry through a side door and conducte…
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Embattled NJ Councilwoman, Husband Used Phony Signatures To Get On Ballot: Prosecutor
Gina LaPlaca and her husband Jason Carty are in trouble with the law again. LaPlaca, 47 and Carty, 49 are charged charged with fraudulently placing LaPlaca on the Democratic primary ballot in the June 2026 Lumberton Township Committee race, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. Multiple individuals whose names and purported signatures appeared on LaPlaca's nominating petition indicated they had neither signed the petition nor authorized anyone to do so on their behalf in support of the candidate's nomination, Bradshaw said. The petition, which was submitted to the Lumbert…
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Teaneck Fugitive Caught Trying To Board International Flight At Newark Airport: Police
A Teaneck man wanted for nearly two years was arrested while trying to board an international flight at Newark Liberty International Airport, authorities said. Jankely N. Hidalgo, 37, was attempting to board the flight on Saturday, Aug. 8, when his name was flagged by U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel because of an outstanding Teaneck police warrant, Deputy Police Chief Seth B. Kriegel said. The warrant stemmed from an investigation that began with a welfare check at an apartment on Windsor Road in Teaneck on May 22, 2024, Kriegel said. Officers entered the apartment and f…
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Strip Club, Driver Sued By Bergen County Man's Mother After Hit-Run Death
A New Jersey mother is suing a strip club and the driver accused of fatally striking her 26-year-old son, claiming the club continued serving the motorist alcohol before the deadly crash in August 2024, court records show. Jeannette Consoro Green, acting on behalf of the estate of her son, Matthew Flores, of Ridgefield Park, filed the wrongful-death lawsuit (attached at the bottom of this news article) in Passaic County Superior Court against Edinson Polo Jr., Silk Gentlemen's Club, and several businesses and individuals associated with the club and nearby parking areas on Tuesday, Aug. 4. …
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Arrest Made In Fair Lawn Hit-Run That Injured Mother, 5-Year-Old
A 67-year-old Fair Lawn woman was arrested hours after authorities say she struck a mother and her 5-year-old son in a marked crosswalk, seriously injuring the boy, then drove away. Maritza Salazar-Perez was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 3:45 p.m., nearly nine hours after the crash at Broadway and Fair Lawn Parkway at 32nd Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Salazar-Perez was driving a 2011 Honda Pilot and making a left turn from 32nd Street onto Broadway when she struck the 47-year-old woman and her son as they crossed Broadway in a marked crosswalk, Musella s…
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Bergen County Street Brawl, Slashing Posted To Socials Ends In Football Player's Arrest: Cops
A former New Jersey high school football player was charged with slashing an 18-year-old during a large street brawl that was filmed and shared to social media, according to police and online records. Police in Hasbrouck Heights received multiple calls reporting a large fight on Terrace Avenue near the Wood-Ridge border around 11:41 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, Hasbrouck Heights Police Capt. John Behr said. Officers from Hasbrouck Heights responded with mutual aid from Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt, East Rutherford, and South Hackensack, Behr said. The fight had ended by the time offi…
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Convicted Murderer, Mom Break 4-Year-Old Boy's Bones, Burn Him: Affidavit
A convicted murderer and the mother of a 4-year-old boy are accused in a disturbing child abuse case that left the child with broken bones, burns, bruises, and injuries doctors ultimately categorized as "torture," according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Raheem Akbar Shabazz Floyd, 38, who was on parole for a North Carolina murder conviction, and the boy's mother, Brianna Nichole Nolte-Maple, 32, were arrested in Harrisburg following an investigation into the child's extensive injuries on Friday, Aug. 7, according to the affidavit. The investigation began af…
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