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Kayaker Who Drowned In NJ Lake Wasn't Wearing Life Preserver, Investigators Say Authorities have identified the Old Bridge man who drowned when his kayak capsized inJackson Township. Search and rescue divers found the body of 29-year-old John Pereira inProspertown Lake on Sunday, Aug. 4,Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was first reported missing at around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3. Witnesses toldJackson Township police that Pereira was not wearing a life preserver and they believed he drowned. The search was suspended in the evening due to severe weather and Pereira'sbody was recovered at around 3:55 p.…
by Chris Spiker
Former Bridgwater Officer, West Milford Special Officer Thomas Dinan Dies Thomas Dinan, a police officer in West Milford, died on Tuesday, July 30, 10 days after his 66th birthday, the department announced. Dinan joined the West Milford Police Department in June 2018 as a Class II special officer, assisting with traffic details, township events, prisoner watches and transports and court security, police said. Prior to joining West Milford, Dinan spent 27 years in the Bridgewater Police Department, rising to the rank of lieutenant, before retiring in 2015 after serving as patrol officer, narcotics investigator, bias crimes officer and counterterrorism liaison, pol…
by Sam Barron
Mugshots Released Of Murder Suspect, Brothers Charged In NJ Actress' Death Philadelphia police have released the mugshots of the man accused of killing a New Jersey actress and the two brothers charged with hindering apprehension in the case. Gregg Page, 34, has been charged with murder in the Atlantic City slaying of 32-year-old Carley Elbert, an actress from Sewell, on Thursday, Aug. 1. Page also is also charged with attempted murder for shooting a 29-year-old Pleasantville woman, who survived, at the same time as Elbert, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said (scroll for mugshots). Ryan Schnenck, 30, and his brother, Ramir Schenck, 27, were charged…
by Cecilia Levine
Body Of Missing Boater, 29, Recovered Day After Vessel Capsizes On NJ Lake, Police Say The body of a 29-year-old man was recovered from a New Jersey lake more than 24 hours after the boat he was on capsized, police said. The Old Bridge man, who was not identified by name, was recovered by search teams on Prospertown Lake in Jackson Township just before 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, Jackson Police Chief Matthew Kunz said. Jackson police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a capsized boat on the lakearound 2:25 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, the chief said. Police boats and divers were deployed Saturday afternoon in an effort to find the missing boater, Kunz said.Officials from NJ Fi…
by Cecilia Levine
NJ Actress, 32, Killed In Double Shooting Had Overcome Rare Disease Carley Elbert was no stranger to pain. The 32-year-old New Jersey actress spent years of her life battling a rare illness, Mast Cell Disease. Elbert shared her struggles with the hundreds of people who followed her journey, spreading awareness about the illness in a Facebook group called Hope For Carley. Her last post in the group was a TikTok video she made last November. In it, Elbert celebrates being a Mast Cell Disease survivor, bouncing along to music in her car. While Elbert survived years of pain and hospitalizations, her life ended tragically and suddenly this week, when the Atlan…
Child Injured After Daycare Evacuated When Ceiling Tile Falls: Westfield FD A child suffered a minor injury after the Westfield Day Care Center had to be evacuated after a ceiling tile fell on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 1, authorities said. At 1:25 p.m., firefighters responded to a report of a roof collapse at the day care located inside Redeemer Lutheran Church at 229 Cowperthwaite Pl. and found a small drip tray from a roof mounted air conditioning unit had leaked and caused a ceiling tile and the drip tray to fall, the Westfield Fire Department said in a release. The children were relocated to the Roosevelt School, firefighters said. The Westfield Vol…
by Sam Barron
Infant Was In Hot Car For 4+ Hours Before She Died, NJ Mom Charged, Prosecutor Says Police announced charges against the Morris County woman who they say left her baby in a hot car for more than four hours before she died last month. Livia Patelli, a 33-year-old Roseland resident, has been charged withendangering the welfare of a child in connection with the Wednesday, July 17 death of her six-month-old daughter in East Hanover,Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and East Hanover Police Chief Christopher Cannizzo said. Police had been called to aparking lot on South Ridgedale Avenue on Route 10 that day around 1:30…
by Sam Barron
Newark Felon Charged With Child Rape In PA: Police A New Jersey man with a felony criminal record in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey has been arrested on child rape charges police announced on Thursday, Aug. 1. Jose Enrique "Enrico" Rivas, 47 of Newark, NJ, was arrested in New Jersey on a warrant issued by Lebanon City Police on Wednesday, July 31, as detailed in the police release. Rivas will be extradited to Lebanon, PA, the police explained. A 13-year-old girl's guardian made the ChildLine call after the girl told them "I woke to his fingers in me and then he put his pp in me" and "I was just raped and he is still upstairs,…
by Jillian Pikora
Jersey City Porch Pirate Busted In Wayne: Police A 28-year-old Jersey City resident was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 30, after he stole multiple packages from a residence in Wayne, authorities said. Officers responded to a home in the Heritage Manor neighborhood after a resident reported he observed on his home security camera a man, Cesar Moquete, taking packages from the front porch of his home soon after they were delivered, Wayne police said in a release. One of the packages contained multiple cell phones, police said. Officers observed Moquete's vehicle traveling east on Ratzer Road and conducted a traffic stop, where they…
by Sam Barron
Fight Breaks Out On Glen Rock Basketball Courts Months After Shooting A boosted police presence was reported at basketball courts at a Glen Rock park following a fight on Tuesday evening, July 30, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports. Police were called to the courts at Wilde Park off Maple Avenue around 7 p.m. on reports of a fist fight with a gathering crowd, Loving said. By the time officers got there, one of the two fight participants had apparently left. Back in May, gunfire erupted on the exact same courts, striking a 23-year-old Paterson man. Arrests in the shooting have yet to be made. Following Tuesday evening's fights, officers remained at …
by Cecilia Levine
Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Officer Head-On, Passenger Seriously Injured In NJ: Police A 57-year-old Butler resident was driving while intoxicated when he drove head-on into a police car in Morris County on Friday, July 26, sending the officer and his own passenger to the hospital, authorities said. While Butler police were conducting speed enforcement,Charles Dampman was driving a black Ford Explorer when he entered the opposite lane of travel onBartholdi Avenue and struck police officer Justin Brunda's parked vehicle head-on at a high rate of speed, officers said. Brunda was transported to a local hospital where he was later released, police said.Dampman's…
by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
'I Just Struck a Pedestrian': 911 Call Released In Deadly Cyclist Crash Involving Trooper The New Jersey State Attorney General's Office released surveillance camera footage and police radio transmissions after a state trooper struck and killed a Morris County cyclist in February. At 6 a.m., on Monday, February 5, Kesene Grier was driving an unmarked police SUV when she struck Raul Diaz, a 59-year-old Long Valley resident in Hackettstown, the state attorney general's office said. Diaz was transported to Hackettstown Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, the state attorney general's office. "I just struck a pedestrian on a bike," Grier is heard saying on police radio…
by Sam Barron
Amazon Box Truck Flips On Route 17 Ramp After Long Day Of Deliveries, Two Hospitalized (Photos) Only a flat screen TV and an empty box remained in the trailer of an Amazon truck that overturned on Route 17 Sunday, July 28 in Paramus, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reported from the scene. The box truck driver and his helper were in the southbound lanes approaching the ramp to Route 4 when the truck flipped into a drainage ditch, Loving said.Both were taken by a Paramus EMS ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center. Photo(s) of the day, 07/28/2024: The driver and helper of an Amazon box truck were both injured late Sunday afternoon,... Posted by Boyd A. L…
by Cecilia Levine
Ex-Cop, Bergen County Man Flashed Police Badge Before Sexually Harassing Woman: Police A 52-year-old Cliffside Park man and former police officer was arrested and charged on Friday, July 26, after he flashed a police badge and sexually harassed a woman in Guttenberg, authorities said. On Tuesday, July 23, a woman told police she was working inside a flower shop when Ytalo Savinovich made criminal sexual contact with her while brandishing a Union City police badge, Guttenberg police said. Savinovich was a police officer in Union City from 1998 to 2008, NJ.comreports citing public records. Following an investigation, police arrested Savinovich and charged him withc…
Office Manager Embezzled $350K From North Jersey Synagogue, Feds Say A 51-year-old Scotch Plains woman is charged with embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue she worked at, authorities said. In 2010, Stacy Margaritondo began working at Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains and was later promoted to bookkeeper and office manager in July 2020,U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Margaritondo’s duties included accounting/bookkeeping, payroll, preparing checks for accounts payable, and reporting to the synagogue’s board of directors regarding the synagogue’s financial condition, Sellinger said. From Dec. 2019 to May 20…
by Sam Barron
Video Shows Fire Ripping Through Fair Lawn Strip Mall, Destroying Zadies Kosher Bake Shop A fire ripped through a Fair Lawn strip mall home to popular kosher bakery Zadies and other businesses. The Fair Lawn Avenue bakery said the strip mall will be closed for an "undetermined" amount of on Friday morning, July 26, following the overnight blaze. Flames can be seen on video below ripping through the roof of the strip mall at the Chandler Drive intersection. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daily Voice NJ (@dailyvoicenewjersey) According to News12 citing firefighters, the blaze is believed to have started at Green…
by Cecilia Levine
Man Charged After Assaulting Two Men, Causing Heavy Bleeding: Bogota PD A 22-year-old Teaneck man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after assaulting two men in Bogota on the morning of Wednesday, July 24, authorities said. At 7:41 a.m., officers responded to a report of two men fighting on the 400 block of River Road, Bogota police said. When they arrived on scene, police found two men bleeding heavily from multiple locations, officers said. Both men were transported to a nearby hospital, authorities said. Police determined Ahmad Alkandari attacked one of the victims at the 100 block of West Grove Street, authorities said. Alkandari was charged wit…
by Sam Barron
'Hot Boys Mafia' Gangster Was Being Served In NJ Shooting That Injured Him, Detective: Cops A Perth Amboy detective remains in stable condition after he was shot while executing an arrest warrant in Rahway on the evening of Wednesday, July 24, authorities said. At 8:32 p.m., the detective, who has not been identified, was shot by 20-year-old Rahway resident Angel Santiago, who is a suspect in an aggravated assault that occurred in Perth Amboy Tuesday,Union County Prosecutor William Daniel andRahway Police Director Nicholas Breiner said. The detective was shot multiple times in the leg, while Santiago sustained a single gunshot wound to the lower leg, authorities said. …
by Sam Barron
Teen Arrested In Slaying Of Hudson County Boy One Month Shy Of 18th Birthday, Prosecutor Says A 17-year-old Jersey City teenager was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 24, with shooting a Bayonne teenager over the weekend, authorities said. At 2:30 p.m., police responded to 124 West Third Street and found John "Johnny" Dominguez, 17, unresponsive inside an apartment after being shot in the torso, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The boy was pronounced dead soon after, Suarez said. A fundraiser has been set up to pay for funeral expenses for Dominguez, who was killed a month prior to his 18th birthday, his family says. As of Thursday, July 25, more than $12,600 has b…
by Sam Barron
Man Busted Following Several Vehicle Burglaries: Wallington PD A man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 24, after he carried out several vehicle break-ins in Wallington, authorities said. At 2:35 a.m., police observed a man walking north on Main Avenue passing Stein Avenue, Wallington police said. The man, Jovan Feliciano, matched the description of a suspect involved in numerous vehicle burglaries in Wallington, police said. Police confirmed the man was the suspect they were looking for and apprehended him, officers said. During an interview, Feliciano admitted to illegally entering multiple vehicles and stealing items for the past three mont…
by Sam Barron
Drunk Driver Going 114 MPH Sentenced For Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed Amazon Worker A 47-year-old Newark man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday, July 19, for a deadly 2021 crash on the Garden State Parkway where he was driving intoxicated at 114 mph, authorities said. On Feb. 15, 2021, Rolando Godwin was driving a Range Rover when he struck a Lexus SUV driven by Christopher Meikle, a 46-year-old East Orange resident, causing his car to be engulfed in flames on the Garden State Parkway in Clark, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said. Following the crash,Godwin requested he be transported away from the scene, indicating he was prepared to offer an unsp…
by Sam Barron
Duo Steals $10K In Merchandise From Business, Caught Selling Stolen Items In NJ: Police A man and woman from New Jersey face burglary charges after allegedly stealing $10,000 in merchandise from a Westchester County business and selling it, police announced. New Jersey residents James Kralovich, age 39, and Olivia Barbarito, age 29, both from the Union County city of Summit, were arrested on Friday, July 19 in connection with a burglary at Mangone's Garden Center in Mamaroneck at 1427 East Boston Post Rd. (Route 1), the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department announced on Sunday, July 21. The events leading up to the duo's arrests began on Sunday, July 7 just after…
by Ben Crnic
by Chris Spiker
Scrap Metal Company VP, 24, Killed In Jersey Shore Weekend Crash The vice president of a scrap metal company died in a crash in Ocean County, authorities said. Kevin Scoda, 24, of Edison, was killed in the crash on Route 72, the Stafford Township Police Department said in a news release on Tuesday, July 23. Officers responded to the scenenear milepost 24.5 at around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 20. Investigators said Scoda's2023 Chevrolet Corvette collided with a 2018 Subaru while traveling east on Route 72. Scoda's sports car went off the road, crashed into a utility pole, and caught fire. "Unidentified citizens" were able to get Scoda out o…
by Chris Spiker
Man Shot, Assaulted On NJ Turnpike Roadside, Ditched By Assailants He Was Traveling With: Cops A Texas man was shot during an argument with people he'd been riding with, then assaulted and ditched on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike in Secaucus, authorities said. At 2:26 p.m., a 52-year-old Houston resident got into an argument with two men while traveling in a white Nissan passenger vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike Monday, July 22,Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The man was shot before the car pulled over to the side of the road near Interchange 17, where all occupants got out of the vehicle and began assaulting the victim, Lebron sai…
by Sam Barron
Missing NJ Man Found Dead, State Police Says A 33-year-old Irvington man who had been missing since mid-June was found dead on Sunday, June 30, authorities said. Isaac Bishop had been missing since Tuesday, June 11, Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. At 2:30 p.m. on June 30, the New Jersey State Police Major Crimes South Unit and the Missing Persons Unit responded to a heavily wooded area near 13th Avenue in Weymouth Township and recovered Bishop's body, Marchan said. "Isaac is truly loved and will be extremely missed," his family wrote on an Instagram page devoted to finding him. "He was an amaz…
by Sam Barron
North Jersey Man Violates Restraining Order, Injures Officer On Long Island: Cops A New Jersey man is facing charges including assault and more after he allegedly broke a restraining order and later injured a police officer during his arrest. The Baldwin incident occurred on Saturday, July 13, according to Nassau County Police. At about 4:30 p.m. on that day, 36-year-old Horace Rattigan was allegedly in a verbal argument with a woman at Coes Neck Park, located at 1240 Coes Neck Road. Rattigan, an Essex County resident from the township of Montclair, stole the woman’s cell phone and fled the park on foot. Authorities located Rattigan nearby and attempted to arrest …
by Sophie Grieser
NJ Teacher Sexually Assaulted HS Student, Told Him To Delete Nude Cellphone Pics: Affidavit A former Wall High Schoolteacher sexually assaulted an 18-year-old student several times and sent him nude pictures, according to arrest records. An affidavit obtained by Daily Voice said 36-year-oldJulie Rizzitello of Brick Township had sexual contact with the student between April and June. She was arrested on Wednesday, July 3, and charged withtwo counts of second-degree sexual assault, third-degree witness tampering, and three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. The affidavit said a Wall Township Public Schools employee told policeon Monday, July 1 a…
by Chris Spiker
Public Masturbator Arrested Twice In Same Day, Edgewater Police Say An Edgewater man was accused of publicly masturbating on a riverfront bench and at a bus stop, authorities said. Mark Schmitt, 62, was arrested at around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, the Edgewater Police Department said in a news release. He was charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and criminal trespass. Police responded to a report of a man masturbating on a bench by the Hudson Riverfront walkway at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16. Later that evening, a driver reported a man with his penis exposed and masturbating at a bus stop on River Road. The suspect …
by Chris Spiker
FedEx Driver Was 1.5X Legal Limit In Drunken Crash That Knocked Power In Warren County: Cops A FedEx driver was drunk when he crashed into a utility pole in Hackettstown on Tuesday, July 16, authorities said. At 2:59 p.m., officers were at 100 Main St. when they saw a FedEx delivery truck crashed into a utility pole, Hackettstown police said. The driver, David Fiallos, a 46-year-old Long Valley resident, was traveling westbound on Route 46 when he dropped his cellphone, which he was using to locate an address, police said. While attempting to reach down and pick the phone up, the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a utility pole, police said. Inside the FedEx truck, of…
by Sam Barron
Child Sexually Abused By Central Jersey Man In Bergenfield Repeatedly, Prosecutor Says A 20-year-old Middlesex County man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 17, with sexually assaulting a child in Bergenfield, authorities said. In May, Bergenfield police and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office began investigating the sexual assault of a juvenile under the age of 16 and determined Richard Simko had assaulted them on multiple occasions, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Simko was arrested in Woodbridge and charged with five counts of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Hewas remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a court …
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