After being dragged from the ocean, a Seaside Park, NJ man died early Saturday morning. The occasion was tragic. Locals said emergency workers were called to 8th Avenue beach just before noon after seeing a swimmer struggling. The Seaside Park Fire Department’s water rescue crew rescued the swimmer. His name is John DeVone, 54, from…
A Trenton officer was shot Saturday night near the base. Near the Trenton Police Department on Lincoln, Perry, and North Clinton roads, it happened about 9:15 p.m. The cop was brought to a local hospital for leg injuries immediately. The officer’s injuries were stable late Saturday night, police added. Police haven’t identified a suspect or…
A Clifton, New Jersey, hit-and-run murdered a 20-year-old woman early Saturday morning. Case under investigation by police. Paterson native Kamaya Young was found dead on the northbound side of Route 21 at Route 3 west Exit 9, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office. A woman was found on the road about 8 a.m. by…
A big Garfield, New Jersey, fire spread to nearby homes on Sunday afternoon, frightening everyone. Police are investigating. The Bergen County prosecutor believes the fire was intentional. Palisade Avenue apartment caught fire at 12:16 p.m., spreading to nearby properties. Four Garfield fire departments and local firefighters helped. The fire damaged many nearby properties despite moving…
After two adolescent girls died in an accident involving 17-year-old Vincent P. Battiloro, Cranford was rattled. Battiloro was held after the collision but released by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office pending further investigation. He was caught two days later and charged with two first-degree murders of 17-year-olds Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas. Battiloro, driving an…
Club 35, a prominent Sayreville strip club, owners received probation for prostitution and unpaid state taxes. Freehold couple Doreen and Anthony Acciardi Sr. made news across New Jersey. Both pled convicted to brothel ownership and state income tax evasion earlier this year. The Attorney General’s Office charged the pair with multiple felonies after a thorough…
On Friday morning, many people gathered at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Union to mourn Maria Niotis, one of two Cranford teens who died in a horrible accident earlier this week. Residents, churchgoers, and their families mourned and supported each other. The church’s front had Maria’s white coffin. The Greek flag and red roses…
Vincent P. Battiloro, 17, of New Jersey, is charged with first-degree murder in the e-bike crash deaths of Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas. Battiloro voiced complaints, promised vengeance, and obliquely addressed accusations in a 22-minute webcast in the days and hours before the crash. Battiloro reportedly used his livestream to address Maria and her mother’s…
A New Jersey hospital tech was arrested for sexually abusing a patient. After investigating, local police and county prosecutors caught the suspect ECG technician on Tuesday. According to prosecutors, it happened that morning in the hospital. Dumont resident Asher Younis, 41, was arrested for first-, second-, and third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact. Police said the…
Bergen County authorities say a Lyndhurst citizen is charged with setting his apartment building on fire and streaming it on Facebook. Alexander Pluchino, 42, was charged with purposefully burning cardboard and trash in his Valley Brook Avenue communal stairwell. As neighbors reported smoke and flames Tuesday morning, an emergency response was called. After 8:25 a.m.,…
