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Cecilia Levine

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Deadbeat Crackdown: 18 Arrested In Passaic County Child Support Sweep Eighteen fugitives were arrested in a two-day child support enforcement operation led by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, the department said. The sweep took place on Wednesday and Thursday, May 21 and 22, in partnership with the Superior Court of New Jersey-Passaic Vicinage Probation Division and Child Support Division, Sheriff Thomas Adamo announced. “During the two-day initiative, sheriff’s officers and detectives successfully apprehended 18 fugitives, including one individual wanted for Endangering the Welfare of a Child,” Adamo said. “It should be noted that one of the fugit…

by Cecilia Levine

05/23/2025

Police & Fire

Unlicensed Pompton Lakes DWI Driver Tries Switching Seats After Bloomingdale Crash: Cops A 19-year-old Passaic County man was charged with DWI after crashing into another car and allegedly trying to switch seats with a passenger, police said. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. near Main Street and Ryerson Avenue in Bloomingdale on Friday, May 23, just hours after the department launched its Memorial Day weekend enforcement efforts. Officers arrived to find two heavily damaged vehicles and learned that one had crossed the double yellow line before impact, police said. During the investigation, officers determined that “the occupants of the suspect vehicle had attempted to swit…

by Cecilia Levine

05/23/2025

Police & Fire

Video: Totaled By A Train, Spotted On The Parkway — Because, Jersey Got hit by a train. Still made it to the Parkway. New footage shows the same mangled Honda Civic that was slammed by an NJ Transit train in Bergen County casually cruising down the Garden State Parkway — without its bumper, trunk lid, or license plate. The Civic, which was struck at the Fair Lawn Avenue crossing on Thursday, May 22, was spotted by Ahmed Kasab near the southbound lanes near the Bloomfield toll plaza. Kasab, a mechanic in Paramus, was stunned. Click here to watch. "The whole passenger side airbag was hanging down," Kasab said, noting that driver seemed like that …

by Cecilia Levine

05/22/2025

Police & Fire

Driver Blows Stop Sign In Manchester, Crashing Into Van With Kids On Board: Police Three people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash at a Manchester intersection on Wednesday, May 21, police said. The crash happened around 2:40 p.m. at Broadway Boulevard and Beacon Street, according to the Manchester Township Police Department. A silver sedan was heading south on Beacon Street and “disregarded a stop sign” before entering the intersection, police said. That’s when it was struck on the front driver side by a white van traveling west on Broadway, officials said. After the impact, the sedan spun, hit a mailbox, and came to a stop on the lawn of a nearby home. The van…

by Cecilia Levine

05/22/2025

Obituaries

Maria Bournias, Former Fort Lee Disability Advocate, Marathon Handcyclist, Dies At 48 Maria C. Bournias, a disability advocate, international para-athlete, and beloved force in the Spina Bifida community, died on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. She was 48 years old. The news was shared Thursday, May 22, on her Facebook page by her husband, Peter Gagliardo, who wrote: “I’m heartbroken to let you know that Maria was taken too soon from us. For those that don’t know, Maria was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma a very rare and aggressive cancer almost two years ago. A diagnosis that most don’t get past one year; however, if you know Maria she is an overachiever at literally everything she …

by Cecilia Levine

05/22/2025

Police & Fire

Man Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train In Hackensack: Officials NJ Transit rail service was suspended along the Pascack Valley Line due to a fatal pedestrian strike in Bergen County on Thursday morning, May 22, officials said. The incident occurred around 11:36 a.m. near the Clinton Place crossing in Hackensack, NJ Transit said. Train #1624, which left Spring Valley at 10:55 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 12:05 p.m., struck and killed a man, rail officials said. There were no reported injuries to the 78 passengers or crew on board, officials said. Rail service on the Pascack Valley Line was immediately suspended in both directions. NJ …

by Cecilia Levine

05/22/2025

Police & Fire

Ridgefield Park Driver, 24, Intentionally Crashes Head-On Into Another Vehicle: Prosecutor A 24-year-old man was arrested after authorities say he intentionally crossed over the double yellow lines and crashed into an oncoming car, injuring an 84-year-old driver in Bergen County. Patrick J. McArdle, of Ridgefield Park, was behind the wheel of a Honda Civic traveling north on Bergen Turnpike when he crossed over the painted double-yellow line into southbound traffic Wednesday, May 21, in Ridgefield Park, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. McArdle’s Civic struck a Toyota Corolla. Both drivers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials sa…

by Cecilia Levine

05/22/2025

Police & Fire

Fatal Lirr Train Crash In Amityville: What We Know A person was struck and killed by an LIRR train Thursday morning, May 22 on Long Island, officials confirmed. The crash happened in Amityville at approximately 5:30 a.m., according to Ray Raimundi, a spokesperson for the MTA. The westbound train was headed to the Amityville Station when the crash occurred. The person was pronounced dead and the passengers were accommodated by another train just before 6:15 a.m., Raimundi said. Sources tell Daily Voice that this was a suspected suicide.

by Cecilia Levine

05/22/2025

News

Slain Israeli Embassy Staffers Were About To Get Engaged: Report Two Israeli Embassy employees shot and killed in a targeted attack outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. were about to be engaged, multiple news outlets report. The staffers, identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were leaving an event for young diplomats at the Jewish Museum when they were shot on the 300 block of F Street NW, right across from the FBI's Washington Field Office at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, the NY Times reports. Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was identified as the only suspect and reportedly chanted "free Palestine" while in custody, The…

by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine

05/22/2025

Police & Fire

Video: Man With Scissors Begs Cops To Shoot Him After NJ Crash With Kids In Car, Police Say A man holding scissors begged police to shoot him after a crash involving three vehicles — including one carrying children — in a Morris County gas station parking lot on Wednesday, May 21, authorities said (scroll for video). The crash happened around 5:26 p.m. on Ridgedale Avenue, Hanover police said. Officers arrived and began tending to one of the vehicles’ occupants when they noticed a man outside his car acting suspiciously, police said. “When officers began talking to him, he began acting erratically and stated he wanted to die,” the news release reads. The man, who was holding…

by Cecilia Levine

05/21/2025

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