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Sam Barron

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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

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Drug Dealer With 130 Lbs Of Pot Kidnaps Uber Driver Trying To Flee Cops In PA: Prosecutor Drug Dealer With 130 Lbs Of Pot Kidnaps Uber Driver Trying To Flee Cops In PA: Prosecutor
Drug Dealer With 130 Lbs Of Pot Kidnaps Uber Driver Trying To Flee Cops In PA: Prosecutor A 27-year-old Manchester, CT man is facing kidnapping charges after he forced an Uber driver to help him flee from the police on Thursday, June 5, authorities said. New Jersey State Police responded to a notification from Pennsylvania State Police about a pursuit of Drew Earlington in a motor vehicle from Lebanon, PA, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said. Drew Earlington had called an Uber to help him flee to New Jersey, unlawfully confining the driver for a substantial period of time as he tried to evade Pennsylvania police, authorities said The Uber driver surreptitiously contac…

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Newark Man Guilty Of Assaulting Pregnant Wife: Prosecutor Newark Man Guilty Of Assaulting Pregnant Wife: Prosecutor
Newark Man Guilty Of Assaulting Pregnant Wife: Prosecutor A 31-year old Newark man was convicted on Wednesday, June 4, of attacking his pregnant wife, authorities said. On Sunday, March 5, 2023, Milton Chogllo choked and beat his wife, 32-year-old Christina Leon, outside their home on Bergen Street in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Leon's 14-year-old daughter witnessed the attack and testified against Chogllo , Stephens said. Leon was six months pregnant at the time, Stephens said. Chogllo will be sentenced in July, Stephens said.

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Burlington Church Deacon Had Sex With Child: Prosecutor Burlington Church Deacon Had Sex With Child: Prosecutor
Burlington Church Deacon Had Sex With Child: Prosecutor A 44-year-old Mount Holly man was arrested and charged this week with having sex with a girl under the age of 13, authorities said. Shawn Tracey, a deacon at Burlington Seventh-day Adventist Church in Burlington City, sexually abused the victim over a two-year period at multiple locations in Burlington County, Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Mount Holly Township Police Department Acting Chief Clifford Spencer said. Tracey is charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault, 13 counts of debauching the morals of a child, two counts of sexual assault and one count of showing obscene to…

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Employee At Kearny Charter School Exposed Himself To Middle Schoolers: Prosecutor Employee At Kearny Charter School Exposed Himself To Middle Schoolers: Prosecutor
Employee At Kearny Charter School Exposed Himself To Middle Schoolers: Prosecutor A 36-year-old Garfield resident was arrested and charged on Thursday, June 5, with exposing himself to students at the Kearny charter school where he worked ,authorities said. Omer Sogutcu was an IT professional at Hudson Arts and Science Middle School, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Two girls under the age of 13 reported Sogutcu exposed himself and asked them to engage in sexual conduct, Suarez said. Sogutcu is charged with two counts of sexual assault by contact and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Suarez said. He was arrested at the charter …

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Browns Mills Man Thought He'd Get Sex With 12-Year-Old — Then He Was Arrested: AG Browns Mills Man Thought He'd Get Sex With 12-Year-Old — Then He Was Arrested: AG
Browns Mills Man Thought He'd Get Sex With 12-Year-Old — Then He Was Arrested: AG A 36-year-old Brown Mills man was charged on Friday, June 6, after he tried to arrange sex with a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. On Monday, April 7, a police officer officer posing as the mother of a 12-year-old girl was contacted on a dating app by Lockwood, and they began exchanging messages, Platkin said. Lockwood told the "woman" he was into taboo sex, saying, "Daddy daughter is my favorite. Uncle niece fun too." When the undercover officer told Lockwood her daughter was 12 years old, Lockwood requested pictures, Platkin said. Over the next month, Lockwood repeatedly asked to mee…

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Obituaries
Sports Fans Mourn Tuckerton's Anthony Cervino, Fantasy Football Expert Sports Fans Mourn Tuckerton's Anthony Cervino, Fantasy Football Expert
Sports Fans Mourn Tuckerton's Anthony Cervino, Fantasy Football Expert Anthony Cervino, an Ocean County resident, died on Wednesday, June 4, at the age of 40. Known as the NFL guru, Cervino, who lived in Tuckerton, was a fantasy football expert, the guy you turned to when you needed to take your fantasy team from worst to first. An on-air personality at RotoWire, Cervino also hosted the Fantasy Football Faceoff podcast and worked for Gambling.com. It’s with great sadness that we are announcing the passing of Anthony Cervino. Anthony is the original founder of The... Posted by The FF Faceoff on Thursday, June 5, 2025 "Anthony was a great guy and one …

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Atlantic City Man Defrauded Victims Using Social Media: Prosecutor Atlantic City Man Defrauded Victims Using Social Media: Prosecutor
Atlantic City Man Defrauded Victims Using Social Media: Prosecutor Two Atlantic County men were arrested and charged with multiple theft and computer crimes in offenses that spanned the entire country, authorities said. In 2023, the FBI Financial Crimes Task Force was notified of an ongoing fraud investigation after multiple victims across the United States reported being defrauded through a SIM swapping scheme, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said An investigation revealed Cory Kott, a 35-year-old Mays Landing resident, and Omar Lopez, a 45-year-old Atlantic City resident,  targeted victims through social media and began conversations with th…

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Franklin Township Fugitive Convicted of Weapons Charges: Prosecutor Franklin Township Fugitive Convicted of Weapons Charges: Prosecutor
Franklin Township Fugitive Convicted of Weapons Charges: Prosecutor A 34-year-old Franklin Township man was convicted on Thursday, May 22, of multiple weapons offenses, though one issue remains- no one knows where he is, authorities said. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021,  the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force attempted to stop Kenneth James on Girard Avenue in Franklin Township, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said. James fled on foot to the back of another’s residence where he concealed a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic handgun on a basement windowsill, authorities said. He was arrested in the property’s backyard…

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NJ Woman Pleads Guilty To Robbing Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: Feds NJ Woman Pleads Guilty To Robbing Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: Feds
NJ Woman Pleads Guilty To Robbing Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: Feds A 39-year-old Skillman woman pleaded guilty on Monday, June 2 to robbing a bank in Princeton last year using a water pistol, authorities said. On Sunday, July 28, 2024, Ciara Brascom entered the TD Bank and demanded cash from the teller, while holding what appeared to be a black handgun, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said. During the robbery, Brascom threatened that she would use the gun if the bank’s alarm was activated, Habba said. The teller showed Brascom that his register was empty, so the teller and another employee took Brascom to a vault and gave her $60,500 in cash, according to a cri…

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West Long Branch Man Bought Real Estate Rather Than Pay $2 Mil In Taxes: Feds West Long Branch Man Bought Real Estate Rather Than Pay $2 Mil In Taxes: Feds
West Long Branch Man Bought Real Estate Rather Than Pay $2 Mil In Taxes: Feds A West Long Branch man pleaded guilty to tax evasion in federal court on Wednesday, June 4, authorities said. In 2015 and 2016, Matthew Tucci filed tax returns admitting he owed more than $2 million in taxes for both years, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said. Despite admitting he owed the taxes, Tucci did not fully pay them, instead purchasing real estate and engaging in a series of transactions designed to conceal his interest in those properties, Habba said. After receiving notices from the IRS in 2017 about his tax bill, Tucci transferred multiple properties to an entity owned by another pe…

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