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Retired Police Sergeant Helps Track Down Mail Thieves In Fairfield, Cops Say
Two men were arrested and charged with stealing mail on Thursday, March 6, after a retired Fairfield police sergeant helped track them down, authorities said.
At 11:46 a.m., Joseph Keegan, a retired Fairfield police sergeant, alerted law enforcement that he saw a black Chevrolet Malibu with no license plates parked next to a mailbox on Law Drive, Fairfield police said.
Keegan saw two men, later identified as Aiioune Gueye, a 25-year-old East Orange resident and Elijah Muhammad-Outen, a 25-year-old Newark resident, dressed in black with yellow reflective vests try to enter the mai…
Yale Students Get in 'Formation' for Beyoncé 101: Report
Blue Ivy's mom is going Ivy League. Yale University will teach a class on Beyoncé and her cultural impact beginning next semester, a report said.
The class, which is called “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music,” will focus on using the "Single Ladies" singer's work as a lens to study Black history, performance, and intellectual thought, according to Yale Daily News, an independent student newspaper.
Professor Daphne Brooks will lead the class.
The Yale course centers around Beyoncé’s gro…
Former West New York Police Officer Johnny Lara Dies, 53
Johnny A. Lara, a former West New York resident and police officer, died on Wednesday, Sept. 4. He was 53 years old.
Lara was born in Colombia and grew up in West New York, having served as a police officer before retiring and moving to Houston TX, according to his obituary on the Barquin Funeral Home website.
He is survived by his wife, Cindy Valderramos Lara; their children Brandon, Bella and Jeremy Lara; his mother Emma J. Lara; and his siblings, Rosario Crabtree, Jimmy and Sammy Lara.
Lara was preceded in death by his father, Marcelino and his brother Henry Lara.
Servic…
'Beautiful Soul' From Yonkers Dies At 24: 'Touched Many Lives'
A Westchester resident who died at the age of 24 is being remembered for his larger-than-life presence and sharp style.
Tyger Nicholas Winston, of Yonkers, died on Monday, May 15, according to his obituary.
Born in Houston, Texas in 1999, Winston spent his younger years there before moving to New York, where he graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains.
After graduating, he then attended Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Known for his fearlessness, Winston could often be seen sporting a sharp sense of style and always…
Man, 54, Sentenced In Camden Girlfriend's 2010 Killing: Prosecutor
A Salem City man has been sentenced to 60 years in New Jersey State Prison for the 2010 killing of his 31-year-old girlfriend from Camden, authorities said.
Timothy Simon, 54, will have to serve 51 years of the sentence under the state's No Early Release Act. which requires Simon to serve 85% of the sentence before being eligible for parole, they said.
On Feb. 15, 2023, a jury convicted Simon of first-degree murder in the death of 31year-old Lawanda Strickland, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay.
On July 10, 2010, Camden City police and detectives of the Camd…
'America's Most Wanted' Fugitive Admits Brutally Killing Ex-GF 29 Years Ago In South Jersey
A fugitive once featured on “America’s Most Wanted”.has admitted to fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in 1994, authorities said.
Francisco Martinez, 53, pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 30, in the domestic stabbing of Patricia Boney, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
His plea to aggravated manslaughter calls for him to serve a 20-year sentence, the prosecutor said.
After slaying Boney, Martinez fled in her 1982 Camaro which was discovered in Houston, Texas on March 8, 1994. It is believed that he crossed the border into Mexico where he successfully hid …
