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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West Deptford-National Park, NJ
Breaking News
Ski Mask Wearing Burglar Busted After Foot Pursuit: West Deptford Police Ski Mask Wearing Burglar Busted After Foot Pursuit: West Deptford Police
Ski Mask Wearing Burglar Busted After Foot Pursuit: West Deptford Police A 43-year-old man was arrested and charged with burglary following a foot pursuit in West Deptford on Thursday, Nov. 13, authorities said. At midnight, officers were investigating a vehicle burglary on Hessian Avenue when they were alerted to another car break-in in progress nearby, West Deptford police said. A Woodbury officer observed Eric Hunter wearing a ski mask run by their location and turn down Dickerson Street after being ordered to stop, police said. A West Deptford officer engaged Hunter in a brief foot pursuit where he was eventually detained in the rear yard of a residence on C…

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Washington Township, NJ
Breaking News
BMW Thief At Large After High Speed Pursuit On Highways: Washington Twp PD BMW Thief At Large After High Speed Pursuit On Highways: Washington Twp PD
BMW Thief At Large After High Speed Pursuit On Highways: Washington Twp PD Police in Gloucester County engaged in a high speed pursuit after spotting a stolen vehicle on Friday, Nov. 14, authorities said. At 1:57 a.m., officers observed a stolen black BMW X3 entering Washington Township, having been stolen out of West Deptford on Tuesday, Nov. 11, Washington Township police said. Officers attempted a high-risk motor vehicle stop but the suspect vehicle fled at a high rate of speed onto Route 42 southbound, police said. Officers pursued the vehicle, heading south on Route 42 before looping back northbound, police said. The suspect vehicle then entered the Atlantic…

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Pemberton-Browns Mills, NJ
Breaking News
Brown Mills Man Killed In Three-Car Route 206 Crash: NJSP Brown Mills Man Killed In Three-Car Route 206 Crash: NJSP
Brown Mills Man Killed In Three-Car Route 206 Crash: Njsp A 28-year-old Brown Mills man was killed in a three-car crash on Route 206 in Burlington Cont Thursday, Nov. 13, authorities said. At 5:12a.m., a Toyota, driven by a 43-year-old Trenton man was traveling on Route 206 south in Southhampton Township when crossed over the center line and struck the side of a Chevrolet, driven by a 30-year-old Brown Mills man, Christopher Postorino, a spokesperson for the New Jersey State Police said. The Toyota then struck a Kia, operated by Austin Smolskis, head-on, Postorino said. Smolskis was pronounced dead at the scene, while the occupants of the Toy…

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National Interest
British Man Accused In Deadly West Deptford Pursuit Gave Cops Fake ID: Report British Man Accused In Deadly West Deptford Pursuit Gave Cops Fake ID: Report
British Man Accused In Deadly West Deptford Pursuit Gave Cops Fake ID: Report Steve Hall, the 28-year-old British man who authorities say caused a fatal car crash while fleeing from police, is not who he says he is. Hall is actually 24-year-old George Linard, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said. Linard had given police a phony driver's license from the United Kingdom with the name "Steve Hall," authorities said, following the deadly crash he caused while fleeing officers in West Deptford on Sunday, Nov. 9, as previously reported by Daily Voice. He is now charged with giving police a false identification, authorities said. He's also charged with r…

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Spotswood-Helmetta, NJ
Breaking News
Spotswood Loses $3M To Cyber Scammers: Mayor Spotswood Loses $3M To Cyber Scammers: Mayor
Spotswood Loses $3M To Cyber Scammers: Mayor The Borough of Spotswood and Spotswood Board of Education recently lost $3 million in a cyber scam, Mayor Rich O'Brien announced Wednesday, Nov. 12. The Spotswood Board of Education and the Borough of Spotswood sent $4.8 million in two separate wire transfers in mid-September and last month, Mayor Rich O'Brien said. The borough and the school board were spoofed by a third party cyber criminal, which resulted in both the borough and Board of Education believing they were dealing with each other when in fact they were not, O'Brien said. O'Brien said thanks to the Middlesex County Prosecutor'…

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Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
US Marshals, Gang Task Force Arrest Man For Jersey City Murder: Prosecutor US Marshals, Gang Task Force Arrest Man For Jersey City Murder: Prosecutor
US Marshals, Gang Task Force Arrest Man For Jersey City Murder: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Jersey City man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, Nov. 12 after a deadly shooting that occurred in the city earlier this year, authorities said. At 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, Jersey City police responded after a car crashed into a tree on Old Bergen Road and Meritt Street and found Devon Reid, a 39-year-old Elizabeth resident, unresponsive and with a gunshot wound to the neck, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. Reid was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, Mello said. Gerard Rosario was taken into custody by the Gang Task For…

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Princeton, NJ
Obituaries
Princeton Doctoral Student Maria Bowling Dies At 26 Princeton Doctoral Student Maria Bowling Dies At 26
Princeton Doctoral Student Maria Bowling Dies At 26 Maria Bowling, a 26-year-old first-year doctoral candidate at Princeton University died Sunday, Nov. 9, the university announced. Bowling, an Angola native, was studying history of her country, with a focus on the Angolan borderlands and the history and politics of language and nation-building in southern Africa, the university said.  Fluent in Portuegese,French and English, Bowling earned her bachelor’s degree in international relations and an MA in politics at Sorbonne University in Paris. She is survived by her husband, Tanner, her parents, Crisostomo and Rosario, her sis…

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Bridgeton-Upper Deerfield, NJ
Breaking News
Hit, Run Driver Charged After Deadly Pedestrian Strike: Cumberland County Prosecutor Hit, Run Driver Charged After Deadly Pedestrian Strike: Cumberland County Prosecutor
Hit, Run Driver Charged After Deadly Pedestrian Strike: Cumberland County Prosecutor A 32-year-old Bridgeton man has been charged after he fled the scene after hitting a pedestrian, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 13. At 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, Bridgeton police responded to South Avenue and Garfield Avenue after Steven Calloway, a 62-year-old Bridgeton resident was struck by a pickup truck Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Calloway was hospitalized at Cooper University Hospital and was pronounced dead on Tuesday, Nov. 11. An investigation revealed the driver, Brayan Laverde-Torres exited the vehicle after striking Calloway, looked underne…

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Atlantic City, NJ
Breaking News
Community Mourns 15-Year-Old Killed In AC Shooting Community Mourns 15-Year-Old Killed In AC Shooting
Community Mourns 15-Year-Old Killed In AC Shooting Jameer Simpkins, a 15-year-old Atlantic City resident was fatally shot on Friday, Nov. 7., according to a fundraiser set up to support his family. "Jameer...was taken from us far too soon due to senseless gun violence," his aunt Shareefa Simpkins, who organized the fundraiser wrote. "Full of life, laughter, and love." Jameer was an A&B honor roll student and a bright apirit who loved to dance, joke around and play video games with his friends, Simpkins wrote. "He brought so much joy to everyone who knew him," Simpkins wrote. At 5:24 p.m., officers responded to the area of 800 Arkansas…

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Sicklerville-Winslow, NJ
Breaking News
Newly Minted Millionaire! Sicklerville Powerball Player Wins Big Newly Minted Millionaire! Sicklerville Powerball Player Wins Big
Newly Minted Millionaire! Sicklerville Powerball Player Wins Big A Camden County Powerball player had a Wednesday to remember. A ticket sold in Sicklerville matched all five numbers to win $1 million in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The ticket was sold at Sicklerville News at 521 Williamstown Road.  The winning numbers were 29, 39, 43, 51 and 65. The Power Ball was 23. ....

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