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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Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ
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Lotto Ticket Sold In Raritan Wins $634K Lotto Ticket Sold In Raritan Wins $634K Lotto Ticket Sold In Raritan Wins $634K
Lotto Ticket Sold In Raritan Wins $634K It was a fabulous Friday for a lottery player in Somerset County. A ticket sold in Raritan matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 drawing on Friday, Jan. 16, winning $634,313. The ticket was sold at Raritan Oil at 40 E. Somerset St. The winning numbers were 13, 25, 38, 39 and 41.

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Frenchtown-Milford, NJ
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Car Crashes Into Creek: Quakertown FD Car Crashes Into Creek: Quakertown FD Car Crashes Into Creek: Quakertown FD
Car Crashes Into Creek: Quakertown FD A car crashed into a creek in Franklin Township Saturday, Jan. 17, authorities said. That evening, firefighters responded to Kingstown Road after an SUV ran off the roadway and into a creek, the Quakertown Fire Company said.  Firefighters and police assisted in getting the driver up to the road where they were transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, fire officials said. First responders remained on scene for an hour, firefighters said.

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Hoboken, NJ
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Newark Man Broke Into Hoboken Apartment, Threatened Resident: Police Newark Man Broke Into Hoboken Apartment, Threatened Resident: Police Newark Man Broke Into Hoboken Apartment, Threatened Resident: Police
Newark Man Broke Into Hoboken Apartment, Threatened Resident: Police A 38-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged after he broke into an apartment in Hoboken last week. On Tuesday, Jan. 13, officers responded to a home invasion on Court Street after a resident said an unknown man, later identified as Abdush-Shahudddin Sharif, entered his apartment without permission and a verbal altercation ensued, Hoboken police said. The resident said Sharif made threatening statements and appeared to reach toward his waistbands before leaving the residence, Sharif said. Following an investigation, Sharif was identified as the suspect and a bulletin was issued to…

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Spring Lake-Sea Girt, NJ
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Coast Guard Rescues Boat Sinking Off Jersey Shore Coast Guard Rescues Boat Sinking Off Jersey Shore Coast Guard Rescues Boat Sinking Off Jersey Shore
Coast Guard Rescues Boat Sinking Off Jersey Shore The Coast Guard sprang into action after a boat began to sink in the Jersey Shore on Saturday, Jan. 17, authorities said. At 4 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center watch standers received notification from Monmouth County Dispatch that a 74-foot pleasure craft was taking on water off Shark River Inlet with three mariners aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Command center watchstanders launched the Station Manasquan Inlet boat crew and Air Station Atlantic City helicopter crew to assist, authorities said. The three mariners were rescued 4 nautical miles northeast of Shar…

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Toms River, NJ
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Toms River Cop Who Broke Into Home Learns Fate: Prosecutor Toms River Cop Who Broke Into Home Learns Fate: Prosecutor Toms River Cop Who Broke Into Home Learns Fate: Prosecutor
Toms River Cop Who Broke Into Home Learns Fate: Prosecutor Rebecca Sayegh, a former Toms River police officer, was sentenced to three years probation for a burglary that cost her her job on the force, authorities announced, Friday, Jan. 16. As part of her guilty plea for burglary, criminal mischief and simple assault, Sayegh was required to resign as Toms River Township police officer and is banned from all future public employment in New Jersey, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. On Friday, April 25 at 11:20 p.m., Berkeley Township police responded to Evernhan Avenue after Sayegh, who was off-duty at the time, smashed the front glass …

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Deptford, NJ
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Deptford Man Sent Nude Photos To 14-Year-Old Boy — Turns Out He Was A Cop, Prosecutors Say Deptford Man Sent Nude Photos To 14-Year-Old Boy — Turns Out He Was A Cop, Prosecutors Say Deptford Man Sent Nude Photos To 14-Year-Old Boy — Turns Out He Was A Cop, Prosecutors Say
Deptford Man Sent Nude Photos To 14-Year-Old Boy — Turns Out He Was A Cop, Prosecutors Say A 38-year-old Deptford man was arrested and charged with attempting to lure a 14-year-old boy for sex after chatting with an undercover cop, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 16. On Wednesday, Jan. 7, Joseph Catrambone began communicating with who he thought was a 14-year-old, but the person chatting with him was actually an undercover detective from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said. During the conversation, Catrambone sent an explicit photo of himself and expressed his desire to engage in sexual acts&n…

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Mays Landing-Hamilton, NJ
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EHT Man Struck, Killed By Two Vehicles: Twp Of Hamilton PD EHT Man Struck, Killed By Two Vehicles: Twp Of Hamilton PD EHT Man Struck, Killed By Two Vehicles: Twp Of Hamilton PD
EHT Man Struck, Killed By Two Vehicles: Twp Of Hamilton PD A 44-year-old Egg Harbor Township man was killed after he was hit by two vehicles in Township of Hamilton on Thursday, Jan. 15, authorities said. Michael Alvarez was attempting to cross Route 40 when he was struck by a 2019 Chevrolet Equinox driven by a 48-year-old Vineland woman traveling weatbound, Township of Hamilton police said. Following the crash, Alvarez was struck by a 2015 Ford Fusion, driven by a 45-year-old Mays Landing woman traveling eastbound, police said. Alvarez was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Both drivers remained on scene, police said. The investigation is…

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Paramus, NJ
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NJ Reps Call For DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's Impeachment NJ Reps Call For DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's Impeachment NJ Reps Call For DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's Impeachment
NJ Reps Call For DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's Impeachment Congressional Democrats in New Jersey have had enough of Kristi Noem. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver all came out in support of articles of impeachment against the Department of Homeland Security Secretary this week. The statements come a week after the shooting of Renee Good, a 38-year-old Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. The shooting has led to widespread protests in Minneapolis along with questions about the tactics of ICE officers.  Noem labeled Good a domestic terrorist following the deadly shooting, saying she…

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East Hanover-Florham Park, NJ
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Loaded Ghost Gun Found In Dorm Room: Florham Park PD Loaded Ghost Gun Found In Dorm Room: Florham Park PD Loaded Ghost Gun Found In Dorm Room: Florham Park PD
Loaded Ghost Gun Found In Dorm Room: Florham Park PD A 21-year-old Willingboro resident was arrested and charged after he was dealing drugs from a college dorm in Florham Park on Wednesday, Jan. 14, authorities said. That day, detectives conducted an investigation, resulting in the securing of unregulated marijuana, a significant amount of evidence pertaining to drug distribution, and a loaded handgun, Florham Park police said. The handgun was a "ghost gun," police said, who also located a loaded-high capacity magazine. Shawn Alexander is charged with numerous weapons and drug offenses, police said. The school where the arrest took pla…

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Kearny, NJ
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Kearny Man Dies After Hit By Car In Harrison: Prosecutor Kearny Man Dies After Hit By Car In Harrison: Prosecutor Kearny Man Dies After Hit By Car In Harrison: Prosecutor
Kearny Man Dies After Hit By Car In Harrison: Prosecutor A 58-year-old Kearny pedestrian has died after he was hit by a car in Harrison last week, authorities said. Gary Gross died of his injuries at University Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 15, a week after he and another pedestrian were  struck by a vehicle, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. At 3:30 p.m., the Hudson County Sheriff's Office responded to Woodland Drive in West Hudson Park and found the two injured men, Mello said. The driver and striking vehicle remained at the scene, Mello said. The crash is actively being investigated by the Hudson County Regional Co…

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