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Bristol, PA
Breaking News
Bucks County Family, Businesses Displaced By Raging Fire
Support is surging for a Bucks County family -- including two kids who have special needs -- and several businesses displaced by a fire earlier this week. The blaze ravaged the Weigand family's Farragut Avenue apartment sometime around 12 a.m. Tuesday. The bar downstairs, Sadie's Irish Pub, was also damaged. As a result, Penny Weigand and her two daughters Jes Weigand Martine and Jacqueline Weigand -- along with Jes' two kids -- lost everything. Several local businesses including a pub and tattoo parlor were also destroyed. Two separate GoFundMe campaigns had been launched for Jes and…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Breaking News
Report: Transphobic Rant Spurs Dueling Harassment Case For NJ School School Admin, Diners
The vice principal of a New Jersey middle school who tossed beer at a group of people filming his wife rant against a transgender women's bathroom is accusing the people who got hit with the beer of harassment. And the people who got hit with the beer are accusing the school admin of the same. A Galloway Township municipal court judge on Thursday is expected to examine the cases of Michael Smurro -- who works at Neptune Middle School -- along with those he accused of harassing him and his wife, Lisa, AP News reports. The incident occurred April 24 at Fred and Ethel's in Absecon. An admini…
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
13 Displaced, 2 Firefighters Injured In Massive Bayonne House Fire
Two firefighters were injured, two cats were rescued and 13 people were displaced by a three-alarm Bayonne house fire Wednesday. Flames shot out of the home at 126 W. 27th St., around 3:40 p.m., and had spread to both adjacent buildings, the Bayonne Office of Emergency Management said. An occupant was treated by McCabe EMS at the scene while two firefighters were treated at the hospital and released, officials said. Two cats were also rescued from one of the adjacent buildings, and given oxygen by paramedics. The cause remains under investigation but does not appear suspicious, authoriti…
Franklin Township, NJ
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? Somerset County Prosecutor Seeks Public Info In Weekend Shooting
Authorities in Somerset County are seeking public knowledge in the investigating of a shooting over the weekend in Somerville. Gunshots were fired in the area of Third and Center streets around 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Somerville Borough Chief of Police Dennis Manning said. A local home was damaged in the shooting although no injuries were reported, authorities said. Detectives from the Somerville Police Department and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Crime Sce…
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Bloomfield Police Nab Accused Porch Pirate From East Orange
Authorities in Bloomfield nabbed a 27-year-old man who they say stole packages from two local homes. Cesar Pagan Torres, of East Orange, was arrested on May 19 in connection with the incidents, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. A Chester Avenue (Bloomfield) resident saw a man take a package from his front porch via surveillance video on May 18 around 6:45 p.m., DeMaio said. The video showed a thin white male wearing a black hat, dark colored hooded sweatshirt, riding a red bicycle, police said. The package contained bathing suits valued at $80, police said. Earlier tha…
Allentown, PA
Breaking News
Authorities: Driver Fleeing Traffic Stop At 130 MPH Injured PA Trooper Car During I-78 Pursuit
A Delaware County drive trying to flee a traffic stop on Route 78 at speeds around 130 miles per hour struck a Pennsylvania State Police vehicle injuring a trooper in Lehigh County, authorities said. A trooper tried stopping Mohamed D. Diallo, of Yeadon, after spotting his Dodge Charger going 80 miles an hour in a construction zone, weaving in and out of traffic and following other cars too closely around 9:30 p.m. Monday in Weisenberg Township, WFMZ says citing a criminal complaint. Instead of stopping, 27-year-old Diallo sped away in the right shoulder of the highway, the outlet says…
Cherry Hill, NJ
Breaking News
Camden Driver Surrenders In I-295 Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, State Police Say
A 26-year-old Camden man surrendered to New Jersey State Police Monday on accusations he struck and killed a 27-year-old Philadelphia man on Interstate 295 last week, authorities confirmed. Alfredo Vergara Jr. is accused of hitting Shariff Harrison, who was walking along the northbound side of 295 in West Deptford around around 4 a.m. May 19, NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Vergara -- whose driver's license was suspended -- apparently called police later that day and identified himself as the driver, NJ.com reports. He apparently waited five days before he surrender to troopers Monday at …
New City, NY
Breaking News
Woman Found She Was Impregnated By Doctor Thanks To DNA Of Daughter From Rockland, Lawsuit Says
A New Jersey woman filed a lawsuit against her OBGYN saying he impregnated her with his own sperm in the 1980s when she went in for artificial insemination and found out when her daughter, a Rockland resident, took an online DNA test last year. Bianca Voss, of Clifton, accuses Dr. Martin Greenberg of "medical rape" in the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. "Defendant stood over Plaintiff with her legs spread in stirrups and inserted his own bodily fluids into her," says the suit, filed May 25. "Plaintiff would never have agreed to allow Defendant…
Lower Paxton, PA
Weather
Extreme Heat, Damaging Storms Possible Wednesday In NJ, PA
Wednesday's high heat could come with scattered and possibly thunderstorms in the afternoon. Temps could be as high as 90 degrees with high humidity, which will help fuel the storms, expected to begin sometime in the late afternoon, forecasters from the National Weather Service and Accuweather say. National Weather Service: Hot with severe storms possibleNational Weather Service The clustered storms could start around 4:30 p.m. in Central PA and hit North Jersey around 8:30 p.m. While not all areas are expected to get storms, the ones that do hit could be damaging with gusty winds, li…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Breaking News
Authorities ID Man Shot, Killed While Driving In Chester City
A 39-year-old man was shot in killed while in an SUV Chester Tuesday, authorities said. Police responded to 10th and Upland streets on reports of a shooting around 5:15 p.m. where they found a light blue SUV with a shattered rear passenger window stopped in the middle of the street, Chester City Police Det. James Chubb said. Shakeem Fearrington was inside of the car with several gunshot wounds in his upper torso, police said. Officers on location rendered aid before paramedics arrived. Fearrington was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics from Crozer Chester Medical Center. …
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