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Bergen County Figure Skating Community Mourns Loss Of 'Rink Mom' Rosanna Alfieri Bergen County Figure Skating Community Mourns Loss Of 'Rink Mom' Rosanna Alfieri Bergen County Figure Skating Community Mourns Loss Of 'Rink Mom' Rosanna Alfieri
Bergen County Figure Skating Community Mourns Loss Of 'Rink Mom' Rosanna Alfieri The Bergen County figure skating community is mourning the loss of Rosanna Alfieri, who many say served as a mom to them. Alfieri died due to COVID-19 complications on April 10. She was 57 years old. A GoFundMe for Alfieri's daughter, Alexa Nazarko, had raised more than $6,700 as of Monday morning. Nazarko is a 3-time National US Games Champion. She competes for Germany but trains at Hackensack's Ice House, Westwood's Fritz Dietl Ice Skating Rink and the Montclair State University Rink. Alfieri has been a part of the figure skating community for more than a decade and being remembered as…
NJ Woman's Brutally Honest Adoption Ad For 'Neurotic Mess' Chihuahua Goes Viral NJ Woman's Brutally Honest Adoption Ad For 'Neurotic Mess' Chihuahua Goes Viral NJ Woman's Brutally Honest Adoption Ad For 'Neurotic Mess' Chihuahua Goes Viral
NJ Woman's Brutally Honest Adoption Ad For 'Neurotic Mess' Chihuahua Goes Viral A New Jersey woman is gaining national attention for a Facebook post she penned in hopes of getting her "neurotic mess" but "kind of cute to look at" foster dog adopted. Tyfanee Fortuna has been fostering Prancer, a Chihuaua, through Oak Ridge-based Second Chance Pet Adoption League since November. The 25-year-old Clinton resident began working at animal shelters when she was 12 years old, and currently has eight other foster pets at home. She's had dozens over the years, each one eventually going to a new, loving home. Rehoming Prancer, however, has proven difficult, Fortuna said. P…
Mom Killed In 4-Car Route 130 Crash Survived By 1-Year-Old Son Mom Killed In 4-Car Route 130 Crash Survived By 1-Year-Old Son Mom Killed In 4-Car Route 130 Crash Survived By 1-Year-Old Son
Mom Killed In 4-Car Route 130 Crash Survived By 1-Year-Old Son Authorities have identified the victim who died in a four-car crash last Friday morning on Route 130 as a 21-year-old mom from New Brunswick. Ceidy Antunez was heading northbound when her car sideswiped a vehicle stopped at a light waiting to turn left onto Adams Lane, then rear-ended a box truck, pushed into a fourth car around 7:20 a.m., North Brunswick police said. Antunez was pronounced dead at the scene , authorities said. She was then extricated from her car by firefighters and EMS workers. No other occupants were in her vehicle and no other injuries were reported. According to a G…
Lakewood Fugitive Accused Of Luring 16-Year-Old Girl Surrenders, Police Say Lakewood Fugitive Accused Of Luring 16-Year-Old Girl Surrenders, Police Say Lakewood Fugitive Accused Of Luring 16-Year-Old Girl Surrenders, Police Say
Lakewood Fugitive Accused Of Luring 16-Year-Old Girl Surrenders, Police Say Lakewood police on Sunday night announced the arrest of a man who they say tried luring a 16-year-old girl who recorded the whole incident on her phone last month. Julio Anchia, 40, of Lakewood, surrendered to local authorities Sunday afternoon, two days after he was identified as a suspect, police said. Anchia is accused of trying to lure the girl into his vehicle with the intent of engaging in sexual acts at the Highpoint Condominium Complex on March 31, authorities said. "The victim, who was not only smart enough to refuse his advances, thought quickly enough to surreptitiously record t…
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Accused Of Multiple Sex Crimes Involving Girl In His Custodial Care Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Accused Of Multiple Sex Crimes Involving Girl In His Custodial Care Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Accused Of Multiple Sex Crimes Involving Girl In His Custodial Care
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Accused Of Multiple Sex Crimes Involving Girl In His Custodial Care A 37-year-old Jersey City man is facing charges involving multiple sexual crimes against a girl in his custodial care who was between 11 and 15 years old at the times of the alleged incidents, authorities said. Deivis Feliz Rivera was arrested Saturday, April 10 around 1:05 p.m. by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Members of the SVU were notified by the Jersey City Police Department of the crimes on April 9, Suarez said. Rivera was arrested in Paterson without incident following an investigation by the Hudson County …
Ridley PD: Wawa Employees Recognize Red Bull Thief Who Returned To Crime Scene Ridley PD: Wawa Employees Recognize Red Bull Thief Who Returned To Crime Scene Ridley PD: Wawa Employees Recognize Red Bull Thief Who Returned To Crime Scene
Ridley PD: Wawa Employees Recognize Red Bull Thief Who Returned To Crime Scene A man wanted for stealing three cases of Red Bulls from a Folcroft Wawa returned to the store hours later and was promptly taken into custody after being recognized by store employees, authorities said. The store surveillance system captured a man later identified as Sylvester Brown take the cases valued at $236.88 from the store on E. McDade Boulevard in the Folsom Section of town around 11:25 p.m. on April 1, Ridley police said. Brown left the store through the side door that is not intended for customer use and fled in a Green Chevrolet Pick-up with Delaware registration, polic…
Arrest Made In Killing Of Upper Darby's Dianna Brice Arrest Made In Killing Of Upper Darby's Dianna Brice Arrest Made In Killing Of Upper Darby's Dianna Brice
Arrest Made In Killing Of Upper Darby's Dianna Brice A woman was charged in the shooting death of 21-year-old Dianna Brice, whose body was found in Southwest Philadelphia last week after being reported missing out of Delaware County, authorities said. Tylydiah Garnett was arrested this weekend and charged with arson, abuse of a corpse, criminal conspiracy and other related offenses, Upper Darby police said. Brice -- who was four-and-a-half months along in her pregnancy -- was found dead around 11 p.m. last Tuesday in a wooded area at 58th Street and Eastwick Avenue, CBS Philly reports. She had last been seen leaving the K Laundry laundromat …
Prosecutor: Union Man, 33, Nabbed Moments After Trying To Abduct Female Pedestrian, 19 Prosecutor: Union Man, 33, Nabbed Moments After Trying To Abduct Female Pedestrian, 19 Prosecutor: Union Man, 33, Nabbed Moments After Trying To Abduct Female Pedestrian, 19
Prosecutor: Union Man, 33, Nabbed Moments After Trying To Abduct Female Pedestrian, 19 A 33-year-old Union Township man was in custody after trying to kidnap a 19-year-old female pedestrian over the weekend in Summit, authorities said. The woman was walking on Fernwood Road near Whittredge Road and she was approached by an individual -- later identified as Shervon James -- driving a white four-door sedan around 4 p.m. Saturday, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Summit Police Chief Andrew Bartolotti said. “An immediate and thorough response by police officers and detectives ensured the swift apprehension of the suspect,” Bartolotti said.  “E…
HERO: Champion NJ Swimmer Caring For Mom Battling MS Rescues Boy, 3, In Lake HERO: Champion NJ Swimmer Caring For Mom Battling MS Rescues Boy, 3, In Lake HERO: Champion NJ Swimmer Caring For Mom Battling MS Rescues Boy, 3, In Lake
Hero: Champion NJ Swimmer Caring For Mom Battling MS Rescues Boy, 3, In Lake Jenn Watson was in the kitchen listening to music when she heard her dogs Peanut and Georgia incessantly barking outside her North Jersey home on Easter Sunday. When the 22-year-old woman went out to see what was going on, Watson saw a dad frantically yelling for help, stranded on the middle of South Lake (Fayson Lake in Kinnelon), according to ABC7 and a GoFundMe launched for Watson. Turns out, the boat the two were fishing on overturned and began sinking, bringing the 4-year-old boy down, too. Without taking a second to think, Watson -- a champion swimmer since age 5 -- jumped into the w…
Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun
Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun A 25-year-old employee at a Montgomery County assisted living facility accidentally shot a 71-year-old resident in the face Saturday night, authorities said. The caretaker, a Philadelphia resident, was alone with three residents at the home on the 600 block of Rosemont Avenue in Upper Gwynedd, when the incident occurred around 8 a.m. Saturday, local police said. The home is owned by Jewish Employment and Vocation Services and is operated as Community Living and Home Support for special needs adults.  There, police learned that the caretaker -- who had been working at the hou…
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