Victim Identified In Fatal Carlstadt House Fire
Authorities have identified the victim who was found dead following a house fire in Bergen County last week.
Joseph A. Poling, 67, died in the two-alarm fire on 3rd Street that broke out around 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Carlstadt police and the Carlstadt Fire Department, along with mutual aid from several neighboring fire departments, responded to the scene, Musella said. During fire suppression efforts, responders located an adult male victim on the second floor of the home, Musella said.
The victim, later identified as Poling, was prono…
Unlicensed Vineland Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Wildwood Woman, 37, Police Say
An unlicensed Vineland driver has been charged in connection with a crash that killed his passenger, a Wildwood woman, in September 2024, police said on Friday, Jan. 16.
Armando Garcia-Garcia, 52, was driving east in a 2009 Nissan Pathfinder on East Sherman Avenue when the vehicle veered into the wooded area just east of Hance Bridge Road and struck a tree on Sept. 28, 2024 just after 12:30 a.m., Vineland police said.
As a result of the collision, the front-seat passenger, Keila Osoria-Garcia, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Garcia-Garcia was transported to Cooper Univers…
Livingston Woman Charged With Stealing $17K From East Orange High School
A Livingston woman has been charged with stealing more than $17,000 from a high school fundraising account in Essex County, prosecutors announced Friday, Jan. 16.
Khaliah Johnson, 44, was charged with third-degree theft in connection with pilfering $17,360 from Cicely Tyson High School of Performing Arts in East Orange, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said.
Johnson was serving as the school’s treasurer and head secretary at the time of the alleged thefts, which occurred between July 5, 2024, and June 16, 2025, Stephens said.
Johnson is accused of writing checks from the sch…
