Toms River Driver, 20, Killed, Passenger Seriously Injured In Parkway Crash: Njsp
A Toms River man was killed and another was seriously injured after a vehicle ran off the Garden State Parkway and overturned early Sunday morning, Dec. 21, New Jersey State Police said.
Brian Fort, 20, was heading north in an Infiniti passenger car carrying a 22-year-old front seat passenger from Long Branch, when he ran off the roadway to the right, traveled down an embankment, struck multiple trees, and overturned just after 6:05 a.m., at milepost 73.2 in Lacey Township, according to New Jersey State Police Trooper Sgt. Charles Marchan.
Fort was killed while his male passenger …
Totowa Chief Headbutted Victim Who Locked Him Out Of Hotel Room After Red Sox Game, DA Says
A New Jersey police chief was ordered held on $25,000 bail after being charged with kidnapping and multiple counts of domestic assault and battery tied to an incident last September in a Boston hotel room, after a Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park, prosecutors said.
Totowa Police Chief Carmen Veneziano, 47, on Monday, Dec. 22 was ordered to remain in custody, fitted with a GPS tracking bracelet, and told to stay away from the victim and her town of residence, According to James Borghesani, chief of communications for the Suffolk County District. He is scheduled to return to court on F…
Willimantic Artist, Disability Advocate Killed In Route 66 Columbia Crash: CSP
Carissa Kelsy Decelles, a 34-year-old Connecticut artist known for her creative leadership and disability advocacy, was killed in a three-vehicle crash last week.
Troopers responded to the crash on Route 66 near Cards Mill Road in Columbia just before 10:20 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, according to Connecticut State Police. Decelles was driving a 2016 Chrysler Town & Country when a 2007 Buick Lucerne, attempting to turn left from Cards Mill Road, entered her path, police said. The Chrysler then collided with a 2018 Ram 1500 traveling westbound on Route 66.
Decelles, of Willimantic, was pr…
Bowen Yang’s Final ‘SNL’ Sketch May Have Said More Than Goodbye
Bowen Yang said goodbye to his time on Saturday Night Live on Saturday, Dec. 20, in an emotional sketch set inside the Delta Sky Lounge.
Yang, 35, played an employee handing out free eggnog, a role that quickly became a metaphor for departure.
“They’re closing my station,” Yang said in the sketch. “This is my last shift.”
“I’m going to miss everything about this place, the way it smells, sometimes celebrities would come through,” Yang said.
Yang began his "SNL" career as a writer in 2018, rose to on-air cast member the following season, and made history in 2021 as the first featured playe…
Elmwood Park Driver, 37, Killed After Jeep Crashes Off Route 80 Ramp In Saddle Brook: Njsp
A 37-year-old Jeep driver was killed after his vehicle ran off the roadway and crashed on Route 80 last week, state police said.
Troopers responded to a motor vehicle crash at 1 p.m. on Interstate 80 east at milepost 62 in Saddle Brook, Bergen County on Friday, Dec. 19, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said.
Based on a preliminary investigation, a Jeep being operated by Kelvin Almonte, of Elmwood Park, was traveling on the on-ramp to Route 80 eastbound when, at the split of the Garden State Parkway southbound 159 entrance, the Jeep ran off the roadway to the right, impacted…
Fbi-backed Sting Targeting Online Child Predators Nets 3 Men: North Haven PD
Three men were arrested during an undercover operation aimed at identifying and apprehending individuals attempting to sexually exploit minors online in Connecticut, police said.
The arrests were made Friday, Dec. 19, following several hours of coordinated operations involving North Haven detectives and the FBI’s New Haven and Albany Field Offices, police said. The operation, known as Operation Silent Night, led to the arrests of Kenneth Richardson, 30, of Bridgeport; Christian Manuel Espinosa, 33, of New Haven; and Shawn Stearns, 44, of East Haven, police said.
Richardson was charged with …
