UPDATE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape UPDATE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape
Update: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murder Has History That Includes Escape An 18-year-old man who shot and killed a former Mahwah High School football standout at Ohio State University before dawn Sunday escaped police custody following a burglary arrest early this year, authorities said. Kintie Mitchell Jr. fired at least five shots outside an off-campus frat house in Columbus, killing Chase Meola, 23, shortly after 2 a.m., they said. Police found the unresponsive marketing major with Ohio State’s Fisher School of Business in a parking area next to the Phi Kappa Psi house. He was pronounced dead soon after. They quickly took Mitchell into custody and charged him…
Mahwah High School Football Star Shot, Killed At Ohio State Mahwah High School Football Star Shot, Killed At Ohio State
Mahwah High School Football Star Shot, Killed At Ohio State A popular former Mahwah High School football star was shot and killed overnight Sunday at Ohio State University, authorities confirmed. Chase Meola, a 23-year-old marketing major, was pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m. at the scene of the shooting in a Columbus parking lot following a dispute during a party at a nearby fraternity house. Authorities chased down and captured Kintie Mitchell Jr., 18, of Columbus, and charged him with murder. Mitchell escaped police custody following a burglary arrest early this year, authorities said. SEE: Gunman Charged With Mahwah Football Star's Murde…
Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time
Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time It seemed like your ordinary roller bag left behind at the Newark Airport TSA checkpoint by someone perhaps in a rush -- only inside was the dress a young bride-to-be was to wear at her wedding in Ohio the very next day. Narolin Cepeda, a former Paterson resident, was already winging on her way there when the MOB inadvertently left hers and her daughter's dresses behind. Moving quickly, Cepeda's younger brother, Christopher, pulled up a form online, sent it to the TSA’s Lost and Found Office at Newark Liberty International Airport and hoped for the best. Loletta Nathan-Gordon, a TSA admini…
BUSTED! Tattoos Help ID Men In Trenton Protest Firebombings, FBI Says BUSTED! Tattoos Help ID Men In Trenton Protest Firebombings, FBI Says
Busted! Tattoos Help ID Men In Trenton Protest Firebombings, FBI Says The FBI arrested two more Trenton protesters, one of whom threw a makeshift Molotov cocktail at police and tried to set fire to a patrol car with two accomplices during an attack captured on video, federal authorities said Thursday. Kadeem A. Dockery, 29, of Trenton, and Killian F. Melecio, 20, of Columbus were taken into custody Wednesday on federal charges thanks to their distinctive tattoos, which could be seen on social media posts and videos recorded by street cameras, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They join a third man, Justin D. Spry, who was arrested by the FBI last month. Th…
Newark Residents Charged In $235K Insurance Fraud Scheme Newark Residents Charged In $235K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Newark Residents Charged In $235K Insurance Fraud Scheme Seven people, almost all from New Jersey, have been charged in connection with a scheme to steal $235,000 from three insurance annuity policies issued by Lincoln Financial Group, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday.  Authorities say the company received death claims benefit applications from people posing as beneficiaries. The thefts occurred between December 2015 and September 2016, authorities also said.  The following people were charged in an indictment handed up last month:  • Gaetanina Nicole Zarbo, 34, of New Albany, Ohio, who was charged with three c…
Meat Products Recalled Due To Possible Listeria Contamination Meat Products Recalled Due To Possible Listeria Contamination
Meat Products Recalled Due To Possible Listeria Contamination More than 25,000 pounds of sausage products are being recalled due to a Listeria scare. Ezzo Sausage Company, based out of Columbus, Ohio, is recalling approximately 25,115 pounds of sausage products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. The products subject to recall were produced on Tuesday, Oct. 29, Wednesday, Oct. 30 and Tuesday, Nov. 5. The recalled items have the establishment number “EST. 1838A” inside the USDA mark of inspection.  The problem was discovered when the co…
Greenwich Brother, Sister Who Train In Westchester Win Medals At Youth Fencing Championships Greenwich Brother, Sister Who Train In Westchester Win Medals At Youth Fencing Championships
Greenwich Brother, Sister Who Train In Westchester Win Medals At Youth Fencing Championships A Greenwich brother and sister returned home from Bolivia with medals they won in a youth fencing championship. In her first international fencing competition, 13-year-old Madison Duckett won a gold medal at the Pan American Youth Championships for Team USA for her victory in the Pre-Cadet Women’s Saber event that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia in August. Madison, who just began competing on the national fencing circuit in 2018 and only started fencing in 2017, showed dominant form throughout the tournament which took place August 27-31, 2019.   She went undefeated through th…
Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's First Female Supervisor, Dies Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's First Female Supervisor, Dies
Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's First Female Supervisor, Dies Nancy Elliott, Yorktown's first female supervisor, died Thursday, July 11 in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She was 89. "We are saddened to learn of the passing of Nancy Elliott, a former chair of the Yorktown Republican Town Committee and political legend who served 12 years as Yorktown supervisor from 1980 to 1992," Yorktown Republican Town Committee chair Christopher Arnold said in a statement. "She was our first female supervisor and having been fortunate enough to grow up here to watch her in action, I witnessed her numerous achievements first hand and her tremendous loss grieves us all…
Montclair Manager Who Swindled Ne-Yo, Brian McNight Out Of Millions Gets 7½ Years In Fed Pen Montclair Manager Who Swindled Ne-Yo, Brian McNight Out Of Millions Gets 7½ Years In Fed Pen
Montclair Manager Who Swindled Ne-Yo, Brian McNight Out Of Millions Gets 7½ Years In Fed Pen A business manager from Montclair will spend nearly 7½ years in federal prison for swindling celebrity clients – including R&B singers Ne-Yo and Brian McKnight – out of $7.9 million for a failed sports drink venture while using their money as what one government official called “a personal slush fund.” Kevin R. Foster, 43, was sentenced earlier this month after jurors in Columbus, Ohio, last year convicted him of 16 counts -- including wire fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns. The case emerged from the prosecutions of Thomas E. Jackson an…
Montclair Man Who Stole Millions From Ne-Yo, Brian McKnight Sentenced Montclair Man Who Stole Millions From Ne-Yo, Brian McKnight Sentenced
Montclair Man Who Stole Millions From Ne-Yo, Brian McKnight Sentenced A business manager from Montclair who defrauded his celebrity clients of millions of dollars through investments in a sports drink company has been sentenced to 89 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Columbus, Ohio, said last week. Kevin R. Foster, 43, represented musicians Ne-Yo, who was born Shaffer Smith, and Brian McKnight, the famed R&B singer. Foster convinced Smith to invest $2 million in OXYWater, invested another $1.5 million with Smith’s knowledge and also forged his signature to get a $1.4 million line of credit. Foster also invested in the company on behalf of …
Here's When, Where Iona WIll Be Playing In NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament First Round Here's When, Where Iona WIll Be Playing In NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament First Round
Here's When, Where Iona WIll Be Playing In NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament First Round The Iona College men’s basketball team found out who its dance partner will be. Make that its Big Dance partner. The Gaels drew a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament and a date with top-seeded North Carolina. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champions will face the Tar Heels on 9:20 p.m. Friday, March 22 in Columbus, Ohio in the first round of the Midwest Region. The winner will advance to the second round, where they will square off against the winner of the Utah State-Washington matchup on Sunday. The Gaels earned their spot in the tournament after topping all comers and …
Bridgeport Hospital CEO Leaving For Post In Pennsylvania Bridgeport Hospital CEO Leaving For Post In Pennsylvania
Bridgeport Hospital CEO Leaving For Post In Pennsylvania William Jennings, chief executive officer of Bridgeport Hospital and executive vice president for the Yale New Haven Health System, is leaving for Reading Hospital in Pennsylvanian next month. Clint Matthews, president and chief executive officer of Tower Health, announced that Jennings' new job as president and CEO is effective on Oct. 15. "We are fortunate to have selected a leader of this caliber," Matthews said.  Bridgeport Hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Yale University School of Medicine. Under Jennings' leadership, Bridgeport Hospital experienced a rema…