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Route 4 Crash With Gunshot Victim Under Investigation By Prosecutor Route 4 Crash With Gunshot Victim Under Investigation By Prosecutor Route 4 Crash With Gunshot Victim Under Investigation By Prosecutor
Route 4 Crash With Gunshot Victim Under Investigation By Prosecutor The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office is investigating a Friday, Oct. 2 Route 4 crash that involved a gunshot victim, Daily Voice has learned. Teaneck police responded to multiple reports of a crash on Route 4 westbound on Friday, Oct. 2, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer said. Two people in the vehicle fled the crash at Decatur Avenue, leaving one shooting victim with a gunshot wound to his arm in the vehicle, Daily Voice has learned. Photos shared by NorthJersey.com show a white Toyota RAV4 that crashed into a utility p…
14-Year-Old Dies After Falling Off Skateboard In NJ: Police 14-Year-Old Dies After Falling Off Skateboard In NJ: Police 14-Year-Old Dies After Falling Off Skateboard In NJ: Police
14-Year-Old Dies After Falling Off Skateboard In NJ: Police A 14-year-old boy died after falling from a skateboard and striking his head on the pavement in North Jersey, authorities said. At 5:46 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, emergency crews responded to Hopper Avenue and Woodland Court in Pequannock Township and found a boy suffering from a head injury, Pequannock Township Police said. He had been riding a skateboard when he fell and struck his head on the pavement, police said. The boy, whose identity was not released, was treated at the scene before he was taken to Morristown Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries, police …
Plane Vanishes During Northeast-Bound Flight Plane Vanishes During Northeast-Bound Flight Plane Vanishes During Northeast-Bound Flight
Plane Vanishes During Northeast-Bound Flight A plane bound for the Northeast vanished after leaving Bermuda, triggering a Coast Guard search in the Atlantic. Click here for a new, updated story: Details Emerge About 6 Onboard Jet That Went Missing Over Atlantic The Gulfstream G100 was carrying six people toward Boston when it lost contact with flight controllers early Saturday, Oct. 3, NBC News reported. The aircraft, a medical jet, rapidly descended from about 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet, according to CBS News. The US Coast Guard launched air and surface crews to search for the missing aircraft. Its Northeast District identif…
Profanity-Laced Text Messages Sent To Trump By Republican Senator Revealed In New Report Profanity-Laced Text Messages Sent To Trump By Republican Senator Revealed In New Report Profanity-Laced Text Messages Sent To Trump By Republican Senator Revealed In New Report
Profanity-Laced Text Messages Sent To Trump By Republican Senator Revealed In New Report A Republican senator privately unleashed a profanity-laced rebuke of President Donald Trump, according to newly reported text messages. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina challenged the president in messages obtained by Politico’s Playbook and reported Friday, Oct. 2. The texts will appear in his upcoming book, “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” the outlet reported. The messages describe a senator who wanted to help Trump succeed but refused to back down under intimidation. They also show Tillis disputing that the president had directly threatened him with a primary challenge.…
Bergen County Firefighter's Wife Dies Suddenly, 37 Bergen County Firefighter's Wife Dies Suddenly, 37 Bergen County Firefighter's Wife Dies Suddenly, 37
Bergen County Firefighter's Wife Dies Suddenly, 37 Bergen County mom of two Jennifer Jaimes nee Moretti died on Wednesday, Sept. 30. She was 37 years old. Jaimes, of New Milford, was remembered in her obituary on the Basralian Funeral Home website for her love of tomatoes, the Yankees, Jets and her “Loonies.” A GoFundMe launched by Brittany Barbarise Boccia for Jaimes' husband, Mike Jaimes, an Oradell firefighter, says her sons, ages 1 and 4, were her “entire world.” Jaimes died just days shy of her 38th birthday on Oct. 3. “She was kind, loyal, incredibly funny, and the type of person who always showed up for the people she loved,” Boccia…
Shoplifter Runs Across Route 17, Into Brook After $2K Theft: Police Shoplifter Runs Across Route 17, Into Brook After $2K Theft: Police Shoplifter Runs Across Route 17, Into Brook After $2K Theft: Police
Shoplifter Runs Across Route 17, Into Brook After $2K Theft: Police A shoplifter ran across Route 17 and into a brook after filling three rolling suitcases with more than $2,000 worth of stolen merchandise at a Paramus store, authorities said. Maki J. Davis, 22, of Brooklyn, was arrested following the theft at Marshalls on Route 17 South around 11:32 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, Paramus Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. Store employees reported Davis was systematically concealing clothing inside a large rolling suitcase before repeating the process twice, ultimately filling three suitcases, police said. Sgt. Keith Bland of the Paramus Police Crime Suppression …
Staff Member Hits Victim In His Care With Writing Utensil At Dutchess County Facility: Police Staff Member Hits Victim In His Care With Writing Utensil At Dutchess County Facility: Police Staff Member Hits Victim In His Care With Writing Utensil At Dutchess County Facility: Police
Staff Member Hits Victim In His Care With Writing Utensil At Dutchess County Facility: Police A staff member at a Dutchess County facility is accused of striking a person receiving day program services with a writing utensil, leaving them with a cut, police said.   Poughkeepsie resident Torano Elting, 51, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 2, following an incident at New Horizons Resources in Pleasant Valley, New York State Police announced. Troopers first responded to the facility on Thursday, Oct. 1, after receiving a report of an incident involving a staff member and an individual receiving day program services. An investigation found that Elting hit the victim with a wr…
Former Yale Football Coach Tony Reno Dies At 52 After Lengthy Illness Former Yale Football Coach Tony Reno Dies At 52 After Lengthy Illness Former Yale Football Coach Tony Reno Dies At 52 After Lengthy Illness
Former Yale Football Coach Tony Reno Dies At 52 After Lengthy Illness Tony Reno, the coach who guided Yale football to five Ivy League championships, has died at 52, the university’s athletic director announced on Friday, Oct. 2.  Reno stepped down for health reasons in February. He had been living with a neurodegenerative disease since August 2025.  Even as his health declined, Reno coached the Bulldogs through every game of the 2025 season. Yale won another Ivy League title and reached the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. His loss reaches beyond the sidelines in New Haven. His son, Dante, serves as Yale’s starting quarterback. Re…
Taconic Crackdown: Almost 400 Tickets Issued In 2 Days Across Hudson Valley Taconic Crackdown: Almost 400 Tickets Issued In 2 Days Across Hudson Valley Taconic Crackdown: Almost 400 Tickets Issued In 2 Days Across Hudson Valley
Taconic Crackdown: Almost 400 Tickets Issued In 2 Days Across Hudson Valley Nearly 400 tickets were issued during a two-day enforcement detail targeting commercial and other restricted vehicles on the Taconic State Parkway in four Hudson Valley counties, police said. Troopers conducted the commercial vehicle enforcement detail on Wednesday, Sept. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 1, along the parkway in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, and Columbia counties, New York State Police announced on Friday, Oct. 2.  During the operation, troopers said they issued 376 traffic tickets. Of those, 198 were issued for violations of parkway rules prohibiting certain restricted typ…
DUI Teen Driver Charged In Deadly Route 9 Crash DUI Teen Driver Charged In Deadly Route 9 Crash DUI Teen Driver Charged In Deadly Route 9 Crash
DUI Teen Driver Charged In Deadly Route 9 Crash A 19-year-old Lower Township resident was arrested after he drove drunk in a crash that killed a 56-year old man on Thursday, Oct. 1, authorities said. Edward McVey is charged with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and assault by auto, driving under the influence, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Lower Township Police Chief Donald Vanaman Jr. said. McVey collied with a vehicle with two occupants, killing a 56-year-old man and seriously injuring a 36-year-old man on Route 9 in Lower Township, authorities said. The victim has not been identified. 
LI Coke, Fentanyl Traffickers Hauled In $2M While On Parole For Drug Convictions: Investigators LI Coke, Fentanyl Traffickers Hauled In $2M While On Parole For Drug Convictions: Investigators LI Coke, Fentanyl Traffickers Hauled In $2M While On Parole For Drug Convictions: Investigators
LI Coke, Fentanyl Traffickers Hauled In $2M While On Parole For Drug Convictions: Investigators Two major drug traffickers on Long Island who made more than $2 million from their operation have been arrested, authorities said Thursday, Oct. 1. Shamiek Porter, 34, and Branden Harris, 36, are both accused of being major narcotics distributors, according to court documents filed in Suffolk County. Porter and Harris also have previous drug trafficking convictions and were on parole prior to their arrests on Wednesday, Sept. 16, according to state prison records and county prosecutors. While Porter and Harris worked together throughout the scheme, Porter was the initial provider of cocain…
SWAT Responds To Mental Health Crisis In Dumont, Chief Says SWAT Responds To Mental Health Crisis In Dumont, Chief Says SWAT Responds To Mental Health Crisis In Dumont, Chief Says
SWAT Responds To Mental Health Crisis In Dumont, Chief Says A SWAT response in Dumont Friday morning, Oct. 2, involved a person experiencing a mental health crisis, authorities said. Members of the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team responded to a residence on First Street, Dumont Police Chief Luke Totten told Daily Voice. The individual left the home before SWAT members entered the home, Totten said. The person was transported for an evaluation, according to the chief. Photos shared on Facebook by Mike Haggerty show members of the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team at the scene.