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Wife Recalls Final Desperate Phone Call With Husband Before Drowning In Florida Floodwaters
A Massachusetts native is mourning her husband after a deadly Florida flood trapped the father of four inside his vehicle as he pleaded for help during a final FaceTime call with his wife. Stacy Petit Bennett, a Walpole native, lost her husband, 34-year-old Joshua Bennett, on Monday, Nov. 2, when fast-moving floodwaters submerged his vehicle in Palm Bay, Florida. Joshua had gone out for coffee when rising water surrounded his vehicle "He called me on FaceTime, and he was just crying like, 'I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do.' And he said he's in the middle of a ri…
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Missing Philly Girl, 10, Found Dead In NJ Car Trunk Had Signs Of Long-Term Abuse: DA
A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who vanished from her foster home more than a week ago was found dead inside the trunk of a car in South Jersey, with bruising and scars suggesting a history of abuse, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5. Malayshia Alford's foster mother, Caprice Williams, 36, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, and several other related offenses, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced during a Thursday evening news conference. The child's remains were discovered by Philadelphia police in Linwood, located in Atlantic County, following an invest…
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NJ Husband-Wife Dog Rescuers Shoot Pitbull, Fake Cancer Death To Raise Money: Prosecutor
A married pair of dog rescuers in South Jersey are facing animal cruelty charges after they kept dogs in deplorable conditions and euthanized animals illegally, including one they apparently shot dead and then faked cancer in the wake of his deat, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5. An investigation into Thomas Thompson, 37, and his wife, Brooke Thompson, 34, both of Browns Mills, began after a woman told Mullica Township police a dog she was fostering was killed at her home by the couple, who operated Gone Rogue Girls Rescue, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and…
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Florida Firebombing Fugitive Caught In Bergen County With Machete: Police
A Florida fugitive wanted in a firebombing that left a teenage girl with severe burns was arrested during a traffic stop in Bergen County after giving police multiple false names and trying to run, authorities said. Yang L. Chiong, 37, of Homestead, FL, was arrested around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, on North Midland Avenue in Saddle Brook, Police Chief John A. Zotollo Jr. said. Chiong was wanted by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office on a full-extradition warrant for second-degree attempted murder and first-degree arson, Zotollo said. The Florida Firebombing The charges stem from a March 25,…
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Pest Control Truck Thief Arrested Again At Bergen County Business: Police
A 21-year-old man accused of stealing a pest control company's pickup truck in Bergen County was arrested after police found him trespassing inside another local business, authorities said. Joshua E. Sparrow, whose last known address was in Newark, was arrested at 125 Chubb Avenue in Lyndhurst around 7:02 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Lyndhurst Deputy Police Chief Paul Haggerty said. The investigation began Monday, Oct. 26, when an employee noticed a green Nissan Frontier pickup truck missing from a pest control company's fleet at 1099 Wall Street West, Haggerty said. The truck, marked with …
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TV Reporter Who Proposed To Tom Brady In Wedding Dress Arrested In $160M Fraud Scheme: ICE
A Mexican TV star who once stunned Tom Brady with a marriage proposal at the Super Bowl 42 is now in federal custody in Florida after five years on the run from Mexican authorities for an alleged massive fraud scheme. Inés Gómez Mont, 43, was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an operation in Miami on Friday, Oct. 30, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mexican authorities have issued three arrest warrants for Gómez Mont. The allegations include organized crime, money laundering, and suspected tax fraud. Investigators believe Gómez Mont and…
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Bergen County Schools Sued After Student Falsely Blamed For Viral TikTok 'Hit List:' Parents
A Bergen County student was falsely accused of creating a school shooting "hit list" on TikTok, then spent years being bullied, threatened, and isolated while school officials failed to protect him, a new lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, Nov. 5, in Bergen County Superior Court, names the Ramsey Board of Education, Ramsey Borough School District, more than a dozen school officials, seven students, and a parent as defendants. When reached for comment by Daily Voice, Superintendent Dr. Andrew C. Matteo said that the district does not comment on pending litigation. The student, id…
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NJ Man Shares Child Porn Video Featuring Young Child: Sheriff
A 29-year-old Passaic County man was arrested after investigators traced a child sexual abuse video involving a child as young as 4 years old to his home, authorities announced. Devin Caruso, of Wanaque, was arrested outside his workplace in Parsippany on Wednesday, Nov. 4, following an investigation by the Passaic County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Sheriff Thomas Adamo said. The investigation began when detectives received information that a user of a media-sharing platform had uploaded a video containing suspected child sexual abuse material involving a c…
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Bergen County Man Had Child Sex Porn On Electronic Devices: Prosecutor
A 45-year-old Bergen County man was arrested after investigators found child sexual abuse material on his electronic devices, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5. Nicholas J. Farinola, of Dumont, surrendered to detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday, Nov. 4, following a months-long investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation began April 22, when Dumont police provided information to the prosecutor's Cyber Crimes Unit indicating Farinola was in possession of child sexual abuse material, Musella said. A court-authorized search o…
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NJ Driver Killed After Trooper Uses PIT Maneuver In Wrong-Way PA Chase: Police
A New Jersey driver was killed after a Pennsylvania state trooper used a PIT maneuver during a wrong-way pursuit on Route 22, causing his pickup truck to overturn Wednesday night, Nov. 4, authorities announced. Juan Diaz, 35, of Newark, was ejected from the truck in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, and pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg at 10:52 p.m., Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a release issued Thursday, Nov. 5. The pursuit began after a trooper stopped a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado on Route 22 East near mile marker 324.3 in Hanover Township, Lehigh…
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Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report
A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her. Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported. Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…
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$847M Powerball Jackpot Ticket Sold At Bergen County Wegmans
Someone in New Jersey is waking up $847 million richer after a single Powerball ticket sold at a Bergen County Wegmans matched all six numbers in the Wednesday, Nov. 4 drawing. The winning ticket was sold at Wegmans Food Market at 100 Farm View in Montvale, New Jersey Lottery officials announced Thursday, Nov. 5. The store will receive a $30,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, with State Treasurer Aaron Binder and New Jersey Lottery Executive Director James Carey scheduled to present a ceremonial check at a 2 p.m. press conference Thursday. The winning numbers were 15, 34, 41, 53, an…
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NJ Mom's Topless NYC Marathon Run Was About Much More Than Turning Heads
A New Jersey mother who survived two types of breast cancer is going viral for running the New York City Marathon topless, proudly displaying the scars left behind by the disease she fought to overcome. Lauren Spiezia, 33, completed the 26.2-mile race Sunday, Nov. 1, in 4 hours, 54 minutes, and 5 seconds, according to official marathon results. Diagnosed with breast cancer at 31, Spiezia underwent chemotherapy, a bilateral mastectomy, and reconstruction. Rather than cover the scars left behind, she made them part of her message: "Today, I’m running the NYC Marathon with my scars uncove…
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Bodycam Shows NJ Cops Talk Man Down From Overpass Above Busy Highway
A tense encounter on a South Jersey overpass ended safely after two police officers spent about 20 minutes talking with a man who was threatening to jump into traffic below, authorities said. The incident unfolded around 12:32 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, on the Haddonfield Road overpass above Route 38 in Cherry Hill, where officers found a man outside the safety fence, Cherry Hill police said. The department released an excerpt of body-worn camera footage showing the officers working strategically to get the man to safety. Officer Jared Colbert was first to arrive and relayed information to ot…
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Tesla Driver Tries Parking, Ends Up Wedged Between Steel Posts At Route 17 Dealership
Two people had to be rescued from a Tesla that became wedged between two steel posts outside a Route 17 dealership on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports. The crash happened in the parking lot of Paramus Tesla at 530 Route 17 North, where a dark red Tesla sedan became stuck between two steel bollards, Loving said. First responders at the scene said the driver had been trying to pull into a parking space just before the crash, according to Loving. Both occupants were trapped in the front seats, prompting Paramus firefighters and police Emergency …
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Mom Reveals What Led Up To Parking Garage Murder-Suicide That Left Her Husband, 2 Children Dead
A mother whose husband killed their two children and himself is revealing the struggles he faced before the murder-suicide — and the help he had agreed to seek. Anna DeMase Lynch shared those details after her husband, Patrick Lynch, and their children, James, 8, and Caroline, 6, were killed in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 murder-suicide in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as previously reported by Daily Voice. “My husband made the irreversible decision to kill our two children and himself this evening,” Anna wrote on Facebook. Patrick was laid off in August and became depressed shortly afterward, she wr…
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NJ Pilot, 24, Killed In Expressway Crash Hours Before First Flight As Instructor
A 24-year-old New Jersey woman who had just earned her flight instructor certification and was preparing to meet her first client was killed in a crash on the Atlantic City Expressway last week, authorities said. At 10:36 a.m., on Friday, Oct. 30, Alexandra Tracy, a Hammonton resident, was driving a Chevrolet westbound on the Atlantic City Expressway when her vehicle veered off the left side of the road and struck the nose of a guardrail around 10:36 a.m., Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The vehicle then rotated, struck the guardrail again, and overtu…
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Off-Duty NJ Transit Cop, Firefighter Rescues Motorists From Parkway Wreckage
An off-duty New Jersey Transit police officer who is also a firefighter helped rescue two motorists trapped in wrecked vehicles, including one pinned beneath a vehicle leaking fuel, after a three-vehicle crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. Officer Jake Kallman was driving near Exit 123 in Sayreville on Tuesday evening, Oct. 27, when he came upon the crash and immediately pulled over to help, NJ Transit Police said. The crash happened around 4:46 p.m. in the southbound lanes near milepost 125.3, when a Ford pickup truck struck the center concrete barrier before hitting a Toy…
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Murder-Suicide: Family ID'd After Dad Pushes His Children Off Parking Garage, Then Jumps
A father pushed his two children off a Pennsylvania parking garage before jumping in a murder-suicide that prompted two elementary schools to close, officials said. Patrick Lynch, 42, and his children, James Lynch, 8, and Caroline Lynch, 6, were identified as the three people found dead in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, officials said. Caroline had Williams syndrome, her mother, Anna DeMase Lynch, shared in a 2024 Facebook fundraiser for the Williams Syndrome Association. “Our beautiful daughter, Caroline, has Williams syndrome and the WSA nonprofit is our greatest supp…
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Florida Man Attacks Troopers, EMS Worker After Route 80 Crash:
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A 32-year-old Florida man who crashed into a divider on Route 80 repeatedly tried to punch state troopers and assaulted an EMS worker who responded to help him, authorities said. Shamek Maynard, of Ocala, FL, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed on Route 80 west near milepost 62.3 in Saddle Brook around 1:02 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Christopher Postorino said. When troopers arrived, Maynard was sitting in the driver's seat and ignoring their commands, Postorino said. Troopers tried to remove him from the vehicle to get him medical attention, but…
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Teaneck Election Shakeup Could Cost Mayor His Title
Editor's Note: The following results from the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election are unofficial and remain subject to certification. Official results are expected Dec. 3. Teaneck Mayor Mark Schwartz wasn't on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 3, but the results of the Township Council election could ultimately cost him his title. Unlike many New Jersey towns, Teaneck voters don't directly elect their mayor. Instead, the seven-member Township Council chooses one of its own members to serve as mayor during a reorganization held every two years. And with three newcomers poised to join the council in January, th…
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Just 2 Votes Separate Candidates In Nail-Biter Ramsey Mayoral Race
Editor's Note: The following results from the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election are unofficial and remain subject to certification. Official results are expected Dec. 3. Just two votes separate the candidates in Ramsey's mayoral race following the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election. Democrat Angelo R. LaManna Jr. received 3,247 votes, or 49.99%, while Republican Mayor Deirdre A. Dillon received 3,245 votes, or 49.96%, according to unofficial election results. Three write-in candidates received one vote each, bringing the total to 6,495 votes. LaManna is a retired Ramsey police sergeant who spent nearly 30 y…
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Tip About Child Sex Abuse Video Leads To Arrest Of NJ Man, 27: Police
A 27-year-old New Jersey man was arrested after investigators traced a child sexual abuse video to a storage device registered in his name, authorities said. Thomas J. Hindle Jr. of Secaucus was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 3, following a search of his home on Schopmann Drive, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The investigation began in December 2025, when police received a tip that an image depicting child sexual abuse material had been uploaded from a storage device registered to Hindle, Miller said. Detectives determined that Hindle possessed and distributed the video, Miller said…
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NJ Native ID’d After Rolling Tree Traps, Kills Him In Pennsylvania Woods
A Pennsylvania man killed when a tree rolled onto him on his property has been identified, the York County Coroner’s Office announced Wednesday, Oct. 28. Mark C. Shelden, 72, of Glen Rock, was cutting down a tree on his Narrow Gauge Road property in Codorus Township on Monday, Oct. 26, when it fell and began rolling toward him, according to the coroner. Shelden tried to get out of the way but fell to the ground and became trapped beneath the tree, the coroner said. Emergency crews were dispatched to the 4000 block of Narrow Gauge Road around 11:40 a.m. and freed him around 11:58 a.m., coun…
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Jeff Van Drew Concedes To Dem Zack Mullock In Another Election Night Upset
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew has conceded to Democrat Zack Mullock in New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District Mullock, the mayor of Cape May, unseated the four-term incumbent in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election. The race has not been called by any major outlets. The victory marks a political shift in a district that the Cook Political Report had rated "Likely Republican." Van Drew was first elected to Congress as a Democrat in 2018 before switching to the Republican Party in 2019 during President Donald Trump's first impeachment. The 2nd Congressional District includes Atlantic, C…
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Democrats Flip Senate:
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Democrats have won back control of the Senate, Decision Desk HQ projects. Democrats have already flipped six Senate seats: North Carolina, South Carolina, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, and Texas, Decision Desk HQ projects, with toss-up seats remaining in Alaska and Maine. In Kansas, Adam Hamilton defeated Sen. Roger Marshall, the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in the Sunflower State in 94 years, while Annie Andrews upset Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina. In Texas, James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the first time Democrats won a statewide race in the Lone Star…
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Dems Win Kansas Senate Seat For First Time In Nearly 100 Years
Democrat Adam Hamilton is projected to win a Senate seat in Kansas, according to DecisionDesk HQ Hamilton, who defeated Sen. Roger Marshall, is the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Kansas since 1932. Marshall, an obstetrician who was running for a second term, was plagued by a New York Times story that he sued more than 700 patients for unpaid medical debt. In a state that relies heavily on agriculture, Kansans were also hit hard by the high price of diesel. This is a developing news article. Check back for more.
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Dems Projected To Flip Texas, SC In Historic Election Night Upsets
Democrats are projected to flip U.S. Senate seats in Texas and South Carolina on Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to Decision Desk HQ, which would end decades-long losing streaks in both states. In Texas, Democrat James Talarico was projected to defeat Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton to become the first Democrat to win a statewide race since 1994 and a U.S. Senate seat since 1988. Paxton, who defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary, had the backing of President Donald Trump and hundreds of millions of dollars in support from Elon Musk, but faced controversy over his pr…
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Democrat Rebecca Bennett Unseats Tom Kean, Flips NJ's 7th Congressional District
It's back to blue for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. Rebecca Bennett, a Democrat and former Navy helicopter pilot, has defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr., following a monthslong absence from Congress, Decision Desk HQ, a leading provider of election results, projected just after 9:45 p.m. The healthcare executive defeated the two-term incumbent in one of New Jersey's most closely watched congressional races on Tuesday, Nov. 3, leading Kean by more than 53,000 votes with 76% counted as of 9:46 p.m., according to Decision Desk HQ. Bennett had 145,664 votes (60.30…
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Democrats Flip 3 PA House Seats: Ex-TV Anchor Ousts Perry, Stock-Trading Rep Loses
A former television news anchor, a Scranton mayor, and a retired firefighter are projected to unseat three Republican members of Congress in Pennsylvania as Democrats make major gains in the U.S. House on Election Night, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Democrats Janelle Stelson, Paige Cognetti, and Bob Brooks are projected to defeat Republican U.S. Reps. Scott Perry, Rob Bresnahan Jr., and Ryan Mackenzie, respectively, flipping three congressional districts, according to NBC News. A fourth Republican incumbent, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, was trailing Democratic Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie by mo…
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Election 2026: Cait Conley Wins Key Race For NY-17 Congressional Seat, Defeats Mike Lawler
Polls are now closed, and a winner has emerged in the closely watched race for New York's 17th District congressional seat. Democrat Cait Conley has been declared the winner of the hotly contested race after Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler conceded a little after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, ABC7 reported. The race was between Lawler, who was seeking a third term representing the district, and Democrat Cait Conley, a combat veteran and former national security official. As of 10:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Conley was leading with 133,219 votes, or 51.78 percent, wh…
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