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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

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NJ Teacher Indicted After Having Baby With 13-Year-Old Student: Prosecutor NJ Teacher Indicted After Having Baby With 13-Year-Old Student: Prosecutor
NJ Teacher Indicted After Having Baby With 13-Year-Old Student: Prosecutor A 34-year-old Cape May County elementary school teacher was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday, June 17 on sexual assault charges after engaging in a relationship with a student, authorities said. Laura Caron, who taught fiftth grade at Middle Township Elementary School, is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said. The relationship with the student began in 2016, when the child was approximately 11 years old, and lasted until 2020, officials said. The relationship occurred while the c…

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PA Man’s Car Impounded, So He Got It Back At Gunpoint: Warren County Prosecutor PA Man’s Car Impounded, So He Got It Back At Gunpoint: Warren County Prosecutor
PA Man’s Car Impounded, So He Got It Back At Gunpoint: Warren County Prosecutor A 22-year-old Easton, Pennsylvania man was apprehended by US Marshals after he stole his impounded car at gunpoint, authorities said. On Saturday, June 14, at 2 a.m., officers in Pohatcong Township conducted a traffic stop on Pohatcong Alley, the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office said. During the stop, a loaded 9mm handgun was recovered along with multiple magazines and hollow point ammunition, authorities said. Isaiah Goodwin was arrested and processed at the Warren County Correctional Center, authorities said. The vehicle was impounded and stored at Rossnagle’s Service Center, on Route …

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Camden Inmate Charged With Fatally Beating Fellow Prisoner: Prosecutor Camden Inmate Charged With Fatally Beating Fellow Prisoner: Prosecutor
Camden Inmate Charged With Fatally Beating Fellow Prisoner: Prosecutor A 42-year-old Camden prisoner was charged with manslaughter on Tuesday, June 17 after he beat an inmate to death at the Camden County Correctional Facility, authorities said. On Friday, June 13, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit was notified of the death of Edward Brooks, a 42-year-old Delaware man, after he was found unresponsive in his cell that morning, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said. Brooks was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, MacAulay said. Surveillance video showed inmate Shaquan Shields striking Brooks with a closed f…

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Woodbridge Man Charged In Linden Shooting: Police Woodbridge Man Charged In Linden Shooting: Police
Woodbridge Man Charged In Linden Shooting: Police A 20-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested and charged on Saturday, June 7, with firing gunshots at a vehicle in Linden, authorities said. On Monday, May 12, officers responded to the 500 block of Bower Street and recovered two shell casings, Linden police said. A three-week investigation determined Eddie Germain produced a handgun and fired multiple times at an occupied vehicle, as it traveled on Bower Street, police said. Germain is charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and certain persons prohibited from possessing a wea…

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Former East Hanover Police Sgt. Driving Drunk Learns Fate For Fatal Crash: Prosecutor Former East Hanover Police Sgt. Driving Drunk Learns Fate For Fatal Crash: Prosecutor
Former East Hanover Police Sgt. Driving Drunk Learns Fate For Fatal Crash: Prosecutor A former police sergeant was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, June 17, for killing a man while driving drunk last October, authorities said. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at 10:58 p.m., officers responded to a crash on Route 23 North after a 2021 Ford F-150 was traveling south in the northbound lanes of travel and struck a 2005 Toyota Camry traveling north, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Riverdale Police Chief Charles Quant  The Ford F150 was operated by Keith Gunther, a 42-year-old Wanaque resident, who was a police…

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DWI Driver Possessed Billy Club: Denville PD DWI Driver Possessed Billy Club: Denville PD
DWI Driver Possessed Billy Club: Denville PD A 62-year-old Morristown man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated on Tuesday, June 10, authorities said. At 8:16 p.m., officers responded to a report of a drunk driver, locating him on Route 46 near Franklin Road, Denville police said. Ronald Roccasecca, the driver, was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and was found to be in possession of a billy club, police said. Roccasecca was arrested and charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, driving while intoxicated, driving vehicle without an interlock device, reckless driving and other traffic offenses. 

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Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor A 42-year-old Jersey City man was arrested and charged on Tuesday, June 17, with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, authorities said. Charles Bordeaux sexually assaulted the 11-year-old girl in January 2024 at a private residence, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The girl did not know Bordeaux, though he was known to a person who lived in the apartment where the assault occurred, Suarez said. He is charged with sexual assault by contact and endangering the welfare of a child, Suarez said. He had an outstanding warrant from Jersey City at the time of his arrest, Suarez said…

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Summit Volvo Dealership Employee Stole 3 Cars: Police Summit Volvo Dealership Employee Stole 3 Cars: Police
Summit Volvo Dealership Employee Stole 3 Cars: Police A 30-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, June 18, with stealing three cars from a Volvo dealership in Summit  where he worked, authorities said. Henrri Bonilla was an employee at Smythe Volvo at 40 River Rd. and used his access to key fobs to steal three vehicles over the course of eight weeks, Summit police said. On Tuesday, April 15, he stole a black 2025 Volvo EX90, valued at $90,000. On Wednesday, May 7,he stole a gray 2025 Volvo EX90 valued at $85,000. On Monday, May 26, he stole a black 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLE valued at $37,168, police said. Bonilla is char…

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DNA Helps Nab Armed Home Invader: Evesham PD DNA Helps Nab Armed Home Invader: Evesham PD
DNA Helps Nab Armed Home Invader: Evesham PD A 62-year-old Bellmawr resident was arrested and charged on Tuesday, June 17 with committing an armed home invasion in Evesham Township, all thanks to DNA testing, authorities said. On Thursday, Feb. 27 at 9:36 p.m., officers responded to a residence on Dana Road and discovered an unknown suspect, later identified as Edwin Dillard, had entered a home, armed with a boxcutter knife, and attempted to rob a husband and wife, Evesham police said. Dillard began the assault as the husband was retrieving trash cans from the curb, police said. Dillard then attempted to restrain them with rope, polic…

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Two Hospitalized Following School Bus Crash In Little Egg Harbor: Police Two Hospitalized Following School Bus Crash In Little Egg Harbor: Police
Two Hospitalized Following School Bus Crash In Little Egg Harbor: Police A student and a driver were hospitalized following a school bus crush in Little Egg Harbor Township on Monday, June 16, authorities said. At 12:06 p.m., officers responded to Radio Road and Gaskill Drive after a Honda Civic collided with a Durham Bus Service school bus carrying seven students, Egg Harbor Township police said. The students were junior high school and high schoolers from Pinelands Regional School District, police said. Firefighters had to cut the door off the civic to extricate the driver, a 30-year-old woman, who was trapped in the vehicle, police said. The two people were…

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