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UPDATE: Missing Sussex County Teen Found Unharmed UPDATE: Missing Sussex County Teen Found Unharmed UPDATE: Missing Sussex County Teen Found Unharmed
Update: Missing Sussex County Teen Found Unharmed UPDATE: A 14-year-old who went missing early Tuesday morning was located unharmed. PREVIOUS STORY: A North Jersey mom is pleading with the public to help locate her teen daughter, who went missing from their Hamburg home in the early morning hours. Alicia Bilney says 14-year-old Savannah left their house between midnight and 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 16. Savannah typically wears very heavy or dark eye makeup but may not have any on. She is believed to be wearing black jeans.  Her hair is faded red with brown roots and she has a slit in each eyebrow, and braces. "We suspect she i…
UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train ID'd As 18-Year-Old Man UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train ID'd As 18-Year-Old Man UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train ID'd As 18-Year-Old Man
Update: Pedestrian Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train ID'd As 18-Year-Old Man NJ Transit officials have identified the pedestrian struck and killed by a train over the weekend as an 18-year-old Plainfield man. Lorenzo Bautista was struck by Raritan Valley Line train 5530 near the Plainfield station around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, NJ Transit spokeswoman Lisa Torbic said. None of the approximately 30 passengers on board the train were injured, Torbic said. The train left the Raritan Station at 6:14 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Cranford at 6:54 p.m. New Jersey Transit police were leading the investigation.
WINNER: Lottery Ticket Good For $384K Sold In Hoboken WINNER: Lottery Ticket Good For $384K Sold In Hoboken WINNER: Lottery Ticket Good For $384K Sold In Hoboken
Winner: Lottery Ticket Good For $384K Sold In Hoboken A winning New Jersey Lottery ticket good for nearly $384,000 was sold in Hoboken. The ticket from the Monday, March 15 Jersey Cash 5 drawing was sold at Davis Stationery on Washington Street. The winning numbers were: 02, 14, 21, 25, and 37 and the XTRA number was: 02.  The ticket was worth $384,573, and the retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000.
Popular Sushi Spot Opening 2nd Location In Bergen County Popular Sushi Spot Opening 2nd Location In Bergen County Popular Sushi Spot Opening 2nd Location In Bergen County
Popular Sushi Spot Opening 2nd Location In Bergen County A popular Essex County sushi spot is opening a second location in Bergen County. Sea Shai, located in Nutley, is coming to South Hackensack. The menu includes appetizers like gyoza, edamame, tempura and wings ranging from $4 to $11.  Entrees include a variety of bibimbap, sushi a la carte, regular rolls, specialty rolls, sushi platters, Korean BBQ, bento boxes and more. Sea Shai, 388 Route 46, South Hackensack
67-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Multiple Vehicles On Routes 1&9 67-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Multiple Vehicles On Routes 1&9 67-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Multiple Vehicles On Routes 1&9
67-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By Multiple Vehicles On Routes 1&9 A 67-year-old man was struck by multiple vehicles and killed on routes 1&9 in Elizabeth Monday night. A 26-year-old East Orange man was heading southbound in a 2015 Infiniti Q50 when he struck the pedestrian at Spring and E. Jersey Street around 10:50 p.m., Elizabeth police spokeswoman Kelly Martins said. The pedestrian was crossing against the traffic signal and stopped in the middle of the highway in the left lane, Martins said. After he was struck, the and landed in the northbound lanes, where he was hit by multiple vehicles, police said.  The man was pronounced dead at t…
Woman Killed In Weekend Linden Wreck That Injured 4 Was 'Angel In Human Form' Woman Killed In Weekend Linden Wreck That Injured 4 Was 'Angel In Human Form' Woman Killed In Weekend Linden Wreck That Injured 4 Was 'Angel In Human Form'
Woman Killed In Weekend Linden Wreck That Injured 4 Was 'Angel In Human Form' A 24-year-old Elizabeth woman died and four others were injured in a Linden crash early Sunday morning. Nathalie Badilla-Zavala and a 27-year-old Rahway man were ejected from a 2014 Honda Civic on the northern side of the North Park Avenue bridge between E. Elizabeth Avenue and E. Linden Avenue around 3:35 a.m., Linden Police Lt. Christopher Guenther said. Both were taken to Newark University Hospital, where the woman died and the man was critical hours after the crash, police said. The driver of the second vehicle -- a 21-year-old man from Harrisburg, PA --  and two other passen…
Taking Liberties: PA Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While NJ Child, Sitter Were Home, Police Say Taking Liberties: PA Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While NJ Child, Sitter Were Home, Police Say Taking Liberties: PA Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While NJ Child, Sitter Were Home, Police Say
Taking Liberties: PA Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While NJ Child, Sitter Were Home, Police Say A babysitter was alone with a young child in a New Jersey home when a Pennsylvania couple broke in, helped themselves to food, drink – even a shower – and fled in the victim's SUV, authorities said. They may have even had sex there, too. The babysitter eventually discovered the pair, who fled in the homeowner’s Lincoln Navigator with jewelry, a wallet and an iPhone -- while leaving the clunker they drove up in behind, they said. Alex Ray Yeakley, of Myerstown, and Amanda Lentz, of Lebanon, had been in the Cedar Street home on Friday night "for some time," said Lawrence Suffern, the pol…
Fugitives In 7-Hour SWAT Hotel Standoff Had Dead Hand Grenade, 8 Loaded Guns, $36K, Police Say Fugitives In 7-Hour SWAT Hotel Standoff Had Dead Hand Grenade, 8 Loaded Guns, $36K, Police Say Fugitives In 7-Hour SWAT Hotel Standoff Had Dead Hand Grenade, 8 Loaded Guns, $36K, Police Say
Fugitives In 7-Hour SWAT Hotel Standoff Had Dead Hand Grenade, 8 Loaded Guns, $36K, Police Say A pair of fugitives were busted with a dead hand grenade, eight loaded weapons, more than $36,000 in cash, drugs and more during a 7-hour standoff that evacuated a North Jersey hotel Sunday night, authorities said Monday. Rahim Harris, 42, of Newark, and  Haneefha S. White, 39, of Johnstowns, PA, were arrested after a more than 7-hour standoff at the Extended Stay Hotel on Plaza Drive, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Police received a tip around 7 p.m. saying that Harris -- who had been wanted out of Essex County on charges of aggravated assault -- was staying at the hotel.&n…
'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest 'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest 'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest
'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest A young Jewish man who went missing in Lakewood Sunday evening was found alive Monday morning inside a wooded area, so cold he was unable to move. The man, believed to be 18 years old, was dropped off by friends at a Drake Road Yeshiva Sunday evening, The Lakewood Scoop reports. But when the friends went back to pick him up, he'd gone missing, the outlet says. A massive search utilizing a police K9 was launched and, around 10 a.m. Monday, the man was found approximately 300 feet inside a wooded area off of Whitesville Road, the article says. The young man was not wearing a jacket when he …
Trio Nabbed In Newark Homicide Trio Nabbed In Newark Homicide Trio Nabbed In Newark Homicide
Trio Nabbed In Newark Homicide Three men have been charged in the March 9 shooting death of a 22-year-old Newark men after their SUV was stopped by police in Irvington, authorities said. Tyshon Armour, 19, of Newark; Reynold Henderson, 18, of Irvington; and Isaad S. Jackson, 20 of Newark, were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Police responding to reports of a shooting on St. Paul Avenue found Dedric Bracey, 22, with multiple gunshot wounds around 4 p.m. on…
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