Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor 'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor A 58-year-old man was charged with murder in the killing of his 84-year-old mother-in-law in Nutley, authorities announced. James Pica, 58, called 911 and told dispatchers he killed the woman on Tuesday evening, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Barbara Ann Bezzone was found lying on the floor unresponsive with severe injuries when police responded to 73 Prospect St., around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday night,  She was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:45 p.m., and Pica was arrested and charged with murder, au…

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by Cecilia Levine
Englewood, NJ
News
911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood 911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood
911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood Police in Tenafly had no idea what they were dealing with after receiving a hang-up 911 call from a local home around 9 p.m. Friday. When the emergency operator didn't get a response to a callback, police went to the Day Avenue home off Knickerbocker Road to check. The officers could see and hear people moving inside, so they knocked on the door, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. There was no answer, he said. Police repeatedly called the home and used their public address system asking to speak with the occupants to check on their welfare, the chief said. After 90 minutes or so witho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Man Found Dead On Long Island Roadway Man Found Dead On Long Island Roadway
Man Found Dead On Long Island Roadway An investigation is underway after a man was found dead on a Long Island roadway. Officers responded to a 911 call for a man lying in the street in Uniondale at Alexander Avenue and Lee Road at around 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10.   Upon police arrival, the man was pronounced dead by a Nassau County Police Medic. The investigation into this incident continues. Neither the man's age nor identity has been released. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Joe Lombardi
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
PA Police Searching For Woman Who Screamed For Help In Disturbing 911 Call PA Police Searching For Woman Who Screamed For Help In Disturbing 911 Call
PA Police Searching For Woman Who Screamed For Help In Disturbing 911 Call Police in Lackawanna County are searching for a woman who they believe screamed for help in a disturbing 911 call. Taylor police spent hours on Wednesday searching for Kayla DiDonna, 23, who they believe was on the other line of the call placed around 1:30 p.m., PAHomepage.com reports.  Then the phone went dead, the outlet said. DiDonna's phone pinged to a tower in the Norfolk Southern Railyards in Taylor Borough, according to PAHomepage. Local police believe DiDonna may be in danger. She is 5'5" with blue eyes and blond hair.  She was last seen with a white male who …

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by Cecilia Levine
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
News
Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says
Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun was killed in a police-involved July 4th shooting in Newton, the state's top law enforcement official confirmed Monday. Three uniformed police officers in the Sussex County town were responding to a 911 call when they had an encounter with the man outside a Clive Place home around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said a preliminary investigation found. "Two Newton police officers fired their service weapons, fatally wounding the man," Grewal said. "First aid was rendered by officers. The individual was pronounced deceased at the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Berks DA: Authorities Probe Possible Murder-Suicide In Wernersville Berks DA: Authorities Probe Possible Murder-Suicide In Wernersville
Berks DA: Authorities Probe Possible Murder-Suicide In Wernersville Authorities in Berks County are investigating a possible murder-suicide that took place at a home in Wernersville on Wednesday. Officials responded to the 300 block of North Walnut Street on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a 911 call at 12:30 p.m. from a man who stated his name and address and immediately hung up, South Heidelberg police said at a press conference Friday afternoon. South Heidelberg police arrived at the home not long after failed attempts by emergency dispatchers to reconnect with the caller -- later identified as 44-year-old Christopher Baumener -- and were unable to s…

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by Nicole Acosta
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Police & Fire
Police Release Details In East Pennsboro Shooting Police Release Details In East Pennsboro Shooting
Police Release Details In East Pennsboro Shooting Police have released details in last weekend's double shooting in which a 78-year-old man apparently shot his wife and adult daughter, leaving the wife hospitalized and daughter dead. Police on Saturday were called to 52 Greenmont Drive in Enola, where a man later identified as John Miller was arguing with his adult daughter, East Pennsboro police said. Responding officers deemed the situation "civil in nature," and left the scene. However, a short time later, police got a 911 call from Miller, saying he had shot and killed his wife and his daughter, authorities said. Officers arrive…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Northampton County Man, 74, Charged With Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Neighbor Over Water Pipe Northampton County Man, 74, Charged With Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Neighbor Over Water Pipe
Northampton County Man, 74, Charged With Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Neighbor Over Water Pipe The 74-year-old Northampton County man police say shot himself and a neighbor during a dispute over a water pipe has been charged. Joseph L. Harvilla participated in a virtual arraignment on a count of homicide from his place of treatment at Fountain Hill’s St. Luke’s University Hospital, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records. Harvilla admitted to fatally shooting Christopher Robbin Debellis — his neighbor on Moser Road in Moore Township — Monday morning over an ongoing dispute about water pipe drainage. A few moments after the shooting, Debellis’ teenaged son contacted 911 and tol…

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by Valerie Musson
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Jumper Hospitalized After Leap From Building Newark Jumper Hospitalized After Leap From Building
Newark Jumper Hospitalized After Leap From Building A man who jumped from the window of a Newark building was taken to the hospital with a leg injury Tuesday, authorities said. Police responded to Dickerson and 3rd streets after a 9-1-1 caller said the man had leapt from a third floor window, a spokeswoman for the Newark Police Department said. The man was lying on the sidewalk with a leg injury, and taken to University Hospital for treatment. This incident is under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine