Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
$25K Already Raised In Honor Of Slain Former Westchester HS Soccer Star $25K Already Raised In Honor Of Slain Former Westchester HS Soccer Star
$25K Already Raised In Honor Of Slain Former Westchester HS Soccer Star A GoFundMe campaign set up by friends of Joao Souza, the murdered Binghamton University freshman and Blind Brook High School graduate, will be used to help underprivileged children in Brazil learn soccer. A freshman engineering student at the University, Souza was stabbed to death at a residential hall. A fellow student, 20-year-old Michael Roque of Massapequa in Nassau County, was arrested Monday in connection with Souza's death. Souza, a 2017 graduate, and former Rye Brook resident was a soccer standout and a three-year starter on the varsity boys soccer team. He also was a star player in…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester
Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester The identity has been released for the suspect who was apprehended following the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old Binghamton University student from Westchester. Joao Souza of Rye Brook was stabbed to death at a residential hall late Sunday night and the suspect,  was at large until he was apprehended Monday. Michael Roque, 20, of Massapequa in Nassau County, a fellow Binghamton University student, has been identified as the suspect who was taken into custody Monday afternoon. Souza, a native of Brazil, was a freshman engineering student at Binghamton and 2017 graduate of Blind Brook High S…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Suspect In Custody After Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester Suspect In Custody After Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester
Suspect In Custody After Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester Click here for an updated story: Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester A suspect has been apprehended following the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old Binghamton University student from Westchester, authorities announced late Friday afternoon. Joao Souza of Rye Brook was stabbed to death at a residential hall late Sunday night and the suspect, a fellow Binghamton University student, was at large until he was apprehended Monday. Souza, a native of Brazil, was a freshman engineering student and 2017 Blind Brook High School graduate, where he was a three-year start…

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by Joe Lombardi
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Fit Cops: Paramus Detective Is Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Fit Cops: Paramus Detective Is Jiu Jitsu Black Belt
Fit Cops: Paramus Detective Is Jiu Jitsu Black Belt PARAMUS, N.J. -- Mark Pinajian was responding to a fraud in progress at a Paramus department store last year when a suspect fleeing from security ran into him. The Paramus police detective had to think fast. He was all alone. He had to find a way to apprehend the man. Swiftly. Safely. Systematically. With unparalleled reflexes and little time to plan, Pinajian pinned the suspect up against the wall before tripping him down to the ground. The final move the detective deployed was a common one he mastered over the past 12 years as a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter: a shoulder lock. And with th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Darien, CT
News
Darien TV Personality 'Mr. Wonder' Sentenced To Prison For Child Sex Crime Darien TV Personality 'Mr. Wonder' Sentenced To Prison For Child Sex Crime
Darien TV Personality 'Mr. Wonder' Sentenced To Prison For Child Sex Crime DARIEN, Conn. -- Nearly 40 years after vanishing amid allegations he abused children on a camping trip, a former television personality believed to have lived in Darien was sentenced to five years in prison. Frank John Selas III --  who hosted the "Mr. Wonder" show on KNOE-TV in Louisiana -- pleaded guilty in Louisiana to one count of indecent behavior with a child, Rapides Parish Assistant District Attorney Brian Mosley said in a statement. Selas could be eligible for parole in July 2018, with credit from the July 2016 arrest, Mosley said. He fled to Brazil after parents complai…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Lifestyle
Ms. Bikini Olympia Visits Mahwah's Powerhouse Gym Ms. Bikini Olympia Visits Mahwah's Powerhouse Gym
Ms. Bikini Olympia Visits Mahwah's Powerhouse Gym MAHWAH, N.J. -- The reigning Ms. Bikini Olympia, Brazilian fitness model Angelica Teixeira, stopped by Powerhouse Gym in Mahwah on Tuesday. Teixeira, 32, came to the United States less than a decade ago. She began competing in 2013 on what became a meteoric rise to the title -- including 15 first-place finishes as an amateur and a professional -- and works as a professional trainer. "One of the nicest and humblest people I've ever met," said Powerhouse trainer Greg Wetterau of Mahwah. To be lean and toned, she told GreatestPhysiques.com: Eat small, and clean portions every 3 h…

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by Jerry DeMarco