Boy, 5, Dies After Being Found In Wayne Pool, Prosecutor Says
A 5-year-old boy died Friday night, July 18 after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool in Wayne, officials said.
Officers responded to a home in the area of Armstrong Avenue and Maple Lane around 6:30 p.m., on a report of a possible drowning, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a news release.
According to witnesses at the scene, a 5-year-old boy had been located floating in a pool after he had left his residence unaccompanied by an adult at about 5:30 p.m., Valdes said.
The child was taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, where he was pronounced dead at 7:44 p.m. …
BMWs, Benzes, Audis: 11 Charged In NJ Car Theft Ring that Shipped $3.65M In Rides To Africa
Eleven people have been arrested as part of an international high-end vehicle theft ring that stole millions in cars in New Jersey and shipped them to West Africa, authorities announced on Friday, April 25.
Investigators determined 43 New Jersey vehicles, including Land Rovers, Mercedes Benzes and BMWs, valued at $3.65 million were stolen and then stored in two parking garages in The Bronx, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Click here for a complete list of defendants and charges.
The thefts occurred in Morris, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex and Burlington counties, with the cars taken from …
Sole Survivor Of Wrong Way Parkway Crash Suffered 8 Fractured Ribs, Broken Spine: Campaign
Cadence Dabice is a survivor.
The 20-year-old Pompton Plains resident was the only person to escape a two-car crash caused by a wrong-way driver on the Garden State Parkway on Friday, July 5, with her life.
Two people were killed in the crash, both the Newark woman who caused the crash and the driver of the vehicle Dabice was riding in, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
Dabice sustained two broken tibias, a broken femur, a broken arm, a fractured C2 in her spine, eight fractured ribs, a lacerated spleen, a lacerated liver and an occluded artery in the crash.
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Wrong-Way Crash Kills 2, Injures 1 On Garden State Parkway In Paramus, State Police Say
Two people were killed and one person was injured in a wrong-way crash on the Garden State Parkway overnight in Paramus, authorities confirmed.
Diana J. Cruz, 38, of Newark, was heading north in the southbound lanes of the Parkway when she struck a Toyota SUV head-on just before 2:30 a.m. at milepost 163.4 on Friday, July 5, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said.
Both Cruz and the Toyota driver, Sunday T. Ogundare, 55, of Newark, were killed, Lebron said. A passenger in the Toyota, a 20-year-old Pompton Plains woman, was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
The crash remain…
Shocker: NJ Teacher Had Sex With Student Starting At 15 In School, Car, House: Authorities
A married teacher had intercourse as part of a years-long sexual relationship with a former Garfield Middle School student beginning when the youngster was 15, including several times in a car -- and even at the school, authorities charged.
Amy Impero D'Ovidio, a 46-year-old Bergen County native, had worked for the Garfield Board of Education when the alleged encounters began, they said.
She was 35 at the time.
Locations included “within the Garfield Middle School, at a private residence in Cedar Grove, as well as within a vehicle at unknown locations in Bergen, Essex, and Passaic counties…
Small NYC Earthquake Felt By North Jersey Residents: USGS
Did you feel it North Jersey?
A 1.7 magnitude earthquake in Astoria, NY was felt all the way up in North Jersey on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 2, according to the US Geological Survey.
The earthquake was felt in Pompton Plains, Parsippany, West Orange, Union, Holmdel, Fort Lee, Ridgewood and Paterson, the USGS map shows.
According to NBC4, FDNY firefighters responded to reports of small booms called in by residents south of the Roosevelt Island Tramway sometime before 6 a.m.
USGS reports a 1.7 magnitude earthquake near Astoria, Queens. No reports of damage/injuries in NYC. https://t.c…
North Jersey's Joseph Luongo, 33, Remembered As Loving Son, Brother
Joseph Vincent Luongo, who died on Saturday, March 25, is being remembered as a loving son and brother, according to his obituary.
Luongo, 33, lived in Pompton Plains and previously lived in Nutley, according to the obituary.
He worked as a boiler operator at Johanna Foods in Flemington, and is survived by his parents, Francisco and Deanna, and his brothers, Francesco and Valentino.
Oh, Joe Luongo, you were a beautiful soul and my family loved you as one of our own. May you rest in peace. Posted by Billy Tooma on Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Louis Tor Of Passaic County Dies, 39
Beloved Wayne native Louis R. Tor died in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Friday, Nov. 4. He was 39.
Born in Pompton Plains, Louis was raised in Wayne before graduating from Wayne Valley High School in 2001, his obituary and social media pages say.
Louis later moved to Myrtle Beach, SC, with his wife, Danielle, in 2015, according to his memorial.
Louis had an incredible heart and countless hobbies. He loved spending time with his family, especially fishing at the “Honey Hole.”
He never got tired of watching the New York Giants on television, and he had grown fond of collecting all sorts o…
