Franklin Township, NJ
Schools
Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn
Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn Police in one New Jersey town are urging parents to talk to their teenagers participating in a town-wide game of assassins.  Seniors at Bridgewater Raritan High School have been participating in the elimination game, in which others are eliminated by ski-masked students in surprise water-gun attacks after school and on weekends, police said. The game is banned from school grounds. "We are asking parents to please speak to your child about this activity so we can help keep the Bridgewater-Raritan Students and Community safe," authorities said.  "If your child does, in fact, parti…

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by Cecilia Levine
Monroe, NY
Police & Fire
Teens Stabbed During Attack By Group Of Women In Hudson Valley, Police Say Teens Stabbed During Attack By Group Of Women In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Teens Stabbed During Attack By Group Of Women In Hudson Valley, Police Say Two teens were hospitalized with stab wounds after being attacked by a group of women outside a Hudson Valley apartment complex. In Orange County, officers from the City of Newburgh Police Department responded to the Varick Homes shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday, March 14, where there was a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, police said that officers located a 16-year-old Newburgh resident who had been stabbed in the left eye, and an 18-year-old from Newburgh who suffered a stab wound to his right hand. The teens said that they were injured after being attacked by a group of females, polic…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Teen Shot, Critically Injured While Driving On Sunrise Highway Teen Shot, Critically Injured While Driving On Sunrise Highway
Teen Shot, Critically Injured While Driving On Sunrise Highway A teenager suffered critical injuries after being shot while he was driving on the Sunrise Highway overnight. The incident happened around 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9 in North Babylon. The 17-year-old boy was driving a 2007 Honda CRV on the eastbound side in the center lane, near Exit 39, when he was struck in the chest by several gunshots fired at him from the passenger side of a black motor vehicle as it passed the Honda, Suffolk County Police said. The Honda then struck the rear of another vehicle before crashing into the center median and coming to a stop, police said.  The boy …

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by Joe Lombardi
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
'Boy With The Long Blonde Hair' Uses Hockey Stick To Rescue Youngsters From Icy Bucks Lake 'Boy With The Long Blonde Hair' Uses Hockey Stick To Rescue Youngsters From Icy Bucks Lake
'Boy With The Long Blonde Hair' Uses Hockey Stick To Rescue Youngsters From Icy Bucks Lake A local teenager is being hailed a hero after using a hockey stick to save a pair of boys who fell through a lake in Bucks County. Cory Hemberger, 16, of Middletown Township, was playing hockey with his friend Shawn on the frozen Lake Afton in Yardley and were getting ready to leave when they noticed a young boy who had fallen through the ice around 5 p.m. Sunday, 6abc reports. Soon after, the 13-year-old victim's friend, who had been leaning in to grab him, fell in as well. That's when Hemberger stepped in with his hockey stick and dragged the two to safety. One of the youngsters' moms t…

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by Nicole Acosta
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
2 Teens Hospitalized After Car Slides Into Tree, Fence In Berks County 2 Teens Hospitalized After Car Slides Into Tree, Fence In Berks County
2 Teens Hospitalized After Car Slides Into Tree, Fence In Berks County Two teenagers were injured after a car slid off a wet road and struck a tree and fence in Berks County on Christmas Day, authorities said. The car was headed north on Rake Road in Centre Township when it slid through a curve, crossed into the oncoming lane, and struck a tree off the road at 7 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police said in a Jan. 5 news release. The car continued forward until it hit a fence on a property in the 1500 block of Rake Road, where it came to a final stop, state police said. The 16-year-old driver and his 14-year-old passenger were taken by EMS to Reading Hospital with …

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by Nicole Acosta
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
2 Teens Report Being Groped On NJ Transit Bus In Jersey City 2 Teens Report Being Groped On NJ Transit Bus In Jersey City
2 Teens Report Being Groped On NJ Transit Bus In Jersey City An investigation is underway after two teenage girls told police on Friday that they were both groped by the same boy on NJ Transit buses in Jersey City, authorities said. The 14 and 15-year-old girls told investigators they were touched inappropriately while riding the No. 87 bus, according to city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace Scalcione and NJ Advance Media. The first alleged incident happened on Nov 29 and the second on Dec. 9, Wallace Scalcione said in a statement. "NJ Transit gets intelligence from throughout the system, and our police department is aware of incidents and inc…

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by Nicole Acosta
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
2 Teens Hospitalized After Being Struck By Car In Morris County Crosswalk: Police 2 Teens Hospitalized After Being Struck By Car In Morris County Crosswalk: Police
2 Teens Hospitalized After Being Struck By Car In Morris County Crosswalk: Police Two teens were hospitalized after being struck by a car in a Morris County crosswalk Tuesday evening, police confirmed. The driver, Donald Reddin, 29, had been making a left turn from Route 53 onto Hall Avenue in Denville when the victims, ages 14 and 15, were struck in a marked crosswalk around 6:10 p.m., Police Capt. Jeffrey Tucker told Daily Voice. The teens were taken to Morristown Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Reddin, of Denville, was issued motor vehicle summonses for careless driving and tinted windows, Tucker said.

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by Valerie Musson
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
News
Lebanon Teenager Killed In Shooting, Car Crash, Police Say Lebanon Teenager Killed In Shooting, Car Crash, Police Say
Lebanon Teenager Killed In Shooting, Car Crash, Police Say A teenager is dead and police in Lebanon are searching for two men they believe were involved. Police were called to a single-vehicle crash on North Sixth Street, near Lehman Street on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., according to a statement released by police. Witnesses told police two men outside of a car got into an argument with the driver and passengers of the vehicle. During the dispute, a gunshot fired into the car, according to the police release. The driver drove off, hitting several parked vehicles before flipping over, according to police. The driver was a 16-year-old boy who was …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
Norristown School Board President Resigns Following Student Sexting Allegations Norristown School Board President Resigns Following Student Sexting Allegations
Norristown School Board President Resigns Following Student Sexting Allegations A Norristown school board president accused of sending "sexually suggestive messages" to a teenage student has resigned, officials said. Shae Ashe's lawyers announced the news in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “Mr. Ashe takes the concerns of his constituents very seriously. He denies any wrongdoing and points out that all allegations have been rumors, and nothing more," the statement reads. "He is ready to co-operate in any investigation. He encourages the public to allow a proper investigation so everyone who wants to be heard has their opportunity. Only then can we fairly form opinions.…

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by Nicole Acosta
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Two Teens Killed After BMW Overturns In Long Island Crash IDs Released For Two Teens Killed After BMW Overturns In Long Island Crash
IDs Released For Two Teens Killed After BMW Overturns In Long Island Crash The identities have been released of two teenagers who were killed in a horrific crash on Long Island. It happened around 1 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 in West Hempstead. An 18-year-old female was driving a 2018 BMW X3 northbound on Westminster Road in the vicinity of Fairlawn Avenue before striking a parked vehicle, Nassau County Police said.  As a result of the collision, a 19-year-old man and 17-year-old girl suffered severe trauma and were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The man has now been identified as Curtis Caesar, of Hollis, Queens, and the girl as Amanda Ar…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Two Teens Face Reckless Driving, Other Charges After Separate Crashes In Fairfield County Two Teens Face Reckless Driving, Other Charges After Separate Crashes In Fairfield County
Two Teens Face Reckless Driving, Other Charges After Separate Crashes In Fairfield County Two teens are facing a host of charges in Fairfield County following the investigation into a pair of crashes that happened minutes apart, authorities announced. At approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 5, police in New Canaan responded to a pair of motor vehicle crashes that occurred within minutes of each other, both on Old Stamford Road. Police said that first, a BMW was traveling south on Old Stamford Road before the teen driver lost control, struck two trees, and crashed. Both the driver - who suffered a “significant” leg injury and had to be extricated out of the vehicle - and his pas…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
13-Year-Old Charged With Hate Crime After Incident At Long Island Mall 13-Year-Old Charged With Hate Crime After Incident At Long Island Mall
13-Year-Old Charged With Hate Crime After Incident At Long Island Mall A Long Island teenager has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly punching another teen and making inappropriate comments at a local shopping mall, police said. During a dispute between two groups of teens at the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station on Saturday, May 29, Suffolk County Police investigators said a 13-year-old boy punched another 13-year-old in the face and made biased comments. The victim was not injured. Following the incident, the teen, whose name was not released, was arrested at the Suffolk County Precinct on Thursday, June 3, where he was charged with secon…

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by Zak Failla