NY Woman Sent Desperate ‘Call the Cops’ Message Before Death In Jamaica, Husband Wanted
A Queens woman was killed while taking a birthday vacation to Jamaica, and police are looking for her husband as a person of interest.
Melissa Kerry Samnath, 35, was left at a hospital in St. James, Jamaica, on Wednesday, April 29, shortly after arriving on the island, the Jamaica Constabulatory Force said. She was later pronounced dead from blunt-force head injuries, according to authorities.
Hours before her death, Samnath sent her family a distressing WhatsApp message, telling them, “I need you to call the cops. … Look at my location ... It is a pink house,” the Jamaica Gleaner reported.…
Girl, 16, Killed In Waterbury Car Crash Had Sky-High Dreams, Leaves Behind Devastated Family
A Hartford teenager killed in a fiery I-84 crash earlier this year spent much of her life traveling the world — an experience that may have shaped her dream of one day working in the skies.
Sheily Briceno, 18, of Hartford, died when the Honda Fit she was riding in crashed Sunday, Feb. 15, on I-84 in Waterbury, police said. The driver, Abdriel Negron, 16, who did not have his license, also died in the crash, which caught fire, authorities said.
A GoFundMe created to help Briceno’s family pay for her funeral described her as a driven young woman who put family first and was dedicated to achie…
Suitland Man Took Forgotten Lottery Ticket Around The World — Then Found Out It Won $100,000
A Prince George’s County man nearly let a $100,000 lottery win slip away — not because he lost the ticket, but because he forgot it was there.
The Suitland resident, who works at a local hotel and buys lottery tickets about twice a week, picked up a $20 Holiday Raffle ticket in November while grabbing food at Marlow Wings in Temple Hills, tucked it into his wallet, and didn’t think about it again for nearly two months.
“I’ve had luck with raffles in the past,” he said. “I thought to myself, ‘Somebody has to win, why not?’”
Shortly after buying the ticket, the man boarded a plane and travel…
State Of Emergency Declared In Five NJ Counties; 6 Inches Could Fall In Some Areas, NWS Says
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has declared a State of Emergency beginning early Tuesday, Dec. 2, as a winter storm brings heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the northwestern counties.
The declaration takes effect at 5 a.m., and includes Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren counties, officials said.
“Starting early tomorrow morning, we will experience potentially significant winter weather resulting in hazardous conditions in the northwestern part of our state,” Murphy said. He added, “With snowfall, sleet, and freezing rain expected to impact travel and safety on our r…
Holiday Hell: GWB, Holland, Lincoln, NJ Turnpike Choke With Post-Thanksgiving Congestion
Heavy traffic hammered New Jersey’s major crossings Sunday evening, Nov. 30, as holiday travelers returned home in record numbers, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
At 7:17 p.m., delays were reported on the George Washington Bridge upper level eastbound at the New Jersey Side Toll Plaza in Fort Lee, officials said. All lanes were open. Travel time was 35 to 40 minutes from I-80 to the Alexander Hamilton Bridge.
At 7:10 p.m., delays were reported at the Lincoln Tunnel south tunnel eastbound in Weehawken Township, offic…
Siclerville Man Charged In Crash That Killed Husband, Injured Wife: Gloucester Twp PD
A 23-year-old Sicklerville man was arrested and charged following a crash that killed a 76-year-old man and injured his wife, authorities announced Wednesday, Nov. 12.
On Saturday, Oct. 11, at 10:13 p.m., officers responded to a crash at Berlin Cross Keys Road and Johnson Road in Sicklerville after a sedan traveling on Berlin Cross Keys Road toward the Black Horse Pike collided with an SUV at the intersection, Gloucester Township police said.
The occupants of both vehicles were trapped, requiring extrication, police said. Louis Bontya, the driver of the SUV, was pronounced dead at a nearby …
Bergen County Dad Living In $1M Home Who Smuggled Tech, Ammo For Russia Sentenced: DOJ
Two suburban husbands — one from New Jersey, the other from New Hampshire — lived comfortable family lives while secretly helping Russia obtain U.S.-made technology and sniper ammunition, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Vadim Yermolenko, 43, of Upper Saddle River, NJ, a dual U.S. and Russian citizen, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in the illicit network, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. His co-defendant, Alexey Brayman, 38, of Merrimack, NH, an Israeli citizen born in Ukraine, pleaded guilty and is awaiting se…
