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Falling Tree Kills Man In Sussex County, State Police Say Falling Tree Kills Man In Sussex County, State Police Say Falling Tree Kills Man In Sussex County, State Police Say
Falling Tree Kills Man In Sussex County, State Police Say A 71-year-old man was killed when a large tree fell on him in Sussex County, authorities said. Thomas Speed, of Wantage, suffered fatal injuries in the incident on Central School Road in Wantage Township, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Christopher Postorino said. Troopers responding to a medical assist call at 2:26 p.m. found Speed beneath the fallen tree, Postorino said. Further circumstances around the incident were not immediately available. The incident remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Viral Video Shows Blue-Haired Woman's Skateboard Attack On NYC Carriage Driver Viral Video Shows Blue-Haired Woman's Skateboard Attack On NYC Carriage Driver Viral Video Shows Blue-Haired Woman's Skateboard Attack On NYC Carriage Driver
Viral Video Shows Blue-Haired Woman's Skateboard Attack On NYC Carriage Driver A viral video shared by the Transport Workers Union shows a Philadelphia animal advocate attacking a horse-drawn carriage driver with her skateboard and punching another individual at the scene, the NYPD confirmed. Abigail Holbrook, 27, who also has ties to Ambler in Montgomery County, was arrested following the confrontation on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the NYPD said. Officers responded to a 911 call around 11:08 a.m. near West 59th Street and West Drive, where two 45-year-old men had been involved in a verbal dispute with Holbrook, police said. During the argument, Holbrook struck one man in the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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ICE Arrests Owner Of 'P'Nut The Squirrel,' Viral Pet Decapitated By NY State Officials: Report ICE Arrests Owner Of 'P'Nut The Squirrel,' Viral Pet Decapitated By NY State Officials: Report ICE Arrests Owner Of 'P'Nut The Squirrel,' Viral Pet Decapitated By NY State Officials: Report
ICE Arrests Owner Of 'P'Nut The Squirrel,' Viral Pet Decapitated By NY State Officials: Report Daniela Bittner, the former owner of viral animal sensation “P’Nut the Squirrel,” is being held in ICE custody over what her husband called “a paperwork issue.” Daniela Bittner, a German native, and Mark Longo went viral in 2024 with their pet squirrel named “P’nut” — but then someone called New York state authorities, who decapitated P’nut for a rabies test. But now, Bittner has been locked up in immigration jails across the country for nearly a month, Longo told the New York Post on Wednesday, Nov. 11. “I really don’t have the words to put together for this caption. [Four] years of marri…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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One Dead, One Missing After Scaffolding Collapse Sends Two NY Bridge Workers Into Water: SP One Dead, One Missing After Scaffolding Collapse Sends Two NY Bridge Workers Into Water: SP One Dead, One Missing After Scaffolding Collapse Sends Two NY Bridge Workers Into Water: SP
One Dead, One Missing After Scaffolding Collapse Sends Two NY Bridge Workers Into Water: SP One person was killed and another remains unaccounted for after a scaffolding collapse sent two construction workers plummeting into chilly waters off the coast of Long Island on Nov. 11, state police said. The workers were part of a construction crew operating on the Loop Parkway bridge above Reynolds Channel near Lido Beach and Point Lookout, New York State Police said. Six other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident and did not fall into the water, investigators said. The scaffolding collapsed around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, New York State Police said. The crew…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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Juvenile Bergen County Wendy's Worker Threatened With Gun On Walk To Shift, Police Say Juvenile Bergen County Wendy's Worker Threatened With Gun On Walk To Shift, Police Say Juvenile Bergen County Wendy's Worker Threatened With Gun On Walk To Shift, Police Say
Juvenile Bergen County Wendy's Worker Threatened With Gun On Walk To Shift, Police Say A 23-year-old Bergen County man threatened to shoot a teenage Wendy's employee in the head unless he got him food, then forced the frightened worker to walk a quarter-mile to the restaurant, authorities said. Davon M. Duiguid Jr., of Lyndhurst, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 10, following the late-morning incident near the Wendy's at 327 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst police Deputy Chief Paul Haggerty said. The juvenile employee was walking to work in his Wendy's uniform when Duiguid approached him about a quarter-mile from the restaurant, police said. "I have a gun and I am going to shoot you in the h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police
Bergen Man Threatens Deportation Unless Victim Paid $6K: Police A Bergen County man threatened to have a family friend deported unless he paid $6,000, falsely claiming he had connections at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, authorities said. Carlos A. Roca-Roca was arrested in Fairview on Saturday, Oct. 3, following an investigation led by Detective Diego Porras, Fairview police said. Roca-Roca allegedly contacted the victim and claimed he knew someone at the state motor vehicle agency who could remove the victim's name from a deportation list. He demanded $6,000 to have the victim removed from the supposed list, threatening to have him depo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner
Amish Boy, 6, ID'd After Drowning In Manure Pit: Coroner A 6-year-old Amish boy who drowned after falling into a manure pit while visiting a relative's Lancaster County farm has been identified by the coroner. Leon James Blank, of Christiana, was visiting a family member's property in the 6200 block of Meadeville Road in Salisbury Township when he fell into the manure pit on Sunday, Nov. 8, according to a media alert issued by Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni's office on Monday, Nov. 9. The coroner's office was called to the farm at 4:25 p.m., where investigators pronounced Leon dead. His cause of death was determined to be asphyx…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride
Renowned Cardiologist, Dad Of 2, Found Dead After Vanishing On Bike Ride A missing Massachusetts cardiologist and father of two was found dead near a cow pasture after vanishing during a weekend bike ride, authorities said. Dr. Daniel Arnett, 44, of Beverly, Massachusetts, was last seen around 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in Newbury. His body was discovered shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday near the Tendercrop Farm cow pasture, according to the Essex County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday. The discovery came after a search for Arnett, who had left home without his cellphone. Police had described him as an "overdue cyclist" after he failed to return from his ride. …

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by Josh Lanier
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Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison
Ex-Cop Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman He Groomed As Teen, Faces Life In Prison A former Massachusetts police officer accused of grooming a young girl, sexually abusing her for years, and killing her after she became pregnant with his child has been found guilty of murder, federal authorities said.  A federal jury in Boston convicted Matthew Farwell, 41, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, of killing Sandra Birchmore, 23, and her unborn child. The former Stoughton officer was found guilty of killing a witness, victim, or informant and causing the death of an unborn child during a federal crime, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Farwell fac…

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by Josh Lanier
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Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County
Driver Seriously Injured In Crash With Fire Truck Responding To Emergency In Bergen County A Ho-Ho-Kus fire truck struck a Honda Fit while responding to a fire in Waldwick, seriously injuring the driver on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The crash happened on Franklin Turnpike as the fire truck was responding to a separate call in Waldwick, according to Waldwick Police Lt. David Passaretti. Photos from the scene captured by Boyd A. Loving show extensive passenger-side damage to a gray Honda Fit, with both doors heavily dented and the side mirror displaced. The driver of the Honda was transported to a hospital, Passaretti said. The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigatio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: 4 Hospitalized When Dump Truck Slams Into Jeep, Triggers Route 208 Pileup UPDATE: 4 Hospitalized When Dump Truck Slams Into Jeep, Triggers Route 208 Pileup UPDATE: 4 Hospitalized When Dump Truck Slams Into Jeep, Triggers Route 208 Pileup
Update: 4 Hospitalized When Dump Truck Slams Into Jeep, Triggers Route 208 Pileup Four people were hospitalized after a dump truck slammed into a Jeep, triggering a four-vehicle crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn on Tuesday, Nov. 10, authorities said. The crash happened in the northbound lanes about 500 feet south of the Maple Avenue exit when a 55-year-old Paterson man driving a 1997 Volvo dump truck tried to stop for traffic but couldn't, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. The dump truck struck the rear of a 2025 Jeep driven by a 48-year-old Hawthorne man, pushing it into a 2025 Kia driven by a 26-year-old Hawthorne woman, Eleshewich said. The Kia then struck a …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash
Secret Service Motor Cop Critically Injured In DC Crash A routine trip to work took a terrifying turn for a US Secret Service motorcycle officer who was critically injured in a crash near the National Zoo in DC, leaving his family facing an uncertain road to recovery. Officer Chase Lettrich, a member of the Secret Service's Motorcade Support Unit, was riding to work on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, when his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Connecticut Avenue NW near Devonshire Place. The crash happened shortly after 6 a.m., leaving Chase unconscious but breathing when emergency crews rushed him to the hospital, according to multiple reports. The …

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by Zak Failla