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Levittown, NY

News

Seen Her Or This Car? Alert Issued For Missing Levittown Woman Have you seen her or her car on a New York roadway? A Long Island woman has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating her. Erin O'Brien, age 37, was last seen on Harrow Lane in Levittown at 6:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, authorities say. She is described as being 5-foot-7, 225 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. Authorities describe her as being vulnerable and say she has autism. She was driving a 2018 green Honda HRV with New York registration KMK-2814. Information indicates that she may be in the upstate New York village of Speculator in Hamilton County, acco…

by Joe Lombardi

09/15/2024

Pascack Valley, NJ

Police & Fire

Teen Shared Photos From Sea.Hear.Now Before Dying In Parkway Crash Alongside Parents The deaths of a 17-year-old girl and her parents in a crash on the Garden State Parkway have left a Bergen County community reeling. David Dryerman, 54, Michele Dryerman, 54, and their daughter Brooke, of Woodcliff Lake were identified as the victims of the crash on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge just before midnight Saturday, Sept. 14. David and Michele also have a son, who survives them, loved ones said. Brooke was a senior at Pascack Hills High School, and shared photos to her Instagram story from the Sea.Hear.Now music festival in Asbury Park hours before the crash happened. …

by Cecilia Levine

09/15/2024

Rutherford, NJ

Police & Fire

Cops ID U-Turning DUI Driver In Route 3 Wreck That Left 3 People Injured Police have identified the suspected DUI driver who left three people injured while trying to make a U-turn before a crash early Sunday, Sept. 15 on Route 3. Justin R. Latorre, of Newark, has been charged with assault by auto by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office after his 2022 Ford Ranger collided with a 2018 Honda HRV in the westbound lanes around 5:10 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Latorre was arrested at the scene near Route 17 after the crash in Rutherford, Musella said. "Members of the Fatal Accident Investigation Unit responded to the scene and a joint inv…

by Cecilia Levine

09/15/2024

Little Silver-Shrewsbury, NJ

Police & Fire

Video Shows Arrest Of DUI Driver Who Rammed Luxury Car Into NJ Utility Pole, Fled Newly released bodycam footage shows a July 2024 arrest of a DUI driver with a history of traffic offenses who fled the scene of a crash in Monmouth County. Transparency Bodycam published footage of the crash on July 22, involving a white 2017 Mercedes GLE that had struck a pole on Mitchell Place near Oakes Road in Little Silver. The driver was identified by Little Silver police as 42-year-old Melissa Diller, of Middletown, according to records published by The Mounmouth Journal. The footage from Officer Andrew White's body-worn camera shows him finding the SUV at the scene with airbag dep…

by Cecilia Levine

09/14/2024

Groton, CT

Police & Fire

2 People Killed In Fiery I-95 Crash In CT Two people in Connecticut were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Friday night, Sept. 13, after their truck lost control, hit a guardrail, and burst into flames, authorities said. Police in New Haven County were called to Exit 87 northbound on I-95 in Groton around 9:20 p.m., Connecticut State Police said. A red Dodge Ram 1500 had gone off the left side of the exit ramp, struck a guardrail, and bounced into a tree, sparking a fire, police said. The driver and passenger were killed in the crash. Their names are being withheld while police investigate the cause of the cras…

by Josh Lanier

09/14/2024

Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA

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Late NJ Ballerina Michaela DePrince's Mom Died Within 24 Hours After Her A day after learning of ballerina Michaela DePrince's sudden death, her family has revealed that her adoptive mom passed away within the following 24 hours, according to a Facebook post, and confirmed by the family to Daily Voice on Saturday, Sept. 14. Elaine DePrince of Cherry Hill, NJ died "after many years of battling a hereditary disease and heart failure," as stated in the post. She passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 11. She was 77 years old. Michaela's death at the age of 29 was announced on Friday, Sept. 13 in an Instagram post, as Daily Voice previously reported. Her f…

by Jillian Pikora

09/14/2024

Vineland, NJ

Police & Fire

Boy Killed In Post-Scrimmage NJ Crash With Opposing Coach Identified (Update) Football communities in South Jersey were left reeling following a post-scrimmage crash that left a coach and 9-year-old player dead on Thursday, Sept. 12. A GoFundMe campaign identifies the athlete killed as Easton Beisler, who played for Upper Township. Vineland police previously said a boy identified only as E.B. was riding in an SUV that collided with motorcyclist Addiel Ortiz, 31, at Maple Avenue near Becker Drive at around 5:53 p.m., Vineland police said. Ortiz was riding a Honda CBR 1000 motorcycle east on Maple when the 2019 Chevrolet Traverse heading…

by Chris Spiker & Cecilia Levine

09/14/2024

Brick, NJ

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NJ Man Accused Of Having Sexual Relationships With 2 Former Students In WV: Sheriff A 50-year-old New Jersey man was arrested on accusations he had a sexual relationship with two students while working as a substitute teacher in West Virginia more than 20 years ago. Brian Kain, of Brick Township, was arrested by detectives with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, Sept. 12, the office said in a news release. He was charged with two counts of sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust to a child. Kain worked as a substitute teacher for Monongalia High School at the time of the alleged incidents between 2000 and 2004, authorities said. He&n…

by Cecilia Levine

09/13/2024

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