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Sam Barron

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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire
Bayonne Man Struck Pedestrian In Jersey City, Fled Scene: Prosecutor Bayonne Man Struck Pedestrian In Jersey City, Fled Scene: Prosecutor
Bayonne Man Struck Pedestrian In Jersey City, Fled Scene: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Bayonne man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, April 23 with striking a pedestrian and leaving the scene in Jersey City in 2023, authorities said. At 2:33 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, Adrian Perez struck a 37-year-old pedestrian on Barbara Place and Grand Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The woman suffered multiple serious injuries, Suarez said. The Chevrolet Suburban driven by Perez did not remain at the scene, Suarez said. Perez was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in serious bodily injury and endangering an injured vi…

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Drunk Driver Going 90 MPH In 35 MPH Zone Pleads Guilty In Fatal Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor Drunk Driver Going 90 MPH In 35 MPH Zone Pleads Guilty In Fatal Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
Drunk Driver Going 90 MPH In 35 MPH Zone Pleads Guilty In Fatal Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Lakewood man faces a decade in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday, April 23, to driving drunk and at a high rate of speed in a crash that killed a woman in 2022, authorities said. Mordechai Berkowitz pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and assault by auto in the July 2022 crash that killed Juana Lopez-Hernandez, a 44-year-old Mexico resident and caused serious bodily injury to Maria Flores-Moreno, a 35-year-old Jackson resident, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Berkowitz faces 10 years in prison per the terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Billhim…

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Dad Beaten Dead With Baseball Bat Was Defending Teen Daughter On Easter: Prosecutor Dad Beaten Dead With Baseball Bat Was Defending Teen Daughter On Easter: Prosecutor
Dad Beaten Dead With Baseball Bat Was Defending Teen Daughter On Easter: Prosecutor A 55-year-old Millville man and his 17-year-old son were charged on Monday, April 21, after killing a father and assaulting his teen daughter over the weekend, authorities said. On Saturday, April 19, Gus Serbeck's daughter was assaulted by the 17-year-old, referred to as J.H. at the teen's Leamings Mill residence in Millville, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. The next day, Serbeck and his daughter went to their house to confront Eric Hannah about the assault, Webb-McRae said. J.H. and Serbeck met at the front door and began physically fighting, Webb-McRae said. …

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Pittsgrove DUI Driver Fled Scene After Striking Cyclist, Returned In Different Car: NJSP Pittsgrove DUI Driver Fled Scene After Striking Cyclist, Returned In Different Car: NJSP
Pittsgrove DUI Driver Fled Scene After Striking Cyclist, Returned In Different Car: Njsp A 44-year-old Pittsgrove man is facing numerous charges after he drove drunk, fatally struck a cyclist and fled the scene on Wednesday, April 23, only to return in a different vehicle, authorities said. At 7:41 p.m., troopers responded to County Road 639 and Parvins Mill Road in Pittsgrove for the crash, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Steven Petronglo was driving a Chevrolet Silverado that was hauling a tractor with a wide seeder attachment, Lebron said. James Goode, a 61-year-old Vineland man, was riding a bicycle when he was fatally struck by the seeder a…

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Obituaries
Roxbury Native, Powerlifter Killed In Motorcycle Crash In Florida Roxbury Native, Powerlifter Killed In Motorcycle Crash In Florida
Roxbury Native, Powerlifter Killed In Motorcycle Crash In Florida Lorenzo Kuryla, a Roxbury native, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Florida last week, according to a fundraiser set up to support his family. He was 27 years old. This is the Last Picture I was able to take together with my little brother Lorenzo Kuryla before he passed away from a... Posted by Nicholas Pagliaro on Friday, April 18, 2025 Kuryla's father, Joe, owns The Shipping Grounds at 276 E. Main St. in Denville. "Many of us know Joe from his iconic black hat and perpetual smile that one is always greeted with upon entering the Shipping Grounds," Andrew Allen, who organi…

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News
NJ Woman Missing For A Month: West Deptford Police NJ Woman Missing For A Month: West Deptford Police
NJ Woman Missing For A Month: West Deptford Police A 46-year-old West Deptford woman has been missing for a month, authorities said. Danielle Klinger left her residence on Wednesday, March 26 at 8 a.m. and has not been seen or heard from since, West Deptford police said. She is known to frequent Camden and Newark, police said. She is 5'9" with brown hair and weighs 160 lbs., police said. Anyone with information is asked to call 856-845-2300.

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Asbury Park Teen Who Fatally Shot 19-Year-Old Learns Fate: Prosecutor Asbury Park Teen Who Fatally Shot 19-Year-Old Learns Fate: Prosecutor
Asbury Park Teen Who Fatally Shot 19-Year-Old Learns Fate: Prosecutor A 19-year-old Asbury Park resident was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Tuesday, April 22. after being convicted of fatally shooting a man in 2022, when he was 16 years old, authorities said. Joseph Argilagos was previously convicted of murdering Dariel Vernet last December, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said.  At 5:45 p.m., on Friday, July 8, 2022, Asbury Park police responded to the 100 block of Prospect Avenue and found Vernet, a 19-year-old Asbury Park resident with multiple gunshot wounds, Santiago said. He was rushed to Jersey Shore University Medical Center,…

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Cops ID Kayaker Pulled From Cedar Lake In Denville Cops ID Kayaker Pulled From Cedar Lake In Denville
Cops ID Kayaker Pulled From Cedar Lake In Denville A 55-year-old Cedar Lake man has been identified after his kayak flipped over on a New Jersey lake Wednesday night, April 23, authorities said. At 8:23 p.m., emergency responders arrived at Cedar Lake in Denville on a report of a man, later identified as Ronnie McLeod, who “flipped over and did not resurface,” the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. After an extensive search involving dive teams and a drone operated by the Morris County Sheriff's Office, McLeod was pulled from the water and pronounced dead at the scene at 9:45 p.m., Denville police said. McLeod's body was turned over t…

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Rutgers Student Killed In North Brunswick Crash: Prosecutor Rutgers Student Killed In North Brunswick Crash: Prosecutor
Rutgers Student Killed In North Brunswick Crash: Prosecutor A 20-year-old South Brunswick resident was killed in a two-car crash in North Brunswick on Tuesday, April 22, authorities said. At 11:43 a.m., North Brunswick police responded to Georges Road and Route 1 southbound for a crash between a Nissan Sedan and a Mitsubishi SUV, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Joesph Battaglia of the North Brunswick Police Department said. Henna Aslam, the driver of the Nissan Altima, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, authorities said. Aslam was an honors student at Rutgers University and a leader in the…

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19-Year-Old Sicklerville Resident Killed In 4-Car Crash: Monroe Township PD 19-Year-Old Sicklerville Resident Killed In 4-Car Crash: Monroe Township PD
19-Year-Old Sicklerville Resident Killed In 4-Car Crash: Monroe Township PD A 19-year-old Sicklerville resident was killed in a crash in Monroe Township on Thursday April 17, police said. At 11:56 p.m., a Nissan Altima was traveling west on Berlin Crosskeys Road between Waynesborough Way and Route 42 when it struck a Hyundai Elantra while attempting to pass it on the left, Monroe Township police said. The impact caused the driver to lose directional control of the vehicle, where it entered the eastbound lane and strike a 2018 Chevy Equinox, police said. That crash caused the Altima to rotate where it was struck by a 2025 Mazda C30, police said. The 19-year-old, w…

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