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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

Cops ID Wrong Way Millville Driver Killed In Route 55 Crash: Njsp A 55-year-old Millville woman was killed after she was driving the wrong way on Route 55 on the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 14, authorities said. At 2:17 p.m., Maria Ortiz was traveling in a Chevrolet Malibu northbound on Route 55 when she crossed into the southbound lanes while continuing northbound, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. A BMW SUV was traveling southbound on State Highway 55 in Millville and a a head-on collision occurred between the two vehicles, Lebron said. As a result of the crash, Ortiz sustained fatal injuries, Lebron said. The d…

by Sam Barron

02/18/2025

Police & Fire

Hillside Getaway Driver Convicted In Fatal Drive-By Newark Shooting Learns Fate: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Hillside man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday, Feb. 14 after being convicted of first degree murder in the fatal shooting late 2021, authorities said. Justen Couram was found guilty last November for the death of Quamir Nelson in Newark in December 2021, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Nelson was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle on Pomona Avenue near the intersection of Aldine Street, Stephens said. During the investigation, a vehicle registered to Couram was identified in surveillance footage as transporting the un…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

Police & Fire

Two Men Sold 100K Fentanyl Pills At North Bergen Home Depot: DOJ A 41-year-old Guatemalan man and a 41-year-old El Salvadorian man were arrested and charged after they sold 100,000 fentanyl pills to a confidential source on Friday, Feb. 7, authorities said. Authorities began investigating Pablo Suruy Hernandez after receiving a tip he was engaging in narcotics trafficking in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna said. Hernandez met with a confidential source and sold him defaced firearms, Khanna said. Hernandez and Giovanni Guzman met with the confidential source at Home Depot at 7605 Tonnelle Ave. in North Bergen to sell him 100,000 fentanyl pills…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

Police & Fire

Brand-New Mugshot Shows Man Accused Of Killing Popular Veterinarian In Cherry Hill A 27-year-old Oregon man has been arrested and charged with murder in the first degree for fatal stabbing a veterinarian last December in Cherry Hill authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 14. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 at 7:09 a.m., Cherry Hill police responded to the 100 block of Sharrowvalle Road and found Dr. Michael Anthony, a veterinarian with a practice in Haddon Heights, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. Cristiano Custodio-Aquino was identified as the person responsible and was apprehended on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in Fresno, Calif., by the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

Police & Fire

$32K Worth Of Heroin Seized In Hamilton Twp Drug Raid, Man Charged: Prosecutor A 52-year-old Teaneck man was arrested and charged after he was found transporting $32,000 in heroin, which authorities said was seized from him along the NJ Turnpike in Mercer County. Officers began surveilling Edwin Vargas after receiving information he was transporting large quantity of narcotics into Hamilton Township near the Woodrow Wilson Service Area, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey said. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 11:30 a.m., law enforcement conducted a motor vehicle stop on a Kia Telluride driven by Vargas on the New Jersey Turnpike, Marbrey said. Vargas was detained…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

Police & Fire

Fort Lee Truck Driver Charged In Pedestrian's Fatal North Bergen Pin: Prosecutor A 24-year-old Fort Lee resident was arrested and charged after he fatally struck a pedestrian in North Bergen on Monday, Feb. 10 and fled the scene, authorities said. Around 6 a.m., police responded to a pedestrian struck at Tonnelle Avenue and 91st Street and found Nestor Naira-Ojeda, a 52-year-old North Bergen resident, who was pronounced dead at the scene after he was pinned against a guardrail, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez and authorities said. The driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee remained at the scene, Suarez said. An investigation by North Bergen police revealed a second veh…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

Police & Fire

Deadly Taxi Crash: No Charges Against Cop After 2023 Elizabeth Pursuit, AG Says An Elizabeth police officer will not face charges following a pursuit that left a taxi cab driver and his passenger dead in Dec. 2023, authorities said. A state grand jury declined to indict Officer Michael White on Monday, Jan. 27 State Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. On Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, at 5:42 a.m., police were pursuing a vehicle of interest after gunshots were heard in Elizabeth on Fourth Avenue and Centre Street, Platkin said. At the intersection of Grand Street and Routes 1 and 9, the vehicle, driven by 21-year-old Jamie Fernandez, drove through a red light and crashed i…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

News

Newark Restaurant Owner Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Woman: Prosecutor A 36-year-old Elizabeth man who owns a restaurant in Newark was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a woman on Friday, Feb. 14, authorities said. Carlos Erazo-Caballero owns Stephanie's Barbecue IV at North 6th Street, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. Erazo-Caballero drugged and sexually assaulted an adult woman at the restaurant last October, authorities said.

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

Police & Fire

Skillman Woman Robbed Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: DOJ A 39-year-old Skillman woman was arrested and charged with robbing a bank in Princeton last year using a water pistol, authorities said. On Sunday, July 28, 2024, Ciara Brascom entered the TD Bank and demanded cash from the teller, while holding what appeared to be a black handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna said. During the robbery, Brascom threatened that she would use the gun if the bank’s alarm was activated, Khanna said. The teller showed Brascom that his register was empty, so the teller and another employee took Brascom to a vault and gave her $60,500 in cash, according t…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

Police & Fire

Colts Neck Man Aimed Laser At Aircraft He Thought Was Drone: DOJ A 27-year-old Colts Neck man faces federal charges for trying to take action amidst all the drones that were flying over New Jersey. On Thursday, Dec. 12, James Pedone pointed the beam of a laser on three separate occasions, striking an aircraft operating by federal law enforcement, Acting US Attorney Vikas Khanna said. Pedone believed the aircraft was a drone, Khanna said. He made his first court appearance in federal court in Newark on Thursday, Feb. 13, Khanna said. Knowingly aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft in the special jurisdiction of the United States carries…

by Sam Barron

02/14/2025

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