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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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Two Jersey City Cops Burglarized Business, Used Baseball Bat To Threaten Victims: Prosecutor Two Jersey City Cops Burglarized Business, Used Baseball Bat To Threaten Victims: Prosecutor
Two Jersey City Cops Burglarized Business, Used Baseball Bat To Threaten Victims: Prosecutor Two Jersey City police officers were among three people arrested and charged on Thursday, July 18, with making terroristic threats and burglarizing a structure in January, authorities said. On Sunday, January 28, officers Adrian Tejada, 28 and Robert Nunez, 41, along with Mario Albero, 45, entered a private structure on Zabriskie Street in Jersey City with a baseball bat, and began making threats to harm people, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Albero was charged with possessing the baseball bat and burglary, Suarez said. Tejada and Nunez were charged with making terroristi…

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Somerset Resident Tampered With Evidence In Child Porn Bust: Prosecutor Somerset Resident Tampered With Evidence In Child Porn Bust: Prosecutor
Somerset Resident Tampered With Evidence In Child Porn Bust: Prosecutor A 30-year-old Somerset County resident was arrested and charged on Friday, July 12, with possessing child pornography, authorities said. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office involving the uploading of child sexual abuse material by Allana Arrieta, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said. A search was conducted at Arrieta's Somerville home where they were were placed under arrest, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Somerville Chief of Poli…

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Missing NJ Man Found Dead, State Police Says Missing NJ Man Found Dead, State Police Says
Missing NJ Man Found Dead, State Police Says A 33-year-old Irvington man who had been missing since mid-June was found dead on Sunday, June 30, authorities said. Isaac Bishop had been missing since Tuesday, June 11, Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.  At 2:30 p.m. on June 30, the New Jersey State Police Major Crimes South Unit and the Missing Persons Unit responded to a heavily wooded area near 13th Avenue in Weymouth Township and recovered Bishop's body, Marchan said. "Isaac is truly loved and will be extremely missed," his family wrote on an Instagram page devoted to finding him. "He was an amaz…

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Denville Man Drove Drunk, Fled Scene Of Crash: Police Denville Man Drove Drunk, Fled Scene Of Crash: Police
Denville Man Drove Drunk, Fled Scene Of Crash: Police A 62-year-old Denville Township man was arrested and charged with driving drunk following a hit and run crash on Saturday, July 13. The crash occurred in the Cedar Lake area, Denville police said in a release. An investigation revealed Mark Johnson was under the influence when the crash occurred, police said. Johnson was charged with driving under the influence, police said. He was also issued summonses for reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain lane, safety glass requirement, leaving the scene of an accident, and failure to report accident, police said. He was release…

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Two Injured In Four-Car Crash On Route 80: NJSP Two Injured In Four-Car Crash On Route 80: NJSP
Two Injured In Four-Car Crash On Route 80: Njsp Two people were injured in a four-car crash involving multiple trucks on Route 80 in Warren County on Thursday, July 18, authorities said. At 10:47 a.m. on I-80 eastbound in Hardwick Township, a crash occurred between a tractor-trailer, two Ford pickup trucks and a Toyota sedan, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Two drivers sustained minor injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.

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Irvington Fentanyl, Heroin Dealer Also Trafficked Guns: Feds Irvington Fentanyl, Heroin Dealer Also Trafficked Guns: Feds
Irvington Fentanyl, Heroin Dealer Also Trafficked Guns: Feds A 39-year-old Irvington man was arrested and charged with dealing cocaine and trafficking firearms on Wednesday, July 17, authorities said. In December 2023, law enforcement began investigating Kyrell Domnie, a.k.a. "Fly Ky" and conducted several controlled purchases of cocaine and firearm in the first half of 2024, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. During searches of two apartments and a vehicle belonging to Domnie, law enforcement recovered distribution quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine along with materials used to package, store, and transport the narcotics for distribution.…

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Essex County Correctional Officer Took Bribes To Smuggle Contraband To Inmates: Feds Essex County Correctional Officer Took Bribes To Smuggle Contraband To Inmates: Feds
Essex County Correctional Officer Took Bribes To Smuggle Contraband To Inmates: Feds A 36-year-old Jersey City resident and former Essex County correctional officer admitted on Wednesday, July 17, to accepting $14,000 in bribes to smuggle in tobacco and a cell phone to inmates, authorities said. In January 2023, Efrin Wade, who worked at the jail for three years, began communicating with an individual whom he believed was seeking to smuggle in contraband to sell to other inmates, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. The individual was actually an undercover FBI agent, Sellinger said. Wade agreed to smuggle in tobacco and cell phones, prohibited for inmates at the facil…

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Nashville Man Raped Child In Morris County: Prosecutor Nashville Man Raped Child In Morris County: Prosecutor
Nashville Man Raped Child In Morris County: Prosecutor A 32-year-old Nashville man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a child in Morris County, authorities said. Rony Oviedo-Buezo performed multiple sexual acts with a female child, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Town of Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney said.  He was charged with aggravated sexual assault, attempted aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. Buezo was arrested in Tennessee and extradited to New Jersey, authorities said. He is bein…

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Retired Rockaway Rec Employee Timothy Angle, 64, Dies In Lafayette Motorcycle Crash Retired Rockaway Rec Employee Timothy Angle, 64, Dies In Lafayette Motorcycle Crash
Retired Rockaway Rec Employee Timothy Angle, 64, Dies In Lafayette Motorcycle Crash Timothy Angle, a 64-year-old Rockaway resident died from his injuries following a motorcycle crash in Thursday, July 4 in Lafayette Township, authorities said. Angle was riding his Victory motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Monroe Road when he veered off the roadway, overturned, crashed into a tree and was ejected from the vehicle, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Angle was transported to a nearby hospital and died on Tuesday, July 9, Lebron said. A lifelong Rockaway resident, Angle had recently retired from the Rockaway Township Parks and Recreation Dep…

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FedEx Driver Was 1.5X Legal Limit In Drunken Crash That Knocked Power In Warren County: Cops FedEx Driver Was 1.5X Legal Limit In Drunken Crash That Knocked Power In Warren County: Cops
FedEx Driver Was 1.5X Legal Limit In Drunken Crash That Knocked Power In Warren County: Cops A FedEx driver was drunk when he crashed into a utility pole in Hackettstown on Tuesday, July 16, authorities said. At 2:59 p.m., officers were at 100 Main St. when they saw a FedEx delivery truck crashed into a utility pole, Hackettstown police said. The driver, David Fiallos, a 46-year-old Long Valley resident, was traveling westbound on Route 46 when he dropped his cellphone, which he was using to locate an address, police said.  While attempting to reach down and pick the phone up, the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a utility pole, police said. Inside the FedEx truck, of…

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