Heroin, Fentanyl Get Brick Man Arrested: Police Heroin, Fentanyl Get Brick Man Arrested: Police
Heroin, Fentanyl Get Brick Man Arrested: Police A 45-year-old Brick man was arrested and charged with dealing heroin and fentanyl, authorities announced Monday, Aug. 31. Following an investigation, a search of Duffy's residence led to the seizure of 89 grams of suspected cocaine and/or crack cocaine, 286 individual glassine wax folds containing suspected heroin/fentanyl, 82 grams of suspected MDMA,  57 grams of suspected fentanyl, and 29 grams of suspected oxycodone pills, Brick police said. A digital money counter, vacuum sealer, digital scale, suspected cutting agents, packaging materials, and more than $2,500 in cash were al…
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police A PNC vice president was killed when his SUV veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, went down an embankment, and struck a tree early Tuesday, Sept. 1, state police said and public records show. Christopher M. Ruane, 55, of Canonsburg, was driving a 2020 Acura MDX west on Interstate 76 in Fannett Township, Franklin County, around 5:20 a.m. when the crash happened near mile marker 195.9, according to an updated Pennsylvania State Police release. Ruane was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when the Acura veered off the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree, police said. He …
NJ Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dog Dies: Police NJ Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dog Dies: Police
NJ Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dog Dies: Police A 40-year-old Manahawkin man is charged with animal cruelty after a dog died, authorities announced Monday, Aug. 31. On Friday, July 24, officers responded to a residence in Manahawkin after Christopher Cook kicked a dog, and the dog died soon after, Stafford police said. Cook was later charged with animal cruelty and surrendered himself to the Ocean County Jail where he was processed and released pending future court proceedings, police said.
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE) Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE)
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (Update) A correctional sergeant, his wife, and their two children were killed when their car plunged about 60 feet down a steep embankment on Saturday, Aug. 29, state police said. Pennsylvania State Troopers were called around 10:16 a.m. to the area of 1365 Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, where first responders found the sedan down the embankment. Peter Thatcher, 45, and Sandra Thatcher, 45, both of Tunkhannock, police said, died in the crash along with their 11-year-old son, Noah, and 10-year-old daughter, Layla. Public records, their school, and their church later iden…
NJ Police Chief Saves 11-Year-Old Girl From Drowning While Vacationing In Florida NJ Police Chief Saves 11-Year-Old Girl From Drowning While Vacationing In Florida
NJ Police Chief Saves 11-Year-Old Girl From Drowning While Vacationing In Florida A New Jersey police chief jumped into action while vacationing in Florida, helping save an 11-year-old girl from drowning, authorities said. Riverdale Police Chief Charles Quant was in Holmes Beach on Saturday, July 25, when he saw the girl struggling in the water and helped pull her safely to shore, Holmes Beach Police Chief William L. Tokaj said in a letter to Riverdale Mayor Paul Carelli. Quant immediately began CPR, Tokaj said. “Thanks to his swift actions, vigilance, and training, the girl expelled the swallowed water and began breathing on her own before emergency medical services ar…
NJ Police K9 Airlifted For Medical Crisis During Training NJ Police K9 Airlifted For Medical Crisis During Training
NJ Police K9 Airlifted For Medical Crisis During Training A police K9 was rushed for emergency surgery after suffering a sudden medical emergency during a training exercise in New Jersey on Monday, Aug. 31, authorities said. South Toms River K9 Loki and Sgt. Jadon Kosh were conducting training exercises in South Toms River when Loki suddenly became ill, according to the South Toms River Police Department. Initial but unconfirmed reports say that the dog collapsed. Loki, an 8-year-old Dutch Shepherd, was immediately taken to Garden State Veterinary Specialists in Toms River, where veterinary staff initially stabilized him, police said. S…
84-Year-Old Man Killed In Route 70 Crash: NJSP 84-Year-Old Man Killed In Route 70 Crash: NJSP
84-Year-Old Man Killed In Route 70 Crash: Njsp An 84-year-old Toms River man was killed in a crash on Route 70 east in Burlington County on Friday morning, Aug. 28, authorities said. At 6:31 a.m., troopers responded to Route 70 East in Woodland on Route 70 East after Thomas Donato was driving a Buick SUV east on Route 70 in Woodland Township and lost directional control while approaching a traffic circle, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police said. Donato ran off the road to the left, struck a curb, struck a directional road sign, and continued traveling east through the lanes of the traffic circle, Postori…
George Santos Faces New Consequences For Insider Trading On Kalshi George Santos Faces New Consequences For Insider Trading On Kalshi
George Santos Faces New Consequences For Insider Trading On Kalshi Former Long Island congressman George Santos has been banned from Kalshi for life for insider trading. Santos, 38, is the first person to get a lifetime ban from the controversial trading platform. He didn’t seem too worried about his fate, ripping the company on social media after its announcement on Monday, Aug. 31. “Hey @Kalshi thanks for the lifetime ban from your gambling platform. Let’s see how much longer you guys are around,” he wrote on X, punctuated with a lipstick emoji. “Kalshi is such an unserious company it violates its own notices and deadlines.” Santos made nearly $18,000 o…
Popular Jersey Shore Nightclub Cleared In Drink-Tampering Probe: Cops Popular Jersey Shore Nightclub Cleared In Drink-Tampering Probe: Cops
Popular Jersey Shore Nightclub Cleared In Drink-Tampering Probe: Cops A nightclub in Point Pleasant Beach has been cleared of allegations it drugged a patron, authorities announced Monday, Aug. 31. A woman had alleged on Friday, Aug. 14 she had been drugged while at Jenkinson's Nightclub, Point Pleasant Beach police said. An investigation conducted by police and in conjunction with the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, determined the allegations to be unfounded, law enforcement said. The investigation included a comprehensive review of the available evidence, interviews, and coordination between investigators from both agencies, police s…
Video Shows Bloody Brawl At MetLife Stadium Video Shows Bloody Brawl At MetLife Stadium
Video Shows Bloody Brawl At MetLife Stadium Video shared to X and Instagram shows a wild brawl that broke out at MetLife Stadium during the Giants-Jets preseason game Friday night, Aug. 28. Footage shared to X by user NRM84 shows a man wearing a Giants shirt repeatedly striking a man in a white tank top before other fans pull him away. A different, more bloody angle was shared to Instagram by SheffieldShuffler. The man in the white tank top then picks up a phone from the ground and begins walking away. He appears to have blood on his head: “Who's the motherf—er now,” he says as he leaves the scene. New Jersey State Police confirmed …
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In Philly 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: PPD FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In Philly 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: PPD
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In Philly 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: PPD A former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive accused of kidnapping, raping, and killing 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus more than 26 years ago has been returned to Pennsylvania to face charges, authorities announced on Monday, Aug. 31.  Alexis Flores, who spent more than 25 years as a fugitive, was captured in Lepaera, Honduras, on Feb. 11 by the FBI's Transnational Anti-Gang Task Force and Honduran authorities, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Following an international extradition process, the FBI transported him back to Philadelphia.  Flores is charged with murder, rape, kid…
5 Animal Cruelty Charges Filed In Woodbridge After Animals Found Dead In Home, Records Show 5 Animal Cruelty Charges Filed In Woodbridge After Animals Found Dead In Home, Records Show
5 Animal Cruelty Charges Filed In Woodbridge After Animals Found Dead In Home, Records Show Five counts of animal cruelty-related charges have been filed against a woman whose name appears in property records associated with a Woodbridge home where police found numerous dead animals last week. New Jersey court records show Kasey L. Digirolamo faces five counts of third-degree animal cruelty, with an offense date of Wednesday, Aug. 26. The complaints were issued Sunday, Aug. 30 (see below). Charges filed against Kasey Digirolamo NJ Courts Separately, online property records reviewed by Daily Voice associate Digirolamo's name with the Douglas Street home where police said nu…