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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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Juvenile Airlifted After E-Bike Crash: Stafford Twp PD Juvenile Airlifted After E-Bike Crash: Stafford Twp PD
Juvenile Airlifted After E-Bike Crash: Stafford Twp PD A juvenile was hospitalized after crashing into a vehicle while riding an e-bike in Stafford on Wednesday, June , authorities said. At 6 p.m. officers responded to Parker Street and Hillard Boulevard after the juvenile was riding an e-bike on the shoulder, traveling against the flow of traffic, Stafford Township police said. As a vehicle was making a right turn onto Hillard Boulevard, the e-bike collided with the passenger side of the car, police said. The juvenile sustained injuries and was transported by medical helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for evaluation and …

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Toms River Man Pleads Guilty To Assault In Shooting: Prosecutor Toms River Man Pleads Guilty To Assault In Shooting: Prosecutor
Toms River Man Pleads Guilty To Assault In Shooting: Prosecutor Two Ocean County residents pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for their role in a shooting in Toms River, authorities announced Thursday, June 4. Anthony Zigarelli, a 21-year-old Manchester Township resident, faces 10 years in prison while Anthony Ventrice, a 19-year-old Toms River resident faces seven years in prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. At 4:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, Toms River police responded to Camino Medio and Camino Verde after Ventrice produced a handgun and fired multiple gunshots at a person who was riding his bicycle through the area, Billhimer sai…

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NY Man Killed In Route 80 Knowlton Crash After Truck Engulfed In Flames: NJSP NY Man Killed In Route 80 Knowlton Crash After Truck Engulfed In Flames: NJSP
NY Man Killed In Route 80 Knowlton Crash After Truck Engulfed In Flames: Njsp A 25-year-old South Ozone Park man was killed in a crash on Route 80 in Warren County on Wednesday, June 3, authorities said. At 6:55 a.m., an International tractor trailer was parked on the right shoulder of Route 80 in Knowlton Township when a Kenilworth truck driven by Karwinder Singh struck the back of the International, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police said. The Kenilworth became fully engulfed in flames, Postorino said. Singh was pronounced dead at the scene, Postorino said. Mandeep Singh, a passenger in the Kenilworth, sustained minor injuries, Post…

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Gloucester Twp Residents Displaced By Fire: Police Gloucester Twp Residents Displaced By Fire: Police
Gloucester Twp Residents Displaced By Fire: Police A fire forced several residents in Gloucester Township to be displaced on Wednesday June 3, authorities said. At 4:57 p.m., officers responded to Belleview Avenue and found smoke and fire coming from the side of the residence, Gloucester Township police said. All occupants had safely evacuated, police said. Firefighters arrived on scene and extinguished the fire, police said. No injuries were reported, police said. The fire is being investigated by the Gloucester Township Police Department and the Erial Fire Department Fire Marshals Office, law enforcement said.

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Man Assaulted, Threatened to Kill Woman: Cape May PD Man Assaulted, Threatened to Kill Woman: Cape May PD
Man Assaulted, Threatened to Kill Woman: Cape May PD A Cape May man was arrested and charged with assaulting a woman, authorities announced Wednesday, June 3. On Wednesday, May 27, a woman reported to officers she had been assaulted by Aucelio Juarez-Ruiz multiple times between February and April 2026. Following an investigation, Juarez-Ruiz was charged with aggravated assault by strangulation, aggravated assault on a domestic violence victim, aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, terroristic threats involving a threat to kill, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, police said.

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Rahway Teen Arrested In Georgia For Deadly Elizabeth Shooting: Prosecutor Rahway Teen Arrested In Georgia For Deadly Elizabeth Shooting: Prosecutor
Rahway Teen Arrested In Georgia For Deadly Elizabeth Shooting: Prosecutor A 19-year-old Rahway teen was arrested and charged in the deadly shooting of a 23-year-old Elizabeth resident, authorities announced Thursday, June 4. Bryan Calderon was arrested Tuesday June 2 in Garden City, Georgia by US Marshals, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel, Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca, and Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves said. On Saturday, May 30, Elizabeth police responded to Caldwell Place and found Franklin Mendez with multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Calderon remains detained in Ge…

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NY Resident Admits To Killing Man During Armed Robbery: Atlantic County Prosecutor NY Resident Admits To Killing Man During Armed Robbery: Atlantic County Prosecutor
NY Resident Admits To Killing Man During Armed Robbery: Atlantic County Prosecutor A 26-year-old New York man pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of a 32-year-old Atlantic City man, authorities announced Wednesday, June 3. Howard Griswold, a Baldwinsville resident, will be sentenced to 25 years in prison per the terms of a plea agreement, where he admitted to killing Christian Hunter during a robbery, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. On Saturday, January 20, Atlantic City police responded to N. Virginia Avenue and found Hunter shot, authorities said. He was later pronounced dead. Surveillance footage showed a Nissan rogue, which had been re…

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Man Called 911 12 Times: Mount Olive PD Man Called 911 12 Times: Mount Olive PD
Man Called 911 12 Times: Mount Olive PD A 44-year-old Budd Lake man was arrested and charged with calling 911 12 times, authorities announced this week. At 12:39 a.m. on Monday, May 27, officers responded to a residence in Budd Lake for a medical call, Mount Olive police said. Dylan Blackwell began acting belligerent toward officers, police said. After officers left, Blackwell began calling 911 for no legitimate purpose or emergency, in an attempt to illicit a police response to the same residence, police said. At 2:31 a.m. officers responded back to the residence and placed Blackwell under arrest, police said. While b…

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Convicted Killer ID'd As Man Dead In Shootout With Atlantic City Police: AG Convicted Killer ID'd As Man Dead In Shootout With Atlantic City Police: AG
Convicted Killer ID'd As Man Dead In Shootout With Atlantic City Police: AG Authorities have identified the man killed in a shootout with police in Atlantic City as an ex-con who spent nearly 30 years in prison Donald Gardner, who was previously convicted of aggravated manslaughter was identified as the man who was shot and killed by police in Atlantic City on Monday, June 2, the New Jersey Attorney General's office said. The shooting occurred at 2:55 p.m. on the 100 block of North Florida Avenue. Two police officers were shot while Gardner, who also went by Donald Capriotti, was shot by Officer Robert Reynolds of the Atlantic City Police Department. Gardner first…

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NJ Husband Pleads Not Guilty In Barbell Killing Of Wife He Hated For 18 Years: Report NJ Husband Pleads Not Guilty In Barbell Killing Of Wife He Hated For 18 Years: Report
NJ Husband Pleads Not Guilty In Barbell Killing Of Wife He Hated For 18 Years: Report The man accused of killing his wife with a barbell pleaded not guilty in Monmouth County Superior Court Wednesday, June 3. Michael Kless, 67, is charged with murder and numerous weapons offenses in the death of his wife, Stacy Epstein- Kless, 66. Judge Paul Escandon ordered Kless be held without bail. In court, prosecutors showed an email Kless sent to his children admitting to the killing, saying he hated his wife for the past 18 years of their marriage after she said she was no longer in love with him, NJ Advance Media reports. Kless had started a relationship with a woman he me…

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