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Paul Milo

Content Producer

pmilo@dailyvoice.com

Paul Milo has worked as a reporter in northern New Jersey for more than 20 years, first for North Jersey Media Group / NorthJersey.com, then at Patch.com and at NJ.com / The Star-Ledger. He has written about a 106-year-old World War I veteran, the Sept. 11 attacks and a 15-year-old stock manipulator who was the youngest person ever civilly charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, among many other stories. He has interviewed governors, presidential candidates and celebrities including Ryan Seacrest and comedian Kevin Hart.

In addition to his work for New Jersey-based outlets, he has also written for BeliefNet, Editor and Publisher, The Huffington Post, The Boston Globe and other publications, as well as freelance assignments for global chemical company BASF.

His first book, Your Flying Car Awaits, was published by HarperCollins in 2010. As part of the book’s promotional efforts he was interviewed by The New York Times and on WNYC radio’s The Brian Lehrer Show.

Paul was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Paul Milo's Contributions

Police & Fire

More Than 300 Guns Now Off The Streets Through Essex Buyback Program A total of 332 guns, including assault weapons, were purchased over the weekend through a buyback program sponsored by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office and the nonprofit Essex County Bar Foundation, which largely funded the effort. “For us to get 332 guns off the street means we just avoided 332 tragedies,” said Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose. “Every gun taken off the street is potentially one life saved.” The Newark Police Department and the Essex County Sheriff's Office assisted in the buyback Saturday at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark. Member…

by Paul Milo

04/03/2019

Business

Wawa, Fairfield Inn May Come To Union: Report A developer has submitted plans to build a complex on Rt. 22 in Union that would include a hotel, restaurant and a self-storage facility, Jersey Digs reported last week. The complex would be built on the eastbound side of the highway near Vauxhall Road and in an area that's now home to a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant and a motel. The proposed development would include a Wawa gas station and convenience store as well as the hotel, a Fairfield Inn by Marriott. It was not known whether the development would displace any existing businesses in the area. Wawa, the popular co…

by Paul Milo

04/03/2019

Police & Fire

Union Man Admits He Had Guns, Drugs When Stopped By Police A 41-year-old Union resident pleaded guilty to multiple federal weapons and drug offenses stemming from his arrest by township police last year, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday. Police obtained a warrant for Quadir Allen's arrest after he fled from a motor vehicle stop early last year. When police stopped him again on Jan. 31, 2018, they found a handgun on the front passenger seat of his vehicle. The gun was loaded with hollow-point ammunition. A search turned another gun also loaded with hollow-point ammunition as well as heroin and cocaine already packaged …

by Paul Milo

04/03/2019

Lifestyle

Maplewood Has Become Home To A Thriving ‘Garage Bar’ Scene Lots of people clear a space in the corner of the garage where friends from the neighborhood can gather for a cold beer or two. Usually, this amounts to nothing more elaborate than a few camp chairs and a battered mini-fridge set up near an old street sign hanging on the wall. John Garbarino, however, has taken his own homemade pub to the next level. Or maybe the level beyond that. The Maplewood resident has transformed his garage into what amounts to a working tavern (but not a business; here, the beers are free for friends and guests) roughly modeled on the Spring Lounge near his for…

by Paul Milo

04/03/2019

Police & Fire

Man Accused Of Killing Jersey City Jogger In U.S. Illegally: Report Jorge Rios, the man accused of fatally strangling a woman in a Jersey City park last month, is an undocumented citizen of Honduras residing in the U.S. illegally and has previously been deported from the United States, News 12 New Jersey reported Wednesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Rios was deported in 2003 and again the following year. Rios, 33, has been charged with the murder and sexual assault of Carolina Cano, a 45-year-old Jersey City nanny whose body was discovered in the lake at Lincoln Park. Rios is being held at the Hudson County Jail.

by Paul Milo

04/03/2019

Police & Fire

Duo Accused Of Kidnapping, Assaulting Teen In Elizabeth Caught In N.C. Two Rahway residents were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in North Carolina, where authorities say the pair fled after kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her inside a van while it was parked in Elizabeth, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday. Stephanie Charles, 27, has been charged with kidnapping and multiple counts of sexual assault, including counts related to serving as an accomplice. Charles Baker, 36, also faces assault and kidnapping charges as well as a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. The teen was attacked March 16. Bak…

by Paul Milo

04/02/2019

Police & Fire

Killer Who Strangled 4-Year-Old Son, Girlfriend In Jersey City Gets 60 Years In State Prison A 29-year-old Jersey City man will spend most of the century behind bars for killing his girlfriend and the couple's toddler son three years ago, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a statement Tuesday. Jose Santos-Alvarez was sentenced to 20 years for the slaying of Monika Potoczniak, 27, on Oct. 7, 2015. That same day he also strangled the couple's four-year-old son Christopher, Suarez said. He was sentenced to 40 years for the boy's murder. Under New Jersey's No Early Release Act, Santos-Alvarez must serve 51 years in state prison before he will be eligible for parole, i…

by Paul Milo

04/02/2019

Police & Fire

Update: Three Arrested In Slaying Of Jersey City Teen Three people have been charged in the murder of Jayden Fodeur, a 17-year-old shot and killed near his Jersey City home last year, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday evening. Isaiah Huggins, 19, and Rayquan Carmichael, 18, have both been charged with murder and weapons offenses. Huggins was arrested Tuesday at the Essex County Jail, where he was being held on unrelated charges. Carmichael was arrested in Jersey City along with a 16-year-old and also charged with murder and weapons offenses. All three suspects are from Jersey City. Fondeur was shot in the he…

by Paul Milo

04/02/2019

Police & Fire

Linden Firefighter Can't Sue Over Prank That Injured His Privates, Appeals Court Rules A Linden firefighter cannot seek damages for a prank that resulted in an injury to his scrotum, a state appeals court has ruled. The Appellate Division panel upheld a lower court decision Monday dismissing a lawsuit filed by the firefighter, Raymond Johns. Johns was on the toilet at the firehouse on Nov. 27, 2015 when, he said, he felt a small explosion. Examining himself, he said he discovered a bleeding blister on his scrotum. On the toilet seat, Johns said he found the remnants of a bang snap -- a small firework that detonates when compressed. J…

by Paul Milo

04/02/2019

Police & Fire

Cranford PD Using Tech To Return Lost Pets Faster The Cranford Police Department joins a growing number of law-enforcement agencies that have obtained a pet chip scanner, enabling them to reunite missing pets with their owners even faster than before. "We are happy to announce that we have purchased an Omni Max Pet Chip Reader. The microchip reader will allow us to more quickly determine if a found animal has a microchip and, if so, obtain the owner's information so we can get the pet home. In the past we have utilized the services of local veterinarians, but feel this will be more efficient," the department said in a state…

by Paul Milo

04/02/2019

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