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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
Construction Worker Killed In Fall, Failed To Secure Safety Harness: Lakewood Police Construction Worker Killed In Fall, Failed To Secure Safety Harness: Lakewood Police
Construction Worker Killed In Fall, Failed To Secure Safety Harness: Lakewood Police A 51-year-old construction worker from The Bronx was killed after falling three floors in Lakewood on the morning of Friday, Feb. 21, authorities said. Jorge Paltan-Ajila was working at a construction site at 1600 Avenue of the States, Lakewood police said. Paltan-Ajila while working on the third floor of the construction site, slipped and fell while handing tools to a fellow employee on a boom lift, police said. He was wearing a safety harness, but it was not secured to any anchor point, police said. As he stepped on an unsecured beam, both the beam and Mr. Paltan-Ajila slip…

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Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Route 18: East Brunswick PD Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Route 18: East Brunswick PD
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Route 18: East Brunswick PD A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle on Route 18 in East Brunswick on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 19, authorities said. At 11:57 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Highway 18 northbound and South Woodland Drive for the report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle, East Brunswick police said. The pedestrian, whose identity is currently unconfirmed, was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the vehicle was uninjured and remained at the scene of the crash, police said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, police said.

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One Contractor Threatens Two Others With Handgun In Mount Olive, Police Say One Contractor Threatens Two Others With Handgun In Mount Olive, Police Say
One Contractor Threatens Two Others With Handgun In Mount Olive, Police Say A 30-year-old Mansfield contractor was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Feb. 18 in Mount Olive after he threatened two other contractors with a gun last month, authorities said. On Thursday, Jan. 9 at 11:58 a.m., officers responded to a residence under construction on Mount Olive Road after a contractor, later identified as Austin Cole, threatened two contractors while brandishing a handgun after an argument, Mount Olive police said. Cole left the residence prior to police arrival, police said.  Cole turned himself in and was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, pos…

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Pleasantville Man Indicted For Murder Of Pregnant Girlfriend: Prosecutor Pleasantville Man Indicted For Murder Of Pregnant Girlfriend: Prosecutor
Pleasantville Man Indicted For Murder Of Pregnant Girlfriend: Prosecutor A 26-year-old Pleasantville man was indicted on Wednesday, Feb. 19 for the murder of his girlfriend last year, authorities said. On Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, Pleasantville police responded to 132 Edgewater Ave. and found Leslianet Quintana-Betancourt, a 25-year-old Pleasantville resident, unresponsive, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Quintana-Betancourt was taken to Atlantic City Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, authorities said. Boris Lainez-Rosales, her live-in boyfriend was arrested in connection with her death, authorities said.  As previously repo…

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Thief Who Led High-Speed Pursuit In Stolen Audi Arrested: Secaucus PD Thief Who Led High-Speed Pursuit In Stolen Audi Arrested: Secaucus PD
Thief Who Led High-Speed Pursuit In Stolen Audi Arrested: Secaucus PD A 29-year-old Newark man was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 19, months after he was able to flee Secaucus police during a pursuit. On Wednesday, June 5 at 1:02 a.m., a Secaucus resident reported their  2022 Audi Q3 was in the process of being stolen from the driveway, Secaucus police said. Officers followed the stolen vehicle into a dead end, police said. Rakim Thompson purposely rammed several of the police vehicles, one of which was occupied, to escape and evade capture, officers said. Thompson then fled in the stolen Audi where he was pursued by officers onto the New Jersey Tu…

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Drug Kingpin From Infamous Newark Gang Learns Fate: Feds Drug Kingpin From Infamous Newark Gang Learns Fate: Feds
Drug Kingpin From Infamous Newark Gang Learns Fate: Feds A 41-year-old Newark drug trafficker was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for his role in dealing numerous amounts of drugs and guns throughout the city, authorities said. Shaheed Blake was the last of 25 co-defendants to be sentenced,  Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna said. Blake and his other associates were members  of a Bloods-affiliated gang that called itself the “CKarter Boys," Khanna said. The organization’s leaders—Blake and Anderson Hutchinson operated a massive drug market that flooded the streets of Newark with heroin and crack cocaine 24-7, K…

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Man Trying To Keep Warm Charged With Arson In Massive NJ Storage Facility Blaze: Cops Man Trying To Keep Warm Charged With Arson In Massive NJ Storage Facility Blaze: Cops
Man Trying To Keep Warm Charged With Arson In Massive NJ Storage Facility Blaze: Cops An 84-year-old man who authorities say was trying to keep warm has been charged with arson after starting a massive fire at a storage facility in Cape May County on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 19, authorities said. Salvatore Gellura was working in his storage unit at Burleigh Storage in Middle Township and lit cardboard in a metal container to keep warm sometime around 8:49 a.m., Middle Township police said. The fire spread beyond the container and Gellura was unable to control it, police said. One firefighter was transported to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation, police sa…

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NJ Transit Train Strikes Vehicle In Netcong NJ Transit Train Strikes Vehicle In Netcong
NJ Transit Train Strikes Vehicle In Netcong An NJ Transit train crashed into a vehicle in Morris County on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 19, authorities said. At 4:01 p.m. Morris and Essex Line train 877, which departed Hoboken at 2:27 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hackettstown at 4:23 p.m., struck a vehicle at the Main Street crossing adjacent to the Netcong Train Station, NJ Transit said.  The two occupants of the vehicle had exited the car prior to the strike but were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, NJ Transit said. There were no injuries to the 15 customers and crew on board, NJ T…

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Prominent Musician Who Worked With KISS Dies After Mom, 90, Crashes Car In New Jersey: Police Prominent Musician Who Worked With KISS Dies After Mom, 90, Crashes Car In New Jersey: Police
Prominent Musician Who Worked With KISS Dies After Mom, 90, Crashes Car In New Jersey: Police A 61-year-old musician who worked with KISS, died on Wednesday, Feb. 19 after his 90-year-old mother crashed a car into a tree in Bridgewater, authorities said. At 7:20 a.m., Arna Cochran was driving a 2015 Subaru Legacy on private property, when she backed the vehicle across the front yard and struck a tree, ejecting her son, Karl, Bridgewater police said.  Karl was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick where he succumbed to his injuries. This crash is still under investigation by the Bridgewater Township Police Department's Traffic Safety Bureau an…

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Bayonne School Employee Threatened to Blow Up Building: Superintendent Bayonne School Employee Threatened to Blow Up Building: Superintendent
Bayonne School Employee Threatened to Blow Up Building: Superintendent A school employee in Bayonne was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 20 after they threatened to blow up a building, authorities said. The employee was a school assistant, Superintendent John Niesz said. Their identity is being withheld "due to the ongoing nature of the criminal investigation," Niesz said. Niesz said police and the school's security team did an excellent job handling the incident.  "The safety of our students and staff remains our highest priority," Niesz said. School counselors are available to support any students who may need assistance processing this information, Ni…

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