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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ

Police & Fire

Child Killed, Three Others Injured In Oakland Pedestrian Crash: Prosecutor A child was killed and three others, including two more children and an adult, were injured after being struck by a vehicle in Oakland Thursday, July 24, authorities said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @dailyvoicenewjersey The crash occurred around 3:43 p.m. at the intersection of East Oak Street and Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202), according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Deputy Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer. Police, fire crews, and EMS responded to the scene, along with medevac helicopters, and rendered ai…

by Michael Mashburn & Cecilia Levine

07/24/2025

Mineola, NY

News

Anne Burrell’s Cause Of Death Revealed Weeks After Food Network Star Was Laid To Rest The mystery surrounding celebrity chef Anne Burrell’s unexpected death has taken a devastating turn. Burrell died by suicide, the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to Daily Voice on Thursday, July 24. Burrell, 55, was found unresponsive in the shower of her Brooklyn apartment on the morning of Tuesday, June 17. Police responded to a 911 call around 7:50 a.m. for a possible cardiac arrest and found her surrounded by approximately 100 assorted pills, according to an internal NYPD report cited by The New York Times. The Medical Examiner’s Office determined Burrell died from “a…

by Michael Mashburn

07/24/2025

Westport, CT

Obituaries

Electrolyte Imbalance Kills Dad Of 3 After Grueling 'Everesting' Challenge A 43-year-old Connecticut husband and father of three has died after participating in a grueling endurance event in Wyoming called “Everesting.” Slava Leykind, of Westport, suffered an electrolyte imbalance that caused cardiac arrest on July 2. He had been competing in the 29029 Everesting event, where endurance athletes climb a 1,500-foot mountain trail repeatedly until they've ascended a collective 29,032 feet, the height of Mount Everest, according to the Jackson Hole News & Guide. Leykind began climbing at 6 a.m. on the event’s second day. After five and a half hours and six tr…

by Josh Lanier

07/23/2025

Danbury, CT

Police & Fire

Just Plane Indecent: Mile High Romp In Front Of Children Lands Couple In Cuffs A Connecticut couple was arrested over the weekend after multiple people — including children — witnessed their attempt to join the Mile-High Club aboard a JetBlue flight, authorities said. Trista Reilly, 42, and Christopher Arnold, 43, both of Danbury, face two felony charges of lewd and lascivious exhibition, according to Florida authorities. The duo was aboard a Sarasota, Florida-bound flight on Saturday morning, July 19. Shortly after their 10:30 a.m. takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, a woman alerted a JetBlue flight attendant that she and her two children had s…

by Josh Lanier

07/23/2025

Windham-Willimantic, CT

Police & Fire

23-Year-Old Killed In Head-On Collision With Tractor-Trailer In CT A 23-year-old Massachusetts woman was killed after losing control of her car and crashing into an oncoming tractor-trailer, authorities said. Jalene Ailany Brown, of Framingham, Massachusetts, was driving westbound on Boston Post Road in Windham around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, when she lost control of her SUV while attempting a right-hand turn, according to Connecticut State Police. Brown’s Nissan Rogue crossed over the double-yellow lines and collided with the truck. The impact was so violent that it nearly split the SUV in half and hurled it more than 50 feet, reports said. Emergency …

by Josh Lanier

07/23/2025

Elizabeth, NJ

Police & Fire

Wanted Armed Bank Robber Surrenders After Hours-Long Routes 1&9 Standoff: Officials A man wanted in the armed robbery of a Rahway bank was arrested after an hours-long standoff along Routes 1&9 Wednesday, July 23. A spokeswoman for the City of Elizabeth did not disclose the fugitive's name and said only that he'd surrendered at 3 p.m. The incident began at approximately 9 a.m., she said. ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT: At 9:53 a.m., the Elizabeth Police Department's Emergency Service Unit responded to assist another agency with the situation at the Maple Motel at 454 Maple Ave., a spokeswoman for the city said. Route 1 and 9 was shut down in both directions between South Broad…

by Sam Barron

07/23/2025

Cresskill-Closter, NJ

Police & Fire

14-Year-Old Airlifted After Being Struck By Bus In Bergen County: Prosecutor A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured after being hit by a bus Wednesday morning, July 23 in Demarest, authorities said. At approximately 8:45 a.m., Demarest officers responded to the intersection of Anderson Avenue and County Road for a report of a crash involving a bus and a child, according to Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Deputy Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer. The child was airlifted to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the bus, operated by First Student, Inc., remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation, Angermeyer said. …

by Cecilia Levine

07/23/2025

East Hanover-Florham Park, NJ

Police & Fire

Mom Charged In 3-Year-Old's Murder After Both Found Unresponsive In NJ Home: Prosecutor A 43-year-old Florham Park woman was arrested and charged with murder in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, authorities announced Tuesday, July 22. On Sunday, July 6, Florham Park police responded to a home Woods End Road and found Jeanine Glass unresponsive on the first floor of the residence with wet clothes, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, and Florham Park Police Chief Joseph Orlando said. Glass was transported to a nearby hospital, authorities said. While on scene, officers found a three…

by Sam Barron

07/22/2025

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