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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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Woodbridge Corrections Officer Who Beat Inmate Learns Fate: OAG Woodbridge Corrections Officer Who Beat Inmate Learns Fate: OAG
Woodbridge Corrections Officer Who Beat Inmate Learns Fate: OAG A former New Jersey corrections officer was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday, Feb 21, after he admitted to admitted to assaulting a resident who died several days after the attack, authorities said. Giuseppe Mandara, a 55-year-old Brick Township resident had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Mandaran, an officer at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Woodbridge, admitted to attacking Darrell Smith in August 2019, while Smith was serving a 23-year sentence for kidnapping and aggravated assault on a poli…

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Woman Killed in Elk Township Fire: Police Woman Killed in Elk Township Fire: Police
Woman Killed in Elk Township Fire: Police A 73-year-old woman was killed in a fire in Gloucester County on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 20, authorities said. At 8:05 a.m., officers and area fire departments responded to 530 Marion St. and saw the residence engulfed by heavy smoke and fire, Elk Township police said.  After extinguishing the fire, firefighters discovered the woman deceased inside the residence, police said. Her identity is being withheld pending family notification, police said. An 85-year-old man, who had made it out of the house prior to police arrival, was transported to the hospital for non-life-threatenin…

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Princeton Man Uploaded Child Porn: Prosecutor Princeton Man Uploaded Child Porn: Prosecutor
Princeton Man Uploaded Child Porn: Prosecutor A 24-year-old Princeton Borough man was arrested and charged on Friday, Feb. 21 with uploading child pornography, authorities said. Multiple law enforcement agencies conducted a search warrant of Oliver Diaz Pulex's residence on Witherspoon Street, seizing multiple items, Janetta Marbrey said. Detectives were following up on a tip that he had uploaded child pornography to the internet, Marbrey said. Pulex is charged with distribution of child sexual abuse material and possession of child sexual abuse material, police said. 

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Officer Stabbed, Suspect Arrested In Camden: Police Officer Stabbed, Suspect Arrested In Camden: Police
Officer Stabbed, Suspect Arrested In Camden: Police A Camden County police officer is in critical condition after he was stabbed by a 38-year-old Sicklerville man on Sunday, Feb. 23, authorities said. The officer, was stabbed while conducting a business check in the area of Broadway and Chestnut Street in Camden, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. He was transported to a nearby hospital and is currently in critical, but stable condition, authorities said. Richard Dennis was apprehended soon after in the area of South 7th Street and Kaighn Avenue, authorities said. He was charged with attempted murder, aggravated …

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Woman Who Shot Man During Roxbury Motel Robbery Learns Fate: Morris County Prosecutor Woman Who Shot Man During Roxbury Motel Robbery Learns Fate: Morris County Prosecutor
Woman Who Shot Man During Roxbury Motel Robbery Learns Fate: Morris County Prosecutor A 25-year-old Irvington resident was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday, Feb. 21, after shooting a man during a 2023 robbery in Roxbury, costing him his leg, authorities said. Auraceli Maldonado admitted to shooting Selwyn Torres at the Roxbury Motel on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, pleading guilty to robbery and aggravated assault, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Roxbury Police Chief Matthew Holland said. Torres had planned to met with someone at the motel, authorities said. Surveillance video captured a Honda Accord with New York re…

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Ringoes Thief Used Credit Cards Stolen From Vehicle: Branchburg Police Ringoes Thief Used Credit Cards Stolen From Vehicle: Branchburg Police
Ringoes Thief Used Credit Cards Stolen From Vehicle: Branchburg Police A 32-year-old Ringoes man was arrested and charged this week with using credit cards he obtained from breaking into vehicles in Branchburg on Monday, Feb. 17, authorities said. A Branchburg resident reported their parked motor vehicle was burglarized outside of their residence sometime after 3:00 a.m., Branchburg Police Chief Richard Buck said. Several items were stolen from inside of their vehicle, including various debit and credit cards. The suspect, later identified as Christopher Camargo had used the victim’s credit/debit cards at several nearby locations after the motor vehicle burglar…

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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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