Fair 89°

Sam Barron

Community Editor

sbarron@dailyvoice.com

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter

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.

Sam Barron's Contributions

Police & Fire
Three Men At Large After Phillipsburg Shooting: Police Three Men At Large After Phillipsburg Shooting: Police
Three Men At Large After Phillipsburg Shooting: Police Three people fled on foot following a shooting in Phillipsburg on early Monday morning, June 30, authorities said. At 1:49 a.m., officers responded to Mercer Street at River Street on a report of a shooting, Phillipsburg police said. Upon arrival, officers confirmed the shooting occurred and recovered a stolen vehicle out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and a handgun, police said. There are no known injuries and only property damage was discovered, police said. Three men fled the scene on foot, police said. The shooting remains under investigation, police said. 

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Cape May Man Downloaded Child Porn: Prosecutor Cape May Man Downloaded Child Porn: Prosecutor
Cape May Man Downloaded Child Porn: Prosecutor A 30-year-old North Cape May man was arrested and charged with downloading and uploading child pornography on Monday, June 30, authorities said. An investigation into Joseph Madden began when law enforcement received a tip from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that he downloaded and uploaded various images of child sexual abuse material,  Cape May County Prosecutor, Jeffrey Sutherland and Lower Township Police Chief Kevin Lewis said. Last month, a search of Madden's residence was executed which led to him being charged with possession of child sexual ab…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
News
$1M Scratch-Off Winner Sold At Bridgewater Wegman's $1M Scratch-Off Winner Sold At Bridgewater Wegman's
$1M Scratch-Off Winner Sold At Bridgewater Wegman's It was a terrific Tuesday for a Somerset County lottery player. A lottery player in Bridgewater won $1 million in the 100x Cash Blitz Scratch-Off game on Tuesday, June 24. The ticket was sold at a Wegmans at 724 Route 202 South in Bridgewater.  Wegman's wasn't the only supermarket that sold massive prizewinners last week. In Bergen County, the ShopRite in Lyndhurst sold a $10,000 scratch-off and a $50,000 Powerball ticket.

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Mays Landing Woman Stole $147K, Faked Child's Cancer To Delay Case: Prosecutor Mays Landing Woman Stole $147K, Faked Child's Cancer To Delay Case: Prosecutor
Mays Landing Woman Stole $147K, Faked Child's Cancer To Delay Case: Prosecutor A 37-year-old Mays Landing woman pleaded guilty on Friday, June 27 to stealing $47,000 from an Ocean County senior community and lying about her child's cancer treatment to delay court proceedings, authorities said. Alicia Campbell pleaded guilty to theft and obstruction of justice, Ocean County Bradley Billhimer said. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Campbell is expected to be sentenced to six years in prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Billhimer said. Campbell was the former lifestyle director at Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course in Waretown, Billhimer said, responsible…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
5 People Shot At Jersey City Block Party: Authorities 5 People Shot At Jersey City Block Party: Authorities
5 People Shot At Jersey City Block Party: Authorities Five people were shot at an unauthorized block party in Jersey City on Sunday, June 29, authorities said. At 1:50 a.m., Jersey City police responded to Ocean Avenue and Wegman Parkway for a report of a disorderly crowd and double parked cars and upon arrival, heard shots fired, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the Jersey City mayor's office said. Police rushed to Bidwell Avenue and Ocean Avenue where they found a victim lying in the street, Wallace-Scalfione said. He was transported to a local hospital in critical but stable condition, Wallace-Scalfione said. The victim is fac…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
News
Chatham DPW Employee Injured By Saw Sees Outpouring Of Support Chatham DPW Employee Injured By Saw Sees Outpouring Of Support
Chatham DPW Employee Injured By Saw Sees Outpouring Of Support David Allan, a department of Public Works employee in Chatham was injured by a cut-off saw on Thursday morning, June 26, according to a fundraiser set up to support him. Allan was rushed to Morristown Memorial Hospital, underwent immediate surgery and is in intensive care with a temporary tracheotomy and remains on a ventilator. Allan is unable to eat or drink anything, nor can he speak. Allan is expected to remain in the hospital for two weeks. The saw was known for "kicking back," although the guard was still on, according to the fundraiser. The fundraiser is meant to support Allan, who …

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Pemberton Crash: Police Man Killed In Pemberton Crash: Police
Man Killed In Pemberton Crash: Police A 41-year-old Vincentown man was killed in a crash in Pemberton on Saturday morning, June 28, authorities said. At 9:43 a.m., officers responded to a crash in the 700 block of Magnolia Road, after a 1991 white Ford F350 traveling eastbound crossed over the center line and collided head-on with a 2002 gray Lexus I-300, traveling westbound, Pemberton Township police said. The driver of the Lexus, Jason Kozuch was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of the Ford, a 45-year-old Browns Mills man sustained injuries to the lower part of his body and was transported to a nearby hos…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
DWI Driver Inhaling Chemicals In Walmart Parking Lot: Mt Olive PD DWI Driver Inhaling Chemicals In Walmart Parking Lot: Mt Olive PD
DWI Driver Inhaling Chemicals In Walmart Parking Lot: Mt Olive PD A 37-year-old Succasunna man was arrested and charged on Thursday, June 26, after he was found inhaling aerosol chemicals while at Walmart in South Flanders, authorities said- the second time in two months he's been arrested for the same crime. At 4:09 p.m., officers responded to the Walmart at 40 International Dr. and found Neil Perry inside a silver Honda slumped over the steering wheel with a can of electronic duster in his hand, Mount Olive police said. There were several other aerosol chemical cans observed on the passenger seat and the floor, police said. Perry was woken up by office…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Fatally Shot In Atlantic City: Police Man Fatally Shot In Atlantic City: Police
Man Fatally Shot In Atlantic City: Police A 40-year-old man was fatally shot in Atlantic City Thursday evening, June 26, authorities said. At 8:53 p.m., Atlantic City police responded to a report of a man lying in the sidewalk outside the Shore Park apartments at 225 N. Virginia Ave., the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Robert Stanley Davis, an Atlantic City resident, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The manner of death was determined to be a homicide, authorities said. The shooting remains under investigation, authorities said.

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
5 Arrested In Popeyes Shooting: Twp of Hamilton Police 5 Arrested In Popeyes Shooting: Twp of Hamilton Police
5 Arrested In Popeyes Shooting: Twp of Hamilton Police Four more people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at Popeyes in the Township of Hamilton earlier this month, police said. On Monday, June 9, officers responded to a nearby hospital, where a man was being treated for a gunshot wound to the head, Township of Hamilton police said. An investigation determined the shooting occurred in the Popeyes parking lot at 4616 Black Horse Pike earlier that evening, police said. A day after the shooting, Christian Ruiz, an 18-year-old Pleasantville resident, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and numerous …

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Prev Page 6 of 860 4 5 6 7 8 Next
51 - 60 of 8,595 articles