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Cecilia Levine

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AG Identifies Baseball Bat Wielding Man Shot, Killed By Cops In Woodbridge Authorities have identified the 35-year-old man shot and killed by police in Central Jersey during a confrontation outside Thursday, May 29. Aamir Allen, of Carteret, was found holding a baseball bat when police found him outside of a Port Reading Avenue convenience store at 1 a.m. in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office said. Woodbridge police had initially been called to a home on East Tappen Street, just before Allen left the scene and walked to Port Reading Avenue, officials said. Allen was shot by Woodbridge Police Sgt. Ma…

by Cecilia Levine

05/29/2025

Business

Spa Ordered Shut Over State License Violation, Fair Lawn Officials Say A Bergen County spa was ordered to shut down immediately after it failed a license check, and it’s not the first time the business has drawn scrutiny from authorities. Goodtime Spa, located at 12-82 River Road in Fair Lawn, was inspected on Wednesday, May 28 by the Fair Lawn Building Department, according to Municipal Clerk Nicholas Magarelli. Officials said the spa was “ordered to immediately cease operations” after it failed to provide a valid state license, which is required by both borough and state law. This isn’t the first time Goodtime Spa has faced trouble. In 2018, a worker there,…

by Cecilia Levine

05/29/2025

Police & Fire

Registered Sex Offender Admits Instructing Sparta Woman To Perform Sex Acts On Toddler: Feds A Sussex County, NJ, woman and a Texas man admitted to exploiting a child and producing child pornography, as well as to other child pornography offenses, authorities said. Dominique Saczawa, 34, of Sparta, and Russell Lynn Davis, Jr., 47, of Heller, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel in Camden federal court, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said. Court documents say Saczawa admitted to sexually exploiting a then-4-year-old by engaging in sexual contact and then producing images and videos of that sexual contact. She also admitted to sharing these videos and…

by Cecilia Levine

05/29/2025

News

Perfect Timing: Beaten Nypd Cop Released From Hospital As 2nd Suspect Is Hauled Off In Cuffs Two men accused of brutally beating and robbing an off-duty NYPD officer were captured with help from the U.S. Marshals Service — including one right as the officer was released from the hospital, officials said. Chowdhury Nafees was beaten and robbed by suspects later identified as Taveon Hargrove and Wayne Lucas before dawn on Saturday, May 24, at 1472 St. Peter’s Ave. in Westchester Square, the NY Post reports. Nafees was knocked to the ground and punched in the face as one of the masked men held a knife to his throat and robbed him of his belongings and his service weapon, off…

by Cecilia Levine

05/29/2025

Police & Fire

State Trooper Hit By Car In Late-Night Crash On I-270 In Rockville: Police A Maryland State Trooper was hospitalized after being rear-ended while driving along Interstate 270, state police said. The crash happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, on Montrose Road near I-270 in Rockville, according to Maryland State Police. Police said the trooper was inside an unmarked patrol vehicle traveling east on I-270 when, “for unknown reasons,” a Toyota Corolla hit the back of the vehicle. The trooper was taken by ambulance to Suburban Hospital for treatment and has since been released. No one else was hurt in the crash, police said. “No charges have been file…

by Cecilia Levine

05/29/2025

Obituaries

Bloomfield Girl's Final Sweet Words To Parents After 15-Month Battle With Brain Cancer A North Jersey girl has died after a nearly 15-month cancer battle. Maya Ciprian, of Bloomfield, passed away at home late Sunday night, May 26, loved ones said on a GoFundMe campaign launched for her parents, Claudio and Tiffany. “As long as we stay together, anything is possible,” Maya said just hours before she died, according to the campaign, which had raised $116,000 as of press time. Maya had been battling grade 4 glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive brain tumor, since February 2024, and endured two separate brain surgeries. Maya’s journey began on Feb. 21, 2024, when she ca…

by Cecilia Levine

05/29/2025

Politics

Elon Musk Separates From White House After Slamming Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Elon Musk is officially out of Washington, marking the end of his brief stint under President Donald Trump. The Tesla CEO confirmed his departure on X on Wednesday, May 28, where he thanked Trump for "the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending." Musk's separation from the White House comes one day after he expressed disappointment in Trump's domestic policy bill — which the president calls his "big, beautiful bill" — telling CBS's "Sunday Morning" that the bill undermines DOGE's work. According to the NY Times, Musk remains on good terms with the president despite being "disillusione…

by Cecilia Levine

05/29/2025

News

Video: Pete Davidson Goes Viral For Doing Absolutely Nothing With British Model GF Pete Davidson is back on your social media feeds — but only briefly, and you can thank his British model girlfriend for that. The Staten Island native and former “Saturday Night Live” star made a rare social media appearance in a TikTok video shared Tuesday, May 27, by girlfriend Elsie Hewitt, a model and actress. In the clip, the couple casually taste-test various salt and vinegar chips, but fans couldn’t get enough of Davidson’s rare presence. This is the first time Davidson has appeared on Elsie's social media grid, although in March she did share an Instagram story of Pete in a bathrobe…

by Cecilia Levine

05/28/2025

News

Exclusive: $1M Theft At Iconic NY Music Store Is More Revenge From Ex-Boss, Owner Says A Long Island music store owner whose father is accused of stealing more than $1 million in rare instruments says the criminal case against him is part of a long-running battle over control of the historic shop. Manuel Alvarez, 61, of East Rockaway, was arrested after Nassau County police say he removed over $1 million in musical instruments and items from Kolstein Music in Baldwin, and transported them to an undisclosed location in Florida, Nassau County Police said. But his son, Manny Alvarez, who has been the owner of the music shop for nearly seven years, tells a different story. “Barr…

by Michael Mashburn & Cecilia Levine

05/28/2025

News

Video: 'Screaming Banshee' Predicted Her Own Fate In Westfield Arrest Months Before Fatal Crash A New Jersey woman charged in a fatal drunk driving crash near the MIT campus in Massachusetts made what appears to be a chilling prediction about her own future during a 2024 arrest in Westfield, newly released police bodycam footage shows. Lauren Mullins, 32, of Roselle Park, NJ — whose LinkedIn page shows she works as a law clerk — was charged in March 2025 with operating under the influence of liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle after police say she struck and killed 73-year-old pedestrian Daniel O’Neil near MIT on March 21. Lauren Mullins was arrested in Hoboken Ja…

by Cecilia Levine

05/28/2025

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