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Westwood Middle Schooler Dies, District Confirms
A Bergen County community is rallying around a grieving family after the heartbreaking death of a 12-year-old girl this week.
The child, a student at Westwood Regional Middle School, died on Friday, July 25, 2025, according to school officials and a Meal Train page launched in the family's honor.
As of Saturday, July 26, more than $5,900 had been raised, and neighbors have signed up to provide meals for the family with drop-off hours listed from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
“It is with heavy hearts that we share the need to come together as a community for a family that is newer to Westwood and …
Helicopter, Dive Teams Join Emergency Search On Ramapo Lake: Prosecutor
A massive search and rescue operation is underway in the Ramapo Lake area , where multiple law enforcement agencies, including state police, firefighters, and dive teams, have converged, officials said Saturday, July 26.
UPDATE: Sources tell Daily Voice that a body, believed to be that of a juvenile, has been recovered on the Passaic County side. The situation remains developing.
Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office responded to assist with the emergency effort, which is being led by the New Jersey State Park Police, according to Deputy Chief of Detectives Jeff Angerme…
ICE Arrests Child Rapist In Ossining After Prison Release, Feds Say
A Salvadoran national convicted of repeatedly raping children was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following his release from a New York prison, officials said.
Jacobo Argueta Fuentes, 33, was arrested by ICE’s Buffalo Enforcement and Removal Operations team on Tuesday, July 23, in Ossining, federal authorities said.
The 33-year-old, who entered the country illegally around 2011, had been convicted of more than a dozen sex crimes involving minors, including seven counts of rape, two counts of using a child in a sexual performance, four counts of sexual abuse, a…
Paterson Teen Pops Out Of Car Trunk In Surprise Hackensack Armed Robbery: Prosecutor
A months-long investigation into an armed robbery in Hackensack has led to charges against four men and one juvenile, authorities said.
The incident occurred on Sunday, April 27, around 6:30 p.m., near the intersection of East Pleasantview Avenue and Kipp Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, July 25.
According to Musella, two victims were sitting in a car when a white Mercedes-Benz coupe pulled up and double-parked. Omar I. Cetiner, 21, of Hackensack, allegedly got out with a gun, the prosecutor said. At the same time, a 17-year-old from Paterson reportedly climbed …
