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Cecilia Levine

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Gravestone Scammer Barred From Practicing In PA Targets Murder Victim's Mom A New Jersey mom who fell victim to a headstone scammer just after she buried her 31-year-old son last year is sharing her story in hopes of putting a stop to a man she says should've been stopped long ago. Nearly a month after Luz Vasquez's son, Chad Stuart, was killed outside of a Vineland bar in September 2022, she was contacted by Gregory Stefan, Jr., who explained he was the owner of Colonial Memorials, a headstone company. And he wanted Vasquez as a client. Vasquez set up a meeting with Stefan in her Vineland home on Oct. 21, 2022. "He was a professional man, and seemed sympatheti…

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

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Gravestone Scammer Targets Murder Victim's Vineland Mom: 'Sick To My Stomach' A mom who fell victim to a New Jersey headstone scammer just after she buried her 31-year-old son last year is sharing her story in hopes of putting a stop to a man she says should've been stopped long ago. Nearly a month after Luz Vasquez's son, Chad Stuart, was killed outside of a Vineland bar in September 2022, she was contacted by Gregory Stefan, Jr., who explained he was the owner of Colonial Memorials, a headstone company. And he wanted Vasquez as a client. Vasquez set up a meeting with Stefan in her Vineland home on Oct. 21, 2022. "He was a professional man, and seemed sympatheti…

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Labor Day Hotel Shooter Sought In Prince William County: Police A man accused of firing off weapon in a Virginia hotel parking lot is being sought by police. Rickey Ramone Lowe Jr., 32, of Manassas, is wanted on a charge of reckless handling of a firearm in connection with the Labor Day incident at the Wyndham Garden Hotel on Vandor Lane, Prince William County police said. Lowe is believed to have fired a round into the air before fleeing during a melee in the lot. An investigation found Lower was a hotel guest, police said. He remains at large, and anyone who sees him is urged to call police. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or …

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

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Broken Glass Shuts Pool In Loudoun County On one of the hottest days of the year, broken glass has closed a Loudoun County pool. The Dulles South Recreation and Community Center leisure pool, on Riding Center Drive in South Riding, will be temporarily closed after broken glass was believed to have fallen in, officials said Labor Day. Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) is taking precautions to drain, clean refill, and re-chlorinate the pool. Patrons were reminded to never bring glass items into Loudoun PRCS pool areas, including bottles and goggles. Only unbreakable, re-sealable containers are permitted.

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Danelo Cavalcante: Schools Close For 2nd Day, Report Details How Killer May Have Escaped Chester County schools are closed for the second day in a row as the search for killer fugitive Danelo Cavalcante continues. Both the Kennett Consolidated School District and Unionville-Chadds Ford School District will remain closed Wednesday, Sept. 6, more than a day after the 34-year-old convicted murderer was captured on a trail camera nearby. Citing a criminal complaint, 6abc says Cavalcante may have escaped the same way as Igor Bolte, another inmate in the county prison, did back in May. Bolte is believed to have scaled the wall near the exercise yard before climbing an exposed beam u…

by Mac Bullock & Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Carjacking Brothers Wreck Stolen Vehicle In I-95 Pursuit With Baby, Loaded Guns (Details) Two carjackers and brothers were arrested after leading an Interstate 95 pursuit through Spotsylvania County with an 18-month-old child in the stolen vehicle, police said. Larique E. Leach, 18, of Maryland, and Larry Leach, 22, of Washington DC, were both being held without bond in the Rappahannock Regional Jail, Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Major Troy J. Skebo said. Trouble began on Saturday, Sept. 2 around 3:20 p.m., when a citizen reported he was carjacked at gunpoint by two men in the 11100 block of Salem Station Boulevard in Fredericksburg, Skebo said. The suspec…

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

New Update: Woman Dies After Being Struck In ShopRite Parking Lot By Driver From Hudson Valley A woman died from injuries sustained after being struck by an SUV being operated by a Hudson Valley resident in the parking lot of a ShopRite in northern New Jersey on Labor Day, sources tell Daily Voice. The incident happened in Bergen County in the parking lot of the Route 4 supermarket just after 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 4. The victim, a 77-year-old from Hackensack. was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center after she was hit by the 81-year-old Rockland County resident, a man from Tappan, driving a Cadillac Escalade, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Earlier report: T…

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

Police & Fire

Woman, 77, Dies After Being Struck By 81-Year-Old Driver In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot A 77-year-old woman died after being struck by an SUV in the parking lot of the Paramus ShopRite on Labor Day, sources tell Daily Voice. The Hackensack resident was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center after she was hit by an 81-year-old Tappan, NY man driving a Cadillac Escalade in the parking lot of the Route 4 supermarket just after 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 4, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Police and members of Paramus EMS arrived and attempted life-saving measures. The woman died Monday evening, sources with direct knowledge of the incident confirm. The driver of…

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

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Surfing Teacher Rescues Jersey Shore Swimmer While Filming Promo Video For Boogie Board A teacher saved a Jersey Shore swimmer in distress while surfing over the weekend, and he just so happened to capture it on video. US Marine Steve Houser, of Toms River, went to LBI Sunday, Sept. 3, to film a promo video for one of Tandm Surf's boards Oh, what a video they got. Houser — who works as a special education history teacher in the PATHS program at Piscataway High School — was surfing out teaching his daughter how to surf when he spotted the struggling swimmers. "I could see five to seven people in distress," said Houser, a Downingtown, PA native. "As a surfer, I can spot a ri…

by Cecilia Levine

09/05/2023

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Wrong-Way Crash Closes NJ Turnpike For Hours On Labor Day A wrong-way crash closed a portion of the NJ Turnpike up for hours on Labor Day. The accident happened just before 1:40 a.m. on the northbound side of the Turnpike in Carneys Point, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. A Nissan Sentra was heading south in the northbound lanes when it struck a Nissan Pathfinder and a Hyundai Sonata, not far from the Delaware Memorial Bridge, according to Curry. Several non-life threatening injuries were reported and three patients were transported to a nearby hospital for those injuries. The northbound lanes were closed fo…

by Cecilia Levine

09/04/2023

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