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Paul Milo

Content Producer

pmilo@dailyvoice.com

Paul Milo has worked as a reporter in northern New Jersey for more than 20 years, first for North Jersey Media Group / NorthJersey.com, then at Patch.com and at NJ.com / The Star-Ledger. He has written about a 106-year-old World War I veteran, the Sept. 11 attacks and a 15-year-old stock manipulator who was the youngest person ever civilly charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, among many other stories. He has interviewed governors, presidential candidates and celebrities including Ryan Seacrest and comedian Kevin Hart.

In addition to his work for New Jersey-based outlets, he has also written for BeliefNet, Editor and Publisher, The Huffington Post, The Boston Globe and other publications, as well as freelance assignments for global chemical company BASF.

His first book, Your Flying Car Awaits, was published by HarperCollins in 2010. As part of the book’s promotional efforts he was interviewed by The New York Times and on WNYC radio’s The Brian Lehrer Show.

Paul was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Paul Milo's Contributions

Police & Fire

Nutley PD Solves The Case Of The Pizzas And The Grateful Boy The suspect was described as a young male juvenile last seen with an adult female believed to be his mother. Nutley police also had a few other tantalizing clues as to the suspect’s identity, including a name or possible alias: “Jax.” Oh, and investigators also knew that this young man appreciates his hometown police force. On Friday, according to Nutley PBA Local 33, a boy and his mom entered police headquarters with two pizzas for the personnel on the 4 p.m. to midnight shift. The two stopped by when police were a bit busy and left before anyone "had a chance to properly thank Jax,” wh…

11/28/2019

Police & Fire

Update: Bank In Elizabeth Robbed, Report Says Witnesses reported seeing several police cars around a Bank of America branch at 600 Elizabeth Ave. in Elizabeth Wednesday afternoon. Multiple police vehicles were staged in the area as of 5 p.m. The FBI confirmed someone entered the bank around 4:20 p.m., announced a robbery and made off with an unknown amount of cash, according to a published report. Video from the scene posted to Facebook shows police interviewing staff inside the bank early Wednesday evening. A city spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment.

11/27/2019

Police & Fire

Authorities Seize Guns, Large Ecstasy Stash In Elizabeth: Prosecutor Two men were arrested last week following a raid at an Elizabeth housing complex that turned up weapons and a large quantity of the club drug Ecstasy, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday. The search at Mravlag Manor was led by detectives Luis Garcia and Anthanasios Mikros of the Elizabeth Police Department and led to the arrests of John Jefferson and Tiaunnah Bailey, both 36, who were charged with possession of drugs with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of an assault firearm and nine other related offenses, the prosecutor's office said. Police found 375…

11/27/2019

Police & Fire

4 Charged In $380K Armored Car Heist, Essex Sheriff Says A series of sting operations led to the arrests of four people -- including two Newark residents and an Elizabeth woman -- in connection with the robbery of an armored car, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said Wednesday. The armored car was robbed Oct. 9 in Abington, Pa., with $380,000 taken. The sheriff's office became part of the investigation when authorities learned the suspects lived in New Jersey and had warrants out for them in Essex County, Fontoura said. Following three sting operations, Newark residents Alberto Torres, 37, and 35-year-old Christopher Flores…

11/27/2019

Police & Fire

Update: Montclair High Student Did Not Have Weapon, Police Say Montclair High School and Renassiance School were in a "lockdown situation" Wednesday morning based on an inaccurate report of a student with a weapon, police said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon. Responding police quickly located the student near the George Inness Annex and determined the student was unarmed. A spokesman said police did identify two other students who may have been involved in the incident, adding that it remained under investigation Wednesday. No one was injured and no arrests have been made, police also said.

11/27/2019

Police & Fire

Elizabeth Ends Scooter Program In Wake Of Teen's Death: Report Elizabeth officials Tuesday voted to end the city's e-scooter ride share program a week after a 16-year-old boy was killed while riding one, according to published reports. All eight members of the city council who were present voted to cancel the city's short-lived agreement with Lime, which has 154 scooters in the city. The company was given two days to remove the scooters, WABC 7 reported. The scooter program was introduced less than a month ago. Calls for removing the scooters came within an hour after Nelson Miranda Gomez was struck by a tow truck making a turn …

11/27/2019

Police & Fire

Truck Crashes Into West Orange Restaurant, Driver Hurt A landscaping truck plowed through the front of a restaurant in West Orange Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the township confirmed. The truck left the roadway and struck Huguito's Restaurant & Bar on White Street around 4:40 p.m. The building inspector and West Orange first responders were at the scene Tuesday afternoon. The driver suffered a leg injury. There were no other reports of injuries. The incident was still under investigation Wednesday.

11/27/2019

Police & Fire

Update: State Police Looking For Witnesses To Crash That Killed Woman, 29 UPDATE, Dec. 2: The State Police are asking for witnesses to the head-on collision that killed the North Plainfield woman last week. Click here for more. Original story is below: Outspoken. Independent. Caring. This is how Kristen Leary of North Plainfield is being remembered. Leary. 29, was killed after being struck head-on by a 23-year-old man early Monday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. More than $12,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe to help with costs associated with Leary's funeral as of Wednesday morning. "She was fiercely independent, known for h…

11/27/2019

Lifestyle

This Hamburg Restaurant Is Jersey's Most Expensive, Ranking Says Restaurant Latour serves up delectable French and New American dishes made with locally sourced, seasonal ingredients under the supervision of chef Aishling Stevens. Also boasting a wine cellar that's won Wine Spectator’s Grand Award every year since 2006, you can certainly get a fine meal at this Hamburg restaurant. But it'll cost you. The Daily Meal compiled a list of the most expensive restaurants in every state, with Restaurant Latour leading the pack in New Jersey. Located in the sprawling Crystal Springs golf and culinary resort, the restaurant offers a five-course tasting…

11/27/2019

Police & Fire

Suspected Jersey City Drug Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Killing Merchant, 2nd Man A Jersey City man charged with running a drug ring that stretched into South Jersey has pleaded guilty to two killings and also to charges in connection with three other shootings, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday. Golden Williamson, 33, pleaded guilty to murder in the deaths of Kevin Miles in January 2016 and Byunguen Lee, who was killed the month before in his store Bergen Avenue. Williamson also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for shootings in Jersey City and Toms River in 2015 and 2016. Williamson faces 30 years for each murder and would not be …

11/26/2019

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