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Cecilia Levine

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Search For Missing Transgender Man Suspended: Njdep A search involving multiple law enforcement agencies is under way for a 32-year-old transgender man has been suspended, officials said. A spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said the search for Northfield resident Elliot Ganiel was halted Tuesday, March 5 at 5 p.m. He did not say why. State Park Police were notified that Ganiel was missing early Sunday, March 3, after his car was found at the Mullica River canoe launch within Wharton State Forest. "Exhaustive search efforts, including the use of K-9 units, conducted by multiple agencies foc…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2024

Police & Fire

Video Shows Moment SWAT Team Arrests NJ Gun Trafficker Denied Permit Just Last Year: Police Police have released the video that shows a SWAT team arresting a New Jersey man accused of trafficking guns across multiple state lines, despite being denied a permit to purchase firearms, they said. Following a five-month investigation, Wayne Bagley, 68, of South Brunswick, was arrested during a motor vehicle stop on Thursday, Feb. 29, South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said. Video shows officers approaching Bagley in a dark blue work van before pulling up and surrounding him. "Hands up," officers can be heard yelling with their guns drawn. "Put your hands up." Once…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2024

Police & Fire

$400K In Stolen Starlink Terminals Found In NJ Garage: 'Largest SpaceX Fraud Recovery To Date' A 35-year-old Newark man was arrested after authorities said he bought hundreds of SpaceX Starlink terminals using stolen credit cards. Kelvin Rodriguez-Moya used a home on Roxboro Road in Lawrence Township to store some of the 675 terminals, which he would then load into a vehicle a transport to North Jersey, Lawrence Township Police Lt. Kevin Reading said. After surveillance was conducted on the home, police stopped Rodruiguez-Moya and recovered 223 terminals, which were confirmed to have been stolen, Reading said. The 675 stolen terminals are valued at $400,000, authorities said. Rodru…

by Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

Traffic

DUI Driver Was Going 110+ MPH Before Deadly Crash In Fairfax County: Cops A 22-year-old driver was under the influence and speeding just before a crash that killed a 30-year-old man in Fairfax County last year, authorities said. Gabriel Rincon was going more than 110 miles per hour in his BMW M3 on Stringfellow Road, a 45-mph zone, before the crash with another vehicle, near the intersection of Route 29 sometime after midnight on Monday, Dec. 5, 2023, county police said. ALSO SEE: Young Widow Seeks Support After New Husband Killed By Accused DUI Driver In Northern VA Rincon lost control and struck Sohail Iqbal's Hyundai Sonata, which was going sou…

by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

Schools

Fairfax County Teacher Lops Off 11 Inches To Benefit Kids With Hair Loss: 'No-Brainer' Erica Hosken prefers her locks long. But the Oakton High School teacher has no problem rocking a shorter look if it means easing some pain for a child. And that's exactly what she's doing these days. Last month, Hosken cut 11 inches of her hair to benefit children experiencing medically-related hair-loss. It's all part of an event happening March 16 called The Great Cut, in which an organization called The Longhairs will try to beat their own record for the most hair cut in a day, set in 2019. Proceeds benefit an organization called Children With Hairloss, and Hosken's 11 inches…

by Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

Police & Fire

Police Searching For Transgender Man Missing Days After Car Found Along NJ River A search involving multiple law enforcement agencies is under way for a 32-year-old transgender man missing for three days. Northfield resident Elliot Ganiel's vehicle was found at the Mullica River Canoe Landing in Batsto, local police said. Ganiel's personal items were left behind, and his family reported him missing Saturday, March 2. According to 6abc, state troopers brought a K-9 onto a boat and went over the same section of the river numerous times, at one point using an underwater camera. The Northfield Police Department, the New Jersey State Police, New Jersey State Park Police, NJ…

by Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

Police & Fire

Man Who Terrorized Stafford Neighborhood With Chainsaw Tracked By Drones, K9s: Sheriff Authorities have released the name of the chainsaw- and hammer-wielding man who led a pursuit involving drones and police K9s through Stafford County early this week. Trouble began for Devin Laws, 26, of Blackwater, around 6:50 a.m. Monday, March 4 along Musselman Road, when he approached a woman holding a hammer in one hand and chainsaw in the other, the county sheriff said. Laws brought the hammer up in a motion to swing it toward the car window, police said. The driver remained composed and drove away. As deputies arrived and began the search for the suspect, they were flagged down by a…

by Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

Police & Fire

Tenacious Detective Cracks Two Virginia Cold Cases In One Shot For nearly 40 years, Jacqueline Lard and Amy Baker's killer has remained a mystery. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, authorities in Virginia announced a break in the cases. Elroy Harrison, 65, was identified as a suspect in both cases thanks to the relentless work of Stafford County Sheriff's Detective D.K. Wood, Sheriff David Decatur said. Jacqueline Lard was killed in 1986, and Amy Baker in 1989. Both were residents of Stafford, but Baker was returning from visiting family in Falls Church when she went missing. On March 4, Harrison was indicted by a Stafford County Grand Jury for the fir…

by Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

Police & Fire

Attempted Bank Robber Sought In Prince William County Police in Prince William County are seeking a man who tried robbing a bank Monday, March 4. The unidentified man approached the counter at United Bank on Smoketown Road in Woodbridge around 12:30 p.m. with one hand in a bag, county police said. Authorities said a firearm was seen in the bag, but the suspect fled the bank on foot without taking money. No shots were fired, and no injuries were reported. A police K-9 and officers searched the area for the suspect who was not found. The suspect was described as a black male, between 35 and 40 years old, approximately 5’10”, 200 pounds, wi…

by Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

Police & Fire

Staten Island Driver Charged In NJ Crash That Killed Theater Teacher: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Staten Island woman has been charged in a crash that left a 31-year-old Bayonne theater teacher dead, authorities said. Amanda Rivera faces charges of aggravated assault, reckless manslaughter, and assault by auto weeks after sending her the 2019 Nissan passenger car she was driving into the back of a parked tractor trailer on Route 185 and Linden Avenue in Jersey City on Feb. 3, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. As a result, Stephanie Weymouth was killed. Rivera was arrested Monday, March 4 at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and tr…

by Cecilia Levine

03/05/2024

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