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PA, NJ Ren Faire Performer Lady Amanda Chase Honored After Death At 43
A woman whose childhood dream of performing at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire became reality — and later took her to Renaissance stages across Pennsylvania and New Jersey — was honored Saturday, Sept. 19, at the place she said captured her heart when she was just 5 years old. Shannon Maria Jones, 43, also known to fairegoers as Lady Amanda Chase and online as Shannon’s Sunflowers, died in early August while on an Alaskan cruise with her mother, Tamara Sweitzer. Jones had been living with four incurable diseases that damaged her lungs, her mother wrote in announcing her death. “She pass…
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Hunter Kills Woman After Mistaking Her For Deer In Front Of Kids: Police
A hunter is facing charges after police say he shot and killed a woman walking through a field with a man and two children after mistaking her for a deer in Delaware. Walter Moorhead, 74, of Salisbury, MD, was identified as the hunter in the tragic accident, while the victim has been identified as 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto, from Georgetown, DE, Delaware State Police said. was charged with manslaughter and other offenses after he fatally shot a woman on Friday night in Ellendale while he was hunting from a ground blind, according to Delaware State Police. Shortly after 7:30 …
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Toms River Man Wanted In Wawa Killing, Victim Shot In Head: Prosecutor
A 51-year-old Toms River man is wanted on a murder charge after authorities say he shot and killed another man outside a Wawa. Douglas Cobb was charged with murder in the death of Bruce Gress, 42, a Toms River resident on Friday, Sept. 18, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Cobb was also charged with three weapons offenses, Billhimer said. At 7:20 a.m., officers responded to the Wawa at Route 37 and Garfield Avenue in Toms River and found Gress with a gunshot wound to the head, Billhimer said. Gress was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where…
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Medical Emergencies Delay Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship's Return To NJ Port
Two medical emergencies aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship delayed the cruise ship's return to New Jersey, impacting passengers' travel plans, according to a notice distributed onboard. Medical staff determined that two guests aboard Oasis of the Seas needed urgent medical attention during the voyage, the notice says. The passengers were successfully taken off the ship to receive additional medical care. While the nature of the emergencies was not released, Cruise Hive reports that one involved a critically ill 7-year-old child, prompting the ship to return to Nassau, the closes…
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: Widow Speaks Out After Husband Beaten Dead By Walmart Worker's Parents, Report Says
A widow is speaking out months after her husband of 42 years was beaten to death by the parents of a Walmart worker in Virginia, according to a brand-new report. Josephine Atienza and her 77-year-old husband Bert Atienza went to a Walmart store near thei home in Virginia Beach, on June 7, when a 17-year-old employee nearly struck Josephine with a cart, the widow tells WKTR. Bert began arguing with the teen, who reportedly threw a can at them as they walked away, but missed. As they were shopping, Erika Mitchell, 42, and Travis White, 44, identified by WKTR as the teen worker's parents…
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Colorful Meth Shaped Like Candy Seized With Handgun In Wildwood: Prosecutor
Colorful methamphetamine shaped to resemble candy or children's vitamins was seized along with a handgun in Wildwood, authorities said. On Thursday, Sept. 17, Wildwood police responded to the 200 East block of Spencer Avenue for a report of a person with a handgun, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Wildwood Police Chief Joseph Murphy said. Officers identified the suspect as Mark Davis, 36, of Vineland, authorities said. Detectives searched Davis' vehicle and found narcotics and a handgun, authorities said. The drugs were determined to be methamphetamine, authorities sa…
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SUV Driver Strikes Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officer, Flees: Police
A woman struck a Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer with an SUV while he was directing traffic, then sped away before being apprehended elsewhere in the city, police announced Friday, Sept. 18. The officer was working a traffic detail at Ridge Avenue and Stanton Street when the 42-year-old woman approached the intersection in a dark blue Audi SUV, according to Philadelphia police. She disregarded the officer's traffic commands and struck him with the Audi before fleeing southbound on Ridge Avenue, the preliminary investigation found. Police later located and apprehended the woman at 32nd …
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East Brunswick Mom Charged After Missing Son Found Hiding In Unexpected Place: Police
A New Jersey mother was charged after police say her missing 17-year-old son was found hiding in a basement crawl space while officers devoted significant resources to searching for him. East Brunswick police were contacted around 7:47 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, by the boy's father, who said his son was supposed to be dropped off at his home around 6 p.m., East Brunswick police said. The boy's mother, Jennifer Buckley, told police her son was not at her home and that she could not find him, authorities said. She said the teen was upset, did not want to go to his father's home, and could be a d…
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Lindsay Clancy's Attorney Has Blunt Response To Lone Juror Speaking Out
Lindsay Clancy's attorney is refusing to engage with the lone holdout juror in the triple murder case and instead is eyeing his next move. On Monday, Sept. 21, defense attorney Kevin Reddington told "The Hill" he was planning on filing several motions ahead of the Sept. 29 hearing. Among them, a motion seeking dismissal of the case on double-jeopardy grounds. The day after 36-year-old Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, appeared on "60 Minutes," Reddington told the outlet that the case was one that "needs to be done." Meanwhile, the lone holdout juror, Michael Péguy Desronvil, 4…
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NJ Green Card Holder Arrested In DOJ Election Fraud Sweep: Feds
A New Jersey green card holder accused of voting in multiple federal elections was among 16 people charged in an election fraud sweep across the country, federal authorities announced. Santana Coulibaly, 64, was charged with illegally voting in a federal election and making false statements while applying for U.S. citizenship, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said. Coulibaly, who entered the United States from Senegal on a B-1 visa, was not a U.S. citizen when she registered to vote through a paper application at the Hudson County Superintendent of Elections in October 2016, …
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Netflix Show Takes Over Downtown Metuchen For Season 2 Filming
A New Jersey town got a Hollywood makeover this week. Netflix's "Big Mistakes", produced by and starring Dan Levy, as well as Laurie Metcalf and Poorna Jagannathan, was filmed in and around Yestercades and Peterson Park, Mayor Jonathan M. Busch said on Thursday, Sept. 27. Yestercades, a business in town, was transformed for the day into the fictional “Caputo’s Yarn & Crafts,” according to Busch. According to Netflix’s Tudum, the series centers on Nicky, played by Levy, and Morgan, played by Taylor Ortega, siblings who become tangled up with organized crime after a botched theft meant t…
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Truck Hauling Diesel Overturns: Montgomery PD
A truck transporting diesel fuel overturned in Montgomery Thursday, Sept. 17, authorities said. At 2:43 p.m., officers responded to a crash on Township Line Road after a 2026 Freightliner truck traveling east travel off the roadway into a culvert along the roadway, causing the truck to overturn on its passenger side, Montgomery police said. The driver, a 67-year-old South Bound Brook was uninjured, police said.. Montgomery Fire Company No. 1 and Somerset County Hazardous Materials Response Team responded to the scene to assist due to a minor amount of fuel that leaked, police said…
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