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Feds Crack $10M Cargo Theft Operation That Used NJ Warehouse
A $10 million cargo theft ring with operations in New Jersey, New York, and across the country has been busted after three years of operation, federal investigators said Tuesday, June 30.
Two Brooklyn residents — Sevak Kocharian and Arkadiy Pastin — and one New Jersey man, Jashanpreet Singh, were among the eight people charged in the wide-ranging scheme, which stole everything from electronics to liquor to clothing, the Justice Department said. Singh was nabbed in Pennsylvania and will initially face charges there, authorities said.
Beginning in March 2023, the crew operated with a relative…
Victor Willis Dies: Voice Of Village People Helped Shape Disco Era, Co-Wrote 'Y.M.C.A.'
A voice behind some of disco’s most enduring anthems is gone.
Victor Willis, 74, the original lead singer and a founding member of Village People, died Tuesday, June 30, after a short illness, the band announced.
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Village People said in a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, July 1, "We are profoundly sad to announce the death of VICTOR WILLIS, lead singer of Village People."
The group said Willis died after a "short but aggressive illness" and requested privacy.
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NJ Among States Hit Hardest By National Diarrhea Parasite Outbreak
A summer illness linked to contaminated food is spreading across multiple states.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking 145 domestically acquired cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by the Cyclospora parasite, according to the CDC’s surveillance page.
The cases were reported in 17 states among people who became sick from Friday, May 1, through Tuesday, June 16, the CDC said.
The CDC map shows New York as the most affected state in the nation. The map also shows cases in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia, as well a…
Missing NJ Woman, 26, Found Dead After Days-Long Search, Family Says
A days-long search for a missing New Jersey woman has ended in tragedy.
Iyanna Asia Fairfax, 26, of Freehold, has died after disappearing on Friday, June 19, according to a GoFundMe launched by her family. She died on June 26, the campaign says.
Iyanna Fairfax
GoFundMe photo
Fairfax's family said only that her body was found in New York City. The NYPD did not have details when Daily Voice inquired on Tuesday, June 30.
Loved ones had been searching for Fairfax after she was last seen Friday night, June 19, into early Saturday near the 7-Eleven on Throckmorton Street, heading toward …
