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New Ice Cream Spot Coming To Westwood New Ice Cream Spot Coming To Westwood
New Ice Cream Spot Coming To Westwood Just in time for summer, Bergen County is getting another ice cream spot. Bruster's Real Ice Cream will be opening in Westwood early this summer, a spokesperson for the company confirmed. This will be New Jersey's second Bruster's store, the other in Washington Township (Gloucester County). The company was founded in 1989 by Bruce Reed (who puts the "Bruce" in Buster's). His passion was offering homemade ice cream to the community. Bruster's offers a rotating selection of 24 small-batch flavors and more than 150 handcrafted recipes. There are nearly 200 independently owned locations in 22…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Drug-Fueled Gunfight Kills Manassas Man, Wounds Centreville Killer, Cops Say Drug-Fueled Gunfight Kills Manassas Man, Wounds Centreville Killer, Cops Say
Drug-Fueled Gunfight Kills Manassas Man, Wounds Centreville Killer, Cops Say Police have identified the 18-year-old men involved in a Fairfax County gunfight that left one of them dead and the other wounded. Michael Alcantara, of Manassas, and Hassan Kanu, of Centreville, were in a vehicle on the 14600 block of Route 29 in Centreville when they got out and exchanged gunfire around 9:35 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, Fairfax County police said. Alcantara was found with gunshot wounds to the upper body and pronounced dead at the scene. Kanu was hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the upper body, and charged with second-degree murder and use of a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Disturbing Video Shows Infant Being Abused By 37-Year-Old NJ Woman, Police Say Disturbing Video Shows Infant Being Abused By 37-Year-Old NJ Woman, Police Say
Disturbing Video Shows Infant Being Abused By 37-Year-Old NJ Woman, Police Say Police have announced the arrest of a New Jersey woman seen in a disturbing video being circulated on social media. Multiple people called Trenton police on Wednesday, May 15, to report the video in which Vivian M. Harrell, 37, abuses an 8-week-old child, the department said. Harrell is seen covering an infant’s face, possibly blocking its airway, and speaking to the child in a vulgar and derogatory way, authorities said. Harrell was subsequently arrested and charged with second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency is …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 21 In Newark, Officials Say Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 21 In Newark, Officials Say
Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 21 In Newark, Officials Say A pedestrian was struck and killed on Route 21 in Newark on Wednesday, May 15, authorities confirmed. It happened at the intersection of McCarter Highway and South Street, closing the roadway between Pennington and Mulberry Streets as of 4:40 p.m. Chief Assistant Prosecutor Tom Fennelley said his office is investigating. 

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Obituaries
Goodbye Tattoo Tom: DMV Pediatric Cancer Community Loses Pillar Of Strength Goodbye Tattoo Tom: DMV Pediatric Cancer Community Loses Pillar Of Strength
Goodbye Tattoo Tom: DMV Pediatric Cancer Community Loses Pillar Of Strength Members of the pediatric cancer community across the DMV are mourning the loss of Thomas Miller, who died unexpectedly on April 18, according to a campaign launched in support of his children. Miller, who was more well-known as Tattoo Tom, founded the StillBrave Childhood Cancer Foundation as a single dad, in honor of his daughter, Shayla. On the StillBrave website, Tom detailed how his daughter's sinus infection turned out to be a massive cancerous tumor consuming two thirds of her chest, he wrote on the StillBrave website. After her death, Tom went on to dedicate more than a decade of hi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Victim Who Withdrew $10K From VA Bank Was Followed By Trio Who Stole It, Police Say Victim Who Withdrew $10K From VA Bank Was Followed By Trio Who Stole It, Police Say
Victim Who Withdrew $10K From VA Bank Was Followed By Trio Who Stole It, Police Say Warrants have been issued for a pair from New Jersey and New York who police said targeted a victim who withdrew a large amount of cash at a Virginia bank. Pedro Bernal Montoya, 43, of New Jersey, and Antonio Ramos Acevedo, 33, of New York, watched as the victim took out $10,000 from a Springfield, VA bank on March 21, at 3:13 p.m., Fairfax County police said. Police did not say where in NJ or NY the men were from. They then followed the victim to a shopping center, where they broke into their vehicle and stole the money, police said. Detectives obtained warrants for Montoya and Acevedo&nb…

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Police & Fire
One Dead In Double Shooting That Police Say Was Drug Deal Gone Bad In Centreville One Dead In Double Shooting That Police Say Was Drug Deal Gone Bad In Centreville
One Dead In Double Shooting That Police Say Was Drug Deal Gone Bad In Centreville Fairfax County police have released preliminary information in a double shooting that left one person dead on Wednesday, May 15. Police were called to the 14600 of Route 29 in Centreville around 9:30 a.m. where they found one man dead with a gunshot wound and another seriously wounded, FCPD Capt. Kent Bailey said. Bailey said that the community is safe and that the incident preliminary seems to be the result of an illegal drug deal. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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Police & Fire
Construction Worker Killed In Kenilworth Trench Accident ID'd As Former Rutgers Wrestler, 29 Construction Worker Killed In Kenilworth Trench Accident ID'd As Former Rutgers Wrestler, 29
Construction Worker Killed In Kenilworth Trench Accident ID'd As Former Rutgers Wrestler, 29 The construction worker killed in a Kenilworth trench accident earlier this month has been identified as a 29-year-old former Rutgers University athlete. Corey Greg Stasenko, of Cranford, was killed on Monday, May 6, during a project on Monroe Street, Daily Voice has learned. Police at the time, without identifying the worker, said he was trying to install a storm drain in the back of a business using an excavator when he became trapped around 9 a.m. First responders attempted life saving measures but he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Man, this really is heartbreak…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Ammo, Long Gun Found On Drunken Man Who Dropped Gun On Wawa Floor In Stafford, Sheriff Says Ammo, Long Gun Found On Drunken Man Who Dropped Gun On Wawa Floor In Stafford, Sheriff Says
Ammo, Long Gun Found On Drunken Man Who Dropped Gun On Wawa Floor In Stafford, Sheriff Says A drunken Wawa customer's own clumsiness landed him behind bars over the weekend in Stafford, authorities said. Xavien Washington caught the attention of people inside the Wawa store on Butler Road in Fredericksburg around 4:35 a.m. on Sunday, May 12, after dropping his firearm on the floor while stumbling around in the business, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. The 19-year-old Manassas man then tried buying tobacco without an ID, police said. When staff refused to sell him the product, he asked to buy drugs from them, Decatur said. Deputies quickly found Washington and, wh…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
1 In Custody, Another Sought In Assault-Robbery Of Off-Duty Philadelphia Officer (DETAILS) 1 In Custody, Another Sought In Assault-Robbery Of Off-Duty Philadelphia Officer (DETAILS)
1 In Custody, Another Sought In Assault-Robbery Of Off-Duty Philadelphia Officer (Details) Police have issued an arrest warrant for another suspect in the assault-robbery of an off-duty Philadelphia officer. Arthur Jones, 38, who is considered armed and dangerous, is wanted for the incident that happened on Sunday, May 12 in which the officer was assaulted and disarmed, police previously said. Yusef "Duke" Coleman had previously been arrested in the West Oxford Street incident, police said, while one woman was wanted for questioning. According to police, off-duty police officer was heading westbound on Oxford Avenue when he became stuck in traffic behind another vehicle. Af…

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