Jersey City, NJ
News
Teen Girl Abandons Newborn Baby In Arms Of Customer At Jersey City Restaurant (VIDEO) Teen Girl Abandons Newborn Baby In Arms Of Customer At Jersey City Restaurant (VIDEO)
Teen Girl Abandons Newborn Baby In Arms Of Customer At Jersey City Restaurant (Video) A Jersey City couple was left in shock Wednesday when a 14-year-old girl handed her newborn to them during lunch at a local restaurant and walked out, according to news reports and witness accounts on social media. Walter Little-Cocca documented the incident in an emotional Facebook Live video around 4:05 p.m., still inside of El Patron restaurant on JFK Boulevard. The video had 410,000 views as of Thursday evening. "I'm at my neighborhood restaurant with my special friend and a lady comes in and hands her a baby, apparently a newborn, and runs out," he said. "You probably won't believe thi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Bank Mysteriously Freezes Morris County College Student's Life Savings In Routine Bank Transfer Bank Mysteriously Freezes Morris County College Student's Life Savings In Routine Bank Transfer
Bank Mysteriously Freezes Morris County College Student's Life Savings In Routine Bank Transfer A 24-year-old Morris County man lost his job then his life savings during the pandemic. If not for ABC7's 7 On Your Side, Andrew Alexander of Morristown may not have ever seen the funds again, the media outlet reports. Alexander, 24, signed himself up for college courses after his employer closed due to COVID-19. In the meantime, he worked as a personal trainer. Hoping to get $700 as part of a Citibank promotion, Alexander opened a new account just before Christmas and transferred over $50,000 from his Chime account -- leaving the remaining $30,000 of his life savings with Chime. Th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
Murphy Expected To Postpone Youth, HS Indoor Sports Until January Murphy Expected To Postpone Youth, HS Indoor Sports Until January
Murphy Expected To Postpone Youth, HS Indoor Sports Until January New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to announce tighter COVID-19 restrictions during Monday's briefing in Trenton. Outdoor gathering limits are expected to drop from 150 to 25 people, while youth and high school indoor sports are cancelled until at least Jan. 2, ABC7 reports. The NJSIAA earlier this month postponed most winter high school sports until at least January. Ice hockey practice was set to begin Dec. 14, but now that too will be put on hold. Other indoor sports impacted by the new restrictions include wrestling, swimming and basketball. The new rules will reportedly take effe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Elizabeth Fire: 4 Killed Were Furniture Shopping, Thousands Raised For Grieving Mom Elizabeth Fire: 4 Killed Were Furniture Shopping, Thousands Raised For Grieving Mom
Elizabeth Fire: 4 Killed Were Furniture Shopping, Thousands Raised For Grieving Mom The community is coming together in support of an Elizabeth mom critically injured in a Monday night fire that killed two of her daughters, their young friend an adult female. More than $11,425 had been raised on the GoFundMe for Merlin Vazquez as of Tuesday afternoon. Vazquez, 36, was furniture shopping on the second floor of 871 Elizabeth Ave., when the fire broke out in a soda machine in the dollar store downstairs around 6 p.m., ABC7 reports. Victims tried getting out of the back door of the second floor, but were trapped due to a locked gate, a city spokeswoman said. Vazquez's daught…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
TRAGIC: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping TRAGIC: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping
Tragic: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping The community is coming together in support of an Elizabeth mom critically injured in a Monday night fire that killed two of her daughters, their young friend an adult female. More than $11,425 had been raised on the GoFundMe for Merlin Vazquez as of Tuesday afternoon. Vazquez, 36, was furniture shopping on the second floor of 871 Elizabeth Ave., when the fire broke out in a soda machine in the dollar store downstairs around 6 p.m., ABC7 reports. Victims tried getting out of the back door of the second floor, but were trapped due to a locked gate, a city spokeswoman said. Vazquez's daught…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
TRAGIC: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping TRAGIC: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping
Tragic: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping The community is coming together in support of an Elizabeth mom critically injured in a Monday night fire that killed two of her daughters, their young friend an adult female. More than $11,425 had been raised on the GoFundMe for Merlin Vazquez as of Tuesday afternoon. Vazquez, 36, was furniture shopping on the second floor of 871 Elizabeth Ave., when the fire broke out in a soda machine in the dollar store downstairs around 6 p.m., ABC7 reports. Victims tried getting out of the back door of the second floor, but were trapped due to a locked gate, a city spokeswoman said. Vazquez's daught…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
TRAGIC: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping TRAGIC: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping
Tragic: Authorities ID 4 Dead In Elizabeth Fire Including 3 Kids Who Tried Escaping The community is coming together in support of an Elizabeth mom critically injured in a Monday night fire that killed two of her daughters, their young friend an adult female. More than $11,425 had been raised on the GoFundMe for Merlin Vazquez as of Tuesday afternoon. Vazquez, 36, was furniture shopping on the second floor of 871 Elizabeth Ave., when the fire broke out in a soda machine in the dollar store downstairs around 6 p.m., ABC7 reports. Victims tried getting out of the back door of the second floor, but were trapped due to a locked gate, a city spokeswoman said. Vazquez's daught…

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by Cecilia Levine
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
News
Police Bust Homeowner, Promoter Who Threw Bumpin' South Jersey Pool Party Police Bust Homeowner, Promoter Who Threw Bumpin' South Jersey Pool Party
Police Bust Homeowner, Promoter Who Threw Bumpin' South Jersey Pool Party Authorities in South Jersey have released footage of a massive party where hundreds of people were seen without masks and not social distancing. Jeffrey Davis, 31, had been warned against holding the for-profit Sicklerville party due to potential COVID-19 and emergency order violations, Gloucester Township police said. Still, nearly 250 people paid a cover fee and showed up to his Prospect Court home last Sunday for a backyard bash, police said. Police responded to the same house last month on similar complaints, they said. Davis and the party promoter, Marheem Miller, 28, o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Hallucinating Passenger Leads To Bomb Scare On Newark Bound Flight, Pilot Says Hallucinating Passenger Leads To Bomb Scare On Newark Bound Flight, Pilot Says
Hallucinating Passenger Leads To Bomb Scare On Newark Bound Flight, Pilot Says A passenger having a medical emergency on a Newark Liberty Airport-bound flight claimed there was a bomb on board, bringing emergency vehicles to the tarmac after the plane landed, reports say. The passenger was on flight 2304 from Los Angeles, which landed safely just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, ABC7 reports. The pilot in an announcement to passengers said the person was hallucinating when the remark was made. The passenger was taken to a local hospital and all bags were removed from the plane and inspected on the tarmac.

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Morris County Widow Finds Buyer For Late Police Officer Husband's SUV After COVID-19 Death Morris County Widow Finds Buyer For Late Police Officer Husband's SUV After COVID-19 Death
Morris County Widow Finds Buyer For Late Police Officer Husband's SUV After Covid-19 Death A Morris County widow stuck with a painful and costly memory of her late husband after he died of COVID-19 last month has finally found someone to take over the lease on his 2018 Toyota Highlander. But it wasn't easy. Jennifer Graiani’s husband, Kevin Graiani, was a retired NYPD and Spring Valley, NY police officer.  He died of the virus on the couple’s first wedding anniversary after being put on a ventilator in early March, reports say. At the time of his death, Kevin had about 17 months left on his lease -- a monthly payment of $411. Jennifer took to Facebook April 14 in an a…

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by Valerie Musson
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Serious Crash Involving School Bus, 2 Cars Shuts Bridgewater Road Serious Crash Involving School Bus, 2 Cars Shuts Bridgewater Road
Serious Crash Involving School Bus, 2 Cars Shuts Bridgewater Road Three people were hospitalized and a driver was trapped for nearly an hour in a Bridgewater crash involving a school bus and two cars Thursday afternoon, reports say. Emergency response teams were at the scene near Blossom Drive between Brown Road and Route 202/206 at 3:20 p.m., ABC7 reports. There were no children on the bus at the time of the crash, authorities said. A car that appeared to have been T-boned appeared to be off the road a short distance away from where the school bus and a dark-colored SUV crashed, footage from NewsCopter7 shows. The driver of the car carrying the three p…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Authorities ID Victims Killed In Newark Car Crash UPDATE: Authorities ID Victims Killed In Newark Car Crash
Update: Authorities ID Victims Killed In Newark Car Crash Two women were killed and three people remained hospitalized after a one-car crash in Newark, authorities said. Tahtiyana Green, 17, and Imani Exum, 21, both died when the black Infinity G35 they were riding in slammed into a "No Parking for Street Cleaning" sign and then a tree around 3:30 a.m. Saturday near 15th Avenue and Hunterdon Street, city law enforcement officials said Sunday. The car's male driver and two other passengers, one male the other female, remain hospitalized. The two men were in serious condition, authorities said. Video footage from ABC7 shows firefighters cutting awa…

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by Cecilia Levine