By Anthony G. Attrino tattrino@njadvancemedia.com, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com PARAMUS - When her car developed a flat tire on Route 4 Sunday, Kimberly Garcia didn't call AAA. Instead, she pulled over and did the dirty job of changing the tire herself. Somewhere during the process, however, she lost her diamond engagement ring. "When she returned home [...]
KFDA - NewsChannel 10 / Amarillo News, Weather, Sports (CNN/RNN) – In the midst of all the misery from Hurricane Irma, multiple women in Florida gave birth to safe and healthy babies, thanks to emergency crews. A family in Coral Springs, FL, called 911 when the soon-to-be mother went into labor during Hurricane Irma. “Basically, [...]
MORRIS TOWNSHIP — Even when first responders are on vacation it doesn’t mean they leave their training behind, as Sgt. Sean O’Hare recently proved. According to Capt. Mark DiCarlo, O’Hare was on vacation in Florida on Sunday when he helped a family in need. In a statement on the department’s Facebook page DiCarlo said O’Hare “recognized the [...]
Like a true New Yorker, this baby girl just couldn't wait another minute. But her laboring mother was still in a taxi on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Luckily, just the right NYPD officer came to help. The cab had pulled over near the Kosciuszko Bridge and the driver was assisting the mother, police said. When Officer Raphael [...]
NEW YORK – Talk about a memorable trip to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The New York Police Department says an officer who was shot on duty last year proposed to his girlfriend at Thursday's parade. And the NYPD says in a tweet, "She said yes!!!" The NYPD tweeted a photo of the happy moment, [...]
HILLSBOROUGH - Preschoolers at The Learning Experience presented thank you cards and a cake to township police officers. "In light of recent tragic occurrences of officers being shot or killed in several U.S. cities, including Baton Rouge and Dallas, the preschoolers created 'thank you' cards," it was stated in a news release. The presentation was made [...]
TRENTON — Absolutely Delightful was taking on water. The 18-foot jet boat had been on a joy ride off the coast of Atlantic City on Tuesday. Captain Henry Wilson and his two young passengers traveled from Wilson's summer home in Sea Isle to see Lucy the Elephant in Margate. Wilson, 60, of Philadelphia, figured he'd [...]
NEWARK — A recruiting trip at Rutgers University led to the unexpected reunion of a brother and sister, who both turn out to be interested in law enforcement. State Police said that the young recruits, Terrell and Faith, were at a job fair at Rutgers-Newark where they spotted each other for the first time in [...]
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Fire and police personnel needed to react quickly in yesterday’s deadly blaze at the Regency Village Apartment fire. The fire that killed two, and displaced more than a dozen people, almost had a third victim. Upon arriving at the scene police and fire officials encountered a fully engulfed building with some [...]
Broken down bus in the sweltering July heat--Trooper brings a couple case of water for the kids. #SundayFunday pic.twitter.com/IgWGLsOReX— NJSP - State Police (@NJSP) July 24, 2016
