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Sam Barron

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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

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‘SNL’ Announces Lineup For Final Three Shows Of Season 50 ‘SNL’ Announces Lineup For Final Three Shows Of Season 50
‘SNL’ Announces Lineup For Final Three Shows Of Season 50 “Saturday Night Live” is ending its 50th season with a lineup that’s a true cavalcade of stars. Quinta Brunson will be hosting “SNL” for the second time on Saturday, May 3, with musical guest Benson Boone. Brunson, who has won multiple Emmys for her work on “Abbott Elementary” last hosted in Season 48, where she did skits about the horrors of being a bridesmaid, got into an argument while stuck in traffic, and played a drug dealer. Walton Goggins, star of “The White Lotus” will be hosting “SNL” for the first time on Saturday, May 10, with musical guest Arcade Fire. “ "White Lotus” star Aim…

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Police & Fire
Piscataway Woman Claimed Dead Mom’s Social Security Benefits For 8 Years: Feds Piscataway Woman Claimed Dead Mom’s Social Security Benefits For 8 Years: Feds
Piscataway Woman Claimed Dead Mom’s Social Security Benefits For 8 Years: Feds A 68-year-old Piscataway woman recently pleaded guilty to improperly claiming her dead mother’s Social Security retirement benefits, authorities said. Deborah Bailey’s mother was receiving retirement benefits through the Social Security Administration, paid through electronic funds into her bank account, US Attorney Alina Habba said. After Bailey’s mother died in 2016, Bailey did not notify the Social Security Administration about the death, and she made withdrawals from the bank account between 2016 and 2024, Habba said. Bailey withdrew $150,903 in retirement benefits, Habba said. She pl…

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Police & Fire
Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin, Guns: Somerset Man Found Guilty, Feds Say Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin, Guns: Somerset Man Found Guilty, Feds Say
Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin, Guns: Somerset Man Found Guilty, Feds Say A 50-year-old Somerset man was convicted this week of drug trafficking and possessing firearms after initially being arrested after he was found passed out in his car, authorities said. On Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, Lawrence Township police responded to Route 1 near the Quaker Bridge Mall after they were alerted to a car stopped in the middle of the highway, US Attorney Alina Habba said. Officers found Malachi Muhammad unresponsive and as they attempted to wake him, they noticed the handle of a handgun in between his legs, Habba said. Muhammad was removed from his vehicle and placed under arr…

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Police & Fire
Bayonne Teen Posed As Girl, Blackmailed Kids To Send Him Porn: Feds Bayonne Teen Posed As Girl, Blackmailed Kids To Send Him Porn: Feds
Bayonne Teen Posed As Girl, Blackmailed Kids To Send Him Porn: Feds A 19-year-old Bayonne resident was arrested and charged on Tuesday, April 22 with inducing children to send him sexually explicit images, authorities said. In October and November 2023, Julian Nova coerced multiple minors to produce child pornography, which he then distributed online, US Attorney Alina Habba said. Nova would pose as a teenage girl and get the victims to send him sexually explicit images, Habba said. Nova then blackmailed the victims into producing additional sexually explicit images, some of which included acts of self-degradation by threatening to distribute the images and…

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Police & Fire
NJ High School Teacher Admits to Exchanging Sexually Explicit Images With Minor: Feds NJ High School Teacher Admits to Exchanging Sexually Explicit Images With Minor: Feds
NJ High School Teacher Admits to Exchanging Sexually Explicit Images With Minor: Feds A 53-year-old high school teacher from Springfield admitted to possessing child pornography after messaging a minor on Wednesday, April 23, authorities said. From February 2023 to July 2023, Michael Hamilton, who was the band director at Union High School, began messaging a minor online, the Justice Department said. Hamilton and the minor exchanged hundreds of sexually explicit messages, pictures and videos, the Justice Department said. Hamilton later met the minor and recorded their sexual encounter on video, US Attorney Alina Habba said. Law enforcement seized a copy of the video during a…

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Four Robberies, Two Shootings: Jersey City Man Learns Fate After Wild Night Four Robberies, Two Shootings: Jersey City Man Learns Fate After Wild Night
Four Robberies, Two Shootings: Jersey City Man Learns Fate After Wild Night A 32-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to 26 years in federal prison on Wednesday, April 23 after pleading guilty to committing four robberies and two shootings, all in the same evening, authorities said. On Nov. 14, 2021, Rodney Williams robbed a store in Jersey City at gunpoint, US Attorney Alina Habba said. Soon after, Williams, accompanied by Siobhan Chandler, demanded money from a gas station, Habba said. When the attendants did not immediately comply, Williams shot one of the attendants in the chest before fleeing the scene, Habba said. Williams and Chandler then robbed a third s…

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Man Broke Into Houses, Cars Throughout North Jersey, Including Armed Home Invasion: Prosecutor Man Broke Into Houses, Cars Throughout North Jersey, Including Armed Home Invasion: Prosecutor
Man Broke Into Houses, Cars Throughout North Jersey, Including Armed Home Invasion: Prosecutor A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged on Thursday, April 24, with committing multiple burglaries and a home invasion throughout North Jersey, authorities said. Alquan Harris broke into homes and vehicles  in Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic counties, committing an armed home invasion in West Caldwell on Wednesday, April 9,  Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel Jr. said. Harris is charged with several counts of burglary, attempted burglary and motor vehicle thefts, authorities said. Harris was ac…

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Bayonne Man Struck Pedestrian In Jersey City, Fled Scene: Prosecutor Bayonne Man Struck Pedestrian In Jersey City, Fled Scene: Prosecutor
Bayonne Man Struck Pedestrian In Jersey City, Fled Scene: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Bayonne man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, April 23 with striking a pedestrian and leaving the scene in Jersey City in 2023, authorities said. At 2:33 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, Adrian Perez struck a 37-year-old pedestrian on Barbara Place and Grand Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The woman suffered multiple serious injuries, Suarez said. The Chevrolet Suburban driven by Perez did not remain at the scene, Suarez said. Perez was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in serious bodily injury and endangering an injured vi…

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Drunk Driver Going 90 MPH In 35 MPH Zone Pleads Guilty In Fatal Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor Drunk Driver Going 90 MPH In 35 MPH Zone Pleads Guilty In Fatal Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
Drunk Driver Going 90 MPH In 35 MPH Zone Pleads Guilty In Fatal Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Lakewood man faces a decade in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday, April 23, to driving drunk and at a high rate of speed in a crash that killed a woman in 2022, authorities said. Mordechai Berkowitz pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and assault by auto in the July 2022 crash that killed Juana Lopez-Hernandez, a 44-year-old Mexico resident and caused serious bodily injury to Maria Flores-Moreno, a 35-year-old Jackson resident, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Berkowitz faces 10 years in prison per the terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Billhim…

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Dad Beaten Dead With Baseball Bat Was Defending Teen Daughter On Easter: Prosecutor Dad Beaten Dead With Baseball Bat Was Defending Teen Daughter On Easter: Prosecutor
Dad Beaten Dead With Baseball Bat Was Defending Teen Daughter On Easter: Prosecutor A 55-year-old Millville man and his 17-year-old son were charged on Monday, April 21, after killing a father and assaulting his teen daughter over the weekend, authorities said. On Saturday, April 19, Gus Serbeck's daughter was assaulted by the 17-year-old, referred to as J.H. at the teen's Leamings Mill residence in Millville, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. The next day, Serbeck and his daughter went to their house to confront Eric Hannah about the assault, Webb-McRae said. J.H. and Serbeck met at the front door and began physically fighting, Webb-McRae said. …

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