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Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
2 Dead Weeks After Bristol Township Fire
Two people who had been airlifted to a Philadelphia hospital with serious burns in last month's Bristol Township fire have died of their injuries, LevittownNow reports. An elderly man was confirmed dead on Jan. 29, and an elderly woman died this week, the outlet reports. Both had suffered serious burns and were being treated at Temple University Hospital’s burn center. Flames consumed a 2.5-story home on the 4900 block of Beaver Dam Road when fire crews arrived around 4 a.m. on Jan. 23, the Levittown Fire Company said. "E-14 first arriving, securing own water supply, leading off with 1 3/…
Hackensack, NJ
News
Update
: NJ Hospitals Await First Batch Of
Covid-
19 Vaccines
NOTE: A spokeswoman for Hackensack University Medical Center said Friday that the hospital hadn't yet received the initial doses of COVID-19 vaccines. "We do NOT have any vaccine at this point nor does anyone else in NJ," said the spokeswoman, Mary Jo Layton. This corrects a previous story published here following what staffers said was a notification that initial shipments of the vaccines had arrived and will continue to do so. ****** HUMC was expected to be among the first hospitals in New Jersey to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Officials couldn’t provide an exact number, although …
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Home Health Aide Arrested For Stealing $16K From Patients' Checking Accounts
A home health aide from Ocean County has been arrested for stealing more than $16,000 from her elderly patients, authorities said. Keighla Bloschock. 27, of Manchester Township was charged with multiple counts of theft, forgery, computer related criminal activity and money laundering, Manchester police said. The home health aide allegedly bought extravagant items such as jewelry and high-end clothing with the stolen money, and tried to pay off thousands of dollars in personal student loans, police said. An investigation began when one of Bloschock’s patients tried to pay her mortgage and …
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
One Killed In Northern Westchester House Fire
A 92-year-old man was killed, his 85-year-old wife and a firefighter were hospitalized after a two-alarm fire broke out in a Northern Westchester home. First responders were dispatched at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5 to a Brandon Drive residence in Mount Kisco, where there was a report of a fire that had sparked in a garage and spread to the home, fire officials said. After several hours battling the blaze, multiple agencies got the flames under control while the homeowners were transported to Westchester Medical Center, the man in serious condition, his wife with minor injurie…
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
'Don't Fall For It,' Hackettstown Police Warn After Elderly Woman Scammed Out Of $2.2K
Hackettstown police are warning the public of scammers after an elderly woman apparently lost more than $2,000 to one. The 82-year-old victim got an email that she believed was from Apple Inc., in reference to a charge on her account from a game she purchased Sept. 2, local police said. The victim never purchased a game, so she called the company and spoke to a woman regarding the alleged charge. The woman instructed the victim to go to a nearby store and purchase Apple gift cards, while remaining on the phone. And so, the victim left for the store. When she got there, there weren't…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark PD Seek Man Accused Of Assaulting Elderly Resident, Stealing Gold Chain
A Newark man is wanted by police for assaulting an elderly resident on the street and stealing his gold chain, authorities said. Omar Pearson, 39, robbed the man of his chain around 1 p.m. at Nichols and Pulaski streets on Aug. 10, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Pearson is around 5 feet and 10 inches tall and weighs between 140 and 150 pounds. He has brown eyes, black hair, a dark complexion, and is known to frequent the Bradley Court public housing complex area. He has been seen hanging around 79 N. Munn Ave. on several occasions, police said…
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
Busted
: Man Accused of Snatching An Elderly Lady's Purse Arrested In Northampton
A man suspected of robbing an elderly woman of her purse, while she waited at a bus stop, has been arrested by Northampton Police. On Thursday, July 23, at around 10 a.m., Northampton Police responded to a report of a male swiping a purse on State Street, police said. Officers learned the 78-year-old woman had been waiting at the Pulaski Park bus stop when her purse was snatched from her shopping cart. One male suspected distracted her, while another ran off with her handbag, police said. Northampton Police were able to match the woman’s description to a 29-year-old male that was soon spot…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Woman Victim Of Grandparent Scam, Police Say
Police are warning residents to be careful of a telephone scam targeting the elderly after a Long Island woman was scammed out of $1,000. Nassau County Police learned of the crime on Thursday, Dec. 12, after a post office employee called police with concerns that an 81-year-old East Meadow resident might be the target of a scam, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, the victim received a phone call sometime in November from an unknown man who told her that she had won $5.5 million but needed to send $500 in order to claim the money. The woman sent the money. The victim w…
Stamford, CT
Lifestyle
Alert Issued For Fake Attorney Scam
Local law enforcement agencies are cautioning area residents to be on alert following several scams involving elderly individuals being taken advantage of by fraudsters posing as attorneys. Opportunistic scammers have been preying on the elderly around the country, posing as attorneys and demanding thousands of dollars in cash in bail or bond money for an alleged grandchild who they claim is in trouble. Last month, an 88-year-old woman in California was contacted by a man who claimed to be an attorney, according to New Haven police investigators. He allegedly told her that her grandson was …
