October 15 Evening News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING SHOT IN PATERSON. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL IN WAYNE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED NEAR RIVER AND PUTNAM STREETS, BUT SAID NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE.
NJ.COM REPORTED A A WEST ORANGE MAN WILL SPEND DECADES IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER ADMITTING TO PAYING MINORS TO PRODUCE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT. NABEEN LEIGH SINGHA, 39, RECEIVED A 50-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON OCT. 13, 2026, FOLLOWED BY 10 YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE. A FEDERAL JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SENTENCE IN CAMDEN FEDERAL COURT ON CHARGES OF PRODUCTION, RECEIPT AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS MADE IN COURT, SINGHA EXCHANGED SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES WITH TWO MINOR VICTIMS AND PAID THEM TO CREATE VIDEOS AND IMAGES OF THEMSELVES, WHICH THEY SENT TO HIM OVER THE INTERNET. SINGHA ALSO PAID A MIDDLE MAN TO SEND HIM SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEOS AND IMAGES OF FOUR ADDITIONAL MINOR VICTIMS. THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN JULY 2021 AND MARCH 2022. LAW ENFORCEMENT SEIZED SINGHA’S PHONE AND DISCOVERED NEARLY 5,000 IMAGES AND 620 VIDEOS DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE CASE WAS PROSECUTED AS PART OF PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD, A PROGRAM THAT COORDINATES FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL RESOURCES TO LOCATE, APPREHEND AND PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN AND TO IDENTIFY AND RESCUE VICTIMS. SPECIAL AGENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHILD EXPLOITATION GROUP OF HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A FIRE BURNED THROUGH A GARAGE IN BERGENFIELD JUST BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY, THREATENING NEARBY HOMES AND PROMPTING EVACUATIONS. BERGENFIELD FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A SOUTH WOODSIDE AVENUE HOME AT ABOUT 6 A.M. ON REPORTS OF AN ACTIVE FIRE. WHEN POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE DETACHED TWO-CAR GARAGE FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. MUTUAL AID CREWS FROM DUMONT, NEW MILFORD, AND BERGENFIELD RESPONDED TO HELP BATTLE THE FLAMES, PREVENTING THE FIRE FROM SPREADING TO OTHER STRUCTURES, PROVIDING WATER, CLEAN TOWELS, AND STANDBY MEDICAL COVERAGE. FIREFIGHTERS SAID SEVERAL NEARBY HOMES WERE TEMPORARILY EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION UNTIL THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED, AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY HAS REPORTED THAT A WOMAN IS FACING HOMICIDE CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HER HUSBAND AND 3 YEAR OLD SON WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE A GUEST ROOM AT GREAT WOLF LODGE IN THE POCONO MOUNTAINS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE POPULAR FAMILY RESORT IN PENNSYLVANIA. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 27 YEAR OLD METALLICA HARRISON CALLED 911 AND REPORTED THAT HER HUSBAND AND SON WERE ALREADY GONE. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED TO THE SCENE, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY NOTICED INJURIES TO HARRISON’S WRIST AND NECK. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, OFFICERS FOUND BOTH THE CHILD AND THE MAN DECEASED INSIDE THE ROOM. POLICE SAY BOTH VICTIMS APPEARED TO HAVE SUFFERED STAB WOUNDS. HARRISON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS RELEASED BY INVESTIGATORS ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE DEATHS.