Friday, June 14, 2013
Family pays for students to attend prom, 'Real Housewives' star has trouble selling home also make headlines.
A Parsippany Hills High School teacher was charged with criminal sexual contact Saturday after Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said Jenna Leahey had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student. Police divers discovered a woman's body inside a car at the bottom of a Passaic County reservoir Wednesday. A Jefferson man was arrested on child endangerment charges Tuesday after authorities said he exposed his genitals via Internet webcam to an undercover detective posing as a 12-year-old girl. A Warren woman pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in Superior Court on Tuesday after authorities said she was drunk when she crashed her car head-on into another in Bernards Township in January, killing the other driver. A Basking Ridge …
Friday, June 7, 2013
Man pleads guilty to stealing money from elderly investors, Christie celebrates primary win locally also make headlines.
Kevin Olsen, one of the top quarterback recruits in the country this year, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after he smashed his car into a vehicle in his hometown of Wayne last month, court records show. A gruesome discovery was made at Fireman's Field in Jefferson Saturday morning, when park-goers reported to police that a man's body was found near the woods. The wife of a volunteer Madison firefighter has been charged with embezzling more than $11,000 from the fire department's members over several years, police said Tuesday. Charges pending as 14-month-old remains hospitalized for head injury following April car crash. A Bridgewater man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after surrendering himself to the FBI Wednesday …
Friday, May 31, 2013
Woman pleads guilty to murder, local dancer competes on 'So You Think You Can Dance' also make headlines.
Nearly two years after a woman was shot dead on a Boonton street one summer night while walking with her toddler son and the boy's father, the woman accused of shooting her pleaded guilty to murder. Two men celebrated Memorial Day in the Morris County Department of Corrections after being charged in three robberies while allegedly impersonating police officers and targeting residents based on their immigration status. A Lake Hiawatha man who authorities say had more than 46,000 sexual photos of children on his electronic devices was sentenced to 140 months in prison on Wednesday, according to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. The remains of a 'sickly' raccoon in a storm drain shot by a Bernardsville Police officer on May 17 have tested positive …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Tick Tock Diner manager released on $600K bail, convicted child abuser served new charges also make headlines.
Two people were found dead inside a Long Meadow Road home in the Smoke Rise section of Kinnelon, acting Morris Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said Thursday afternoon. What began with a Mendham High School junior’s quest for a varsity cheerleading letter devolved into harassment, bullying, intimidation and retaliation, according to her mother. Liquor was seized from Blackthorn Restaurant and about 30 other bars and restaurants throughout New Jersey Wednesday after authorities said they were charging premium prices for cheaper alcohol. The manager of the Tick Tock Diner charged with hiring a hitman to kill his uncle is free after posting $600,000 bail Tuesday. A speedy car pursuit that started in Hackettstown Wednesday afternoon ended with the …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Former football player's lawsuit partially dismissed, Internet celebrity charged in municipal lawyer's death also make headlines.
A Chilean man was killed Tuesday night when he was struck by a NJ Transit train on a bridge over the Passaic River. A Rockaway Township man was charged with maintaining a drug production facility Tuesday when he called police to his Sanders Road home after finding his wife dead inside, authorities said. Authorities have arrested an Internet celebrity they believe may have been involved with the death of Joseph Galfy Jr., a Clark resident and attorney to the Green Brook Planning Board. Family and friends will host a “celebration of Paige’s life” at Summit's Unitarian Church on May 21 to honor the College of New Jersey senior and Hillsborough resident whose body was discovered in the Hudson River on May 8. A portion of a federal lawsuit …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Fire chief accused of striking pedestrian, NBA player shares drug battle also make headlines.
The family of Paige Aiello has confirmed that a body discovered Wednesday in the Hudson River is the missing Hillsborough woman, according to the Find Paige Aiello Facebook page. A tractor trailer carrying bee hives from Florida to Maine lost some of its cargo Monday morning, Bernards Township police said. A Long Hill woman who had been missing since Wednesday was found safe Saturday afternoon. The search for a man who allegedly tried luring a teen boy into his car recently has ended, but not because he was found. Chatham Borough Fire Chief Peter Glogolich was issued a summons for striking a pedestrian with his borough-owned vehicle. Former NBA player Chris Herren shares drug battle, recovery with community. Those looking to catch a movie …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Unconscious man revived, Jets sign local player also make headlines.
Picatinny Arsenal Army major and his wife served 17-count indictment on charges of abusing their children through 'neglectful and cruel acts.' A massive search was underway Thursday for a woman who never made it home from her parents' Basking Ridge home a night earlier. A mother who said her 6-year-old daughter was subjected to an unprovoked and "vicious" attack by an aggressive raccoon in her Bernardsville backyard on Monday said she wants to warn the public about what happened. Former Morristown Public Works Superintendent Charles E. Jones III, who was indicted in February on charges of distributing child porn over the Internet, took his own life last week. A 63-year-old man was resuscitated on the scene of an early-morning Route 202 …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Local stories of Boston Marathon runners also make headlines.
A Hillsborough woman and a trucker who tried to save her were killed Tuesday during a series of crashes on Route 287, New Jersey State Police reported. Leo Moran Sr. is mentally incompetent to stand trial and will not face murder charges after allegedly beating his wife to death in December 2011. A reward is being offered for information about the whereabouts of Paige Aiello, the family announced Thursday via the Facebook page "Find Paige Aiello." Janice Cazes of Long Valley ended the Boston Marathon just two blocks shy of where two bombs detonated, killing three people. One library patron's actions in viewing pornography on a public computer at the Montville Township Public Library not only elicited complaints from other patrons but also …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Missing Hillsborough woman, gun buyback program also make headlines.
Police are seeking information about the whereabouts of Paige Aiello, a senior at The College of New Jersey, who hasn't been seen since Tuesday. State police said a Pequannock driver was startled and suffered scrapes and cuts after a live turkey crashed through her windshield and ended up alive in her backseat on Route 80 in Montville Monday morning. A late Tuesday night brush fire scorched 1.5 acres of land at Schooley’s Mountain Park, requiring multiple fire companies to respond and cut down the flames, Washington Township police said. Agencies from throughout Morris County assisted to quell blazes in Mt. Olive. The manager of the iconic Tick Tock Diner in Clifton tried to have his uncle killed in an elaborate murder-for-hire plot, …
Friday, April 5, 2013
Sex assault indictment, car fires also make headlines.
Elizabeth Chesner went missing and was found Tuesday morning at her boyfriend’s house in Bloomfield, her former hometown. A red-tailed hawk spotted two eggs in a nest on Duke Farms recently, thinking they would make a delectable meal — but the unfortunate hawk didn't know the eggs were watched by an attentive parent, a bald eagle. The Somerset Hills YMCA in Basking Ridge, where former N.Y. Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum remains on the Board of Directors, announced on Wednesday that the deadline has been extended for YMCA members who wish to apply for this year's Tannenbaum family scholarship. A Warren County grand jury returned two indictments against Watchung resident Patrick Deck Thursday, stemming from investigations that followed…
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