CRIME & SAFETY

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Sussex County) – The driver of a car and a pedestrian are hospitalized following a car crash Wednesday night in Sussex County, according to New Jersey State Police spokesperson Sergeant Jeffrey Lebron. The crash happened at around 11:55 p.m. on Route 15 southbound at milepost 17.2...

A 96-year-old former nun was struck and killed by a vehicle last week in Sussex County, police said.Aurora Marcos Travis, of Newton, died on Thursday, June 27, after being struck by a 25-year-old driver who failed to yield as she crossed Madison Street in a marked crosswalk, local police said.The d…

According to Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police, a Nissan passenger vehicle hit Baranowski’s bicycle and then crashed into a utility pole, causing it to overturn. The incident occurred around 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, while Baranowski was on the right shoulder of Route 206 north in Sandyston Township.

WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ (Passaic County) – An off-duty Sussex County police officer helped an 18-year-old who was struck by a boat propeller on Greenwood Lake in Wests Milford Township last month. On June 20, at around 6:00 p.m. Vernon Township Police Corporal Steve Rovetto was off-duty and boating...

New Jersey State Police have found a 23-year-old man wanted in a stabbing in Hardwick late Tuesday evening. State Police said around 10:20 p.m., troopers responded to a home on Meadow Cliff Lane in Hardwick Township for a report of a stabbing, the agency posted on Facebook Wednesday morning. The area is near...

Route 23 was shut down for a time on Monday afternoon in Sussex County because of a crash, the state Department of Transportation posted on social media. The crash, which occurred at 3:45 p.m., happened just south of and involves a fuel spill, according to the DOT's 511nj.org. The highway was...

SPARTA TOWNSHIP, NJ (Sussex County) – A Sussex County man was indicted Tuesday for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Nikenson Jean Mathurin, aka “Nik Mathurin,” aka “Jean Mathurin”, 44, of...

WANTAGE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Sussex County) – No injuries were reported after pickup truck hauling cars on a trailer overturned in Sussex County on Monday afternoon, according to New Jersey State Police spokesperson Sergeant Jeffrey Lebron. The crash happened at around 3:45 p.m. on Route 23 northbound at milepost 48...

SOMERSET, NJ - Local authorities are requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing man, Jeffrey Wells, who was last seen early this morning. Jeffrey Wells, 48, is described as a Black male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing approximately 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing black shorts and a sports jersey in Viking Avenue at 4:40 a.m.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The Franklin Township Police Department is actively searching for Wells and urges anyone with information on his whereabouts to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Franklin Township Police Department at 732-873-5533 or call 911. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net

A Morris County man purportedly armed with a handgun snuck into a Warren County home while a family slept early Thursday morning and opened fire, killing his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend and her puppy, according to authorities and family members. Amanda Pulver died after she was allegedly shot in the leg by...

A 22-year-old New York University graduate was killed in New Jersey after being run down from behind while riding his bicycle in New Jersey. Damian Baranowski, a Port Jervis native raised in Pennsylvania, was hit by a 21-year-old driver from the Bronx, according to NJ.com. The driver then struck a utility pole on Route 206 in Sussex County, which caused her Nissan to flip, leaving the motorist ...

Two cannabis dispensary stores in Port Jervis have been shut down by state authorities following regulatory inspections of the businesses and products being dispensed from each. The inspection was conducted as part of a collaborative enforcement effort between the State Office of Cannabis Management, the State Department of Taxation and Finance, and law enforcement officers. State Police and Port Jervis Police officers were stationed outside of each store to ensure a peaceful process as is standard protocol for such visits. Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden noted that there were no issues at all in conducting the on-site inspections or the closing of the businesses by the enforcement team. He said this was a civil enforcement of new laws relating to cannabis sales and that such visits are being conducted all over the state. On-site regulatory inspections are part of new state initiatives relating to cannabis operations throughout the state. Stepped-up efforts to tackle the illicit cannabis marketplace include the power to immediately padlock a business if an inspection reveals the selling of illicit cannabis or an imminent threat to health and safety. Seals were placed on the doors of Smilies at 23 Front Street and Port Jervis CBD, located at 78 Front Street. Notices posted on the doors state that the businesses have been sealed by order of the Cannabis Control Board, that illicit cannabis has been seized from each, and that pursuant to state cannabis law and regulations, the businesses have been ordered to close and cease the sale of unapproved and unauthorized products. Business owners have the right to request a hearing to appeal the closure. The closures in Port Jervis are just two such enforcement actions that have taken place throughout the region over the past several months.

A GoFundMe page was created in memory of 24-year-old Jeysson Osorio Reyes. His body was found after he went missing in the Delaware River near Milford Beach in Milford, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, June 29. Osorio's GoFundMe page had raised more than $1,200 from at least 17 donations as of Wednesday,...

The body of a missing swimmer was recovered in Pike County. National Park Service rangers and dive team members from Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Upper Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River and volunteers from the Milford Fire Department, Milford Ambulance, Port Jervis and Bushkill Dive Teams, and Dingman Township, Sparrowbush, and Huguenot Dive Rescue Teams searched for a missing man who was last seen swimming in the Delaware River at Milford Beach on Saturday afternoon around 3:15 pm.