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2 men arrested after gunpoint robbery at Sussex County motel
BRANCHVILLE BOROUGH, NJ (Sussex County) – Two Pennsylvania men were arrested after a gunpoint robbery in Sussex County. On August 10, at around 5:30 a.m., three masked men entered a room at the Cobmin Ridge Motel on Route 206 in Branchville Borough and robbed the occupants at gunpoint. The victims reported the crime to the New Jersey State Police later that day, authorities said.
Fatal Crash Follows High-Speed Chase on I-80 in Warren County
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - A high-speed chase on the morning of August 13, 2024, led to a fatal motorcycle crash when a New Jersey State Trooper attempted to pull over an SUV on I-80 in Warren County. Around 10:19 a.m., the trooper initiated a stop on an SUV traveling eastbound near milepost 11. The driver of the SUV, now identified as 32-year-old Sean Mamakas of Kempton, Pennsylvania, did not comply with activated emergency lights and sirens and instead headed toward Exit 12 and continued southbound on County Road 521 in Hope Township, Warren County.CLICK HERE TO SIGN...
Man Arrested for Alleged Gun Possession During Youth Football Practice at Green Township School
Tension gripped the Bridgetown Middle School in Green Township when Raymond Huff Jr., 40, was arrested after allegedly bringing a gun onto the grounds during a youth football practice session. According to court documents obtained by WCPO News, Huff is facing a misdemeanor charge of inducing panic and a fifth-degree felony for illegal conveyance of a deadly weapon.
Man accused of assaulting victim at softball game in Hackettstown
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ (Warren County) – A man is accused of assaulting a person at softball game in Hackettstown on Thursday night. On Aug. 15, at around 8:49 p.m., an on-duty officer witnessed an incident that took place at Tannery Field. During a men’s softball game, an altercation took place, and the victim was allegedly struck in the face by Jeffrey Binns with a closed fist causing a laceration above his left eye, police said.
Victor Razumov sentenced in 2012 Wantage killing. He's eligible for parole next year
NEWTON — It took seconds to brutally kill Virginia "Suzy" Sommer in her Wantage home in 2012, minutes to steal her jewelry, five days for authorities to charge then-18-year-old Victor Razumov with murder and 4,284 days since the man's arrest to give family the closure they deserved. Twelve years after the 73-year-old woman's death, Razumov, whose competency was at the forefront of the case after he gouged out his own eyes while awaiting trial in 2014, was...
Franklin Man Fired Gunshots Onto Neighbor's Property: Police
Officers arrived on Corkhill Road and determined Kevin Kaye was intoxicated when he was handling the rifle, causing damage to his neighbor's fence, above-ground pool, children's clubhouse and garage, Franklin Borough police said. The residents and their children were in the yard and swimming pool at the time shots were...
Malfunctioning Battery Causes Scooter Fire: Roxbury FD
At 9 p.m., firefighters responded to the 200 block of Center Street in Port Morris on a report of smoke coming from a basement, Roxbury Fire and First Aid Company 2 said. Upon arrival, an electric scooter was found to be on fire in the basement, firefighters said. The scooter was taken outside and the fire was extinguished without spreading to the home, firefighters said.
Morristown Mourns the Loss of Retired Police Officer Carl Cousin
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Retired Morristown Police Officer Carl Cousin has passed away, announced Morristown PBA Local 43. Officer Cousin began his career with the Bureau of Police in 1980 and served for 27 years. After retiring, he returned as a Class II Special Police Officer, ultimately retiring again in 2022. "Officer Cousin’s commitment to the citizens of Morristown was exemplary, and his service will be remembered with deep respect and gratitude", wrote the Morristown PBA Local 43 in a Facebook post. "Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and all who had the honor of working alongside him".CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER A wake will be held on Tuesday August 20 at the Calvary Baptist Church, 10 Martin Luther King Avenue in Morristown from 9am - 11am. A Funeral Service will follow at 11am. Burial will be at the Evergreen Cemetery on Martin Luther King Avenue. Sign up to get all the news as it happens at www.TAPinto.net/enews and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MorristownTAP/ and on Twitter at @MorristownTAP and on Instagram at @tapintomorristown Download the TAPinto App! Click here for Android. Click here for iOS For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
UPDATE: Missing Autistic Newton man found safe
NEWTON, NJ (Sussex County) – The Newton Police Department is searching for a missing Autistic male. Shaquiel Hill, 30, walked away from a group home and was last seen on Linmor Avenue in Newton on Aug. 15 at around 1:30 a.m. Hill is a black man, 5 feet 11...
Roxbury Chief Explains School Crossing Guard Reduction
ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury Police Chief Dean Adone on Tuesday explained in more detail his recent decision to remove five school crossing guard sites, and add one new one, when the new school year begins. Speaking at the Roxbury Mayor and Council meeting, the chief – acknowledging that there has been “some discourse” related to his decision – said the net decommissioning of four crossing guards will not create a safety issue for students.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER He said the move was based on a 3-month-long analysis of the crossing guard situation...
Motorcyclist, 31, Airlifted In Franklin Township Crash
The crash happened at 5 Manville Causeway near Weston Canal Road around 7:35 p.m. in Franklin Township, Lt. Vincent T. Wilson said. Responding officers from the Franklin Township, Manville, South Bound Brook and the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department performed lifesaving efforts to the victim before he was airlifted by New Jersey State Police's NorthStar helicopter.
NYC pair admit conspiring to commit robberies and committing armed check cashing robberies in Hackettstown, Parsippany, Old Bridge
NEW JERSEY – Two Brooklyn men admitted their roles in three gunpoint robberies of check cashing locations in different parts of New Jersey in 2021 and 2022, as well as conspiring to commit robberies in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Ramel...
No injuries reported after crash involving overturned cement truck on I-287 in Morris County
PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS, NJ (Morris County) – There were no injuries following a crash involving a cement truck and a car on Interstate 287 in Morris County early Wednesday morning, according to New Jersey State Police spokesperson Sergeant Jeffrey Lebron. The crash happened at around 2:07 a.m. on Interstate 287...
Arbitrator sides with Dover police chief over confrontation with councilman
An independent arbitratorhas ruled in favor of Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney, who filed a grievance against town officials after he was reprimanded him for speaking out at a February council meeting. "The content of the chief’s comments to the town council were not inappropriate or unprofessional and did not put the town...
Edison cop gets prison sentence for drunken crash that killed two passengers
SOMERVILLE – An off-duty Edison Township police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison on two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide in a drunken crash that killed his two passengers on Route 27 in Franklin in August 2023. Amitoj Oberoi, 31, of Franklin, was sentenced Wednesday by Somerset County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Romankow to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the crash which resulted in the deaths of Carlos Perez-Gaytan, 24, of Franklin,...
Fatal Collision off I-80 in Hope Township Under Investigation
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal vehicle collision during a police pursuit involving a sport utility vehicle and a motorcycle earlier this week in Warren County. An adult male operating the motorcycle sustained fatal injuries in the crash, authorities said. Police are not releasing his...
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