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Driver Taken To Trauma Center In Hunterdon County Rollover Crash: Police A driver was taken to a nearby trauma center following a rollover crash in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The vehicle crashed into a telephone pole and overturned on Route 523 near Edgewood Road in Readington around 6:15 p.m. Friday, township police said in a release. The driver was taken to a trauma center by the Whitehouse Rescue Squad for treatment of unspecified injuries, police said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

by Valerie Musson

01/31/2022

Police & Fire

Scam ALERT: Men Used Counterfeit $100 Bills At Several NJ Gas Stations, Police Say Two men have been charged after allegedly using counterfeit bills at several gas stations throughout the Garden State, authorities said Friday. Mohammad Kamara, 30, of Newark, and Tonney Manyango, 29, of Sayreville, are accused of asking for $3.00 worth of gas at QuickChek in Cedar Knolls, paying with a counterfeit $100 bill, and asking for change for a second counterfeit $100 bill on Jan. 4, Hanover Police said. A follow-up investigation found that several other convenience stores throughout New Jersey had recently experienced a similar scam between Jan. 4 and Jan. 6, authorities said. Th…

by Valerie Musson

01/28/2022

Police & Fire

Police Seek ID For Man Who Stole $400 In Tools From Lehigh Valley Lowe’s Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a man caught on surveillance footage stealing about $400 worth of tools from a Lehigh Valley Lowe’s Home Improvement store. The man — pictured above — stole the items from the store on Birkland Place in Bethlehem around 11 a.m. on Jan. 16, Bethlehem Township Police said in a Friday release. The man then fled in a red Honda Odyssey from around 2010, police said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Ptl. Ebner by calling 610-419-4429 or sending an email to aebner@bethlehemtwp.com.

by Valerie Musson

01/28/2022

Lifestyle

25-Year-Old NJ Native Turns Beekeeping Hobby Into Full-Scale Business (Look Inside) Once thought to be allergic to bees, one 25-year-old New Jersey man has turned his favorite hobby into a full-scale business while helping others to learn more about apiculture — the art of beekeeping — along the way. Dumont native Patrick Harrison, primary beekeeper at HarBee Beekeeping now open on Route 206 in Newton — tells DailyVoice.com that he once thought he was allergic to bees following an incident at scout camp when he was young. “Someone stepped on what was probably a wasp nest, after that, I carried an EpiPen,” he said. After testing negative for the allergy during his first y…

by Valerie Musson

01/28/2022

Police & Fire

Drunk Lehigh Valley Man ‘Unleashed’ Bulldog On Woman During Argument: Report A Lehigh Valley man had been drinking when he provoked his English bulldog to attack a woman he was having an argument with and later ignored her desperate pleas for help, LehighValleyLive reports. Frank Cappetta, 39, is accused of felony aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment, the outlet says citing court papers. Police responding to Cappetta's Freemansburg home found the woman bleeding from her forehead with several bite marks and bruises, LVL says. The victim told police that she had gotten into an argument with Cappetta — whom she knew prior to the incident …

by Valerie Musson

01/28/2022

News

Student Solicited Peer For Oral Sex As NJ School Admins Failed To Act, Lawsuit Says A former Morris County elementary school student’s parents have filed a lawsuit against the district with claims that administrators failed to follow anti-bullying policies while their son was severely harassed -- and even solicited for oral sex by another student, NJHerald reports. The former Sussex Avenue Elementary School student was bullied based on his perceived sexual orientation during the 2019-2020 academic year, according to the lawsuit filed last week in Morris County Superior Court. The boy was using a urinal when he was approached by another student who propositi…

by Valerie Musson

01/28/2022

News

$2.8M Pick-6 Lottery Ticket Sold In North Jersey A lottery ticket good for $2.8 million from the Thursday, Jan. 27 Pick-6 drawing was sold in North Jersey. The lucky ticket was sold at Wegmans on Sylvan Way in Parsippany, Morris County, lottery officials said. The winning numbers for the Thursday, Jan. 27 drawing were: 02, 13, 23, 25, 34 and 47. The XTRA Multiplier was: 02. The lucky retailer will receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. In addition to the jackpot winner, six ticketholders won $3,355 for correctly matching five out of the six white balls drawn. The jackpot for the Pick-6 game has rese…

by Valerie Musson

01/28/2022

Police & Fire

Watch: Video Clip Shows Crews Dousing Massive Route 22 Car Fire A car went up in flames on Route 22 Thursday afternoon, prompting a massive suppression effort from several fire departments that was captured in a shocking video clip. Fire crews in Palmer and Bethlehem Township rushed to the scene of the blaze in the westbound lanes near milepost 333.1 in the early afternoon, authorities said. Firefighters immediately began dousing the blaze, which became a “challenge to extinguish” when fuel started leaking from the car and burning, the Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company said. The Hecktown Volunteer Fire Company was also called to the scene to a…

by Valerie Musson

01/28/2022

Police & Fire

Drug Dog Finds $100K Of Cocaine On Jersey City Man In Major Mercer County Bust: Prosecutor A quantity of cocaine worth about $100,000 was found on a Jersey City man with the help of a narcotics K9 in Mercer County earlier this week, authorities said. Hector Perez-Suarez, 31, was stopped in a silver BMW near Parkway Avenue in Trenton on Tuesday as part of a month-long investigation into narcotics sales, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said Thursday. A search of the car by narcotics canine officer Indy turned up a plastic bag with a kilogram of cocaine on the rear floor next to the rear center console, Onofri said. Perez-Suarez also had $2,100 in cash, authorities said. …

by Valerie Musson

01/27/2022

Police & Fire

Car Fire Closes NJ Turnpike In Mercer County: State Police A car went up in flames on the New Jersey Turnpike Thursday afternoon, causing a shutdown of one lane, state police said. Troopers responded to a report of a smoking car that quickly caught fire in the northbound lanes on the inner roadway near milepost 61.9 in Robbinsville Township just before 1:45 p.m., NJSP spokesperson Brandi Slota told DailyVoice.com. Local fire crews were called to the scene to douse the blaze, Slota said. The right lane remained closed as of 2:30 p.m., Slota said. Vehicle fire on New Jersey Turnpike Inner Roadway northbound North of Interchange 7A - I-195 (Robb…

by Valerie Musson

01/27/2022

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