Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Several Pets Killed As 2-Alarm Blaze Rips Through Morris County Home (PHOTOS) Several Pets Killed As 2-Alarm Blaze Rips Through Morris County Home (PHOTOS) Several Pets Killed As 2-Alarm Blaze Rips Through Morris County Home (PHOTOS)
Several Pets Killed As 2-Alarm Blaze Rips Through Morris County Home (Photos) Several pets were killed in a two-alarm fire that ripped through a Morris County home, authorities said. The Long Valley Fire Company responded to the blaze at 148 Stephensburg Rd. in Washington Township just before 12:55 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26, the squad said. Upon arrival, the company confirmed heavy flames coming from the basement of the two-story stone-framed home, prompting a second alarm. The blaze was extinguished with help from numerous fire companies, including Washington Township, Schooley’s Mountain, Fairmount, Netcong, and Budd Lake, as well as the Tri-County Volunteer Fire …

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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3 Hospitalized As Serious Crash Shuts Down Route 206: UPDATE 3 Hospitalized As Serious Crash Shuts Down Route 206: UPDATE 3 Hospitalized As Serious Crash Shuts Down Route 206: UPDATE
3 Hospitalized As Serious Crash Shuts Down Route 206: Update Three people were hospitalized with serious injuries as a 3-car crash shut down Route 206 in Morris County, authorities confirmed. A Ford transit van heading south on Route 206 rear-ended a Chevrolet Malibu that was slowing or stopped in the southbound lane near Matt’s Glass in Mount Olive just before 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10, local police said in a release. The Malibu spun and was pushed partially into the northbound lane, where it was then hit by a Nissan Sentra that was heading northbound. The man driving the Malibu and woman driving the Sentra were treated at the scene before b…

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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BUSTED: Ecstasy, Cocaine, Adderall, Cash Seized, 2 Charged In Morris County: Police BUSTED: Ecstasy, Cocaine, Adderall, Cash Seized, 2 Charged In Morris County: Police BUSTED: Ecstasy, Cocaine, Adderall, Cash Seized, 2 Charged In Morris County: Police
Busted: Ecstasy, Cocaine, Adderall, Cash Seized, 2 Charged In Morris County: Police Two Morris County residents were slapped with several charges following a drug bust involving the seizure of ecstasy, cocaine, Adderall, and other substances, authorities announced. Officers responding to a dispute at a home in Budd Lake met with John P. Rowe, 30, and Stephanie L. Olver, 29, before the owner of the property gave consent to a search around 4:20 p.m. on Friday, June 10, Mount Olive Police said in a release on Tuesday, June 14. The search turned up suspected Alprazolam tablets, leading to the application of a search warrant for a silver four-door vehicle, police said. A searc…

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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2-Alarm Fire Ravages Morris County Apartment Building — Again (PHOTOS) 2-Alarm Fire Ravages Morris County Apartment Building — Again (PHOTOS) 2-Alarm Fire Ravages Morris County Apartment Building — Again (PHOTOS)
2-Alarm Fire Ravages Morris County Apartment Building — Again (Photos) An investigation is underway after a Morris County apartment building caught fire for the second time since last year, authorities said. Byram Township firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze at the Village Green Apartments in Budd Lake just after 5:30 a.m. on Monday, April 11, the department said. “Ironically, this was the same apartment we responded to a fire last year,” the department said. Emergency crews from several surrounding towns doused a cooking oil fire in building 2 of the same Budd Lake apartment complex in January of 2021, DailyVoice.com reported. Crews worked dilige…

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Morris County Man Spits At Police, Damages Wall At Headquarters, Cops Say Morris County Man Spits At Police, Damages Wall At Headquarters, Cops Say Morris County Man Spits At Police, Damages Wall At Headquarters, Cops Say
Morris County Man Spits At Police, Damages Wall At Headquarters, Cops Say A Morris County man spat at investigating officers and damaged a wall at police headquarters as he was being processed for an unrelated matter, authorities said. Marcellis Smallwood, 18, was being processed at Mount Olive Township Police Headquarters on Flanders Drakestown Road in Budd Lake when he spat at officers numerous times around 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, authorities said. Smallwood, of Flanders, also damaged a wall next to where he was sitting, township police said. Smallwood was charged with throwing bodily fluids at officers and criminal mischief. He was being held in the Mor…

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by Valerie Musson
North Hunterdon, NJ
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Sleeping Smoker Caused Hackettstown House Fire, Police Say Sleeping Smoker Caused Hackettstown House Fire, Police Say Sleeping Smoker Caused Hackettstown House Fire, Police Say
Sleeping Smoker Caused Hackettstown House Fire, Police Say The Tuesday night fire that left a Hackettstown home uninhabitable was caused by a man who fell asleep while smoking a cigarette, authorities determined. Several fire crews responded to the blaze at 317 Sharp St. around 11:25 p.m. and operated at the scene for about three hours, DailyVoice.com reported. Last night at 2331 Engine 29-3 was dispatched into Hackettstown on the First Alarm assignment for the structure fire.... Posted by Tri-County Volunteer Fire Company on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 A follow-up investigation determined that the fire started when a man on the home’s second f…

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by Valerie Musson
North Hunterdon, NJ
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Crews Battle Warren County House Fire [PHOTOS] Crews Battle Warren County House Fire [PHOTOS] Crews Battle Warren County House Fire [PHOTOS]
Crews Battle Warren County House Fire [Photos] UPDATE: The Tuesday night fire that left a Hackettstown home uninhabitable was caused by a man who fell asleep while smoking a cigarette, authorities determined. --------------------------------------- Firefighters from several departments battled a blaze that broke out at a Warren County home late Tuesday. Tri-County Volunteer firefighters were dispatched for the first-alarm fire in Hackettstown just after 11:30 p.m., the company said. The fire occurred at 317 Sharp St., Hackettstown Police said. Fire departments in Hackettstown, Independence Township, Washington and Budd Lake Fire ope…

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by Valerie Musson
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
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North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report
North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report A guest at a Days Inn motel in North Jersey was hospitalized and the manager was charged following a carbon monoxide scare that evacuated the building Sunday, WRNJ reports. Kushalkum R. Patel, 33, is accused of neglecting to call the police and “placing guests in imminent danger” when he told them that the Days Inn on Route 46 in Budd Lake was safe despite carbon monoxide alarms going off for several hours, the outlet reports citing police. The Budd Lake and Flanders fire department responded shortly before 12:15 a.m. to evacuate guests, one of whom was taken to a local hospital, the report…

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Support Rises For Mount Olive HS Senior In ICU From Serious Crash Day After 18th Birthday Support Rises For Mount Olive HS Senior In ICU From Serious Crash Day After 18th Birthday Support Rises For Mount Olive HS Senior In ICU From Serious Crash Day After 18th Birthday
Support Rises For Mount Olive HS Senior In ICU From Serious Crash Day After 18th Birthday Support is on the rise for a Mount Olive High School senior who was critically injured in a head-on crash just one day after celebrating his 18th birthday. Dondrei Martin was airlifted to Morristown Memorial Hospital and admitted to the ICU following the Oct. 23 crash in Budd Lake, according to a GoFundMe launched for the family’s ongoing expenses. The beloved senior suffered serious head and back injuries and faces a “long road to recovery,” according to the campaign, created by Kayla Greco. “There is great uncertainty of any recovery to his physical and mental health,” Greco writes. Mea…

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Support Rises For Beloved Mt. Olive Coach, Young Daughter Critically Hurt In Head-On Crash Support Rises For Beloved Mt. Olive Coach, Young Daughter Critically Hurt In Head-On Crash Support Rises For Beloved Mt. Olive Coach, Young Daughter Critically Hurt In Head-On Crash
Support Rises For Beloved Mt. Olive Coach, Young Daughter Critically Hurt In Head-On Crash Support is on the rise for a Morris County father and daughter who suffered serious injuries in a head-on car crash. Benjamin “QB” Quattlebaum and his 12-year-old daughter, Destinee, were hospitalized with critical injuries after their car was struck head-on by a driver on Route 46 in Budd Lake on Saturday, Oct. 23, according to a GoFundMe launched for their medical expenses. Quattlebaum is a 2003 graduate of Mount Olive High School and a former member of the state championship football team. He also volunteers as a coach for the eighth-grade Mount Olive Junior Marauders Varsity football te…

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by Valerie Musson
Paterson, NJ
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Accused Accomplice Charged In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne Accused Accomplice Charged In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne Accused Accomplice Charged In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne
Accused Accomplice Charged In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne A parolee accused of firing a gun at three people outside Mother’s Ale House in Wayne last month had help, authorities said. Ex-con Errol Heber, 36, of Passaic “was identified as an accomplice to the shooting,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint announcement Wednesday with Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff and East Rutherford Police Chief Dennis M. Rivelli. The trio didn’t elaborate on Heber’s alleged role. They did shed some light, however, on how the accused gunman, 33-year-old parolee Robert Jackson of South Hackensack, was charged. No one was struck when gunf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
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Morris County Man, 58, Seriously Injured In Rt. 80 Crash With Tractor-Trailer [UPDATE] Morris County Man, 58, Seriously Injured In Rt. 80 Crash With Tractor-Trailer [UPDATE] Morris County Man, 58, Seriously Injured In Rt. 80 Crash With Tractor-Trailer [UPDATE]
Morris County Man, 58, Seriously Injured In Rt. 80 Crash With Tractor-Trailer [Update] A Morris County man was hospitalized with serious injuries after crashing into the back of a disabled tractor-trailer on Route 80, state police confirmed. Michael D. Todd, 58, was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet passenger car when he entered the right shoulder of Route 80 eastbound and struck the back of the disabled tractor-trailer near 13.8 in Frelinghuysen Township just before 5:30 a.m. Thursday, NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. Todd, of Budd Lake, was taken via ambulance to Morristown Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, Goez said. The crash remains under investig…

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