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50 MPH Winds Knock Power To More Than 30K New Jersey Residents 50 MPH Winds Knock Power To More Than 30K New Jersey Residents
50 MPH Winds Knock Power To More Than 30K New Jersey Residents Wind gusts nearing 50 miles per hour left thousands of New Jersey residents without power Monday, March 11. According to the National Weather Service, winds are expected to die down in the evening with a wind advisory in effect until 11 p.m. Skies will be mostly cloudy with a high near 50. As of 4:15 p.m., the following areas did not have power: JCP&L: Hunterdon County: 4,264 without power mostly in Bethlehem, Glen Gardner, Hampton, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon, Readington Middlesex County: 8,359 without power mostly in Monroe Township Morris County: 10,049 mostly in…
Pilot, 70, Killed As Glider Plane Crashes In North Jersey Pilot, 70, Killed As Glider Plane Crashes In North Jersey
Pilot, 70, Killed As Glider Plane Crashes In North Jersey The 70-year-old pilot of a glider plane was killed as the aircraft flipped and crashed into a field in North Jersey, authorities confirmed. Officers responding to the crash report near the Blairstown Airport saw the glider plane upside down in a grassy area near the airport just before 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, the Blairstown Township Police Department said in a Monday release. An off-duty police officer worked with bystanders to remove the pilot from the plane and begin CPR as the Blairstown Ambulance Corps and Blairstown Hose Company were called to the scene. Efforts to revive the pilot …
Body Of NJ Man Missing For Months Found By Hunters, Police Say Body Of NJ Man Missing For Months Found By Hunters, Police Say
Body Of NJ Man Missing For Months Found By Hunters, Police Say The body of a well-known 23-year-old man missing for months was found by hunters in a wooded area in Sussex County, authorities confirmed Tuesday. North Warren High School graduate Daniel Cannone — who went missing last October — was found dead in Frankford early Sunday, Blairstown Police said. He was found near in a “not often traversed” wooded area near the Frankford Municipal Building, according to the NJHerald, which cites assistant Sussex County Prosecutor Gregory Mueller. Cannone, of Blairstown, had last been seen on a RING camera on Saturday, Oct. 16, DailyVoice.com reported. He wa…
NJ Man Posing As Detective Crossed Double Line To Make Traffic Stop, Threatened To Beat Driver NJ Man Posing As Detective Crossed Double Line To Make Traffic Stop, Threatened To Beat Driver
NJ Man Posing As Detective Crossed Double Line To Make Traffic Stop, Threatened To Beat Driver A man pretending to be a a police detective threatened physical violence on the victim after pulling them over in a bogus traffic stop, authorities said. The man — whose identity is being withheld pending an investigation into additional victims — was driving a dark-colored sedan equipped with activated police lights and sirens, Blairstown police said. The man crossed over the double-yellow lines and abruptly pulled in front of a vehicle to initiate a stop on Vail Road in Blairstown on Oct. 1, authorities said. The man then approached the victim’s vehicle, demanded he turn it off and …
State Police: Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Rollover Crash, Serious Injury State Police: Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Rollover Crash, Serious Injury
State Police: Route 80 Pursuit Ends In Rollover Crash, Serious Injury Multiple police agencies, K9 officers and the state aviation unit helped track down three men leading a police pursuit that ended in a crash and one person seriously injured Thursday, authorities said. Brian Thomas, 18, of Stroudsburg, PA, sped off when state troopers tried to stop the stolen Mercury sedan he was driving on Route 80 eastbound near milepost 10.8 in Hope Township around 2:30 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Jeff Flynn told Daily Voice. Troopers followed Thomas to Exit 12 and ended the chase as he drove toward County Road 521, Flynn said. Thomas crashed the vehicle shortly after that on the o…
State Suspends Liquor License Of NJ Bar Accused Of Twice Violating COVID-19 Orders State Suspends Liquor License Of NJ Bar Accused Of Twice Violating COVID-19 Orders
State Suspends Liquor License Of NJ Bar Accused Of Twice Violating Covid-19 Orders A Burlington County restaurant facing charges for a 500-person "quarantine release party" in violation of COVID-19 orders later allowed patrons to drink inside, said state officials who had the bar's liquor license and alcohol permits revoked. Il Portico Ristorante on Route 30 in Burlington was charged with numerous Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) violations for the "Quarantine Release Party," that began July 3 and lasted into the early-morning hours of July 4 -- bringing multiple law enforcement agencies to the scene, State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The charges issued July 3…
NJ Woman Supplied Brother, 71, With Children For Sex, Authorities Charge NJ Woman Supplied Brother, 71, With Children For Sex, Authorities Charge
NJ Woman Supplied Brother, 71, With Children For Sex, Authorities Charge A 71-year-old New Jersey native had sex with children supplied to him by his sister, authorities charged. George Sappah paid his sister to make two youngsters under 13 available to him for sex several times, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer. The sister, Greta Sappah, threatened the children if they didn’t comply, he said. George Sappah of East Stroudsburg, PA, remained held Thursday in the Warren County Correctional Center in Belvidere pending an Aug. 7 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court. A judge on Thursday released Greta Sappah, 65, of Hope, NJ, with conditi…
Woman Provided Preteens For Sex With Brother, 71, NJ Authorities Charge Woman Provided Preteens For Sex With Brother, 71, NJ Authorities Charge
Woman Provided Preteens For Sex With Brother, 71, NJ Authorities Charge A 71-year-old New Jersey native had sex with children provided to him by his sister in exchange for cash, authorities charged. George Sappah of East Stroudsburg, PA, remained held Thursday in the Warren County Correctional Center in Belvidere pending an Aug. 7 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court. A judge on Thursday released Sappah’s sister, Greta Sappah, 65, of Hope, NJ, with conditions pending further court action. Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said Thursday that George Sappah paid his sister to make two children – both under 13 years old – available to him…
State Moves To Revoke Liquor License Of North Jersey Bar For Defying Coronavirus Closure Order State Moves To Revoke Liquor License Of North Jersey Bar For Defying Coronavirus Closure Order
State Moves To Revoke Liquor License Of North Jersey Bar For Defying Coronavirus Closure Order Authorities are working to revoke the liquor license of a North Jersey bar that twice ignored orders not to serve patrons on the premises amid the coronavirus pandemic, the state's top cop said. The action comes after the Post Time Pub in Blairstown “was twice issued criminal charges and flouted local law enforcement efforts,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. It’s the kind of activity that in ordinary incidents would get a liquor license suspended for up to 10 days, but it takes on different meaning during a state of emergency created by a health crisis. Owner Joyce Billings…
NJ: Growing Numbers Of Criminal Charges Brought For Coronavirus-Related Assaults, Violations NJ: Growing Numbers Of Criminal Charges Brought For Coronavirus-Related Assaults, Violations
NJ: Growing Numbers Of Criminal Charges Brought For Coronavirus-Related Assaults, Violations #KNUCKLEHEADS (UPDATE): They come in all ages: Today’s collection of New Jerseyans accused of committing COVID-related crimes includes a 16-year-old girl who deliberately coughed on another Wegmans customer more than three times her age and a 54-year-old musician playing Pink Floyd covers for a crowd gathered on his lawn. Here's the latest list: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mercer/police-fire/and-the-band-played-on-knucklehead-coronavirus-crimes-continue-nj-authorities-report/786183/ FROM SATURDAY (APRIL 4): With growing numbers of violators getting more brazen, police in New Jersey ha…