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Serial Verona Church Vandal Takes It One Step Further: Arson, Cops Say Serial Verona Church Vandal Takes It One Step Further: Arson, Cops Say
Serial Verona Church Vandal Takes It One Step Further: Arson, Cops Say A 42-year-old Verona man with a history of vandalizing a Catholic church in Verona was charged with intentionally setting a fire there  on Thursday, April 4, authorities said. At 3:33 a.m., Verona police responded to Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church on Lakeside Avenue and observed a heavy smoke condition, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Verona Police Chief Christopher Kiernan said. Firefighters were called to the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze, authorities said. An investigation determined the fire was started deliberately and arrested…

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by Sam Barron
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Belleville Man On Heroin Who Killed Pregnant Mom Gets Decade Behind Bars Belleville Man On Heroin Who Killed Pregnant Mom Gets Decade Behind Bars
Belleville Man On Heroin Who Killed Pregnant Mom Gets Decade Behind Bars A Belleville man who was high on heroin when he fatally struck a 34-year-old pregnant Verona mom with his car will be spending 10 years behind bars. Anthony Casale Jr., 27, was sentenced Friday in Essex County Superior Court, NorthJersey.com reports. Casale was behind the wheel of his white Mitsubishi when he struck Megan Longo Villanella -- who was seven months pregnant -- and her brother Derek Longo on a Lakeside Avenue sidewalk in March 2017. Megan and her husband of nine years, Jim Villanella, were two months away from welcoming their second daughter into the world. The couple moved t…

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by Cecilia Levine