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5 Nabbed After High-Speed Chase On Route 287 In Stolen Porsche: Prosecutor 5 Nabbed After High-Speed Chase On Route 287 In Stolen Porsche: Prosecutor
5 Nabbed After High-Speed Chase On Route 287 In Stolen Porsche: Prosecutor Five suspects were arrested following a high-speed chase with a stolen Porsche on Route 287 in Morris County, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 9. Officers responded to several reports of a suspicious Porsche Cayenne whose occupants were trying to steal vehicles from driveways near Quarry Mountain Road and Turkey Hill Road in Montville Township around 5:40 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release with local officials. Police tried to stop the Porsche on Taylortown Road when it sped away onto Route 287 south, Carroll said. The Porsche, stolen out of Berg…
UPDATE: IDs Released For Woman, 11-Year-Old Son Found Dead In Morris County Pond UPDATE: IDs Released For Woman, 11-Year-Old Son Found Dead In Morris County Pond
Update: IDs Released For Woman, 11-Year-Old Son Found Dead In Morris County Pond Authorities have confirmed the identities of the 35-year-old woman and 11-year-old boy found drowned in a Morris County pond Tuesday evening. The body of Warda Syed and her son, Uzair Ahmed, were recovered from the Upper Pond section of Grace Lord Park in Boonton around 5:40 p.m., Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with other county officials. Syed’s younger six-year-old son was also found at the scene unharmed, though his name will not be released, Carroll said. Additional details will be released “when appropriate,” Carroll said. The ongoing investigatio…
GOTCHA! Boonton Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say GOTCHA! Boonton Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say
Gotcha! Boonton Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago. Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said. Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said. No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said. Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Invest…
Accused Boonton Bank Robber Captured Accused Boonton Bank Robber Captured
Accused Boonton Bank Robber Captured UPDATE: A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago. Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said. Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said. No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said. Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief o…
Rare Train Car Vandalized In Boonton, Museum Offers $5K Reward For Info Rare Train Car Vandalized In Boonton, Museum Offers $5K Reward For Info
Rare Train Car Vandalized In Boonton, Museum Offers $5K Reward For Info A train car that has just been painstakingly restored by the Whippany Railway Museum at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars was heavily damaged in an act of vandalism, the museum said in a statement.  The Lackawanna Railroad parlor/commuter car No. 2454 was among other cars and locomotives restored by the popular train museum that had been damaged in the attack.  "The rail preservation/restoration community is devastated," the museum said.  The damage occurred at the Boonton Rail Yard - United Railroad Historical Society property in Boonton.  The Whippany Railwa…
SEEN HIM? Man Wanted In Downtown Boonton Stabbing Assaulted Female Night Before, Police Say SEEN HIM? Man Wanted In Downtown Boonton Stabbing Assaulted Female Night Before, Police Say
Seen HIM? Man Wanted In Downtown Boonton Stabbing Assaulted Female Night Before, Police Say Police on Tuesday released a surveillance photo of a 28-year-old suspect who they said assaulted a female the night before stabbing a man in downtown Boonton. Carlos E. Paguada should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities warned. Paguada is accused of stabbing a man in the abdomen and then slashing him across the face near the intersection of Church and Main streets before fleeing on a BMX-style bicycle around 1 p.m. Monday. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans and white Adidas sneakers with a brown toe, police said. The stabbing victim -- who said he knew Pagua…
Merchants Say Arrest Made In Morris County Stabbing Merchants Say Arrest Made In Morris County Stabbing
Merchants Say Arrest Made In Morris County Stabbing Police on Tuesday released a surveillance photo of a 28-year-old suspect who they said assaulted a female the night before stabbing a man in downtown Boonton. Carlos E. Paguada should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities warned. Paguada is accused of stabbing a man in the abdomen and then slashing him across the face near the intersection of Church and Main streets before fleeing on a BMX-style bicycle around 1 p.m. Monday. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans and white Adidas sneakers with a brown toe, police said. The stabbing victim -- who said he knew Paguada pe…
Authorities ID Body Pulled From Reservoir As Missing Boonton Man Authorities ID Body Pulled From Reservoir As Missing Boonton Man
Authorities ID Body Pulled From Reservoir As Missing Boonton Man A body found in the Boonton Reservoir Sunday was identified as a local man reported missing last year by local police, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday. Sean Stohl, 53, was reported missing by the Boonton Police Department last November, and was considered to be "endangered" due to pre-existing medical conditions. His body was found on the Parsippany side of the reservoir Sunday, the prosecutor's office said.