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Former NJ Star Athlete Charged With Raping Woman At 2019 House Party Former NJ Star Athlete Charged With Raping Woman At 2019 House Party
Former NJ Star Athlete Charged With Raping Woman At 2019 House Party A former star high school athlete was arrested Friday and charged with raping an incapacitated woman during a party in Wanaque 2½ years ago, authorities announced. Zariq T. Hewitt, 25, of Paterson was identified after the woman told detectives that “she was unconscious and was then awakened by the nonconsensual act of penetration” during the large March 24, 2019 house party on Greenwood Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wanaque Police Chief Robert Kronyak said in a joint announcement. Hewitt, who starred in track and played football at Pompton Lakes High School, was b…

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Teacher Found Dead Of Suicide At North Jersey School Teacher Found Dead Of Suicide At North Jersey School
Teacher Found Dead Of Suicide At North Jersey School A teacher from Pennsylvania who was found dead at Pompton Lakes High School had apparently killed himself, authorities said Saturday. Although an autopsy was to determine the official cause, the death of Patrick Moccia, 47, of Doylestown, PA, was “believed to be the result of an apparent suicide,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pompton Lakes Police Chief Derek Clark said in a joint announcement. Police found the body of Moccia, who taught at the school, shortly after 9 p.m. Friday following a search on a welfare check, they said. Moccia began in the school district as a w…

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by Jerry DeMarco