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Feds Charge Morris County Ex-Con With Building, Exploding Bomb Feds Charge Morris County Ex-Con With Building, Exploding Bomb
Feds Charge Morris County Ex-Con With Building, Exploding Bomb Federal agents arrested a Morris County man who they said built and exploded a bomb. Christopher Faschan, a 31-year-old ex-con from Landing, remained in custody Thursday pending an appearance Friday in U.S. District Court in Newark. He is charged with possessing several “explosive/destructive devices,” as well as precursor materials, and with being a felon in possession of explosive materials, firearms and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Fashon showed the bomb to an unidentified woman on Feb. 1 in Stanhope, then detonated it at Lake Lackawanna, Carpenito said. “That’s some…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Legendary NJ K-9 Crosses Bridge To Dog Run In Sky Legendary NJ K-9 Crosses Bridge To Dog Run In Sky
Legendary NJ K-9 Crosses Bridge To Dog Run In Sky TRIBUTE: He became a legend as the last of the New Jersey Fire Marshal’s original K-9 unit and, over his career, helped solve countless crimes – among them, homicides and arsons. Those who loved and worked with him said goodbye on Monday to Scout. Scout worked with various county prosecutors’ offices, as well as with federal agents from the U.S. Treasury, ATF and Homeland Security. He helped locate more than $9.5 million of counterfeit and untaxed cigarettes. “He retired with me in 2016,” partner/handler Jeff Silver said at a gathering at the Oradell Veterinary Group in Fort Lee. He was a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Canister Explosion In Passaic River Draws SCUBA Team, ATF To Wayne Canister Explosion In Passaic River Draws SCUBA Team, ATF To Wayne
Canister Explosion In Passaic River Draws Scuba Team, ATF To Wayne A canister floating down the Passaic River in Wayne suddenly exploded Monday, drawing a county SCUBA team, the ATF and township police. A property owner “saw the container floating down the river,” a law enforcement official told Daily Voice. “It got stuck in back of his house, either in a tree or some brush – then it exploded.” No one was injured and there was no serious property damage. Authorities were trying to recover as much of the wreckage as they could to determine what the explosive was.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Grewal On Assault Weapon Smugglers: 'Iron Pipeline' Has To Stop Grewal On Assault Weapon Smugglers: 'Iron Pipeline' Has To Stop
Grewal On Assault Weapon Smugglers: 'Iron Pipeline' Has To Stop "To reduce gun violence in our communities and to reduce the threat to our communities, and to reduce the threat to our law enforcement officers from assault rifles and other illegal firearms, we need to stop the flow of illegal guns into our state," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. "New Jersey has some of the toughest gun laws in this country. You can’t just walk into a store here, present your driver’s license, and walk out with multiple guns, including assault rifles," Grewal said in announcing indictments against seven purported members of a C…

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by Jerry DeMarco