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North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police
North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police A North Jersey fire chief was arrested for masturbating in a vehicle parked in a ShopRite parking lot, authorities said. Budd Lake Fire Chief Joe Compano was arrested and charged with lewdness following the Tuesday, Sept. 19 incident in the parking lot of the Sparta ShopRite store on North Village Boulevard, Sparta police Detective Lt. Tom Snyder said. It began around 11:50 p.m., when a woman loading groceries into her car called police to say that the man in a maroon Ford Explorer next to her was masturbating with his penis exposed, Snyder said. He masturbated more aggressively and tried h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Large Pine Tree Collapses Onto Morris County Apartment Complex Large Pine Tree Collapses Onto Morris County Apartment Complex
Large Pine Tree Collapses Onto Morris County Apartment Complex Residents and emergency crews were lucky to escape injury after a large tree split and fell on an apartment complex in Morris County. The Budd Lake Fire Department responded to a local complex and confirmed a fallen pine tree during the afternoon on Monday, May 30, the department said. Crews immediately got to work removing the tree while performing a thorough inspection of the building to ensure that none of the residents were trapped inside. Meanwhile, the building sustained minor damages and several broken windows. The scene was later turned over to the maintenance department for furth…

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by Valerie Musson
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Assault By Auto Charges For Warren County Woman In Wrong-Way DWI Crash That Hospitalized 2: PD Assault By Auto Charges For Warren County Woman In Wrong-Way DWI Crash That Hospitalized 2: PD
Assault By Auto Charges For Warren County Woman In Wrong-Way DWI Crash That Hospitalized 2: PD A Warren County woman was intoxicated when she drove the wrong way down Route 46 and struck another vehicle head-on, sending her own passenger and the other driver to the hospital, authorities charged. Alexandra Jurchescu, 41, was charged with assault by auto, DWI, designation of highway for one-way traffic, and reckless driving following the crash, which occurred just after 10 p.m. on Friday, May 20, Mount Olive Police said. Jurchescu, of Hackettstown, was heading west in the eastbound lanes when she hit another car head-on, police said. Both the passenger in Jurchescu’s vehicle and the d…

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by Valerie Musson
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SUV Goes Up In Flames On Route 80 (PHOTOS) SUV Goes Up In Flames On Route 80 (PHOTOS)
SUV Goes Up In Flames On Route 80 (Photos) Fire crews in Morris County were quick to douse a SUV that went up in flames on Route 80. The Budd Lake Fire Department responded to the blaze in the shoulder of the eastbound lanes in Mount Olive on Friday, April 22, the department said on social media Saturday afternoon. Photos from the scene show the vehicle heavily smoking and fully engulfed in large flames. The fire was fully extinguished and the scene cleared within about 45 minutes. Scroll down to view additional photos from the scene. Another highway job for Budd Lake Firefighters Friday morning. Crews arrived to find a fu…

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by Valerie Musson
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1 Hospitalized, Cat Treated For Smoke Inhalation In Massive Warren County House Fire (PHOTOS) 1 Hospitalized, Cat Treated For Smoke Inhalation In Massive Warren County House Fire (PHOTOS)
1 Hospitalized, Cat Treated For Smoke Inhalation In Massive Warren County House Fire (Photos) One person was hospitalized and a cat was treated for smoke inhalation Wednesday night following a massive house fire in Warren County, authorities said. The two-alarm fire broke out at a home on Chaucer Drive in Independence Township shortly after 8:10 p.m., initial reports said. The local first aid squad rushed to the scene and immediately requested backup to provide the full extent of their rescue and rehabilitation services, the squad said. Several surrounding fire crews worked for about four hours to get the blaze under control, the squad said. Meanwhile, two patients were evaluated …

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by Valerie Musson
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Driver Hospitalized After Train Hits Tractor-Trailer In Morris County Driver Hospitalized After Train Hits Tractor-Trailer In Morris County
Driver Hospitalized After Train Hits Tractor-Trailer In Morris County A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized after the vehicle was struck by a train in Morris County Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed. Morris & Essex Line train 851 hit the trailer at the crossing at the Stanhope Waterloo Valley Road in Mount Olive around 11:20 a.m., NJ Transit spokesperson Mariluz Garcia-Diaz told DailyVoice.com. The train departed Hoboken terminal at 9:13 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hackettstown at 11:28 a.m., Garcia-Diaz said. The tractor-trailer driver was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The…

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by Valerie Musson
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North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report
North Jersey Motel Guest Hospitalized, Manager Charged In CO Alarm Scare: Report A guest at a Days Inn motel in North Jersey was hospitalized and the manager was charged following a carbon monoxide scare that evacuated the building Sunday, WRNJ reports. Kushalkum R. Patel, 33, is accused of neglecting to call the police and “placing guests in imminent danger” when he told them that the Days Inn on Route 46 in Budd Lake was safe despite carbon monoxide alarms going off for several hours, the outlet reports citing police. The Budd Lake and Flanders fire department responded shortly before 12:15 a.m. to evacuate guests, one of whom was taken to a local hospital, the report…

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by Valerie Musson
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6-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Route 80 Crash Was Firefighter's Grandson 6-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Route 80 Crash Was Firefighter's Grandson
6-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Route 80 Crash Was Firefighter's Grandson Support is skyrocketing for the family of the beloved 6-year-old boy killed in a devastating hit-and-run crash on Route 80 just two days before Christmas. The Mount Olive boy was killed after a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox struck a Honda HRV and fled the scene near milepost 28.5 in Roxbury around 7:45 p.m. Thursday, DailyVoice.com reported. The victim, identified as Lorenzo Van Dine, is the grandson of a Budd Lake firefighter, the department said in a heartbreaking Facebook post. As many in the community have heard of the loss of Lorenzo Van Dine this tragedy hits particularly close to home…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Missing Parsippany Man Found Dead On Icy Budd Lake Missing Parsippany Man Found Dead On Icy Budd Lake
Missing Parsippany Man Found Dead On Icy Budd Lake A missing Parsippany man was found dead on Budd Lake Sunday morning after a multi-agency search, authorities said. Parsippany police contacted the Mount Olive Township police for help finding a missing elderly man, whose vehicle was found in a private parking lot adjacent to Budd Lake around 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. An extensive search utilizing the New Jersey State Police Air Unit, NJSP TEAMS Unit, NJSP Marine Unit, members of the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, Mount Olive Police Officers and the assistance of volunteers from the Bu…

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by Cecilia Levine