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NJ Mayor Says Cops Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Feud With Police Chief Heats Up NJ Mayor Says Cops Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Feud With Police Chief Heats Up
NJ Mayor Says Cops Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Feud With Police Chief Heats Up The feud between the mayor and police chief in a North Jersey town is getting hotter — and now it’s tangled up in allegations of secret phone recordings. Just two weeks after Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney filed a scathing Aug. 18 lawsuit accusing Mayor James P. Dodd of retaliation, harassment, and defamation, the mayor says he was blindsided by news that all calls to and from town phone lines — even outside Town Hall — have been recorded and stored. According to Dodd, the town learned of the practice after receiving an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request about call recordings. Last…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Dover Councilman Arrested For Harassing Homeless People Says He Was Just Trying To Help Dover Councilman Arrested For Harassing Homeless People Says He Was Just Trying To Help
Dover Councilman Arrested For Harassing Homeless People Says He Was Just Trying To Help A councilman in a Morris County town arrested for harassing homeless people says he was just trying to stop them from drinking in public. Trouble for Dover Councilman Sergio Rodriguez began around 8:55 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, when he approached a group of homeless men near the intersection of East Blackwell and North Sussex streets, according to Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney, Councilman Sergio Rodriguez. Rodriguez confronted the men, whom he believed were drinking alcohol in public, Delaney said. Rodriguez kicked the hand of one of the men and continued to pursue them, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Taxi Driver Brutally Beaten In North Jersey Assault Robbery, Family Says Taxi Driver Brutally Beaten In North Jersey Assault Robbery, Family Says
Taxi Driver Brutally Beaten In North Jersey Assault Robbery, Family Says A hitchhiker allegedly brutally attacked a 54-year-old man who offered him a ride in North Jersey earlier this week, according to his family and recent news reports. The victim -- identified only as "Vasquez" -- picked up the unidentified Black male outside of Tequilas in Dover near Madison and Spruce streets around 9:45 p.m. Monday, when he was beaten and robbed in his vehicle, according to a GoFundMe page started by one of his children. Vasquez was left for dead on the side of the street, according to his daughter Melody. "The Dover police officers working diligently have identified a po…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man's Body Found On Morris County Sidewalk Man's Body Found On Morris County Sidewalk
Man's Body Found On Morris County Sidewalk Authorities in Morris County are investigating after a man's body was found on a local street Sunday. The unidentified man was found lying on the sidewalk of West Blackwell Street and Randolph Avenue in Dover around 7:40 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. A person of interest has been identified, Carroll said alongside Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, and Dover Police Department Chief Jonathan Delaney. The investigation is active and ongoing. No further information will be released at this time in order to protect the integrity o…

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by Cecilia Levine