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Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor
Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor The 42-year-old owner of a popular New Jersey hair studio was arrested for sexually assaulting a teenage employee, authorities announced. Joseph Guzman, who owns Joseph Vincent’s Salon in Mount Olive, sexually assaulted the 16-year-old girl on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with local officials. Guzman was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 23, and charged with second-degree sexual assault of a victim between 16 and 18 years old where the defendant had supervisory power over the victim, child endangerment, and four counts of criminal sexu…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Police ID Victim Of Fatal Route 206 Mount Olive Crash Police ID Victim Of Fatal Route 206 Mount Olive Crash
Police ID Victim Of Fatal Route 206 Mount Olive Crash A 34-year-old Flanders man died after being slammed by an SUV Thursday while he was attempting a left turn onto Route 206, authorities said. Frank Iaconio Jr. was trying to turn onto the highway in Flanders when a 56-year-old Flanders man in a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe struck the driver's side of his vehicle, Mount Olive Police Sgt. Eric Anthony told the Daily Record. Iaconio was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center by Atlantic Air One following the 10:50 a.m. crash. He died of his injuries at the hospital while the other driver was uninjured, police said. According to Iaconio's Facebook page…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
More Charges Added Against Morris County Math Teacher Accused Of Stalking Student More Charges Added Against Morris County Math Teacher Accused Of Stalking Student
More Charges Added Against Morris County Math Teacher Accused Of Stalking Student A Morris County grand jury on Wednesday added official misconduct charges against a Mount Olive High School math teacher accused of stalking and harassing a student. Tajinder Tung, 48, of Stewartsville, "stalked a student and committed acts that constituted a course of alarming conduct, both inside and outside of the school" while he was teaching at the high school between 2017 and May 2019, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker said in a joint release. Tung originally was arrested and charged on a complaint in August. The case was then p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back
Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back A New York corrections officer is accused of forcibly penetrating a 16-year-old girl in Mount Olive -- then taking back the money he gave her in exchange for sexual acts and walking out, said authorities who charged him. Michael Rivera, 26, of Glen Spey, N.Y., contacted the girl online and then offered her money in exchange for sexual acts around the time of Fourth of July 2018, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. Rivera gave the teen money in exchange for sexual acts when they met a few days later in Mount Olive, Knapp said. "When the victim indicated that she did not wan…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer
Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer The driver who hit a Mount Olive police vehicle and a car carrying three people Thursday was extricated then flown to an area hospital in unknown condition, local police said. The three-car crash that happened just after 12:40 p.m. shut River Road for an investigation involving the Morris County Prosecutor's Officer, Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher said. Mount Olive Police Lt. Philip Lucivero was headed northbound on River Road in the department's Chevrolet Tahoe when he noticed an erratic driver in the southbound lane, Beecher said. The erratic driver struck the car in front…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PROSECUTOR: Mount Olive HS Math Teacher Stalked Student In, Out Of School PROSECUTOR: Mount Olive HS Math Teacher Stalked Student In, Out Of School
Prosecutor: Mount Olive HS Math Teacher Stalked Student In, Out Of School A Mount Olive High School teacher was being held in the Morris County Jail after being charged with stalking and harassing a student, authorities said. Tajinder Tung, 47, of Stewartsville, stalked a student inside and outside school between 2017 and May 2019, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said in a joint release with local police. Tung was a math teacher at Mount Olive High School, the school website says. He "committed acts that constituted a course of alarming conduct," the news release says. Anyone with information should contact Det. Matthew Magnone of the Morris County Prosec…

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by Cecilia Levine