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Main Street Fire Displaces 6 In Hackettstown Main Street Fire Displaces 6 In Hackettstown
Main Street Fire Displaces 6 In Hackettstown Six people were displaced by a fire that ripped through a home on Main Street in Hackettstown. On Monday, Jan. 23, at 2:22 p.m., Hackettstown police, firefighters and the Rescue Squad responded to 300 Main Street, which is a residential over commercial wood framed building, in reference to a structure fire. Police observed smoke coming from the roof and began to evacuate the second floor. The fire was knocked down at approximately 2:41 p.m. The building was deemed uninhabitable. No injuries were reported.  The investigation conducted by the Hackettstown Detective Bureau, Mount Olive …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Warren County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During 3-Hour Standoff Warren County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During 3-Hour Standoff
Warren County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During 3-Hour Standoff A Warren County man was charged with assaulting police officers during a standoff that lasted more than three hours, authorities said. Officers conducting a welfare check on the 300 block of Washington Street in Hackettstown were speaking with a 66-year-old woman when a 35-year-old man walked onto the roof of the home’s porch from the second-floor window around 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, police said. The man then started waving a tire iron and another smaller handled object while yelling and throwing several items at police, refusing to leave, authorities said. The Warren County Tacti…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Sleeping Smoker Caused Hackettstown House Fire, Police Say Sleeping Smoker Caused Hackettstown House Fire, Police Say
Sleeping Smoker Caused Hackettstown House Fire, Police Say The Tuesday night fire that left a Hackettstown home uninhabitable was caused by a man who fell asleep while smoking a cigarette, authorities determined. Several fire crews responded to the blaze at 317 Sharp St. around 11:25 p.m. and operated at the scene for about three hours, DailyVoice.com reported. Last night at 2331 Engine 29-3 was dispatched into Hackettstown on the First Alarm assignment for the structure fire.... Posted by Tri-County Volunteer Fire Company on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 A follow-up investigation determined that the fire started when a man on the home’s second f…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Bomb Threat Deemed Unfounded After Evacuation Of Warren County Wawa UPDATE: Bomb Threat Deemed Unfounded After Evacuation Of Warren County Wawa
Update: Bomb Threat Deemed Unfounded After Evacuation Of Warren County Wawa UPDATE: A Warren County Wawa store was evacuated due to a bomb threat Wednesday morning that was later deemed unfounded, police said. The 299 Mountain Ave. store in Hackettstown received a call stating that a vehicle in the parking lot was going to explode shortly after 10:30 a.m., local police said. The building was then evacuated and cordoned off. The Morris County Sheriff’s Bomb K-9 and Morris County Sheriff’s Bomb Unit subsequently responded to thoroughly search the area, which was reopened after no threat was found, police said. The Hackettstown Office of Emergency Management, Hacket…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Police: Driver Charged After Truck Hits Hackettstown Overpass, Overturns Police: Driver Charged After Truck Hits Hackettstown Overpass, Overturns
Police: Driver Charged After Truck Hits Hackettstown Overpass, Overturns The driver of a box truck was charged Wednesday after his vehicle struck a Hackettstown underpass, overturned and started leaking diesel fluid, authorities said. Steven Zemanek, 31, was heading south on Grand Avenue in the 2012 truck when he hit the underpass and overturned just before 2:15 p.m., Hackettstown police said. Zemanek, of Succasunna, was able to get out of the truck, which was two feet and one inch taller than the height of the underpass, police said. He suffered a minor hand injury and was treated at the scene before being charged with careless driving and delaying traffi…

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by Valerie Musson