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Morris County Correctional Facility, Morristown, NJ

GOTCHA! Boonton Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say GOTCHA! Boonton Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say
Gotcha! Boonton Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago. Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said. Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said. No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said. Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Invest…
CAUGHT! Chatham Driver Surrenders In Hit-Run Death Of Pedestrian, 68, In Madison CAUGHT! Chatham Driver Surrenders In Hit-Run Death Of Pedestrian, 68, In Madison
Caught! Chatham Driver Surrenders In Hit-Run Death Of Pedestrian, 68, In Madison A Chatham resident surrendered in the hit-and-run death of a 68-year-old pedestrian in Madison early Friday evening after authorities published surveillance photos of her SUV. Cheon A. Lee, 58, was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of accident resulting in death after she contacted authorities and took responsibility for the crash, authorities said. Investigators later found Lee's Nissan Rogue with heavy front passenger-side damage "consistent with the crash" near her home, they said. The victim, who hadn't been identified as of Saturday, was struck on Green Village Road near the i…