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Retired Union County Middle School Theater Director Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student Retired Union County Middle School Theater Director Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student
Retired Union County Middle School Theater Director Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student A retired Union County middle school teacher and theater director was charged with sexually assaulting a student while on school grounds several years ago. Ronald Wells, 69, asked the alleged victim to join him after school to model costumes for a school play and, between costume changes, began touching the student in a sexual manner, according to Special Victims Unit Supervisor and Assistant Prosecutor Caroline Lawlor, who is prosecuting the case. The incident occurred in a third-floor room of the Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School in 2016, Lawlor said. Wells, a Summit resident,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Newark Man Used Bogus UK License, Passport To Wire Himself $135K At Summit Bank Prosecutor: Newark Man Used Bogus UK License, Passport To Wire Himself $135K At Summit Bank
Prosecutor: Newark Man Used Bogus UK License, Passport To Wire Himself $135K At Summit Bank A Newark man was charged with fraud after stealing $135,000 in the form of two cashier's checks from a Summit bank, authorities said Tuesday. Summit police opened an investigation at the Chase Bank on Summit Avenue after a man later identified as 25-year-old Warris Adenuga fraudulently wired $150,000 to a business under his control from a bank in Florida, Union County Assistant Prosecutor Melissa Spagnoli said. During a pair of transactions at the Summit bank the next day, Adenuga received cashier’s checks in the amount of $100,000 and $20,000, along with $15,000 in cash, said Spagnoli…

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by Cecilia Levine