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Prescription Pill Found In NJ Trick-Or-Treater's Halloween Candy: Police
A New Jersey trick-or-treater unfortunately got both this Halloween. A sedative prescription pill identified as Clonazepam was found in a child's candy this year in Sayreville, local police said. The pill was found in the bag pictured above, along with various pieces of “mixed candy," police said. The bag is a clear ziplock style bag with candy corn imprinted on it. The child went trick-or-treating in the area of Park Village, near White Oaks Drive, authorities said Police are urging parents to thoroughly check all Halloween candy, especially if they trick or treated in the area of P…
Police & Fire
TikToker Details Kitchen Encounter With Brazen Burglar In Montclair Home
A Montclair resident took to TikTok in an effort warn others after a terrifying encounter with a burglar in his home over the weekend. The Harrison Avenue resident who identified himself only as Troy said he was in his living room watching a movie with his daughter when he heard a noise coming from his kitchen on Friday, Nov. 11. He paused the movie, but turned it back on when he thought he was the crazy one. Less than 20 seconds later, Troy heard another noise. This time, his dog did too. Both went running into the kitchen and ran after the guy, who bolted into the backyard and over …
News
Update
: Body Of 15-Year-Old Drowning Victim In Passaic County Reservoir Recovered
UPDATE: The body of a 15-year-old boy from Paterson who drowned in a Passaic County reservoir while swimming with friends was recovered Sunday morning, authorities said. "We've notified the family," Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark said after members of the Passaic County sheriff's Search & Recovery SCUBA Team found the body shortly before 10:30 a.m. It was in the area of the Great Notch Reservoir off Old Rifle Camp Road on Garrett Mountain in Woodland Park where his friends had seen him go under -- about 15 to 20 feet from shore -- around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, the mayor said. Tem…
Police & Fire
Shots Fired In Phillipsburg (
Developing
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Local and state police were at the scene of a shooting in Phillipsburg Tuesday afternoon, developing reports say. The agencies responded to Chambers and Washington Streets in Phillipsburg shortly before 3:50 p.m., according to initial and unconfirmed reports. A state police helicopter was probing the area as well, the initial report said. Authorities did not immediately respond to DailyVoice.com’s request for additional information. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
News
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco OK After Medical Episode
Bergen County Executive James Tedesco was OK after passing out at a gathering in Ho-Ho-Kus, multiple sources confirmed. The hard-working Paramus Democrat was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for precautionary reasons Wednesday night after he "became light-headed and briefly fainted at a private event," Bergen County Director of Communications Derek Sands said. Tedesco, 68, said Thursday that he'd spent nearly 40 hours out with the county snow plows following the weekend storm -- nothing out of the ordinary for him. "Just a little dehydrated," he said. "Need to slow down just a bit…
News
Elementary School Fire In Passaic County Quickly Doused
No injuries were reported in a pre-dawn classroom fire Tuesday at the Haskell Elementary School. No children were in the building when the blaze broke out in a classroom at the Ringwood Avenue school shortly before 7 a.m. and was quickly extinguished, responders said. It caused a significant amount of smoke damage in the building, they said. A cause wasn't immediately disclosed. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Ringwood, Pompton Lakes, Bloomingdale and Oakland, as well as local police and EMS. Both the Haskell and Wanaque elementary schools were closed as a result. Before …
Police & Fire
Dog Attack Sends 2 To Hospital In South Brunswick
Two people were hospitalized after being attacked by a family dog in South Brunswick on Tuesday, police said. A man in his 50s and woman in her 60s were bitten by the family dog, a pitbull, at a house on the 100 block of New Road, local police said. The victims were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, authorities said. Their conditions were not known as of Wednesday morning. Responders included local police, EMS and animal control officers.
News
3-Foot Alligator On The Loose In PA
Why did the alligator cross the road? No, really. That's what police in Allegheny County, PA are trying to figure out. The 3-foot gator was spotted crossing New England Road in West Mifflin, local police said on Facebook Tuesday. "Didn’t respond to any of the names we called it, and we weren’t able to check for a chip," police joked. "Seriously though, if you see this wandering around, please call the police."
Police & Fire
Police: Bogus Contractors Solicit 'Way Too Much Money' From NJ Homeowners In New Scam
A group of people posing as contractors approached a North Jersey home and tried scamming the owners out of money, prompting local police to issue a warning. The group stopped at a Florham Park home Wednesday, Aug. 26 and offered to do driveway and masonry work for the owners, local police said on Facebook. Since the incident, the group has tried to scam the homeowners out of “too much money to even mention,” police said. “These solicitors were not authorized and are part of a criminal element whose mere presence often delegitimizes our honest, legal contractors." Anyone with informa…
News
Social Distancing: What About The Kids?
Two things were inevitable after Americans were asked to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus: Youngsters would spend more time outside with their friends and parents would spend more time on Facebook. Sure enough, exchanges among parents in large social media groups are increasing over the wisdom of large teen gatherings. It flared Wednesday in one of the dwindling number of North Jersey municipalities where public parks have remained open amid the pandemic. It was two days earlier that President Trump, speaking with alarming concern, asked the nation to avoid gathering in …
Police & Fire
Can I Cop A Date? Wood-Ridge Teen Gets Police In On Promposal (
Video
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A Wood-Ridge High School junior got the police in on his proposal. WRHS junior Jake had his wrestling coach and local police officer Tim Janz pull him over Friday evening with Julia in the passenger's seat (see video above). Janz parked by a school and told the teen that when he drove by, he'd sound the lights and sirens. "I went over to the driver's side and he fumbled handing me all his paperwork, so I told him to just step out of the car," said Janz, who you may remember from this Fit Cops story. "That's when my partner asked me if this was the car that matched the des…
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