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'Our Hearts Weep:' NJ Cross Country Champion, Aspiring Engineer Dies In Motorcycle Crash, 20 'Our Hearts Weep:' NJ Cross Country Champion, Aspiring Engineer Dies In Motorcycle Crash, 20
'Our Hearts Weep:' NJ Cross Country Champion, Aspiring Engineer Dies In Motorcycle Crash, 20 Beloved New Jersey cross country champion and aspiring mechanical engineer Reece Darren Zosche died in a motorcycle crash on Friday, Nov. 18. He was 20. Born in Denville, Reece started running cross country at the age of five, continuing the recreational program through the age of 15, his obituary says. He was homeschooled with his brothers until 10th grade, when he began attending Mendham High School. Reece continued to pursue track and cross country at school and even made the Mendham Boys Cross Country 3-Time State Group Champions, State Sectional Champions and Morris County Champions …

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by Valerie Musson
News
Out-Of-State Passenger Not Wearing Seatbelt On Route 17 Found With Loaded Gun: Rochelle Park PD Out-Of-State Passenger Not Wearing Seatbelt On Route 17 Found With Loaded Gun: Rochelle Park PD
Out-Of-State Passenger Not Wearing Seatbelt On Route 17 Found With Loaded Gun: Rochelle Park PD A passenger not wearing a seatbelt acted suspiciously enough for a Rochelle Park police officer to begin asking questions -- and find a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets, authorities said. Hugh Warner, 29, of Daytona Beach, FL was in a Nissan Altima stopped by Officer Chris Kiszka on southbound Route 17. Backup officers arrived Kiszka found a 9mm Taurus handgun in the glove box, said Lt. James D. DePreta, who was one of them. Warner was charged with illegal possession of the gun, a high-capacity magazine and the hollow-point rounds. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail, where he remain…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Native Succumbs To Injuries After Being Shot In Line Of Duty NJ Native Succumbs To Injuries After Being Shot In Line Of Duty
NJ Native Succumbs To Injuries After Being Shot In Line Of Duty The Daytona Beach police officer and New Jersey native shot two months ago in the line of duty died on Tuesday. West Windsor's Jason Raynor died at 8:09 p.m. at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach -- his family by his side. Raynor, 26, was responding to a suspicious incident when he shot in the head on June 23 by suspected gunman Othal Wallace.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daytona Beach Police Dept. (@daytonabeachpolice) His radio communication went silent soon after and when officers arrived on scene, they foun…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former NJ Firefighter John Franks Dies, 39 Former NJ Firefighter John Franks Dies, 39
Former NJ Firefighter John Franks Dies, 39 Hunterdon County native and former Frenchtown firefighter John Franks died Nov. 24 at the age of 39. Born in Raritan Township, Franks graduated from Delaware Valley Regional High School, his obituary says. He later attended the American Motorcycle Institute (AMI) in Daytona Beach, FL, where he specialized in Ducati motorcycle repair, his memorial says. Franks then worked at Michael Andretti Powersports in Phillipsburg and Flemington Yamaha before becoming an automotive tire technician at BJ’s Wholesale in Flemington. Franks was known for his love of helping people and had served as a memb…

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by Valerie Musson
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Sussex County Mega Millions Winner Buys Shuttered Florida Beach Resort Sussex County Mega Millions Winner Buys Shuttered Florida Beach Resort
Sussex County Mega Millions Winner Buys Shuttered Florida Beach Resort A former Vernon man who won $533 million playing the Mega Millions bought a shuttered 239-room Daytona Beach resort. Richard Wahl, who moved to Sarasota, FL after his big April 2018 win, purchased La Playa Resort & Suites at an April auction this year for $13.6 million, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. The resort opened in 1975 and was sold in 2016 to Summit Hospitality for $9 million in 2016. Months later, the 9-story property was severely damaged in Hurricane Matthew. It's been closed ever since, the New York Post reports. Tim Davis, a realtor with…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Accused Wyckoff Shoplifter Turns Out To Be Fugitive With 40-Year Rap Sheet Accused Wyckoff Shoplifter Turns Out To Be Fugitive With 40-Year Rap Sheet
Accused Wyckoff Shoplifter Turns Out To Be Fugitive With 40-Year Rap Sheet A accused shoplifter scooped up by Wyckoff police turned out to be an ex-con from Michigan with a nearly 40-year criminal record who was wanted in Florida, records show. Sgt. Mark Tagliareni stopped 62-year-old Ronald A. Schneid as he drove a Toyota Camry with a temporary Arkansas license plate out of the Boulder Run Shopping Center on Franklin Avenue “to confirm a valid registration,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. Tagliarini quickly discovered that Schneid had several outstanding warrants – one of them a fugitive warrant out of Daytona Beach, FL filed more than a year ago. Schneid also was carryi…

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by Jerry DeMarco