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FOUND! Missing Nutley Woman Located Unharmed FOUND! Missing Nutley Woman Located Unharmed
Found! Missing Nutley Woman Located Unharmed UPDATE: The missing subject has been located. Authorities in Essex County have launched a search for a 44-year-old woman missing since the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 23, they said. Michelle Romano is believed to need medical attention and was last seen around 7:30 a.m. in Nutley, Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo said. She has dark hair and brown eyes, and is driving a blue 2016 Subaru NJ License Plate T38-L J W. She may be in Union.  Romano is described as 5’ 8" and between 120 and 140 pounds.  Anyone that may know or have seen Ms. Romano …

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by Cecilia Levine
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'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor 'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor A 58-year-old man was charged with murder in the killing of his 84-year-old mother-in-law in Nutley, authorities announced. James Pica, 58, called 911 and told dispatchers he killed the woman on Tuesday evening, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Barbara Ann Bezzone was found lying on the floor unresponsive with severe injuries when police responded to 73 Prospect St., around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday night,  She was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:45 p.m., and Pica was arrested and charged with murder, au…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities ID Victims Of Fatal Nutley House Fire (VIDEO) Authorities ID Victims Of Fatal Nutley House Fire (VIDEO)
Authorities ID Victims Of Fatal Nutley House Fire (Video) A 74-year-old man was killed and his wife seriously injured in a fire that broke out at their Nutley home Saturday night, authorities said Sunday. Joseph Collar was pronounced dead at approximately 6:55 p.m. -- about an hour after firefighters responded to his wood-frame Myrtle Avenue home, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Collar's wife was taken to Clara Maas Medical Center and was in serious condition as of Sunday, Strumolo and Stephens said. A preliminary investigation indicates there was heavy fire damage in the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Student Jailed After 'Alarming' Instagram Gun Post Closed Nutley Schools Student Jailed After 'Alarming' Instagram Gun Post Closed Nutley Schools
Student Jailed After 'Alarming' Instagram Gun Post Closed Nutley Schools An 18-year-old Nutley High School student remained jailed Saturday after authorities said he posted an "alarming" Instagram video that included images of teens shooting a handgun at a firing range along with photos of his school and students in a classroom. Alhough he wasn't deemed a threat, the video led to charges of creating a false public alarm against Joseph Rafanello, 18. Rafanello, who authorities said won't be returning to the school, remained held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark on Saturday pending a detention hearing. "At this point our investig…

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by Jerry DeMarco