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Exxon Workers Disarm Masked Gunman In Attempted Route 23 Armed Robbery: Police Exxon Workers Disarm Masked Gunman In Attempted Route 23 Armed Robbery: Police
Exxon Workers Disarm Masked Gunman In Attempted Route 23 Armed Robbery: Police A masked man who attempted to rob a Passaic County gas station at gunpoint was arrested after employees fought him off and wrestled the weapon away, police said. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at the Exxon Gas Station on Route 23 South, according to New Milford police. The suspect, later identified as Cole Labita, of Oak Ridge in Jefferson Township, entered the station with a firearm and demanded cash from the register, police said. A scuffle broke out between Labita and the employees, spilling into the parking lot, where the employees managed to …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years
Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Gets 8 Years For Molesting Morris County Girl, 3rd Case In 5 Years The onetime owner of a defunct martial arts school must spend more than 6½ years in prison before he'll be eligible for parole for molesting an 11-year-old girl in Morris County, the third such case that he’d been involved in over a five-year span. Jurors in Morristown last December found Richard Perry, 49,  guilty of touching the girl on her breasts and vagina during an October 2016 sleepover at his home in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township. The girl immediately told her aunt, who called police, prosecutors said. Two months after his October 2016 arrest, Perry was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris Jurors Convict Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Of Molesting Girl, Third Case In 5 Years Morris Jurors Convict Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Of Molesting Girl, Third Case In 5 Years
Morris Jurors Convict Ex-Martial Arts School Owner Of Molesting Girl, Third Case In 5 Years Jurors in Morristown convicted the former owner of a defunct martial arts school on Friday of molesting an 11-year-old girl – the third such case that he’d been involved in over a five-year span. Richard Perry, 48, was ordered held in the Morris County Correctional Facility pending a Jan. 17 sentencing after jurors found him guilty of sexual assault and child endangerment. The Jamaican-born Perry, who is not a U.S. citizen, will have to serve 85% of his sentence under the No Early Release Act, must register under Megan’s Law and remain under parole supervision for life – after which he most…

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by Jerry DeMarco