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Community Supports NJ Family After Mom With COVID Fever Falls Down Stairs, Suffers Brain Trauma Community Supports NJ Family After Mom With COVID Fever Falls Down Stairs, Suffers Brain Trauma
Community Supports NJ Family After Mom With COVID Fever Falls Down Stairs, Suffers Brain Trauma Community support is surging for a North Jersey family with a beloved wife and mother still in the hospital suffering brain trauma months after a COVID-19 fever caused her to faint, fall down the stairs and have a stroke. Sal Caradonna Jr. says his wife of more than 20 years, Trudy, fainted from a COVID-19 fever and fell down the stairs in their Mount Olive home March 18 around 4 a.m. “I was sleeping in a separate bed when I heard a crash in our dining room; thinking it was a piece of furniture falling to the ground,” Caradonna writes on a GoFundMe he launched for medical exp…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
$980,000 Settlement Reached In Case Of Morris Student, 14, Kissed, Groped By Teacher $980,000 Settlement Reached In Case Of Morris Student, 14, Kissed, Groped By Teacher
$980,000 Settlement Reached In Case Of Morris Student, 14, Kissed, Groped By Teacher A local school board in Morris County reportedly is paying $980,000 to settle a civil suit brought by the family of a former middle school student whose teacher admitted groping and making out with her.  Eric Strand, 61, who was also a Boy Scout leader and firefighter, pleaded guilty in May 2017 to child endangerment and criminal sexual contact for kissing the 14-year-old Hopatcong Middle School eighth grader several times and grabbing her butt over her clothing the year before. He was sentenced to three years in state prison In exchange for his plea, then was released after serving 36…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJSP Employee, Bergen County Native Killed In Route 46 Motorcycle Crash NJSP Employee, Bergen County Native Killed In Route 46 Motorcycle Crash
Njsp Employee, Bergen County Native Killed In Route 46 Motorcycle Crash A communication systems technician for New Jersey State Police died after being ejected from his motorcycle in a Budd Lake crash, local police said. John Zaki of Landing was headed eastbound on Route 46 when he was struck by a 2002 Toyota near Chamberlain Road on Sept. 29 around 2 p.m., Mount Olive police said. Responding officers found Zaki's motorcycle under the Toyota driven by Brielle Kraus, who was turning left onto the roadway from a driveway, authorities said. Zaki -- thrown from his bike -- was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center where he died of injuries sustained in the crash,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back
Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back A New York corrections officer is accused of forcibly penetrating a 16-year-old girl in Mount Olive -- then taking back the money he gave her in exchange for sexual acts and walking out, said authorities who charged him. Michael Rivera, 26, of Glen Spey, N.Y., contacted the girl online and then offered her money in exchange for sexual acts around the time of Fourth of July 2018, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. Rivera gave the teen money in exchange for sexual acts when they met a few days later in Mount Olive, Knapp said. "When the victim indicated that she did not wan…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer
Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer The driver who hit a Mount Olive police vehicle and a car carrying three people Thursday was extricated then flown to an area hospital in unknown condition, local police said. The three-car crash that happened just after 12:40 p.m. shut River Road for an investigation involving the Morris County Prosecutor's Officer, Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher said. Mount Olive Police Lt. Philip Lucivero was headed northbound on River Road in the department's Chevrolet Tahoe when he noticed an erratic driver in the southbound lane, Beecher said. The erratic driver struck the car in front…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Meet The 3 New Jersey Contestants On 'Big Brother' This Season Meet The 3 New Jersey Contestants On 'Big Brother' This Season
Meet The 3 New Jersey Contestants On 'Big Brother' This Season Three people with New Jersey roots will be featured on "Big Brother" 21, airing later this month. The two-night premier will at 8 p.m. on June 24 and 25. Cast members are recorded 24/7 for the entire season for a chance to win $5,000. One house guest is voted off each week. These are the New Jersey cast members on this season. Isabella Wang, 22 from Mount Olive: A public health analyst who describes herself as spontaneous, reckless and generous. Christie Murphy, 28 of Keyport: A boutique owner who describes herself as an edgy, outgoing overachiever. Nick Maccarone, 27 of Sewell: A ther…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash
Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash A 78-year-old school bus driver was indicted Wednesday for causing a Route 80 crash with a dump truck last May that killed a Paramus fifth-grader and a teacher while injuring 40 students. Hudy Muldrow of Woodland Park is facing two counts of reckless vehicular homicide, 25 counts of assault by auto and a summons listing 16 counts of assault by auto, authorities said. East Brook Middle School fifth-grader Miranda Vargas and teacher Jennifer Williamson were killed when the bus was struck by the dump truck as Muldrow tried to reach a U-turn area designated for emergency responders by cutting a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
North Jersey Communities Named To List Of 100 Safest Places To Live In America North Jersey Communities Named To List Of 100 Safest Places To Live In America
North Jersey Communities Named To List Of 100 Safest Places To Live In America Safewise put several Bergen, Morris and Passaic County communities on the map as the safest places to live in America using newly-released crime data. The website considered crime rates and what people in these areas fear the most to compile its list of 100 cities, which saw 504 total offenses in 2017, the report says. New Jersey claimed 30 percent of "America’s 100 safest cities" list while Connecticut took second place with 14, and two of those are in the top three. Assault was the most common violent crime, but more people fear robbery, according to the State of Safety. The sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver
Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver A license plate that fell off a hit-and-run vehicle that damaged a fence led Mount Olive police directly to a driver who they said was drunk when she answered the door. Margaret Anderson-Elbolini, 52 of Hackettstown, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that veered off River Road and hit the fence around 6:15 p.m. Saturday, according to a Mount Olive police report. Responding officers found the license plate and traced the vehicle's registration to a home in Vasa Park, it says. Anderson-Elbolini appeared drunk when she answered the door, so police gave her a field sobriety test, acc…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208 Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208
Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208 A trio of Route 208 traffic stops barely 24 hours apart led to four arrests, Franklin Lakes police said Monday. A stop by Officer Christopher Hefner just after 8 p.m. Saturday turned up warrants on a Bloomsburg couple: Archie Evans, 37, was wanted out of Parsippany and Stephanie Stevens, 38, was wanted out of Mount Olive, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Six hours later, another highway stop by Hefner led to DWI charges against Jose Pacheco, 48, of Wharton, Bakelaar said. Just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Officer Michael Pellegrino arrested 24-year-old Kyle Wynne of Valley Cottage (Rockland County) a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus district officials immediately reached out to parents after learning that a judge ordered New Jersey State Police to release a traffic camera video of a May bus crash that killed a borough middle school student and one of her teachers. Daily Voice won't be publishing the video out of concern for its readers. Gannett Co., the parent company of NorthJersey.com., sued for access to the video -- recorded by a state Department of Transportation traffic camera -- after State Police refused. In a message to readers on Friday, Gannett wrote: "Our reasons were twofold: As journalists, we m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations
Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations Paramus Schools Supt. Michele Robinson insisted the district wasn't aware that the school bus driver involved in a crash that killed a middle school student and teacher last month had an extensive history of violations behind the wheel. She also demanded that North Jersey Media Group publish a correction to “blatantly inaccurate” reporting. “As I have said repeatedly, we do not have any information from the state that [Hudy] Muldrow [Sr.] had any moving violations,” Robinson wrote in a letter to parents. “The driving abstract provided to us by the Motor Vehicle Commission did not reflect t…

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by Jerry DeMarco