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Timothy Angus, 27, Longtime Roselle Park Resident Who Loved Sports Timothy Angus, 27, Longtime Roselle Park Resident Who Loved Sports
Timothy Angus, 27, Longtime Roselle Park Resident Who Loved Sports Timothy James Angus of Roselle Park died Wednesday. He was 27.  An avid sports fan, he played varsity soccer and baseball at Roselle Park High School and also loved fishing and football. He earned a degree in sports management from Union County College in Cranford in 2014.  He also loved time with his family and his K9 friends, loved ones wrote.  He is survived by his parents, Richard and Debbie (nee Rein) Angus; his siblings Ryan, Kelly, Kyle and Kevin; his paternal grandparents Richard and Claudia Angus; as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins.  He is predeceased b…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Roselle Park Girl Tricked Into Sending Explicit Video: Police Roselle Park Girl Tricked Into Sending Explicit Video: Police
Roselle Park Girl Tricked Into Sending Explicit Video: Police Police in Roselle Park arrested a boy who allegedly posed as someone else online in order to convince another youth to send an explicit video, the department said in a statement Thursday. On June 4, Officer Ryan Hokanson received a complaint from a girl who had been the victim of “catfishing,” a slang term referring to the practice of using a fake social media identity, often on relationship or dating sites, police said. A subsequent investigation by Detective Gregory Polakoski determined that a boy from the borough had posed as a girl to get the video, which he shared with other juveniles…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Commuter Gets Leg Stuck Between Train, Platform In Roselle Park Commuter Gets Leg Stuck Between Train, Platform In Roselle Park
Commuter Gets Leg Stuck Between Train, Platform In Roselle Park A Roselle Park man sustained a serious leg injury after he slipped at the platform of the NJ Transit station in Roselle Park Tuesday morning, police said.  Police arrived around 7:45 a.m. and discovered the 54-year-old man, who said his leg had gotten wedged between the train and the platform as he was boarding.  He was taken to University Hospital in Newark.  The incident is under investigation by NJ Transit police. Roselle Park Chief of Police Daniel J. McCaffery said the cause "appeared to be accidental in nature." 

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by Paul Milo