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Man Charged For Providing Fentanyl In Deadly Overdose At Morris County Hotel: Prosecutor
A 30-year-old man was charged after providing Fentanyl to a man who later overdosed at a Morris County hotel and died, authorities announced. John P. Rowe, of Budd Lake, was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said in a joint release alongside local officials. Officers responding to a report of an unresponsive male at the Mount Olive Days Inn hotel found the 19-year-old victim — identified only as “G.B.” — unconscious on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, Carroll said. The victim was rushed to a local hospital and pronounced de…
Police & Fire
Update
: 52-Year-Old Man Killed In 3-Vehicle Morris County Crash
A 52-year-old man was killed in a triple-car crash involving a box truck in Morris County early Monday, authorities confirmed. The man was behind the wheel of a Jeep Wrangler heading south on Shunpike Road in Chatham Township when he was struck by a Nissan Rouge heading west near the intersection of Lafayette Avenue around 11:30 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The Wrangler then hit a box truck that was parked on the opposite side of the intersection, Carroll said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was being withheld pending family notification, auth…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Charged In Death Of 5-Week-Old Daughter, Prosecutor Says
A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with manslaughter Wednesday following a nearly yearlong investigation into the death of his 5-week-old daughter. Officers responding to 67 Willow Ave. in Rockaway Borough found Joseph Tarquini IV, 30, and his infant daughter, M.T., who was in medical distress around 4:55 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2021, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release. The infant was taken to St. Clare’s Denville Hospital for treatment and pronounced dead a short time later. An autopsy found M.T.’s cause of death to be acceleration/deceleration head injury …
Police & Fire
1 Killed, 2 Rescued In Morris County House Fire, Prosecutor Says
One occupant was killed and two others rescued as flames ripped through a Morris County home before dawn Thursday. The blaze broke out in the bedroom of a single-family home on Ward Pl. in East Hanover around 12:10 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release with East Hanover Police Chief Christopher F. Cannizzo. Two residents were rescued safely while one victim was found dead inside the home, authorities said. Good Morning . I am confirming one fatality at a house fire that occurred last night on Ward Place. Officers Responded... Posted by East Hanover…
Police & Fire
NJ Mom Found Drowned With Son Was Substitute Teacher Who Suffered Trio Of Recent Tragedies
The 35-year-old Morris County mother found drowned with her 11-year-old son in a Boonton pond had suffered a trio of recent tragedies, reports say. The body of Warda Syed and her son, Uzair Ahmed, were recovered from the Upper Pond section of Grace Lord Park in Boonton around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with other county officials. Syed, a substitute teacher in the Boonton school district, rented an apartment from the cousin of Dr. Abdul Raja, who says the family had been struggling after her husband was diagnose…
Police & Fire
Bodies Of Child, Woman Pulled From Morris County Pond; 6-Year-Old Child Found Wandering Nearby
The bodies of an 11-year-old child and 35-year-old woman were found in a Morris County pond Tuesday evening, authorities said. Police were dispatched to the Upper Pond section of Grace Lord Park in Boonton on a report of an unattended child around 5:40 p.m., Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon said. There, police found the bodies along with an unattended 6-year-old child, who was unharmed, Gannon said alongside local police. According to RLS Media, the 6-year-old child was calling for her mom -- who had drowned in the river, along with a…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Morris County Suspect Captured After Fatally Stabbing Man While Children Were Home
A Morris County man was arrested after stabbing 35-year-old man to death during an argument while two children were home, said authorities who charged him. Edilson D. Trejo, 21 -- who lives at the Parsippany Road apartment where the incident occurred -- took a shower, changed his clothes then fled the Parsippany Road apartment, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a release with local police. The victim's body was found at the apartment with multiple stab wounds in his neck and torso after the incident was reported around 5:50 Saturday morning, Knapp said. …
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Dover Man Gets Decade In Prison For Assaulting Teen, Witness Tampering
A Dover man was sentenced to a decade in state prison for assaulting a 16-year-old and tampering with a witness, authorities said. Levi Young, 20 -- who previously pled guilty to aggravated assault (strangulation), child endangerment and witness tampering -- was sentenced last Friday in Superior Court, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. A spokesperson for the MCPO said there were multiple incidents between March and July 2019. Young must serve a minimum of 51 months (4.25 years) before he is eligible for parole. Authorities did not release further information. Prosecutor&n…
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