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REEL STORY: Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Fished From Lake: Rochelle Park PD REEL STORY: Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Fished From Lake: Rochelle Park PD
Reel Story: Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Fished From Lake: Rochelle Park PD A Newark ex-con was carrying a gun that he'd apparently fished out of a lake when a Rochelle Park police officer pulled him over Sunday morning, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka called for a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 Unit after stopping Lamont House, 31, for multiple motor vehicle violations on West Passaic around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 19, Lt. James DePreta said. A positive indication prompted a search that turned up a Hi-Point Arms .380-caliber handgun in the trunk, the lieutenant said. House was charged with various weapons offenses, including having a firearm in his possession as a co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Warren County Man, 38, Nearly Hit Police Officer And Resisted Arrest: Prosecutor Warren County Man, 38, Nearly Hit Police Officer And Resisted Arrest: Prosecutor
Warren County Man, 38, Nearly Hit Police Officer And Resisted Arrest: Prosecutor A 38-year-old Warren County man was charged after he nearly crashed into a police officer, resisted arrest, and later turned himself in, authorities announced. Officers in Independence Township stopped a Toyota Tacoma driven by Clinton Ontweka, who ran a stop sign on Route 517 in Allamuchy and nearly hit a police officer on Monday, Aug. 8, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release with local officials on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Officers determined via sobriety testing that Ontweka, of Hackettstown, was intoxicated, and decided to arrest him before he ran into a nearby cornfi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Pathfinder Flips, Manchester Driver, 66, Charged With DUI Pathfinder Flips, Manchester Driver, 66, Charged With DUI
Pathfinder Flips, Manchester Driver, 66, Charged With DUI A 66-year-old man from Manchester Township has been charged with driving under the influence after a weekend crash, authorities said. At about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Rodriquez was driving a Toyota Sequoia on Route 571 east when his vehicle crossed in front of a Nissan Pathfinder driven by a teenager from Manchester, Toms River police sad.   As Rodriguez was turning left onto Whitesville Road, police said he cut in front of the Pathfinder and the vehicles collided,  The Pathfinder hit a curb and flipped onto its roof.  Rodriguez was taken to Monmouth Medical Center, Sout…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Federal Homeland Security Agent Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Hoboken Cyclist Federal Homeland Security Agent Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Hoboken Cyclist
Federal Homeland Security Agent Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Hoboken Cyclist A 32-year-old U.S. Division of Homeland Security agent who was off-duty when he seriously injured a bicyclist in Hoboken then fled surrendered to detectives, authorities said Wednesday. Ryan Varrone was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and 39 other motor vehicle violations in the crash that sent a 24-year-old New Hampshire man to the hospital early Monday morning, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Varrone initially stopped after hitting the bicyclist at Garden Street and First Street around 12:50 a.m. Monday -- then left, Suarez said. The vic…

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by Cecilia Levine