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'Friend To All:' Mount Olive High School Graduate, Financial Analyst Joseph Barish Dies, 24
Mount Olive High School graduate and financial analyst Joseph R. Barish died in Hoboken on Saturday, Nov. 5. He was 24.
Born in New Britain, CT, Joseph was raised in Budd Lake, where he played on the Mount Olive High School basketball team and graduated in 2016, his obituary says.
Joseph attended the University of South Carolina, double majoring in finance and accounting while passionately supporting the Gamecocks. He also loved the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, and the New England Patriots.
He had been working as a financial analyst at Freshpet in Secaucus, according to his memorial.
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Bail Reform Poster Boy Wanted On Warrants Out Of Eight North Jersey Towns Nabbed By Local PD
A serial burglar wanted on warrants out of no fewer than eight towns in four counties was captured by Maywood police and charged with a break-in at a local dry cleaner.
Nicolas G. Torres, 40, of Passaic, has been repeatedly arrested and then subsequently released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, mostly on commercial burglary charges, over the past several years, records show.
His criminal record stretches back more than a decade before that, however.
Earlier this year, Torres was linked to break-ins at businesses in Fort Lee, Leonia, Englewood Cliffs, Little Falls, Montclair, Ridg…
NJ Teen Dies Tragically, Leaves Infant Daughter, Devastated Loved Ones
A funeral is scheduled this week for a teenage mom from Mahwah who died tragically last week.
Olivia Sybesma, 19, was a devoted mother, one who quit any further formal education after graduating from Mahwah High School in order to care for her nearly-1-year-old daughter, Layla Rose.
Olivia “poured all her time and guidance” into raising the love of her life, her obituary says.
She also trusted others and “worried about everyone else except herself,” her mother, Marlaina Sybesma, wrote.
So it was with that implicit trust that Olivia, feeling both down and anxious, apparently accepted a …
Sleeping Couple, Dogs Get Out Before Fire Consumes Franklin Lakes Home
UPDATE: A Franklin Lakes couple who were asleep when a fire broke out escaped safely with their two dogs before their home burned to the ground, authorities said.
The fast-moving fire broke out in the 2½-story Cheyenne Drive home at 12:35 a.m. Monday, Police Capt. Robert Lyon said.
Police and firefighters found the 2,800-foot house fully engulfed, he said.
Firefighters from Wyckoff, Oakland, Mahwah, Waldwick and North Haledon also responded, along with both the Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff ambulance corps, the captain said.
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Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead
A convicted killer who was paroled after only three years in state prison was captured in Brooklyn and charged with shooting and killing a Paterson father of 10 in the Silk City last month, authorities said.
Rondell Gray, 40, of North Haledon originally wasn’t even eligible for parole until Wednesday -- the day his arrest was announced -- after taking a plea bargain three years earlier for shooting and killing Myesha Montgomery, 28, with whom he once lived, in 2015, state records show.
The state freed Gray, who’s also a registered sex offender, on Oct. 8, 2020, however, amid a wave of earl…
Passaic County Adviser Conned Investors Out Of $471,602, State Authorities Charge
An investment adviser from Passaic County stole $471,602 from two dozen investors he recruited for an unregulated commodities trading group, state authorities charged.
The business he the Think Big Institute was failing when Scott Nicholson, 53, of North Haledon, began to “misappropriate investor monies by withdrawing existing investment monies and new investments for his personal benefit,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.
Over the course of five years, Nicholson transferred $373,823 in investment money to his personal checking account and paid $271,129 worth of personal expens…
Franklin Lakes PD: Daytime DWI Driver's Sedan Hits Mailboxes, Sign, Guard Rail
An intoxicated driver from Bloomingdale unsuccessfully tried to flee after his sedan slammed into two mailboxes, a street sign and a guard rail along a stretch of road in Franklin Lakes, authorities said.
Thomas Bleeker, 66, was hospitalized with undetermined injuries following the 2:30 p.m. crash on Sunday, Capt. Robert Lyon said.
Bleeker's Toyota Camry had struck the mailboxes and sign along High Mountain Road between Valley Road the Route 208 ramps before hitting the guard rail, the captain said.
Sgt. Nick Klein arrested Bleeker, formerly of North Haledon, and charged him via summons wi…
