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‘She Was My Rock': Hackettstown Officer Pens Tribute To Lost K9 Jada ‘She Was My Rock': Hackettstown Officer Pens Tribute To Lost K9 Jada
‘She Was My Rock': Hackettstown Officer Pens Tribute To Lost K9 Jada Officer Christopher Laver of the Hackettstown Police Department posted a tribute to his beloved K9 partner after her abrupt and unexpected death. Jada --a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois-- suffered a medical episode while on duty Wednesday night, the department said. She died at Newton Animal Hospital shortly after. “What words do I use, what is it that I’m searching for to say?” Officer Christopher Laver wrote on social media. “Heartbroken? Devastated? Numb?” Laver's interest in K9 officers began when he was learned about military working dogs during his 2005 overseas deployment, he…

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by Valerie Musson
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Morris County K-9 Who Won A&E Series Hit With Glass Bottle, Punched By Unruly Man During Arrest Morris County K-9 Who Won A&E Series Hit With Glass Bottle, Punched By Unruly Man During Arrest
Morris County K-9 Who Won A&E Series Hit With Glass Bottle, Punched By Unruly Man During Arrest Kai, the Morris County police K-9 who won A&E Series "America’s Top Dog" needed stitches but is doing OK after being punched and hit with a glass bottle by a combative man during an arrest in Dover, reports say. Dover police were called to an East Blackwell Street apartment for a tenant saying their apartment had been flooded with water coming through the ceiling on Friday, June 5, DailyRecord reports. The upstairs resident, identified as Thomas O'Connor, refused to speak with police but was "naked and exposing himself" through a window, the report said. O'Conno…

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by Valerie Musson
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Morris County Detective, K-9 Partner Win A&E Series 'America's Top Dog' Morris County Detective, K-9 Partner Win A&E Series 'America's Top Dog'
Morris County Detective, K-9 Partner Win A&E Series 'America's Top Dog' A detective with the Morris County Sheriff’s Office and his K-9 companion were officially declared the winners of on A&E reality series "America’s Top Dog." Detective Corporal Michael McMahon and his K-9 partner, a Belgian Malinois named Kaiser ('Kai' for short), took home the grand prize of $25,000 on Wednesday night's episode. The pair first honed their skills as one of the show’s 50 K-9 teams on an episode titled "The Battle of the Garden State," which aired in February. They beat out the competition and moved on to the finale, where they bested six other K-9 teams and ranked highe…

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by Valerie Musson
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Watch Morris County Detective, K-9 Partner Compete On A&E Series 'America's Top Dog' Watch Morris County Detective, K-9 Partner Compete On A&E Series 'America's Top Dog'
Watch Morris County Detective, K-9 Partner Compete On A&E Series 'America's Top Dog' A detective with the Morris County Sheriff’s Office and his K-9 companion will be competing in an episode of A&E reality series "America’s Top Dog." Detective Corporal Michael McMahon and his K-9 partner, a Belgian Malinois named Kaiser ('Kai' for short), will hone their skills as one of 50 K-9 teams on an episode titled "The Battle of the Garden State," airing Wednesday at 9 p.m. "America’s Top Dog" is a spinoff of the A&E series "Live PD."  If they win, Team Kai moves forward to the mid-March finale with the opportunity to be crowned "America’s Top Dog" — and win the $25,000 gra…

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by Valerie Musson
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Police Find Hiker Fast Asleep On Morris County Trail Hours Past Sunset Police Find Hiker Fast Asleep On Morris County Trail Hours Past Sunset
Police Find Hiker Fast Asleep On Morris County Trail Hours Past Sunset A hiker who set out on Morris County trails Tuesday evening to watch the sun set was found fast asleep by police hours later, authorities said. Morris County Park Police Officer Anthony Brunone was on a security check around 11:30 p.m. when he spotted a car in the parking lot of Silas Condict Park, well-after the park had closed, the Morris County Sheriff's Office said. MCSO Detective John Granato turned out with his K-9 partner Spike, a Belgian Malinois and German Shepherd mix, who searched to no avail for 90 minutes. As Spike was resting around 1 a.m. Wednesday, Granato and Par…

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by Cecilia Levine