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Morris County Duo Nabbed With Loaded Handgun, Fentanyl, $10K Cash, Prosecutor Says Morris County Duo Nabbed With Loaded Handgun, Fentanyl, $10K Cash, Prosecutor Says
Morris County Duo Nabbed With Loaded Handgun, Fentanyl, $10K Cash, Prosecutor Says Two Morris County men were arrested after they were found with Fentanyl, $10,000 in cash and a handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets, authorities said. Maurice A. Goodgame, aka “Tony,” and Matthew Canfield were taken into custody following an Oct. 13 operation by the Narcotics Task Force and the Mount Arlington Police Department, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release Tuesday. Authorities recovered a .45 caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets, Fentanyl pills, and around $10,000 cash in the Mt. Arlington raid, Carroll said. Goodgame, 26, was iss…
Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney
Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney Graduating drug court in 2012 has been Landon Hacker's greatest accomplishment for the last several years. That changed on Wednesday, when he was sworn in as an attorney by state Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Stuart Rabner. If not for guidance from his own attorney in 2012, things may not have turned out this way for 33-year-old Hacker. "If you put everything you have into something, if you want something bad enough, anything is possible," Hacker said. Hacker -- who spent his nights under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Camden --  was facing five years in prison after violating …
Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police
Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police A repeat offender from Dumont fled an attempted police stop in Old Tappan and was arrested after his car slammed into a tree, authorities said. James Wilmarth, 33, already was awaiting trial for a Teaneck burglary when Officer Charles DiMaria began pursuing him for speeding on North Washington Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. Wilmarth apparently cut his headlights in an effort not to be detected when DiMaria caught up to him on Hampton Ridge Court, Tracy said. Seeing the officer, Wilmarth hit the gas and turned onto Cripplebush Road, where he lost cont…