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Route 31, NJ
Police & Fire
Troopers Save Suicidal Man Holding Knife To Neck After Fleeing From Warren County Traffic Stop
State troopers rescued a man who was holding a knife to his neck after fleeing from a traffic stop in Warren County. Troopers responded to a report of a driver who fled from Mansfield Township officers on Route 57, state police said in a release on Friday, Aug. 26. Troopers found the man and tried to pull him over, but he ignored their commands and kept driving before eventually coming to a stop on Route 31, police said. As troopers approached the man’s car, they saw him holding a knife to his neck and threatening to hurt himself. The troopers talked to the man briefly before convincing h…
Police & Fire
NJ Police Officer Was Drunk In Deadly Warren County Crash: Prosecutor
A 46-year-old police officer in New Jersey was arrested for driving drunk in a deadly crash earlier this year in Washington Township (Warren County), authorities said. Lawrence Stiscia, a patrol officer with the Franklin Township Police Department in Somerset County, had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.201 percent when he fatally struck a motorcyclist on March 18 on northbound Route 31, according to the Warren County Prosecutor's Office. The federal limit for driving legally is 0.08 percent blood alcohol content. An investigation determined that Stiscia ran into the back of the mo…
Police & Fire
Know Anything? Elk Statue Vandalized In Front Of Hunterdon County Charity Lodge (
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Know anything? Police are seeking clues after a legendary elk statue that stands in front of a well-known charity lodge was vandalized with graffiti. The vandalism occurred in front of the Flemington Elks Lodge on Route 31 late on Saturday, May 7, according to Dave Norton, owner of The Corner boutique and photography studio located just down the road at 52 Main St. The word “devil” appears to have been scrawled across the statue in red paint. The Flemington Elks Lodge is described as a nonprofit organization that regularly gives back to the community, its Facebook page says. The funding u…
Business
Newark Pair Nabbed In Theft Of Bio-Diesel Cooking Oil From Warren County Restaurant
Two men from Newark were caught stealing cooking oil from a Warren County restaurant, authorities said. The suspects — ages 27 and 34 — stole bio-diesel cooking oil from Lost Ladies Grill on E. Washington Avenue in the borough before driving away just after 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, WTPD said. The suspect vehicle was found at the Oxford Township Post Office on Route 31 a short time later, police said. Both men were taken into custody, and one of them was found to have an outstanding $500 arrest warrant out of Newark, authorities said. The suspects were charged with attempted theft, dis…
Police & Fire
Father Of NJ Police Officer Who Died In 2011 Motorcycle Crash Killed The Same Way, 63
A 63-year-old motorcyclist from Burlington County was killed in a Route 31 collision with a school bus over the weekend -- just more than nine years after his son died in a motorcycle crash. Alex Harvilla, of Chesterfield, was heading southbound on a Honda motorcycle when he struck an eastbound Freightliner school bus near milepost 15 around 3:20 p.m. Sunday, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Harvilla was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the 14 passengers on the school bus nor the 64-year-old driver from Somerville were injured, Goez said. Harvilla's son, Joh…
Police & Fire
Warren County Teen Injured In Hunterdon Rollover Crash, Police Say
A 17-year-old male from Washington sustained minor injuries in a Lebanon rollover accident, authorities said. Police responded to Route 31 north of Rocky Run Road around 9:15 Wednesday night where the 2002 Chevy Malibu had overturned, NJ.com reports. The driver was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center by Lebanon Township Volunteer Fire Department EMS with minor injuries, Lebanon police said. The crash is under investigation, however local police suspect rainy conditions may have been a contributing factor, NJ.com says.
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