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Volunteer Firefighter Set Brush Fire Halloween Morning In North Jersey: Prosecutor Volunteer Firefighter Set Brush Fire Halloween Morning In North Jersey: Prosecutor
Volunteer Firefighter Set Brush Fire Halloween Morning In North Jersey: Prosecutor A volunteer firefighter from North Jersey has been charged with arson after he was caught setting a piece of paper on fire and placing it on the ground, causing brush to erupt in flames Halloween morning, authorities said. Shannon B. Muller, 40, a Wanaque volunteer firefighter, was found just before 9 a.m. in an area behind the Warrens Way housing complex Monday, Oct. 31, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Muller was lighting the paper with a match and placing the burning paper on the forest floor as authorities arrived, Valdes said alongside Wanaque Police Chi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Volunteer Firefighter Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman Central Jersey Volunteer Firefighter Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman
Central Jersey Volunteer Firefighter Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman A volunteer firefighter from Central Jersey has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman, authorities announced Saturday. Raymond Brown, 67, was charged with criminal sexual contact with an adult female victim who he knew during the early afternoon on Friday, May 21, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and South River Police Chief Mark Tinitigan. Brown engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with the victim in South River, an investigation found. The investigation is active and ongoing.  Anyone with information is asked to contact Sergeant Mackiel of the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HERO: Elmwood Park Firefighter Who Works As NJ Transit Dispatcher Helps Nab Burglary Suspect HERO: Elmwood Park Firefighter Who Works As NJ Transit Dispatcher Helps Nab Burglary Suspect
Hero: Elmwood Park Firefighter Who Works As NJ Transit Dispatcher Helps Nab Burglary Suspect Elmwood Park volunteer firefighter Greg Thompson isn't anyone to mess with. A suspected burglar who punched a police officer after climbing out the window of a neighborhood home on Thursday found out the hard way, authorities said. Thompson, who works as a dispatcher for New Jersey Transit and lives nearby, tackled the fleeing 16-year-old suspect before police Lt. John Harris quickly him into custody. Harris was among the officers who responded to the call of a teen climbing out the Lee Street window around 11:40 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The intruder was described as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Firefighter Slammed Into Hawthorne Ambulance Accidentally, Police Say Firefighter Slammed Into Hawthorne Ambulance Accidentally, Police Say
Firefighter Slammed Into Hawthorne Ambulance Accidentally, Police Say UPDATE: No summonses were considered necessary after a volunteer firefighter headed to an alarm broadsided a Hawthorne ambulance with three squad members inside, knocking it over, police said Friday following the conclusion of an investigation. The ambulance had its lights and siren activated as it traveled north on Goffle Road to a medical emergency just after 11 p.m. last Friday, the police report says. No patients were aboard. A 25-year-old lieutenant firefighter, meanwhile, was headed east on the Lafayette Avenue extension to a firehouse in his personal vehicle, his volunteer blue ligh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Former Bloomingdale Firefighter Kevin Stalter Dies, 48 Former Bloomingdale Firefighter Kevin Stalter Dies, 48
Former Bloomingdale Firefighter Kevin Stalter Dies, 48 Kevin K. Stalter of Bloomingdale died May 8. He was 48 year old. Born in Pompton Plains, Kevin was the owner and operator of Stalter Mechanical. He formerly worked as a Bloomingdale volunteer firefighter. Kevin was predeceased by his father, Donald E. Stalter, and brother, Kurt Stalter. He is survived by his mother, Stella Stalter, his fiancé, Tracie Marquart; siblings Donald Stalter Jr., Michelle Stalter and fiancé Scott Crum and Melissa Barnes and husband Edward; and his faithful companion, Philo. Burial was at Mount Rest Cemetery in Butler.

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by Cecilia Levine