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Authorities: Off-Duty North Jersey Officer Shot, Killed By Juvenile In Deer Hunting Accident Authorities: Off-Duty North Jersey Officer Shot, Killed By Juvenile In Deer Hunting Accident
Authorities: Off-Duty North Jersey Officer Shot, Killed By Juvenile In Deer Hunting Accident A 38-year-old off-duty police officer was shot and killed Tuesday when a juvenile accidentally fired off a weapon while the pair were hunting in Sussex County, Daily Voice has learned. Hamburg police officer Jason Franco, of Montague, was deer hunting near Havens and Lott roads in Wantage around 12:30 p.m. when the incident occurred, according to local and state police. Franco was pronounced dead at the scene, "after an unintentional discharge of a weapon held by a juvenile while deer hunting in a group," said Lawrence Hajna, of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Prot…

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by Cecilia Levine & Valerie Musson
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Man Killed In Sussex County Hunting Accident ID'd As Hamburg Police Officer Man Killed In Sussex County Hunting Accident ID'd As Hamburg Police Officer
Man Killed In Sussex County Hunting Accident ID'd As Hamburg Police Officer A 38-year-old man shot and killed in a hunting accident Tuesday was identified as a Hamburg police officer. Jason Franco was deer hunting with his family when he was shot near Havens and Lott roads in Wantage, around 12:30 p.m., and later pronounced dead, state police, sources and local officials told Daily Voice. Hamburg police Lt. Jason Tangorra, who hired Franco in April 2018, remembered him as a dutiful officer. "Jason Franco was loved by his family and his colleagues from all surrounding agencies," Tangorra said. "This was a complete tragedy and he will be missed." Franco worked…

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Sussex County Hair Dresser Snorts Heroin, Tries Urinating On HQ Floor During 2nd Arrest Of Day Sussex County Hair Dresser Snorts Heroin, Tries Urinating On HQ Floor During 2nd Arrest Of Day
Sussex County Hair Dresser Snorts Heroin, Tries Urinating On HQ Floor During 2nd Arrest Of Day An Andover Township woman snorted heroin, threatened officers, and tried defecating and urinating at police headquarters while being arrested twice in the same day, authorities said. Deanna Wassmer, 26, slammed a door in the face of an officer responding to reports of a domestic dispute between her and her Main Street neighbors around 11 a.m. last Friday, Hamburg Police Lt. Jason Tangorra said. Wassmer -- whose social media pages say she is a hairdresser at Supercuts -- was arrested when police found she was wanted with warrants out of Stanhope and Hopatcong, police said. While being proce…

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by Valerie Musson
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'Let Me Get My Teeth On You': Drunk Sussex County Man Spits, Coughs On Officers, Police Say 'Let Me Get My Teeth On You': Drunk Sussex County Man Spits, Coughs On Officers, Police Say
'Let Me Get My Teeth On You': Drunk Sussex County Man Spits, Coughs On Officers, Police Say A drunken Sussex County man spit, coughed on and tried to bite police trying to arrest him after finding him outside of a local business Tuesday, authorities said. Hamburg police responding to reports of an unconscious man outside of an Ames Boulevard business found Scott Thompson, of Stockholm, who was alert and conscious but highly intoxicated around 4 p.m., according to a news release from the Hamburg Police Department. Thompson immediately became belligerent and confrontational with the officers, and refused to sit down for a medical assessment by Saint Clare's EMS, police said.  …

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by Cecilia Levine