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Father-Son Duo Arrested In Explosion That Rocked NJ Neighborhood During July 4th Party Father-Son Duo Arrested In Explosion That Rocked NJ Neighborhood During July 4th Party
Father-Son Duo Arrested In Explosion That Rocked NJ Neighborhood During July 4th Party A 60-year-old man and his 28-year-old son have been arrested in a fireworks explosion at a July Fourth party that left a 34-year-old guest seriously injured, authorities said. Thomas Kaiser, of South Plainfield, and his son, Erich Kaiser, of Monmouth Junction, were trying to set off a signal cannon a July Fourth party in Manville Saturday, July 6 around 8:15 p.m., when things went horribly awry, Manville's Deputy Chief Craig Jeremiah said. Erich and Thomas Kaiser. Manville PD The device exploded after being lit, sending shrapnel throughout the neighborhood, according to Je…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
Business
’Suspicious’ Package Brings Police, Bomb Squad To Parking Lot Of Warren County Walmart ’Suspicious’ Package Brings Police, Bomb Squad To Parking Lot Of Warren County Walmart
’Suspicious’ Package Brings Police, Bomb Squad To Parking Lot Of Warren County Walmart A “suspicious” package brought police and bomb squads to the parking lot of a Warren County Walmart to investigate on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 18, authorities said. The Pohatcong Township Police Department responded to the Phillipsburg store and requested assistance from the Huntington Volunteer Fire Co., Phillipsburg EMS, and the New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad after observing what appeared to be a briefcase in the parking lot. As the several additional emergency crews arrived, it was confirmed that the item was not dangerous, Pohatcong Police said. Crews cleared the scene a shor…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Explosives Found On Route Cancel Labor Day Parade Featuring Gov. Murphy Explosives Found On Route Cancel Labor Day Parade Featuring Gov. Murphy
Explosives Found On Route Cancel Labor Day Parade Featuring Gov. Murphy More than a half-dozen explosive devices were found near the route of a Labor Day parade that New Jersey Gov. Murphy was scheduled to attend with his wife, canceling the event, authorities said Monday. Thomas Kaiser, 55, who owns the property near what was supposed to be South Plainfield’s 62nd annual parade, was taken into custody and the devices collected, authorities said. He was charged with two counts of possessing a destructive device, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni Sea Bright Police Chief Brett M. Friedman and South Pl…

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by Jerry DeMarco