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Seatbelt Infraction Turns Into Eluding Charge For Warren County Man After Foot Chase: Police Seatbelt Infraction Turns Into Eluding Charge For Warren County Man After Foot Chase: Police
Seatbelt Infraction Turns Into Eluding Charge For Warren County Man After Foot Chase: Police Officers who tried to stop a driver for not wearing a seatbelt on Route 46 ended up initiating a foot chase that ended in another jurisdiction as well as numerous additional charges, they said. Hackettstown Police tried to pull over a car driven by Raul L. Diaz, 57, for failing to wear a seatbelt on Tuesday, June 21, the department said in a release on Wednesday, June 22. Despite officers activating emergency lights and sirens, Diaz failed to stop and instead turned into the parking lot of the North Morris Apartment complex on North Main Street, police said. Diaz, of Independence, then par…

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by Valerie Musson
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Hackettstown Family Displaced In House Fire Hackettstown Family Displaced In House Fire
Hackettstown Family Displaced In House Fire The community is rallying for a Hackettstown family whose house went up in flames. More than $650 had been raised as of Sunday on a GoFundMe campaign for the Mullen Family. Their East Baldwin Street home was damaged in the Saturday blaze. "Everyone got out safely and unharmed," their daughter and campaign founder Amanda Sharp said. The Hackettstown, Independence and Budd Lake fire departments responded, along with the Mt. Olive fire marshal and Hackettstown Police Department. At the sceneMt. Olive Fire Marshal "On my parents behalf I am starting this page to try and help get them bac…

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by Cecilia Levine