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‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police ‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police
‘Bored’ NJ GNC Employee Threw Energy Drinks Around Store, Damaged Walls: Police A GNC employee in Hunterdon County told police he was simply “bored” when he decided to throw energy drinks around the store and parking lot and cause damage to the walls, authorities said. Officers responding to the Flemington GNC saw purple energy drinks thrown in the middle of the parking lot and all over the store, as well as damage to a wall inside the store, police said. A follow-up investigation found that one of the store’s employees, Nicholas Tampano, 18, had started throwing expired cans at the building and causing the damage because he was “bored,” police said. Tampano, of Flemi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Englewood Man, 23, Cited For Illegal Dumping At Sussex County Park Englewood Man, 23, Cited For Illegal Dumping At Sussex County Park
Englewood Man, 23, Cited For Illegal Dumping At Sussex County Park A 23-year-old Englewood man dumped a heaping pile of miscellaneous garbage at Maple Grange Park in Vernon, local authorities charged. Mike Lopez was charged with dumping on lands owned by others and littering after he left numerous items including an old couch, window shutters, wooden trunks of clothing, masonry items, cans of wood stain and other miscellaneous items on Maple Grange Park property Sunday night, Vernon police said. The trash has since been removed by the local DPW, and Lopez is scheduled to appear in court.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Authorities Crack Down On Bridgewater Park Where 1 Drowned Last Month, 40 Summonses Issued Authorities Crack Down On Bridgewater Park Where 1 Drowned Last Month, 40 Summonses Issued
Authorities Crack Down On Bridgewater Park Where 1 Drowned Last Month, 40 Summonses Issued Authorities are cracking down on illegal activity at a Somerset County park 40 summonses for illegal drinking and swimming were issued, and two people were arrested on drug charges there. Washington Valley Park in the Martinsville section of the Township includes Buttermilk Falls and Chimney Rock Reservoir, where one person drowned last month. The Somerset County Park Commission has had to remove several dumpsters of garbage due to excessive littering in the park, too, authorities said. "In response, to these complaints, the Bridgewater Township Police Department in cooperation with t…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Officials: Increase In Vandalism, Littering At Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Officials: Increase In Vandalism, Littering At Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Officials: Increase In Vandalism, Littering At Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area officials are seeing an increase in the number of illegal dumping and vandalism incidences throughout the park in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A total of 13 incidents of vandalism have been reported at the park so far this year, which include breaking windows and doors, cutting locks, marking graffiti and causing other property damage — up from just two incidents during the same period last year, officials said in a Facebook post Thursday. Several incidents of household trash being dumped in the park, including furniture and building supplie…

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by Valerie Musson