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Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Officer Head-On, Passenger Seriously Injured In NJ: Police Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Officer Head-On, Passenger Seriously Injured In NJ: Police
Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Officer Head-On, Passenger Seriously Injured In NJ: Police A 57-year-old Butler resident was driving while intoxicated when he drove head-on into a police car in Morris County on Friday, July 26, sending the officer and his own passenger to the hospital, authorities said. While Butler police were conducting speed enforcement, Charles Dampman was driving a black Ford Explorer when he entered the opposite lane of travel on Bartholdi Avenue and struck police officer Justin Brunda's parked vehicle head-on at a high rate of speed, officers said. Brunda was transported to a local hospital where he was later released, police said. Dampman's…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
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Boil Water Advisory Issued For Thousands Of Passaic, Morris County Residents Boil Water Advisory Issued For Thousands Of Passaic, Morris County Residents
Boil Water Advisory Issued For Thousands Of Passaic, Morris County Residents Thousands of residents across Morris and Passaic counties are urged to boil their water due to high turbidity, or cloudiness, officials said. Officials in both Butler and Bloomingdale made the announcement earlier this week due to "emergent conditions" at the Butler water treatment plant. A water sample taken on Monday, June 24 showed a peak turbidity level of 8.34 nephelometric turbidity — which is above the standard of 1 nephelometric turbidity unit, Butler Water said.  "Because of the high levels of turbidity, there is an increased chance that the water may contain d…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Morris County Magician Caught With Child Porn, Police Say Morris County Magician Caught With Child Porn, Police Say
Morris County Magician Caught With Child Porn, Police Say There were a few things Scott Morley couldn't make disappear. The 48-year-old Morris County magician was arrested and charged on Wednesday, May 15, with possession of child pornography, authorities said. Acting on a tip, a search of Morley's computer turned up child sexual abuse materials, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Butler Police Chief Scott Ricker said. Morley ran the since shuttered Morley Magic Theater on Boonton Avenue in Butler. The facility is listed as being permanently closed on Google, and all of th…

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by Sam Barron