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Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car
Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car Police in Morris County were skeptical when a man they had just arrested insisted the cocaine, heroin and loaded gun found in his vehicle didn't belong to him — but it turns out, he was telling the truth. Henry Patterson, 47, made an anonymous call to authorities Oct. 4 stating that he saw a man with a handgun and narcotics in the parking lot of ShopRite on East Hanover Avenue, Chief of Hanover Police Mark D. Roddy said. Officers responded and observed a quantity of cocaine outside the vehicle, authorities said. After receiving the driver’s written consent, police performed a search of the…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Morris County Couple Admit Ducking $261,758 In Federal Income Taxes Morris County Couple Admit Ducking $261,758 In Federal Income Taxes
Morris County Couple Admit Ducking $261,758 In Federal Income Taxes A Morris County couple who owned and operated construction businesses admitted in federal court in Newark that they stiffed the government out of $261,758 in income tax payments. Roger Magill, 50, of Wharton admitted using a bogus ID to cash checks from Reliable Construction (also known as Reliable Paving) and Hackensack Pavers between 2014 and 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Ruby Magill, also 50, meanwhile, admitted that she helped her husband out by “allowing him to deposit his hidden income into business bank accounts that she operated and controlled,” Carpenito said. U.S. Dis…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Hooded, Masked Suspects Target Half Dozen Wharton Vehicles In Weekend Burglaries Police: Hooded, Masked Suspects Target Half Dozen Wharton Vehicles In Weekend Burglaries
Police: Hooded, Masked Suspects Target Half Dozen Wharton Vehicles In Weekend Burglaries Suspects concealing their identities with hoods and masks targeted at least six cars in Wharton burglaries over the weekend, authorities said. Surveillance footage shows the suspects rummaging through unlocked vehicles and taking items on Baker Avenue and Pine Street, Wharton Police said. The hooded and masked suspects were also seen attempting to open numerous locked vehicles along the way, authorities said. ALSO SEE: Several Cars Burglarized Over Weekend In Hackettstown The department is currently investigating the incidents.

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by Valerie Musson
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Chiropractor Captured By Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Charged In Three-County Robbery Spree Chiropractor Captured By Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Charged In Three-County Robbery Spree
Chiropractor Captured By Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Charged In Three-County Robbery Spree A chiropractor from Morris County went on a strong-arm robbery spree through Garfield, Lyndhurst, Wood-Ridge, Paterson, Parsippany and Wharton, said authorities who identified and captured him. Erick Macias, 35, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing this coming Monday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Detectives took Macias into custody at his East Dewey Avenue apartment in Wharton on Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They charged him with six counts of robbery, along with various counts of aggravated assault, simp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Drunk Morris County Door Knocker Spits On Police Says 'Catch Coronavirus And Die' Authorities: Drunk Morris County Door Knocker Spits On Police Says 'Catch Coronavirus And Die'
Authorities: Drunk Morris County Door Knocker Spits On Police Says 'Catch Coronavirus And Die' "Catch coronavirus and die," is what a drunk Morris County man told police taking him into custody after they found him knocking on doors in a hospital mask and gloves, authorities charged. Jonathan Cabrejos, 24, of Mount Arlington, was stopped by police when police spotted him knocking on doors in Wharton near the Dover border Sunday around 11 p.m., Wharton police wrote in a Facebook post. An officer was trying to help a "visibly intoxicated" Cabrejos call a family member for a ride home when he began shouting profanities in the middle of Ford Avenue, police said. Cabrejos then befor…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJSP: Route 80 Passenger Tries Swallowing Heroin As Wanted Driver Is Placed Under Arrest NJSP: Route 80 Passenger Tries Swallowing Heroin As Wanted Driver Is Placed Under Arrest
Njsp: Route 80 Passenger Tries Swallowing Heroin As Wanted Driver Is Placed Under Arrest A female passenger tried swallowing heroin while the male driver wanted by the National Crime Information Center was placed under arrest in a Route 80 motor vehicle stop Wednesday in Parsippany-Troy Hills, authorities said. Police stopped a car on the westbound side of the highway at mile marker 45.6 around 8:15 p.m., when they learned the driver -- Javier Torres, 36 of Dover -- was wanted by the NCIC, New Jersey State Police Lt. Theodore Schafer said. At some point during Torres' arrest process, his passenger -- Michelle Krautheim, 35, of Wharton -- began trying to ingest the heroin, …

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOCKED COLD: Morris County Man Charged In Hoboken Assault, Police Say KNOCKED COLD: Morris County Man Charged In Hoboken Assault, Police Say
Knocked Cold: Morris County Man Charged In Hoboken Assault, Police Say A Morris County man was charged with assault after punching a man so hard that he went unconscious while out in Hoboken, authorities said. Detectives Adam Colon and John Quinones were near River and Newark streets (close to Texas Arizona) around 2:20 a.m. Sunday when they watched Michael Monica, 23, of Wharton, punch another man square in the face, Hoboken police said. The man was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground as Monica tried to flee, according to police. The detectives caught up with Monica, who was charged with aggravated assault, as the victim was treated by another office …

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by Cecilia Levine