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Obituaries
Montclair-Based Realtor Killed In South Jersey Crash
A prominent New Jersey realtor was killed in a crash Thursday, Sept. 5, authorities said. Michael Kravchak, 47, of Egg Harbor City, died in the wreck on Thursday, Sept. 5, the Mansfield Township Police Department said in a news release. Officers responded to the crash on Route 206 North near the intersection with Route 68 at around 11:03 a.m. Investigators said Kravchak's vehicle hit a traffic light pole. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Kravchak was an agent for Montclair-based eXp Realty and referred to himself as "not your average realtor." The most expensive home posted on his webs…
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Boy Who Drowned On First Day Of NJ Summer Camp Defied Odds Since Birth, Campaign Says
The 6-year-old boy who died after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a South Jersey summer camp has been identified, authorities said. Michael Stewart was a rising first grader at the Lumberton Township School District, Superintendent Colleen Murray said in a letter to the community posted on the district's website. A GoFundMe campaign launched for his mother, Enjoli, said Michael drowned during free swim at Liberty Lake Day Camp in Mansfield Township. "Michael came into this world a fighter from the day he was born," reads the campaign launched by Kayla Ogletree. "He…
Police & Fire
Main Street Fire Displaces 6 In Hackettstown
Six people were displaced by a fire that ripped through a home on Main Street in Hackettstown. On Monday, Jan. 23, at 2:22 p.m., Hackettstown police, firefighters and the Rescue Squad responded to 300 Main Street, which is a residential over commercial wood framed building, in reference to a structure fire. Police observed smoke coming from the roof and began to evacuate the second floor. The fire was knocked down at approximately 2:41 p.m. The building was deemed uninhabitable. No injuries were reported. The investigation conducted by the Hackettstown Detective Bureau, Mount Olive …
Police & Fire
Driver Flown To Trauma Center In Warren County Crash With School Bus:
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A driver was flown to a nearby trauma center after a multi-car crash involving a school bus in Warren County, authorities said. (Scroll for photos). The Mansfield Township Fire Company responded to the crash on Route 57 near Watters Road in Mansfield Township around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, the department said on Facebook. The crash involved a school bus with no passengers and a driver that had self-extricated with serious injuries, the department said. Emergency crews worked to stabilize the vehicles while an Atlantic Air 1 medical helicopter was called to take one of the victims to a…
Police & Fire
Update
: Missing Warren County Man With Autism Found Safe, Police Say
UPDATE: Bechaud has been located and is safe, police have confirmed. ------------------------------- Seen him? Authorities have issued an alert for a Warren County man with autism who has been missing for several days. Robert Bechaud, 31, was last heard from by his family on Thursday, June 9 around 7:30 p.m., Mansfield Township Police said in a release on Monday, June 13. Bechaud has a slim build with a trimmed goatee and beard, short crew-style haircut and tattoos on his left forearm, barbed wire tattoos around his right bicep and a heart over his heart, police said. He drives a 2012 gr…
Police & Fire
Warren County Woman Accused Of Selling Ecstasy: Police
A Warren County woman accused of selling ecstasy was arrested following a two-week investigation, authorities said. Elizabeth B. Racanelli, 19, was arrested Dec. 22, Hackettstown Police said Tuesday. Racanelli, of Mansfield Township, was charged with third-degree distribution of ecstasy, third-degree possession with intent to distribute ecstasy and employing a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme, police said. Racanelli is scheduled to appear in court. Assisting agencies include the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force, Mansfield Township Police Department, Washington …
Police & Fire
Sussex County Woman Wanted For Heroin Distribution Nabbed In Newark: Police
A Sussex County woman wanted for heroin distribution in Hackettstown was arrested in Newark, police confirmed. Hackettstown Police issued a warrant for Chelsea M. Pruden, 28, with charges for heroin distribution on Nov. 19, authorities said. Pruden, of Andover, was arrested in Newark by the Essex County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, police said. She was charged with two counts each of distribution of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, second-degree distribution of heroin within 500 feet of a public park and distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet of school property. The s…
Police & Fire
Warren County Woman, 33, Charged With Selling Xanax, Prosecutor Says
A 33-year-old woman has been charged with selling Xanax in Warren County, authorities said Tuesday. Heather L. Hadgkiss, of Willow Grove Street in Hackettstown, was arrested Monday following a four-week investigation by the Warren County Prosecutor's Office Narcotics Task Force, Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. Hadgkiss was charged with two counts each of third-degree distribution of CDS, third-degree possession with intent to distribute CDS and second-degree distribution of CDS within 500 feet of a public park, Pfeiffer said. Third-degree offenses are punishable by up to five years in s…
Police & Fire
More Drug Charges For Paterson Man Nabbed With 1,000 Heroin Packets In Warren County
A Paterson man with a history of selling drugs was found with more than 1,000 packets of suspected heroin during a traffic stop in Warren County, authorities said. Marquis L. Wedderburn, who previously faced drug charges for hiding from detectives who saw him toss 450 bags of heroin during a foot chase in Jan. 2019, was pulled over in Hackettstown Sept. 23 following a four-week investigation into the drug’s distribution, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a joint release with police. Wedderburn was taken into custody, where a search turned up more than 1,000 packets of suspe…
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? Police Probe 4th Of July Shooting At Warren County House Party
Police in Warren County are seeking surveillance footage after shots were fired during a fight at a local house party before dawn Monday. Officers in Mansfield Township responded to a home on Slope Drive after receiving a report that a man had been shot at a party just before 1:40 a.m., authorities said. Upon arrival, police observed several people driving and running from the scene, authorities in Mansfield Township said. “There were multiple reports from individuals of a shooting that occurred during a physical dispute at the residence, however, no victim was located,” the department sai…
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Warren County Man, 73, Raped Child Under 13 Multiple Times Over 3 Years, Prosecutor Says
A 73-year-old Warren County man has been accused of raping a child under the age of 13 multiple times over a three-year period, authorities said. Cristino S. Delrio, of Jefferson Street in Port Murray, committed “multiple acts of sexual penetration, specifically oral sex and digital penetration, as well as sexual contact” on a child less than 13 years old between 2016 and 2019, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. The victim was previously known to Delrio, Pfeiffer said. Delrio was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, two counts of sexual as…
Obituaries
Retired Warren County Police Sergeant, Former Fireman, BOE Member Charles Almer Jr. Dies, 85
Retired Mansfield Township Police Sergeant, former firefighter and Board of Education member Charles W. Almer Jr. died Jan. 11 at at St. Luke’s Hospital in Phillipsburg. He was 85. Born in Newton, Almer worked for the government at Picatinny Arsenal before becoming a teacher at Independence Central School in Great Meadows, his obituary says. Almer had a passion for law enforcement and had retired as a Sergeant for the Mansfield Township Police Department, his obit says. Meanwhile, he served on several school boards and was one of the “original members” of the Mt. Bethel Fire Department. A…
Police & Fire
Police: Warren County Woman Hospitalized After Swerving Off Route 31, Crashing Into Tree
A Warren County woman was hospitalized after she swerved off Route 31 in Warren County and slammed into a tree Tuesday morning, authorities said. Denise Drukker, 55, of Liberty Township, was driving a 2018 brown Dodge Ram 150 pickup truck in the left lane of Route 31 south in Oxford Township when she swerved into the right lane, up an embankment and into a tree just before 10:40 a.m., Washington Township Police Lt. John Kaufmann said. Emergency crews extricated Drukker from the truck before taking her to St. Luke’s Warren Campus for treatment of unspecified injuries, authorities said. The …
Police & Fire
Raid Of 26-Year-Old Warren County Man's Home Turns Up Pills, Mushrooms, Cocaine
A 26-year-old Warren County man accused of selling cocaine and other drugs was arrested following a month-long investigation, authorities said. Jeramy Lepisko, 26, was arrested Sept. 24 after a search of his home on Allen Road in Mansfield Township turned up cocaine, mushrooms, morphine, Suboxone, OxyContin, Xanax and more than $9,000 in cash, Acting Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said Tuesday. Lepisko’s 2006 Ford Fusion was also confiscated in the investigation, Pfeiffer said. Lepisko was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana and othe…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Mansfield Officers Recognized For Rescuing Schizophrenic Man Holding Knife To Throat
Three members of the Mansfield Township Police Department have been recognized with Meritorious Service Awards after they saved a man with schizophrenia who was holding a knife to his throat. Officer Michael Citarelli, Officer Thomas Hill and Detective Michael Camerata were called to a local residence where a 31-year-old man who suffers from schizophrenia was having a psychological episode around 11:45 a.m. on Monday, March 2, township police said in a release. The man — whose family told police that he had not been taking his medications and had been threatening them for several days prior…
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