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Police & Fire
Driver Dies In Route 206 Crash With Garbage Truck: Prosecutor
One person died after rear-ending a garbage truck early Wednesday, Dec. 18 in Morris County, authorities said. The crash happened on Route 206 in Mount Olive around 5:45 a.m., a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office said. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the victim is not immediately being released. The driver of the garbage truck was not injured. There were no passengers in either vehicle. The collision remains under investigation by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Vehicular Homicide Task Force, Morris County Sheriff's Office…
Police & Fire
Woman Abused Child At Daycare For Children With Autism: Mt Olive PD
A 25-year-old woman was arrested and charged on Monday, Sept. 9, with abusing a child at a daycare center in Budd Lake for children with autism. Last month, officers said a parent reported to Mount Olive Police Department that their daughter was assaulted while attending Carebot ABA, a daycare facility that offers personalized treatment plans for children on the autism spectrum and other developmental disorders, according to its website. Following an investigation, officers arrested Skylar Jean Carroll and charged her with child abuse, Mount Olive Police said. She was released pending a cou…
Police & Fire
Hair Salon Owner Gets 3 Years For Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Morris County Prosecutor
A 44-year-old Mount Olive man was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday, Aug. 16, after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female employee at the hair salon he owned. Joseph Guzman, who ran Joseph Vincent's Salon in Mount Olive, was arrested in November 2022 after an investigation revealed the sexual assault, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Deputy Chief of Detectives Jan-Michael Monrad, and Mount Olive Police Department Chief Michael Spitzer said. Last October, he pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of a child, authorities sai…
Business
Soccer Superstar Appearing At Morris County Wawa Grand Opening
A new Wawa in Morris County is having a big guest for its big opening. Luis Robles, who was goalkeeper for the New York Red Bulls for seven seasons will be on hand as Wawa opens its new location in Mount Olive at 194 Route 206 on Thursday, August 1. Robles holds the Major League Soccer record for most consecutive regular season starts by a goalkeeper. Robles will be joined by Redd, the New York Red Bulls mascot, Wally Goose, Wawa's mascot, the Mount Olive Police Department and the Flanders Fire Co. #1 and Rescue Squad. The grand opening begins at 7:45 a.m., with the store opening at 8 a.m.…
Police & Fire
Woman Seriously Hurt After Pickup Truck Hits Sedan In Mount Olive: Police
A woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a crash involving a pickup truck in Mount Olive Tuesday morning, authorities said. A truck collided with the sedan on Route 206 near Oakwood Drive South around 7 a.m., a press release said. The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment of serious injuries, according to the release. Initial reports said a medical helicopter was called to the scene for transport. The area was temporarily shut down during the crash investigation and cleanup, police said. The accident remained under investigation by the Mount Olive Police …
Business
Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor
The 42-year-old owner of a popular New Jersey hair studio was arrested for sexually assaulting a teenage employee, authorities announced. Joseph Guzman, who owns Joseph Vincent’s Salon in Mount Olive, sexually assaulted the 16-year-old girl on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with local officials. Guzman was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 23, and charged with second-degree sexual assault of a victim between 16 and 18 years old where the defendant had supervisory power over the victim, child endangerment, and four counts of criminal sexu…
Police & Fire
Mother And Daughter Hit By Speeding Driver In Head-On Mt. Olive Crash Were Unharmed: ‘Miracle’
While a father and daughter suffered critical injuries in a head-on crash on Route 46, a daughter recalling her and her mother’s terrifying experience says they were incredibly lucky to have remained unharmed. The crash occurred near Joy Drive around 12:30 p.m. Saturday and resulted in four victims being airlifted to local hospitals, according to the Budd Lake Fire Department. Carly Flatt, 28, and her mother, Mary Sedlock, 59, were in the second vehicle that was hit head-on by the speeding driver, who crossed the double-yellow lines and plowed into oncoming traffic, Flatt tells Daily Voice.…
Schools
4 Mount Olive School District Members Airlifted In Serious Rt. 46 Crash
Four members of the Mount Olive Township School District community were airlifted with serious injuries Saturday afternoon following a multi-car crash on Route 46, officials confirmed. The crash occurred near Joy Drive around 12:30 p.m., according to the Budd Lake Fire Department. Yesterday around 12:30pm Budd Lake Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries in the area... Posted by Budd Lake Fire Department Co.#1 on Sunday, October 24, 2021 Emergency crews rushed to extricate the victims before airlifting them to Morristown Memorial Hospital for treatment …
Police & Fire
Morris County Man, 29, Caused Fire At Vacant Historic Shop On Route 206, Prosecutor Says
A Morris County man accused of causing a fire at a historic shop early Sunday morning has been charged, authorities said. Anthony Rondan, 29, tossed a lit cigarette while inside Ye Olde Mill Shoppe on Route 206 in Flanders, causing the blaze shortly before 4:45 a.m., Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release Tuesday with Chief of Detectives Chris Kimker and Mount Olive Police Department Chief Stephen Beecher. Just before 5am members were alerted to the building on the corner of Flanders Netcong and Route 206 for the smoke... Posted by Flanders Fire Co. #…
Police & Fire
Woman, Teen Charged With Criminal Mischief; Cops Investigating Morris County Apartment Burglary
Police are investigating a Thursday morning burglary at a Morris County apartment complex in connection with a criminal mischief incident that led to charges for an adult and teen. A unit at Village Green Apartments in Budd Lake was broken into and items stolen shortly before 9:30 a.m., Mount Olive police said. The victim’s motorcycle was also knocked over and spray-painted during the incident, police said. Two suspects — Ashley Camacho, 19, of Newton, and a 17-year-old boy from Budd Lake whose name was not released — were arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with the …
Police & Fire
Mount Olive PD: Florida BMW Driver Busted With Heroin
Police responding to reports of a woman sleeping in a BMW busted the Florida driver with heroin. in Mount Olive, authorities said. Alexa R. Montanaro, 29, of Grand Island, FL, was on her phone and struggling to stay in her lane on Main Street in Flanders when officers were responding to the call around 7:20 a.m. Sept. 3, Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher said. Police stopped Montanaro after she failed to use her turn signal, and subsequently spotted hypodermic syringe caps and other drug paraphernalia in her car, authorities said. A search of Montanaro's vehicle turned up heroi…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Man Wanted For Assaulting Police Caught Burglarizing Morris County Auto Shop
A 25-year-old Hackettstown man once wanted for assaulting a police officer was being held in the Morris County Jail after the owner of a Route 46 Morris County auto shop caught him burglarizing his store, authorities said. Police got a 9-1-1 call from the owner of Approved Auto Electric saying his cameras sense movement in the store around 12:13 p.m. Wednesday, Mount Olive police said in a news release. Responding officers found Ronald Mulford, III, who was captured on security tapes loading inventory into a dark-colored pickup, police said. A search of Mulford's truck turned up motor…
Police & Fire
Police: Smoking Jeep Leads To DWI Charges For Morris County Man, 43
A Morris County man had been drinking when police pulled him over on Route 46 because police noticed his jeep was spewing smoke, authorities said. Marco David, 43, of Flanders was driving slowly down the eastbound side of the highway in a black Jeep Wrangler with his hazard lights on around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Mount Olive police said in a release. After pulling David over, Sgt. Marianne Wurtemberg suspected he may have been intoxicated and had him perform a series of field sobriety tests, police said. David did not pass the tests and was subsequently arrested and served a DWI.
Obituaries
Police ID Victim Of Fatal Route 206 Mount Olive Crash
A 34-year-old Flanders man died after being slammed by an SUV Thursday while he was attempting a left turn onto Route 206, authorities said. Frank Iaconio Jr. was trying to turn onto the highway in Flanders when a 56-year-old Flanders man in a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe struck the driver's side of his vehicle, Mount Olive Police Sgt. Eric Anthony told the Daily Record. Iaconio was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center by Atlantic Air One following the 10:50 a.m. crash. He died of his injuries at the hospital while the other driver was uninjured, police said. According to Iaconio's Facebook page…
Police & Fire
More Charges Added Against Morris County Math Teacher Accused Of Stalking Student
A Morris County grand jury on Wednesday added official misconduct charges against a Mount Olive High School math teacher accused of stalking and harassing a student. Tajinder Tung, 48, of Stewartsville, "stalked a student and committed acts that constituted a course of alarming conduct, both inside and outside of the school" while he was teaching at the high school between 2017 and May 2019, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker said in a joint release. Tung originally was arrested and charged on a complaint in August. The case was then p…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back
A New York corrections officer is accused of forcibly penetrating a 16-year-old girl in Mount Olive -- then taking back the money he gave her in exchange for sexual acts and walking out, said authorities who charged him. Michael Rivera, 26, of Glen Spey, N.Y., contacted the girl online and then offered her money in exchange for sexual acts around the time of Fourth of July 2018, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. Rivera gave the teen money in exchange for sexual acts when they met a few days later in Mount Olive, Knapp said. "When the victim indicated that she did not wan…
News
Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer
The driver who hit a Mount Olive police vehicle and a car carrying three people Thursday was extricated then flown to an area hospital in unknown condition, local police said. The three-car crash that happened just after 12:40 p.m. shut River Road for an investigation involving the Morris County Prosecutor's Officer, Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher said. Mount Olive Police Lt. Philip Lucivero was headed northbound on River Road in the department's Chevrolet Tahoe when he noticed an erratic driver in the southbound lane, Beecher said. The erratic driver struck the car in front…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor
: Mount Olive HS Math Teacher Stalked Student In, Out Of School
A Mount Olive High School teacher was being held in the Morris County Jail after being charged with stalking and harassing a student, authorities said. Tajinder Tung, 47, of Stewartsville, stalked a student inside and outside school between 2017 and May 2019, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said in a joint release with local police. Tung was a math teacher at Mount Olive High School, the school website says. He "committed acts that constituted a course of alarming conduct," the news release says. Anyone with information should contact Det. Matthew Magnone of the Morris County Prosec…
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