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Mysterious Loud Boom Rocks Central Jersey: Did You Feel It? Mysterious Loud Boom Rocks Central Jersey: Did You Feel It?
Mysterious Loud Boom Rocks Central Jersey: Did You Feel It? Multiple Central Jersey residents were baffled by a loud boom that shook their houses on  Wednesday, Oct. 30. Ring app users reported hearing and feeling the massive explosion around noon. One person speculated some commotion at Naval Weapons Station Earle, in Colts Neck, and another said this is not the first time that the boom has occurred.  "This has been going on for a few months and nobody knows what it is," they wrote, noting it's "very strange" and seems to be getting "more widespread and louder." The boom was reported from West Long Branch to Trenton. One resident i…

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by Cecilia Levine
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‘Entirely Inaccurate’ Morris County Assault Alert Posted To Neighborhood Watch Site, Police Say ‘Entirely Inaccurate’ Morris County Assault Alert Posted To Neighborhood Watch Site, Police Say
‘Entirely Inaccurate’ Morris County Assault Alert Posted To Neighborhood Watch Site, Police Say Police in Morris County are setting the record straight regarding a bogus assault report that was posted on a local neighborhood alert site. A report about an assault involving armed assailants driving a white vehicle near Overlook Avenue in East Hanover Township was shared on the Ring app on Friday, August 5, Police Chief Chris Cannizzo said in a release. “This information was entirely inaccurate,” Cannizzo said. The department reminds residents that the Ring app is not an official emergency alert system, and that its alerts — as well as other social media-based messenger systems — are “o…

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by Valerie Musson
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Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting
Residents Help Point Englewood PD To 'Vehicle Of Interest' In Overnight Shooting Surveillance videos submitted by Englewood residents have pointed to a vehicle that police believe may have been involved in an overnight shooting. No one reported being struck by gunfire in last Tuesday’s shooting in the 200 block of Pindle Avenue between 1-1:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Police recovered ballistics evidence and collected more than a dozen home surveillance videos through the Ring app, Torell said. That led detectives to a light-colored van with lettering on a dark stripe that runs along its side, the captain said. Detectives are still soliciting tips…

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by Jerry DeMarco