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Thursday, nov 21
Police & Fire
Detour
: SUV Overturns, Topples Route 15 Utility Pole In Jefferson
A car veered off Route 15 and slammed into a utility pole in Jefferson Thursday. Traffic was being detoured through the former Pathmark around 11 a.m., closing the northbound side of the highway as crews worked to repair the pole at the Bowling Green Parkway intersection. Dashcam footage by driver Tim Manser shows the overturned car in the wooded area just past the Conoco gas station. Injuries and further details were not available from police. At the sceneTim Manser
Police & Fire
Sunken Jefferson Boat Spilling Fuel Brings HazMat Presence To Lake Hopatcong
A sunken boat spilling fuel into Lake Hopatcong in Jefferson brought the Morris County hazardous materials team to the area Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The 1:43 p.m. incident occurred near Main Lake Dock near Prospect Point, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Goez did not know the cause of the incident as of 4 p.m. The Department of Environmental Protection, local fire department and county HazMat team were able to remove most of the fuel from the water. A private company was on its way to salvage the boat. Check back for details.
Police & Fire
Colleagues Remember Drowned Boater Jason Gil As Caring, Compassionate Medical Tech
The community is rallying for the family of a Mount Arlington man who drowned after falling from a boat on Lake Hopatcong this weekend. The body of Jason Gil, 24, was spotted early Monday morning by Jefferson boater, New Jersey State Police said. The boat's operator, Nicholas Zarantonello, 24 of Lake Hopatcong, was under the influence at the time of the incident, NJSP said. He was arrested and charged with boating under the influence, and released pending a court date. More than $2,300 was raised on a GoFundMe for Gil's family as of Monday afternoon. "Jason was a valued employee at T…
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Update
: Body Of Drowned Boater Recovered, Operator Charged With DUI
The search for a 24-year-old man who fell off a boat into Lake Hopatcong ended Monday morning, when another boated spotted his body on the lake, authorities said. Jason Gil, 24 of Mount Arlington, fell from a pontoon boat in Jefferson around 7:40 p.m. Saturday evening, New Jersey State Police said. The boat's operator, Nicholas Zarantonello, 24 of Lake Hopatcong, was under the influence at the time of the incident, according to NJSP. Zarantonello was arrested and charged with boating under the influence, and released pending a court date. The Morris County Medical Examiner’s Office was pe…
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Delays
: Truck Towing Motorcycle Stunt Circle Slams Street Sign On Route 15 In Jefferson
A truck towing an iron motorcycle stunt circle slammed into a street sign on Route 15 in Jefferson Wednesday afternoon. The southbound side was down to one lane as of 3 p.m., Jefferson police said. No injuries were reported. Witnesses said the driver was pulled over trying to fix something on the vehicle near ShopRite in Sparta prior to the crash.
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Details Of Jefferson Shooting Paint Harrowing Picture: Community Rallies For Formisano Kids
The Morris County Sheriff's Office has released details of a fatal Jefferson shooting that are painting and even more harrowing picture. Newark Police Lieutenant John Formisano, 49, was arrested at his parents' Livingston house around 11:50 Sunday night, just a half hour after shooting his estranged wife Christine Solaro and her new boyfriend -- killing her and seriously injuring him. Formisano's two young children -- Rachel and Ryan -- may have witnessed it all. More than $3,000 had been raised as of Tuesday on a GoFundMe for the kids who will live the rest of their lives without either …
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Update
: Body Of Missing Lake Hopatcong Swimmer Recovered
UPDATE: Avinash Kuna's body was found Monday night. State police on Monday continued to search for a distressed swimmer who drowned on Lake Hopatcong over the weekend. Avinash Kuna, 32 of Parsippany, was on a boat with three friends on the lake in Jefferson when he entered the water and had trouble staying afloat around 10:50 Saturday morning, New Jersey State Police said. ** UPDATE: Avinash Kuna was remembered on a GoFundMe as being ambitious and deeply caring ** He and eight friends, mostly from his job at the UPS Technology Center in Parsippany, rented a boat to celebrate his bir…
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: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues
Police on Monday continued to search for a distressed Lake Hopatcong swimmer, identified by authorities as a 32-year-old Parsippany man. Avinash Kuna was water skiing on a pontoon boat with three friends in Jefferson when he fell, panicked and slipped out of his life jacket, according to state police and witness Tom Davis, who posted a video on YouTube. "Nobody jumped in the [expletive] water," he said. "Everyone's just screaming his name." Kuna had been under water for nearly 10 minutes when local police and dive teams arrived, Davis said. "Attempts to pull Kuna to safety were unsuc…
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3 Seriously Injured When Teen Tries Passing Car, Crashes Into Oncoming Traffic: Jefferson PD
Three people were hospitalized with serious injuries sustained in a head-on Jefferson crash, authorities said. Naiomy Rivera, 18 of Somerset, was headed eastbound on Berkshire Valley Road when she attempted to pass another car, striking a 2015 Honda CRV headed westbound head on around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jefferson Police Sgt. Joseph Kratzel said. Rivera, her 15-year-old passenger and the 29-year-old Honda driver from Warwick, N.Y., were all taken to Saint Clare's Denville and Dover with serious injuries, Kratzel said. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Sheriff’s Office and Jeffers…
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Lane Closures Planned On I-80 In Morris County Saturday Night
Lanes on I-80 in Rockaway, Roxbury and Jefferson will be closed overnight this weekend as part of the first phase of a bridge replacement project, the state Department of Transportation said. One lane eastbound will be closed beginning at 8 p.m. and a second at 10 p.m. Later Saturday, a westbound lane will be closed, followed by a second westbound lane. When the lanes are reopened Sunday morning, traffic on both sides will be shifted to the right shoulder so as to maintain three lanes in both directions while work begins in the center of the roadway. The lane configuration is ex…
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Found
! Search Team Finds Hopatcong Man Reported Missing By Wife
UPDATE: A search-and-rescue team that numbered in the dozens on Saturday found a 34-year-old Hopatcong man whose wife reported him missing the night before. Kevin Fawthrop was hospitalized for hypothermia after members of the Ramapo Search and Rescue Team and co-workers from Blue Diamond Waste Removal found him in a heavily wooded area about a mile and a half from his home, responders said. "He was confused, disoriented and hypothermia had set in," Hopatcong police said. Also participating in the five-square-mile search were Hopatcong police and firefighters, Jefferson firefighters, the Su…
Lifestyle
North Jersey Communities Named To List Of 100 Safest Places To Live In America
Safewise put several Bergen, Morris and Passaic County communities on the map as the safest places to live in America using newly-released crime data. The website considered crime rates and what people in these areas fear the most to compile its list of 100 cities, which saw 504 total offenses in 2017, the report says. New Jersey claimed 30 percent of "America’s 100 safest cities" list while Connecticut took second place with 14, and two of those are in the top three. Assault was the most common violent crime, but more people fear robbery, according to the State of Safety. The sa…
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