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Police: Driver Who Plowed Car Into Morris County Supermarket Was DWI, Had Heroin Police: Driver Who Plowed Car Into Morris County Supermarket Was DWI, Had Heroin
Police: Driver Who Plowed Car Into Morris County Supermarket Was DWI, Had Heroin A 37-year-old man being held in the Morris County Jail had been drinking and using drugs when he plowed his car into a a local supermarket Friday, said authorities who charged him. John Cilurso, of Mount Arlington, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that had hopped the curb and struck a brick wall containing shopping carts at Acme Supermarket on Man Street around 5:15 p.m., Denville police said. An investigation turned up heroin and related paraphernalia in Cilurso's vehicle, police said. He was arrested on drug and alcohol charges and served summonses for careless driving, driving without …

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Community Rallies For Roxbury Roads Supervisor Mourning Daughter, 28 Community Rallies For Roxbury Roads Supervisor Mourning Daughter, 28
Community Rallies For Roxbury Roads Supervisor Mourning Daughter, 28 The community is rallying for a Roxbury township employee mourning his daughter, who died recently at 28 years old. Kaitlynn LaBell of Mount Arlington passed away at St. Clare's Hospital Dover Campus on Dec. 19, surrounded by her family. Kaitlynn's father Paul LaBell is Roxbury's roads supervisor.  A GoFundMe that raised more than $10,000 for the family says that Kaitlyn died suddenly and did not have life insurance. Donations in her memory can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or to Roxbury Fire Department Engine #2, PO Box 138, Landing, NJ 07850. Click…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Officials In Morris, Hudson Counties Took Thousands In Bribes: AG Officials In Morris, Hudson Counties Took Thousands In Bribes: AG
Officials In Morris, Hudson Counties Took Thousands In Bribes: AG Elected officials and political candidates from two counties face charges of bribery stemming from a probe into public corruption, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday.  Accused of charges of second-degree bribery are Sudhan Thomas, the president of the Jersey City Board of Education; Jason O'Donnell, a former member of the state Assembly who also once ran for mayor of Bayonne; John Cesaro, a former Morris County freeholder; Mary Dougherty, who ran for a seat on the Morris County Freeholder Board; and John Windish, who has served on the council in Mount Arlington. …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Coworker Catches Morris County Preschool Teacher Sexually Assaulting 3-Year-Old Prosecutor: Coworker Catches Morris County Preschool Teacher Sexually Assaulting 3-Year-Old
Prosecutor: Coworker Catches Morris County Preschool Teacher Sexually Assaulting 3-Year-Old A Morris County Head Start teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old child was being held in the county jail as of Sunday, authorities said. Thomas Meir, 35, of Mount Arlington, was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment after a coworker saw him engaged in the act on Oct. 8, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release with local police. Meier also worked as a swim instructor and lifeguard at the Greater Morristown YMCA and previously taught preschool at Bridges to Learning in Rockaway, NJ101.5 reports. Head Start of Morris County has locatio…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Lake Hopatcong Man, 24, Charged In Boating Death Of Medical Tech Jason Gil Lake Hopatcong Man, 24, Charged In Boating Death Of Medical Tech Jason Gil
Lake Hopatcong Man, 24, Charged In Boating Death Of Medical Tech Jason Gil Charges against a Lake Hopatcong man initially charged with boating under the influence were upgraded several weeks after a passenger on his pontoon boat drowned, authorities said. Nicholas Zarantonello, 24, had two passengers on the pontoon boat he was operating on the lake when Jason Gil, also 24, went overboard while the boat was moving, Morris County Prosecutor's Office said in a joint release with state and local police Thursday. Gil of Mount Arlington did not resurface. Gil's body was later found in the water two days after the incident, during which Zarantonello was under the influ…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Colleagues Remember Drowned Boater Jason Gil As Caring, Compassionate Medical Tech Colleagues Remember Drowned Boater Jason Gil As Caring, Compassionate Medical Tech
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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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Body Of Drowned Boater Recovered, Operator Charged With DUI UPDATE: Body Of Drowned Boater Recovered, Operator Charged With DUI
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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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Airlifted Route 80 Crash Victim From Flanders Dies Airlifted Route 80 Crash Victim From Flanders Dies
Airlifted Route 80 Crash Victim From Flanders Dies A 49-year-old Flanders man died in a Mount Arlington crash that caused a major traffic jam on Route 80. Peter Castellanos was pronounced dead at the scene of the eastbound accident last Friday just before 1 p.m., New Jersey State Police said. Castellanos was a passenger in a blue Honda Civic driven by Christine Castellanos, 54 of Flanders, that rear-ended a Toyota Sienna and Ford cargo van before it struck a guardrail and overturned, NJSP said. Both Peter and Christine Castellanos were airlifted to Morristown Medical Center, where Christine was treated for serious injuries, police said. T…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
DELAYS: Two Airlifted After Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Eastbound Route 80 In Mount Arlington DELAYS: Two Airlifted After Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Eastbound Route 80 In Mount Arlington
Delays: Two Airlifted After Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Eastbound Route 80 In Mount Arlington UPDATE: Medical choppers were summoned after two people were seriously injured in a multi-vehicle crash that closed eastbound Route 80 in Mount Arlington Friday afternoon. The victims had to be extricated following the 1 p.m. crash near Exit 30, which brought AirMed One and NorthStar helicopters, responders said. One lane of the highway was finally reopened amid a miles-long backup. Major delays continued approaching the Friday evening rush. The 1 p.m. Route 80 crash near Exit 30 in Morris County created a miles-long backup.Google Maps GoogleMaps

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Storm Wreaks Havoc On North Jersey: HS Closed, Thousands Without Power Storm Wreaks Havoc On North Jersey: HS Closed, Thousands Without Power
Storm Wreaks Havoc On North Jersey: HS Closed, Thousands Without Power Lenape Valley High School in Stanhope will be closed Wednesday due to damage possibly sustained in a tornado Tuesday. Officials did not confirm that a tornado had touched down but the announcement that the school would be closed came shortly after a tornado warning was issued for the region. There were also reports of downed trees and wires in Roxbury and Stanhope. The system, which was packing powerful winds and heavy rains, swept westward through an area stretching from Sussex and Warren counties to Hudson, Union and Essex counties. The National Weather Service eventually issued a to…

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by Cecilia Levine
Real Estate
Check It Out: 19th-Century 'Castle' On Lake Hopatcong For Sale Check It Out: 19th-Century 'Castle' On Lake Hopatcong For Sale
Check It Out: 19th-Century 'Castle' On Lake Hopatcong For Sale The sellers of an 8-bedroom home on the shores of Lake Hopatcong have slashed the asking price by $200,000, bringing it to just under $1 million, according to the web site Zillow. Built in 1895, the home on Edgemere Avenue in Mount Arlington boasts eight bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and a large porch overlooking the lake as well as a pair of docks. With its stone and intricate wood construction, the 5,600-square-foot home is known as the Castle on the Lake and was designed by noted architect Francis Himpler, who also designed churches in the New York-New Jersey area.  

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Dozens of men who flocked to a notorious Paterson neighborhood looking for hookers were surprised – and arrested – when some of the streetwalkers turned out to be undercover city police officers. At the same time, police posing as johns rolled up to genuine working girls, then busted those who solicited them. In less than a day, 57 people were arrested – among them, 21 accused prostitutes and 31 alleged johns, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The others were busted on drug offenses, he said. The sweep was the type of quality-of-life initiative that Speziale said is vital to police work…

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by Jerry DeMarco