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One Killed In Sparta House Fire: Police One Killed In Sparta House Fire: Police
One Killed In Sparta House Fire: Police A person was killed in a house fire in Sparta on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 10, authorities said. First responders arrived at 132 Sawmill Road at 8:24 a.m. and found smoke billowing from the residence, Sparta police said. Upon arrival, they were informed a resident was still inside the home but officers were blocked from entering the home due to heavy smoke and fire, police said. A person was later discovered deceased inside the home, police said. Their identity is being withheld pending family notification, police said. Three family members were able to get out of the home with the ass…

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by Sam Barron
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Driver Airlifted In Rt. 15 Sussex County Crash Driver Airlifted In Rt. 15 Sussex County Crash
Driver Airlifted In Rt. 15 Sussex County Crash A 38-year-old woman was flown to the hospital in a crash on Route 15 in Sussex County, police said. The woman went off the roadway to the right, hitting a guard rail then overturning on the northbound side of the highway near milepost 13.5 Sunday morning, Oct. 8, Sparta police said. The woman was flown to a hospital out of an abundance of caution for possible head injuries, Detective Lt. Tom Snyder said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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2 Schools Under Shelter-In-Place As Mercedes Flees From Police, Crashes In Sparta (DEVELOPING) 2 Schools Under Shelter-In-Place As Mercedes Flees From Police, Crashes In Sparta (DEVELOPING)
2 Schools Under Shelter-In-Place As Mercedes Flees From Police, Crashes In Sparta (Developing) Two private schools were put under shelter-in-place orders after a high-speed Mercedes chase and crash in Sparta early on Tuesday, August 29, police said. Sparta Police were patrolling near Demarest Road when they attempted to stop a speeding black Mercedes Benz, they said. The vehicle sped off and was located after crashing near Tech Flex. The occupants had fled on foot and were arrested shortly after. Two private schools in the area were put into a shelter-in-place order “out of an abundance of caution,” police said, adding that residents should avoid the area as the investigation contin…

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by Valerie Musson
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Sparta Cop Nearly Struck By Speeding Driver Injecting Drugs (VIDEO) Sparta Cop Nearly Struck By Speeding Driver Injecting Drugs (VIDEO)
Sparta Cop Nearly Struck By Speeding Driver Injecting Drugs (Video) The intense moment when a Sparta police officer had to jump out of the way to avoid being struck by a speeding driver who was apparently injecting drugs was captured in an action-packed video clip. (Scroll for video). Sparta Police Officer Andrew Spitzer was at the scene of a traffic accident near Andover when a man injecting drugs and speeding at 70 mph came at him, the department said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The man continued to accelerate as he approached, forcing Officer Spitzer to leap out of the way just a moment before the car came barreling through to avoid being …

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by Valerie Musson
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Drugged Driver Charged After Barely Avoiding Deadly Crash In Sussex County, Police Say Drugged Driver Charged After Barely Avoiding Deadly Crash In Sussex County, Police Say
Drugged Driver Charged After Barely Avoiding Deadly Crash In Sussex County, Police Say An allegedly drugged driver was charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault and DWI after barely avoiding a deadly crash, authorities said. Officers attempted to stop a Kia Forte being driven erratically south on Sparta Avenue in Sparta around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, Police Lt. John Lamon said in a release on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The driver, Christopher Morales, 43, of North Bergen, stopped abruptly in the middle of the road before he allegedly continued on Sparta Avenue. Morales then approached Andover Road, where two Sparta Police officers were directing traffic from an earl…

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by Valerie Musson
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14-Year-Old Airlifted After Sussex County Bike Accident: UPDATE 14-Year-Old Airlifted After Sussex County Bike Accident: UPDATE
14-Year-Old Airlifted After Sussex County Bike Accident: Update A 14-year-old boy was being flown to a nearby hospital after a bicycle accident in Sussex County, authorities said. The teen fell off a bicycle and hit his head near the Skyview Golf Course in Sparta Township shortly before 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon told DailyVoice.com. The teen briefly lost consciousness and was bleeding from his ear, Lamon said. A medical helicopter was requested to land near the accident scene to take the victim to a nearby hospital for treatment as a precaution, police said. Additional details were not immediately available.

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by Valerie Musson
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Sussex County Man Charged With Manufacturing Child Pornography, Police Say Sussex County Man Charged With Manufacturing Child Pornography, Police Say
Sussex County Man Charged With Manufacturing Child Pornography, Police Say A Sussex County man was arrested after several pictures depicting child pornography were found on his cell phone, authorities said. Clark Cornwell, 33, was charged with second-degree manufacturing child pornography and possession of child pornography, Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon said in a release on Thursday, March 31. Cornwell, of Hamburg, admitted in an interview with Sparta detectives to possessing child pornography, and a follow-up search warrant carried out on his cell phone turned up multiple images, police said. Cornwell was identified as a suspect from an anonymous tip from the Na…

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by Valerie Musson
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Felon Out Of Jail For 1 Week Nabbed In Armed Robberies, Tries To Hide In Dump Truck: Sparta PD Felon Out Of Jail For 1 Week Nabbed In Armed Robberies, Tries To Hide In Dump Truck: Sparta PD
Felon Out Of Jail For 1 Week Nabbed In Armed Robberies, Tries To Hide In Dump Truck: Sparta PD A PA felon had been out of jail for less than a week when he ran from Sparta police wanting to question him about armed robberies and was found hiding in a dump truck bed following a “lengthy” search with local and state agencies. Sparta Police stopped a tan Chevrolet Impala being driven erratically on Route 15 North in Sparta around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9, Lt. John Lamon said. The three occupants — Travon Johnson, 19, a second 19-year-old male and a 17-year-old juvenile — “appeared nervous” and evaded the officer’s questions, prompting a call for backup, Lamon said. A follow-up inves…

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by Valerie Musson
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1 Killed, Another Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Head-On Sussex County Crash 1 Killed, Another Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Head-On Sussex County Crash
1 Killed, Another Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Head-On Sussex County Crash One person was killed and another was flown to a nearby hospital with serious injuries following a head-on crash in Sussex County Sunday evening, police said. Erin Moore, 41, was driving a blue Hyundai Tuscon southbound on Route 181 near Signal Hill Trail in Sparta when she collided with a gray 540i BMW driven by Attila Princz, 41, around 5:30 p.m., Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon said. Princz, of Sparta, had been driving northbound when his vehicle crossed over into the southbound lane, striking Moore’s vehicle head-on, Lamon said. Both drivers were treated at the scene, and Moore was extric…

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by Valerie Musson
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Another Sussex County Dog Dead In Bloody Bear Attack Another Sussex County Dog Dead In Bloody Bear Attack
Another Sussex County Dog Dead In Bloody Bear Attack For the second time this month, a dog was attacked and killed by a bear in one Sussex County town, authorities said. The Sparta man told police the bear attacked his 5-year-old Yorkie, Tommy, in his Layton Lane backyard around 10 p.m. just after midnight on Thursday, Jan. 20, Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon said. Tommy was outside to go to the bathroom and didn’t return when he was called, Lamon said. His owner went out back and saw bear tracks and blood in the snow, then found his beloved dog lying mortally wounded near the woodline, police said. The heartbroken owner brought his dog to the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bear Kills Dog, Injures Woman In NJ Attack Bear Kills Dog, Injures Woman In NJ Attack
Bear Kills Dog, Injures Woman In NJ Attack A woman was hospitalized and her dog was killed after being attacked by a bear outside a North Jersey home Monday evening, police said. Officers responding to the attack on Echo Drive in Sparta found an 81-year-old woman with head and leg injuries around 7 p.m., Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon told DailyVoice.com. The woman stated that she had been bitten and scratched by a bear that had been attacking her dog. The woman had placed her garbage at the curb for disposal and later saw two bears that had torn open the bags and were eating the trash, Lamon said. The woman’s dogs, who were being l…

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by Valerie Musson
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Elderly Man Drowns On Labor Day In Sparta's Lake Mohawk Elderly Man Drowns On Labor Day In Sparta's Lake Mohawk
Elderly Man Drowns On Labor Day In Sparta's Lake Mohawk The body of an 80-year-old Sussex County man was pulled from Lake Mohawk after an accidental drowning on Labor Day afternoon, police confirmed. Lawrence Botts, of Sparta, was attempting to use an inner tube to go around the side of his dock to get onto land from Lake Mohawk when the tube started to drift away from the boat into the water shortly after 12 p.m., Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon told Daily Voice. Botts then lost his grip and slipped underwater, Lamon said. Botts’ body was recovered and brought to shore by Lake Mohawk lifeguards a short time later. Rescue and dive teams were call…

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by Valerie Musson
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PHOTOS: Pickup Truck Fire Causes Delays In Sussex County PHOTOS: Pickup Truck Fire Causes Delays In Sussex County
Photos: Pickup Truck Fire Causes Delays In Sussex County A Chevrolet pickup truck caught fire in Sussex County Wednesday morning and caused a temporarily road closure and delays in the area, authorities said. The fire was reported in the area of Woodport Road and East Mountain Road in Sparta just before 11 a.m., town police said. The road was reopened shortly after 11:40 a.m., Sparta Police said in an update to the incident. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

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by Valerie Musson
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Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief
Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief A Sussex County scammer identified people who’d been dead for years as business partners to help collect $1.9 million from the federal fund established to help struggling companies during COVID-19, authorities charged. John Jhong, 51, of Sparta, also submitted phony IRS documents with bogus Paycheck Protection Program applications to the lenders on behalf of 10 purported businesses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Jhong converted a portion of the money intended for distressed businesses into a cashier’s check “that was used to fund a business account,” Honig said. Congress a ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Raging Bull Shot, Killed By Police After Attacking His Owner Raging Bull Shot, Killed By Police After Attacking His Owner
Raging Bull Shot, Killed By Police After Attacking His Owner An out-of-control bull that attacked his owner in Sparta was shot and killed by police after charging at a patrol vehicle, authorities said. The animal that had escaped from its enclosure had been lured back home on Houses Corner Road by his owner when police arrived around 3 p.m. Friday, Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon said. McDermott was leading the bull home with her SUV but when she backed her car onto the gravel, the animal bumped up against it and tried mounting it several times, Lamon said. Once at the farm, McDermott got out of her car to get the bull into the gate, but instead, …

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by Cecilia Levine