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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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: 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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! 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…
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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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Murphy's Proposed School Funding Plan Would Help, Hurt These North Jersey Districts Most
Gov. Phil Murphy's proposed education investment plan for New Jersey would give millions to underfunded districts -- but would also take away hundreds from those that are thriving (about $90 million altogether). State lawmakers will see Murphy's 2020 state budget proposal by June 30. If approved, these Bergen, Passaic and Morris county districts would benefit the most, according to preliminary figures (for complete list of New Jersey schools click here). The first figure is the 2019-20 aid, the percentage is the increase. South Hackensack: $345,738 (16.78 percent) Elmwood Park: $9,89…
Police & Fire
Wayne Man Charged With Liability For User's Fentanyl, Heroin Death
A Wayne man initially arrested on a minor drug charge is facing much more severe consequences for providing the heroin and fentanyl that killed a Jefferson user, authorities said. Norberto Rodriguez, Jr., 20, is charged with strict liability for a drug-induced death, they said. Police found Eric Malmberg dead last June 21 after overdosing on drugs given to him by Rodriguez, authorities said. Under state law, someone who sells illegal drugs that kills the user can be charged with his or her death. Anyone convicted of the offense can be sentenced to from 10 to 20 years in state prison. A ple…
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2 Charged With Assault By Auto, Terroristic Threats After Jefferson Bar Fight
One man hit a Jefferson bar patron in the head with a beer bottle and another threatened to kill him and a companion before hitting their car at two separate intersections, authorities said. Geidi Munoz-Gonzales, 26, of Stockholm, wielded a knife while threatening to kill the victim and his companion after Ryan McCabe, 24,of Franklin, hit him with the bottle at Daily Planet on Feb. 16, Sgt. Joseph Kratzel said. The 25-year-old victim, who was cut on his forehead, left the bar with his friend, 28 but was followed by Munoz-Gonzales and McCabe, Kratzel said. The pair then rammed their car i…
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West Milford Body ID'd As Woman Missing After Car Crash
West Milford police on Wednesday confirmed that a body found in the township over the weekend was that of a 29-year-old woman who went missing after a crash nearby. The body was found Saturday “in heavy brush” near where Stephanie Bronaugh of Lafayette went missing on July 1, Detective Sgt. Joseph Walker said. "Clothing matching the description of the missing adult female were discovered with the remains," Walker initially said. On Wednesday, he wrote: "No foul play is suspected and the manner and cause of death are still pending." A medical examiner was conducting an…
Police & Fire
West Milford PD: Woman Whose Shoe, Phone Found At Crashed Car Still Missing
The search for a 29-year-old woman whose sneaker and cellphone were found in West Milford along with her crashed car entered its fourth day Wednesday. Police who responded to the minor crash off Oak Ridge Road near the Jefferson border found the car and the items but not Stephanie Bronaugh of the Sussex County town of Lafayette, 25 miles due east. An "exhaustive" but unsuccessful search involved K9 units a State Police helicopter and West Milford's Search & Rescue and Special Operations teams. Exactly a year ago Tuesday, police in Sparta said they found Bronaugh slumped over …
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