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Jury Finds Former Cop Guilty Of Murder In Shooting Of Estranged Wife: Morris County Prosecutor Jury Finds Former Cop Guilty Of Murder In Shooting Of Estranged Wife: Morris County Prosecutor
Jury Finds Former Cop Guilty Of Murder In Shooting Of Estranged Wife: Morris County Prosecutor A jury has found a former Newark police officer guilty of murder in the 2019 shooting of his estranged wife and the attempted murder of her partner in Morris County following an eight-day trial, authorities announced. John Formisano, 52, was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, hindering apprehension or prosecution, official misconduct, and two counts each of child endangerment and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Formisano, an Acting Lieutenant, was off-duty …

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by Valerie Musson
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Morris County Officer Struck By Drunk Driver: Police Morris County Officer Struck By Drunk Driver: Police
Morris County Officer Struck By Drunk Driver: Police A Morris County police officer was struck by a drunken driver while assisting at the scene of a crash overnight, his department said. Jefferson Township Police Officer Tyler LaMantia was sitting in his marked patrol vehicle on Route 15 near Berkshire Valley Road when he was struck from behind by David Prontnicki, 45, of Budd Lake, around 3:05 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, Jefferson police Capt. Robert Bush said. Prontnicki was arrested at the scene for suspicion of driving under the influence, while LaMantia was taken to Morristown Memorial Hospital. He had been released as of Sunday afternoon. Th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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IDs Released For Trio That Crashed Stolen Bentley, Ran From Cops In Morris County: Prosecutor IDs Released For Trio That Crashed Stolen Bentley, Ran From Cops In Morris County: Prosecutor
IDs Released For Trio That Crashed Stolen Bentley, Ran From Cops In Morris County: Prosecutor Details have emerged surrounding the three suspects who were arrested after crashing a stolen Bentley and running from police in Morris County, authorities said. Officers were alerted to a stolen vehicle on Route 15 South in Wharton when the department was dispatched to a crash near the intersection with Mt. Pleasant Avenue around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with local officials. Responding officers confirmed that the crashed vehicle was a 2021 Bentley Bentayga that was stolen from a garage in Rumson the previous day. Mean…

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Gets 24 Years For Taking Sexual Pics And Videos, Stalking 13-Year-Old Girl In Morris County Man Gets 24 Years For Taking Sexual Pics And Videos, Stalking 13-Year-Old Girl In Morris County
Man Gets 24 Years For Taking Sexual Pics And Videos, Stalking 13-Year-Old Girl In Morris County A Las Vegas, Nevada man was sentenced Friday to 24 years in New Jersey state prison for charges related to stalking and producing explicit photos and videos of a 13-year-old girl in Morris County, authorities said. Kelvin Briggs, 64, was found guilty in a jury trial last September of endangering the welfare of a child by producing sexually explicit images and videos of a child engaged in a sexual act, as well as sexual assault, distribution of sexually explicit images of a child, engaging in explicit conversations with a child, invasion of privacy, and stalking, Morris County Prosecutor Robe…

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by Valerie Musson
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Morris County Driver Charged In April Crash That Killed Passenger, 21 Morris County Driver Charged In April Crash That Killed Passenger, 21
Morris County Driver Charged In April Crash That Killed Passenger, 21 A 21-year-old Oak Ridge man was charged in crash that killed his passenger last April, authorities said. Matthew Pulis was behind the wheel of a 1973 Chevrolet Nova that struck a tree on Berkshire Valley Road near mile marker 4.4 on April 25, at approximately 7:25 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release with local police. Pulis was taken to Morristown Medical Center while his 21-year-old passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities previously said. Pulis was served a summons-complaint of third degree liability vehicular homicid…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jefferson PD: Essex County Man Who Fled Dispute Had MAC-10, Heroin, Magazines Jefferson PD: Essex County Man Who Fled Dispute Had MAC-10, Heroin, Magazines
Jefferson PD: Essex County Man Who Fled Dispute Had Mac-10, Heroin, Magazines An Essex County man who fled the scene of a dispute in Jefferson Township was later found with heroin and a handgun, authorities said. Jefferson Township police responding to a report of an altercation outside a home on Cozy Lake Road were told that one of the men involved had left with a handgun Monday,  Police Chief Sean Conrad said. Justin McGriff, 22, of Orange, was subsequently located and had a handgun in his waistband, along with an illegal assault MAC 10 firearm, an illegal extended magazine, unprescribed Xanax pills and heroin, authorities said. McGriff was arrested…

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by Valerie Musson
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Wayne Man Charged With Liability For User's Fentanyl, Heroin Death Wayne Man Charged With Liability For User's Fentanyl, Heroin Death
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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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted
Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted PATERSON, N.J. – Nine men from Paterson were charged with burglarizing a Clifton auto dealer twice and stealing vehicles from eight other dealerships in four counties while using juveniles as accomplices, authorities announced Thursday. Among the victims were B&M Auto Mall in Clifton, which was broken into twice, as well as Lakeview Auto (also in Clifton) and Otocity in Totowa, a 131-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson says. Also victimized in a 10-month spree that began in January last year were dealerships in East Brunswick, Jefferson Township, Neptune Township, Old …

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by Jerry DeMarco