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Christmas Eve Murder: Son Charged With Killing Dad In Morris County
A Morris County son is accused of killing his dad on Sunday, Dec. 24, authorities said.
Kyle Meyer, 33, is believed to have killed his dad, 61-year-old Gregory Meyer, was found dead in the home the two shared around 1:15 p.m. on Old Denville Road in Boonton Township, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said.
Kyle was found in Paterson around 9 p.m., Carroll said alongside Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, and Boonton Township Police Chief Thomas Cacciabeve.
Kyle was charged with murder and weapons offenses and lodged in the Morris County …
Busted: Police Nab Attempted BMW Thieves In Morris County Traffic Stop
Two East Orange men attempting to steal a BMW in Morris County early Saturday morning were caught in the act, police said.
Miles Cotton, 18, and Talazhue E. Bennett, 20, were seen by a resident on Brittany Road in Montville attempting to steal a 2018 BMW around 3:10 a.m. Saturday, township police Chief Andrew Caggiano said.
Officers stopped the men near Changebridge Road and placed them under arrest following an investigation, police said.
Cotton and Bennett were charged with burglary, theft, conspiracy to commit burglary and theft, unlawful means of conveyance and possession of marij…
PA Couple Abandons Car, Flees With Handgun, $20K In Drugs Following Morris County DWI Crash
A PA couple who abandoned their vehicle following a drunken Morris County crash were later found walking on the highway with a handgun and more than $20,000 worth of drugs, state police charged.
Carlos Ferrer, 43, was driving on Route 287 in Hanover Township when he crashed and abandoned the car shortly before 2 a.m. last Friday with his passenger, Heather Blessing, 38, police said.
The couple — both from Lancaster, PA — were then seen walking on State Highway 10, where they were found with a .380 caliber handgun, 800 alprazolam bars, 54 grams of cocaine and $100 worth of heroin, police sai…
NJ Man Arrested For Selling Heroin, Coke Hours After Parole Release Under Murphy COVID Law
A Sussex County man was arrested for selling heroin and crack cocaine, just hours after being released from parole supervision last week, authorities said.
Leighton A. Brown, 42, of Newton, was arrested at his home last Wednesday, and charged with distribution of heroin and crack cocaine, as well as selling CDS within 1,000 feet of a school zone, police said.
Brown was released from parole supervision on Nov. 4, under Gov. Murphy’s COVID-19 law that reduced and ended parole time, police said.
He was being held at Morris County Jail in accordance with the Criminal Justice Reform Act.
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1 Hospitalized, 1 Arrested In Morris County Restaurant Stabbing
One person was arrested and another hospitalized in a Morris County restaurant stabbing over the weekend.
Melvin Guillen-Gomez, 27, assaulted another 27-year-old victim during an argument at Su Casa Colombia Bar Restaurant on East Blackwell Street in Dover just before 10 p.m., Deputy Chief Jonathan Delaney told Daily Voice.
The victim, a Dover resident, was taken to Morristown Medical Center for treatment, authorities said.
Guillen-Gomez, also of Dover, was arrested at the scene, processed and taken to the Morris County Jail, Delaney said.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with in…
Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car
Police in Morris County were skeptical when a man they had just arrested insisted the cocaine, heroin and loaded gun found in his vehicle didn't belong to him — but it turns out, he was telling the truth.
Henry Patterson, 47, made an anonymous call to authorities Oct. 4 stating that he saw a man with a handgun and narcotics in the parking lot of ShopRite on East Hanover Avenue, Chief of Hanover Police Mark D. Roddy said.
Officers responded and observed a quantity of cocaine outside the vehicle, authorities said.
After receiving the driver’s written consent, police performed a search of the…
Authorities: Accused NJ Armed Robber Among Pair Who Used Drugs To Force Woman Into Prostitution
Two men including one arrested for an armed robbery have been charged with using drugs to force a woman into prostitution for more than month in North Jersey, authorities said.
William Wilson, 47, of Belvidere, NJ and Jeremiah Forde, 39, of Budd Lake, forced the adult female into acts of prostitution out of a Hanover hotel, then collected the proceeds, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Investigations Christoph Kimker, Hanover Police Chief Mark Roddy said.
The pair used drugs to manipulate the victim, who was afraid to leave the hotel due to fear of being physic…
