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Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Train In Morris County: Officials Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Train In Morris County: Officials
Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Train In Morris County: Officials A driver was killed after being struck by an NJ Transit train Monday morning, Oct. 28 in Morris County, authorities said. Montclair-Boonton Line train 1074 struck the vehicle at the Ryerson Road crossing in Lincoln Park just before 9:30 a.m., NJ Transit spokesman Kyalo Mulumba said.  A preliminary investigation found that the crossing gates were working as intended and were in the down position when the driver drove the vehicle around the gates and positioned the vehicle into the path of the train, Mulumba said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The train left Hackettstown at …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former Morris County Clothing Store Owner Sentenced For Recording Kids In Bathroom: Prosecutor Former Morris County Clothing Store Owner Sentenced For Recording Kids In Bathroom: Prosecutor
Former Morris County Clothing Store Owner Sentenced For Recording Kids In Bathroom: Prosecutor Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Nicholas Zirpoli is no longer the owner of Plato's Closet. The former owner of Plato's Closet, a clothing retail store in Roxbury Township, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 4, after pleading guilty to filming his employees, including juveniles, using the bathroom, when he ran the store. Nicholas Zirpoli, a 36-year-old Lincoln Park resident faces 364 days in the Morris County Correctional Facility and three years probation after pleading guilty to 10 counts of invasion of privacy and one count of child pornography, Morris County …

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by Sam Barron
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Morris County Man Struck, Killed By Car In West Milford Morris County Man Struck, Killed By Car In West Milford
Morris County Man Struck, Killed By Car In West Milford A 73-year-old man was struck and killed by a car early Tuesday, Sept. 10 in West Milford, authorities said. Mod A. Khader, of Lincoln Park, was trying to cross Route 23 south when he was struck by a vehicle around 6 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes West Milford Police Chief James DeVore said. Khader was taken to Chilton Hospital where he died at 8:40 a.m. The vehicle that struck Khader remained at the scene and the investigation remains ongoing. 

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by Cecilia Levine