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Whippany Man, 35, Found Lying Next To Crashed Mercedes Benz Dies: Police Whippany Man, 35, Found Lying Next To Crashed Mercedes Benz Dies: Police
Whippany Man, 35, Found Lying Next To Crashed Mercedes Benz Dies: Police A 35-year-old Whippany man was killed in a car crash on Route 202 in Branchburg on Tuesday, Feb. 18, authorities said. At 10:08 p.m., officers responded to a single-car collision at Route 202 and Whiton Road and found a 2024 blue Mercedes Coupe overturned, Branchburg police said.  The driver was located lying on the ground next to the vehicle, police said. The Mercedes was travelling northbound on Route 202 when it entered the grass median and struck a drainage basin which projected the vehicle to a point where it rolled over and eventually struck a traffic light, police said. Th…

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NJ Woman Left Child Locked In Vehicle At Wegman's In Below Freezing Temps: Police NJ Woman Left Child Locked In Vehicle At Wegman's In Below Freezing Temps: Police
NJ Woman Left Child Locked In Vehicle At Wegman's In Below Freezing Temps: Police A 42-year-old Rockaway woman was arrested and charged on Monday, Dec. 23 after leaving a child unattended, locked in a vehicle, authorities said. Officers responded to Wegmans at 34 Sylvan Way in Whippany and found the child locked in the vehicle, the Hanover Township Police Department said. The high that day was 27 degrees. Tatiana Petrina was charged with child abandonment and released with a court date, police said. The child was unharmed during the incident, police said.

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Three Arrested After Drug Deal Gone Bad: Hanover Township PD Three Arrested After Drug Deal Gone Bad: Hanover Township PD
Three Arrested After Drug Deal Gone Bad: Hanover Township PD Three people were arrested after a man was assaulted by a firearm during a drug deal in Whippany on Saturday, Oct. 12, authorities said. Officers initially responded to a report of a gunshot wound at the Red Carpet/Scottish Inn 1255 Route 10 East, Hanover Township police said. It was determined the victim was not shot, but struck in the head with a handgun and robbed, police said. Following an investigation, three people were arrested, police said. Michael Mills, a 36-year-old Newton resident, was charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault with a firearm, and other weapons and drug off…

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Morris County Man Must Pay $51K, Sentenced To 7 Years Behind Bars For OD Death: Prosecutor Morris County Man Must Pay $51K, Sentenced To 7 Years Behind Bars For OD Death: Prosecutor
Morris County Man Must Pay $51K, Sentenced To 7 Years Behind Bars For OD Death: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Morris Plains man was sentenced to 7 years in prison on Friday, July 26, for his role in a fatal overdose in Whippany in February 2023. In February 2023, a 28-year-old man, identified as T.H. was found dead at a residence in Whippany, after overdosing on a lethal toxicity of cocaine, fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Hanover Township Police Chief Michael Loock said. An investigation revealed Anthony Dello-Russo distributed drugs the fatal drugs to T.H. a day before his death, authorities sai…

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