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Hamburg Motorcyclist Killed In Rockaway Crash Was Doting Dad, Loving Husband Hamburg Motorcyclist Killed In Rockaway Crash Was Doting Dad, Loving Husband
Hamburg Motorcyclist Killed In Rockaway Crash Was Doting Dad, Loving Husband A 34-year-old father of two was killed in a motorcycle crash in Rockaway. A resident called 911 after a black 2009 Harley-Davidson driven by James Reddy of Hamburg crashed on the front lawn of a Green Pond Road home around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Reddy, who was underneath the cycle when police arrived, was pronounced dead at the scene, they said. What caused the crash wasn't immediately clear. Born in Hackensack, Reddy grew up in Kinnelon and lived in Highland Lakes before settling in Hamburg with his wife, Celeste, a few years ago, his obituary says. He was known for …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: DWI Driver Plows Car Through Hamburg 7-Eleven Police: DWI Driver Plows Car Through Hamburg 7-Eleven
Police: DWI Driver Plows Car Through Hamburg 7-Eleven A 54-year-old woman had been drinking when she plowed her Honda SUV through the brick wall of a Hamburg 7-Eleven, authorities said. Jennifer G. Hogan was behind the wheel of her 2016 Honda CRV when she toppled a stop sign and light post before plowing through the side of the Route 23 convenience store Tuesday evening, Hamburg Police Sgt. Jason Tangorra said. A field sobriety test found Hogan was over the legal New Jersey alcohol limit, Tangorra said. Hogan was consequently arrested and the 7-Eleven was closed as a safety precaution due to structural damage, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Morris County Doctor Convicted In Bunny Slope Attack On Boy, 12 Morris County Doctor Convicted In Bunny Slope Attack On Boy, 12
Morris County Doctor Convicted In Bunny Slope Attack On Boy, 12 A jury found Morris County Dr. Samuel Caruthers guilty of stabbing a then-12-year-old boy with a ski pole on a Mountain Creek bunny slope in 2016, reports say. Caruthers, 47 of Mountain Lakes, was found guilty Wednesday of child endangerment, simple assault, a disorderly persons offense and unlawful weapon possession, the New Jersey Herald reports. His attorney intends on filing a motion to overturn the verdict, the report says. The boy sustained a bruised rib and busted lip after being punched several times by the doctor on the mountain, after he accidentally snowboarded into Caruthers' 1…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site
Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site A father-son burglary team shuttled to and from the construction site of a new Wayne pizza restaurant while staying at a hotel next door, said police who arrested them. Police were called after a side-door burglar alarm was activated at the new site of Ah’ Pizz on Route 46 just after 10 p.m. last Thursday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Nicholas V. Yacullo, 49, and Michael V. Yacullo, 26, were spotted by Detectives Ken Hart, Mark Ciavirella and John Malenich on surveillance video at the business -- formerly the Tilted Kilt -- Martin said. The Yacullos, whose last known address …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Silver Spoon In His Pocket, Track Marks On His Arm: Wayne Police Seize 44 Heroin Bags Silver Spoon In His Pocket, Track Marks On His Arm: Wayne Police Seize 44 Heroin Bags
Silver Spoon In His Pocket, Track Marks On His Arm: Wayne Police Seize 44 Heroin Bags A man arrested by Wayne police had a silver spoon in his pocket and fresh track marks on his arm – in addition to 34 bags of heroin, authorities said. Officers Adrian Sulejmani and Tomasz Cydzik approached 38-year-old Michael D. Torrence, 38, of Hamburg, after seeing him alternately fall out, then wake up while smoking a cigarette, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Torrence, who didn’t respond to the officers, had constricted pupils, Martin said. SOUL FOOD was stamped on 21 of the heroin bags; the others had no stamp, the captain said. Officers also found a tourniquet- with heroin res…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen County ShopRite Sells Winning Lottery Ticket Bergen County ShopRite Sells Winning Lottery Ticket
Bergen County ShopRite Sells Winning Lottery Ticket A Bergen County supermarket sold a third-tier prizewinning lottery ticket for the Tuesday, June 12 drawing. Sold at the ShopRite of Oakland and worth $10,000, the ticket was one of six that matched the four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn.  The winning numbers were: 01, 03, 05, 08 and 70. The Gold Mega Ball was 03, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02. The other tickets were sold in Belleville, Jersey City (both from the Newport Exxon), Hamilton and Hamburg.

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by Cecilia Levine