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Warren County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During 3-Hour Standoff Warren County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During 3-Hour Standoff
Warren County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During 3-Hour Standoff A Warren County man was charged with assaulting police officers during a standoff that lasted more than three hours, authorities said. Officers conducting a welfare check on the 300 block of Washington Street in Hackettstown were speaking with a 66-year-old woman when a 35-year-old man walked onto the roof of the home’s porch from the second-floor window around 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, police said. The man then started waving a tire iron and another smaller handled object while yelling and throwing several items at police, refusing to leave, authorities said. The Warren County Tacti…

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by Valerie Musson
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows Man Snatching M&M Display From Warren County Candy Shop: Police RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows Man Snatching M&M Display From Warren County Candy Shop: Police
Recognize HIM? Video Shows Man Snatching M&M Display From Warren County Candy Shop: Police Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a man who was caught on surveillance footage stealing an M&M character display from the front of a Warren County candy shop. A 14-second clip shows the man heading eastbound on Main Street before taking the yellow M&M display from the front of Tracy’s Candy Shoppe at 210 Main St. around 1 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, Hackettstown Police said in a release on Wednesday, March 16. The man then continues walking eastbound on Main Street. Press Release (3/16/22): Theft of M&M Character Display The Hackettstown Police Department i…

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by Valerie Musson
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Alert Issued For North Jersey Teen Missing For Weeks Alert Issued For North Jersey Teen Missing For Weeks
Alert Issued For North Jersey Teen Missing For Weeks Police have issued an alert for a North Jersey teen they say has been missing for more than three weeks. Alejandro Tiul Choc, 16, was last seen at his home on Main Street in Hackettstown on Monday, Feb. 21, local police said in a Wednesday, March 16 release. Choc is described as a Hispanic male standing five feet tall and weighing about 130 pounds, police said. He was last seen wearing a black button-down shirt, black jacket, blue jeans, green sneakers, pink and white ankle bracelet, green and white wrist bracelet, and a black backpack. Choc’s destination is unknown, police said. Anyone…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
Worker Zip-Tied In Warren County Armed Robbery, Police Say Worker Zip-Tied In Warren County Armed Robbery, Police Say
Worker Zip-Tied In Warren County Armed Robbery, Police Say A worker was zip-tied and later hospitalized in an armed robbery in Warren County over the weekend, authorities said. Two men forced an employee into another section and demanded to open the safe at Anderson Check Cashing on Main Street in Hackettstown between 8:45 and 9 a.m. Saturday, local police said. When the safe was opened, one of the suspects zip-tied the worker while the other stole an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. Of the men also wielded a handgun, authorities said. Both suspects fled in a tan or beige Ford Explorer with New Jersey license plates that had a driver wai…

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by Valerie Musson
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Woman Wanted For Heroin Distribution In Sussex County: Police Woman Wanted For Heroin Distribution In Sussex County: Police
Woman Wanted For Heroin Distribution In Sussex County: Police A Sussex County woman is wanted out of Hackettstown for heroin distribution, local authorities announced. A warrant was issued Nov. 19 for 28-year-old Chelsea M. Pruden of Andover, Hackettstown police said. Specifics were not released. Pruden was arrested for crack and heroin possession following a traffic stop over the summer in Mount Olive. Anyone who knows her whereabouts is urged to call HPD at 908-852-3300.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Phillipsburg Man Nabbed With 138 Grams Of Cocaine, More Than $23K Cash In Easton Phillipsburg Man Nabbed With 138 Grams Of Cocaine, More Than $23K Cash In Easton
Phillipsburg Man Nabbed With 138 Grams Of Cocaine, More Than $23K Cash In Easton A Phillipsburg man was found with more than 100 grams of cocaine and $23,000 in cash in Easton following an investigation into the drug’s distribution that spanned nearly two months, authorities announced Monday. Eugene Burnham, of the 300 block of South Main Street in Phillipsburg, was arrested Monday after a search warrant carried out on his 2011 Ford pickup truck turned up more than a half ounce of cocaine, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. A secondary search warrant carried out at 548 West Berwick St. in Easton turned up more than 138 grams of cocaine and $23,577 in cash,…

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by Valerie Musson