Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Former Morris County College Student, 19, Dies After Fall From Second-Floor Window
A 19-year-old former Morris County college student died after falling 30 feet from the window of a Sussex County building, authorities said. Lindsey Anne Wright of Byram, who studied biology at County College of Morris in Randolph, fell Friday from the window of the former Windmere Hotel in Newton around 10:40 p.m. Friday night, the Daily Record reports. More than $1,800 had been raised for Wright's family as of Monday afternoon on a GoFundMe. Wright landed in a narrow alleyway between the four-story building and the Newton Fire Museum next door, Newton Police Chief Michael Richards s…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Landing Man Showed Woman Bomb Before Detonating It Near Lake, Prosecutor Says
A Landing man was arrested after showing a woman a homemade bomb and then driving to a nearby lake to detonate it, said authorities who charged him. Christopher Faschan, 31 of the Landing section of Roxbury, drove to the victim's home and showed her the bomb, saying it was the type that "you could stick to the bottom of a car," Sussex County Prosecutor Francis Koch said in a statement. Faschan drove to Lake Lackawanna where he detonated the device -- either near or in the lake, authorities said. The explosion was heard by the alleged victim and multiple residents of the …
