Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Man Screaming At Woman In Sussex County ShopRite Parking Lot Had Outstanding Warrant Police: Man Screaming At Woman In Sussex County ShopRite Parking Lot Had Outstanding Warrant
Police: Man Screaming At Woman In Sussex County ShopRite Parking Lot Had Outstanding Warrant A man screaming at a woman in a Sussex County ShopRite parking lot had a warrant out for his arrest, authorities said. Officers responding to the Byram Township grocery store on a report of a man yelling at a woman found Leon H. Cheatham, of Bushkill, PA, with a bag of marijuana sticking out of his sweatshirt pocket Sunday, authorities said in a press release. Police found Cheatham had a $500 warrant out of Blairstown, along with another bag of pot in his car, authorities said. He was arrested and transported to police headquarters, where he was charged with possession of under 5…

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by Valerie Musson
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Speeding DWI Driver Found With THC Pen In Sussex County Police: Speeding DWI Driver Found With THC Pen In Sussex County
Police: Speeding DWI Driver Found With THC Pen In Sussex County A speeding driver found with a THC vape pen was drunk when police stopped him in Byram Township, authorities said. Local police noticed signs of intoxication from the driver, Kristopher Fanelli, after stopping him last Friday on Waterloo Road, a press release says. Fanelli subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests and was placed under arrest, authorities said. A search of Fanelli's vehicle turned up a vape pen with THC liquid, police say. Fanelli was transported to police headquarters, where he failed two breath tests, authorities said. He was charged with driving wh…

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by Valerie Musson
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
News
Sussex County Supermarket Shopper, 72, Injured By Runaway Carts, Lawsuit Alleges Sussex County Supermarket Shopper, 72, Injured By Runaway Carts, Lawsuit Alleges
Sussex County Supermarket Shopper, 72, Injured By Runaway Carts, Lawsuit Alleges A 72-year-old Sussex County woman suffered hip and back injuries, and chipped a tooth, when a local ShopRite employee lost control of carts that slammed into her, a lawsuit alleges. Joy Prunty, 72, was waiting in the checkout line at the Byram Township store on Route 206 when a worker hit her hip with a "stack of wheeled shopping basket carts" on July 20, 2018, the suit alleges, according to NJ.com. Prunty, of Stanhope, experienced substantial pain in her hip and back as a result of the incident, even causing her to clench her jaw to the point where she chipped a tooth, the suit says. …

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by Valerie Musson
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Budd Lake Man Gropes EMT After Causing Drunken Disturbance At Former Workplace Police: Budd Lake Man Gropes EMT After Causing Drunken Disturbance At Former Workplace
Police: Budd Lake Man Gropes EMT After Causing Drunken Disturbance At Former Workplace A Budd Lake man was being held in the Sussex County Jail after police say he caused a drunken disturbance at the gas station where he had been formerly employed and groped a volunteer EMT. Byram Township Police responded to the Shell gas station at the intersection of Route 206 and Waterloo Road in Stanhope on where Amrit Singh was causing a disturbance on Jan. 9 around 8:30 p.m., police said in a release. Singh -- who was drunk -- was refusing the leave the gas station, despite having been asked multiple times, police say.  He was subsequently placed under arrest, taken int…

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by Valerie Musson
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Lifestyle
Community Rallies For Retired Byram Detective With ALS After Town Cuts Benefits Community Rallies For Retired Byram Detective With ALS After Town Cuts Benefits
Community Rallies For Retired Byram Detective With ALS After Town Cuts Benefits The Byram Township community is coming together to support a retired member of law enforcement with ALS experiencing even more unforeseen hardship. Former Byram Police Detective Joseph “Todd” Duffy was diagnosed with the degenerative illness in 2016. His former employer, the Township of Byram, made cuts to the insurance benefits in June 2019, according to a Facebook post by his step-daughter, Hunter Bisanzio. As a result, Duffy is unable to afford medication that can slow the progression of his condition while improving his quality of life, the post says. “We, as a community, need to…

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by Valerie Musson
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Pair Airlifted After Head-On Route 206 Sussex County Crash Pair Airlifted After Head-On Route 206 Sussex County Crash
Pair Airlifted After Head-On Route 206 Sussex County Crash Two people were airlifted to a hospital after a head-on crash on Route 206 in Sussex County. A Volkswagen driven by Enrico Stampone, 26, of Totowa, crossed over the center line into the southbound lane near mile post 102.5 around 7:15 a.m., New Jersey State Police said. He collided with a Hyundai driven by a 43-year-old Budd Lake woman near the border of Andover Borough and Byram Township, police said. Both were airlifted to Morristown Medical Center with serious injuries, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
DWI Driver Runs Over Victim Several Times In Sussex County Strip Club Parking Lot, Police Say DWI Driver Runs Over Victim Several Times In Sussex County Strip Club Parking Lot, Police Say
DWI Driver Runs Over Victim Several Times In Sussex County Strip Club Parking Lot, Police Say A Passaic County woman had been drinking when she ran over a person several times with her car in a Sussex County parking lot, said authorities who charged her. Jacqueline Lowe, 22, of Pompton Lakes, was being held in the Sussex County Jail on charges of aggravated assault, assault by auto, weapon possession and more, stemming from the Sunday incident in a bar parking lot, Andover police said in a news release. ** UPDATE: Jacqueline Lowe, a nursing student at Lincoln Tech in Paramus, could soon face attempted murder charges ** Witnesses of the 1:50 a.m. incident, in the parking lot at…

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by Cecilia Levine