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Buses hit on Rt. 80 in Roxbury; one goes into ravine
Found: 2 Weeks 1 Day 10 Hours 47 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - Just two people remained in the hospital Friday after a four-vehicle crash on Route 80 sent a bus full of tourists down a 25-foot embankment....
Phillipsburg Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of Child
Found: 2 Weeks 4 Days 22 Hours 39 Minutes ago
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A Phillipsburg man is behind bars, accused in the sexual assault of a minor. Prosecutors in Warren County, New Jersey say 34-year-old Charles Mills is charged with having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl. Investigators say Mills assaulted the girl in Independence Township last September. He's also charged with endangering the welfare of a child....
Malaysia's Islamists want Lavigne concert canceled
Found: 2 Weeks 6 Days 10 Hours 26 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - Malaysia's Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel a concert by Avril Lavigne, saying the Canadian singer's on-stage moves are "too sexy,"an official said Monday....
North Brunswick officer will be laid to rest today
Found: 3 Weeks 1 Day 14 Hours 10 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - A sea of blue and black will flow into the township today when family, friends and fellow police officers come to say goodbye to Lt. Christopher A. Zerby, who died Tuesday morning at the age of 41, only a day after he marked his 15-year anniversary as one of North Brunswick's finest....
Morris County man pleads guily to distributing child porn
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 12 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - A Long Valley resident pleaded guilty today to distributing child pornography....
Israeli teen visits U.S., escapes terror at home
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 6 Days 23 Hours 26 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - Want to give a helping hand? Call (732) 972-3687 or visit cginj.com/sderotkids on the Web....
Cops: Man broke into 2 Hackettstown churches, firm
Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 3 Days 1 Hour 19 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - A 45-year-old resident has been charged with stealing cash from two churches and breaking into a Main Street accounting firm, authorities said.John Berardi, who was already lodged in the Essex County jail for similar break-ins in Bloomfield and Nutley, was charged by Hackettstown police with three counts of burglary, two counts of theft and two counts of criminal mischief, Detective Wade Caccese said Monday.On June 1, police believe Berardi broke into the Living Water Church on Main Street through a window and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the church office.Two weeks later, police said, he broke into Trinity Church on Main Street through a window, kicked in several office doors, then stole cash from the office before entering an accounting firm, where no thefts were reported.All the incidents took place overnight.Caccese declined to say how Berardi became a suspect, but said the Riverside Garden Apartment resident admitted to the thefts in a police interview. He is also believed to be a suspect in several other break-ins reported in town, police said.After Hackettstown police linked Berardi to the crimes, they identified authorities in Bloomfield, where Berardi has had a history of burglaries dating back to the 1980s, according to Capt. Chris Goul.Goul said the Hackettstown crimes fit Berardi's modus operati to a tee -- punching through a rear window of a commercial business, taking money from the register and leaving in the middle of the night."Once I heard, I knew it was a matter of time before Berardi would wear out his welcome in Hackettstown and begin hitting businesses in the Belleville, Newark area where he grew up,"Goul said. "And he did."On June 18, Berardi allegedly broke into two Broad Street businesses in Bloomfield, Paul's Shoe Repair and Kim's Nails. In both instances, the burglar punched through a window and stole from cash registers.The next night, police said Berardi struck again at the Plaza Madrid Hair Salon.Berardi was spotted by Bloomfield police at the Stephen Crane Village in Newark on June 27, Goul said. Detectives followed him for four hours to Nutley, where they observed him break a window in the rear of Salonsi, then enter the Union Avenue business at 11:45 p.m., Goul said. Nutley police apprehended Berardi, who later confessed to the four burglaries, Goul said. He was lodged in the Essex County jail on default of a total of $150,000 bail for the Bloomfield and Nutley burglary charges. Berardi was charged with four counts of burglary, three counts of theft and one count of criminal attempt by Bloomfield Police.In an unrelated incident, Berardi was charged with hindering apprehension and driving while suspended following a Route 46 traffic stop on June 2. Mount Olive police reported Berardi told an officer he didn't have his license on him, then gave the officer a fictitious name....
Dems seek to widen advantage in N.J. congressional races
Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 5 Days 7 Hours 19 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - Two congressional seats being vacated by longtime Republican congressmen are being targeted by Democrats seeking to widen their advantage in New Jersey's congressional delegation....
NJ Democrats seek to gain U.S. House seats
Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 6 Days 1 Hour 37 Minutes ago
SFMZ 69 News - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Two congressional seats being vacated by longtime Republican congressmen are being targeted by Democrats seeking to widen their advantage in New Jersey's congressional delegation.......
Safety advocates: Too many bicyclists putting themselves at risk
Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 6 Days 21 Hours 41 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - A bicyclist talking on a cell phone at a red light drew Pam Fischer's attention on Thursday.Fischer, the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety director, was driving to a Headquarters Plaza forum on bicycle safety when she spotted the chatty cyclist. She later cited it as an example of cyclists not taking all the necessary precautions to protect themselves on busy roads."Just like a motorist in a car, you are distracted when biking with a cell phone,"Fischer said.A rising number of bicycling fatalities is troubling Fischer, who organized the 11 a.m. forum outside the Morristown Hyatt. Eleven bicyclists in New Jersey, including three in Morris County, have been killed in accidents this year -- just one shy of the total number of fatalities in 2007, Fischer said.While no one has compiled statistics, TransOptions President John Ciaffone said it appears that a growing number of people are using bicycles to commute to work or get around town. Ciaffone said rising gas prices are a likely factor, since motorists are paying, on average, $3,000 per year just to drive to and from work.Ciaffone, who spoke at the forum, said lower-income workers -- particularly recent immigrants -- are more likely to bike to work."We're seeing more of it in Dover and Morristown,"Ciaffone said."It's mostly people who've got regular jobs in the service industry -- the kitchen workers (and) the maintenance industries that hotels and hospitals and restaurants depend on heavily,"Ciaffone said.The three Morris County cyclists killed this year were either going to work or returning home. In January, a 33-year-old man on his way to the night shift at a Dunkin'Donuts on Route 46 in Mount Olive was struck and killed after swerving in front of a motorist, police said. No charges were filed.On June 29, two workers at the Outback restaurant in Parsippany who were riding the same bicycle after finishing their shift were struck and killed by a vehicle just after midnight. The driver, who allegedly was speeding, has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident, according to authorities.Fischer, alluding to the double fatality in Parsippany, said two cyclists should not be riding on the same bicycle. But she noted that "a lot of other circumstances"contributed to the tragedy.Brain Injury Association of New Jersey prevention outreach coordinator Wendy Berk, who attended the forum, said cyclists need to do a better job of ensuring their own safety. Stressing the importance of wearing helmets, Berk dramatically drove the point home by dropping an egg on the ground to simulate an unprotected skull slamming onto the road."When there's a collision between a motor vehicle and a bicycle, a bicycle is going to lose every time,"Berk said.Noting that all cyclists killed so far this year were at least 18 years old, Fischer said lawmakers should "consider"expanding the bike helmet law to adults, but she declined to endorse any new legislation. Up to 80 percent of all fatal bicycle accidents involve a brain injury, according to Berk's organization."We want everyone, regardless of age, to be wearing a helmet,"Fischer said.Reached for comment afterward, Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman John Wisniewski, D-Middlesex, said he was not prepared to support an expansion of the helmet law."One would hope that adults have clarity of mind enough to know they have to wear a helmet that we shouldn't have to legislate it,"said Wisniewski, who did not attend the forum.Marty Epstein, owner of Marty's Reliable Cycle stores in Morristown, Randolph and Hackettstown, said he and other cycling advocates were trying to get bicycle lanes in Morristown, a proposal under review.Fischer defended the right of bicyclists, who sometimes draw the ire of motorists, to be on the road."A bicycle is a vehicle,"Fischer said.Fischer added that cyclists occasionally contribute to motorist frustration by ignoring the rules of the road."If it's stop sign, they must stop,"Fischer said. She added that cyclists should install a bell or horn, yield to pedestrians and use lights at night.Both motorists and cyclists need to do a better job of understanding the other's perspective, Fischer said. While cyclists should move over as far as possible to the right, motorists should realize that loose gravel and other hazards may prevent them from doing so, Fischer said....
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