Ex-NJ Elementary School Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student: Prosecutor
A former New Jersey elementary school teacher has been accused of sexually assault a student in the school, who was also a friend of the family, in the late-1990s, authorities said.
Kenneth Lutz, now 52, abused the child in 1998 and 1999, while the victim was ages 12 and 13, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said.
Lutz, who was in his early 20s at the time, drove the child to school daily, said Pfeiffer, who declined to note where the alleged assaults occurred.
The former teacher was charged with aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault by contact.
Lutz worked at …
Grisly Details Released In Virginia Teen's Shooting Death
Details are being released in the fatal weekend shooting of a teen in northern Virginia over the weekend.
Jordan Delaney Sickles, 21, has been charged with murder while Re’Kwon Nyqualin Barnett, 18, was charged with accessory after the fact, on Saturday, Aug. 12 in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said.
The investigation revealed Sickles, Barnett, and the 17-year-old victim had arranged a firearms transaction on the 5800 block of Moonbeam Drive, authorities said.
Sickles allegedly shot the teen, then Barnett robbed him, police said.
The suspects fled the scene in a …
Full Circle For NJ Army General In New Role Helming Crucial Reserve Unit
The U.S. Army's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey was the first place Kris Belanger first stepped foot when she enlisted in the Army.
Now, she's one of the people running the show there.
Belanger is the new commanding general of nearly 45,000 Army Reserve soldiers in the Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, headquartered on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
"On July 27, 1986, I stepped foot on these grounds for the first time," said Belanger, a Wantage native, during a change-of-command ceremony on Friday, Aug. 11. "Today, I came full circle.”
The 99th …
