Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Lifestyle
End Of Chemo Marks New Beginning For Sussex County Couple End Of Chemo Marks New Beginning For Sussex County Couple
End Of Chemo Marks New Beginning For Sussex County Couple Jillian Hanson Allegretti had nearly given up on life when she says her now-husband, Max Allegretti, breathed life back into her. It's a line the Andover native included in her wedding vows -- nearly two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Through it all, Max, of Montlcair, was by her side. Back then, they weren't engaged yet. All then 25-year-old Jillian had was a promise from Max he'd be there through it all. And he was. during Jillian's last round of chemotherapy, Max asked her to be his wife (it went viral!). The couple tied the knot last month -- cancer-free. Click here…

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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
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Attacks Sussex Farms Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Attacks Sussex Farms
Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Attacks Sussex Farms A judge in Sussex County ordered that a Vernon man remain jailed after authorities said he attacked local farms whose owners refused his requests to have sex with animals. Prosecutor said Richard Decker, 31, damaged vehicle tires and left "harassing messages" -- in one case threatening to beat a wife with a wooden stick -- when his requests were denied, the NJ Herald reports. That was enough to convince a Superior Court judge in Newton to order that Decker remain held in the Morris County Correctional Facility until a scheduled Nov. 4 hearing for a "pattern of unlawful conduct that pre…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Lifestyle
'Rivers Won't Be The Same': Outdoor Community Mourns Rockaway Fisherman Tyler Rodimer, 23 'Rivers Won't Be The Same': Outdoor Community Mourns Rockaway Fisherman Tyler Rodimer, 23
'Rivers Won't Be The Same': Outdoor Community Mourns Rockaway Fisherman Tyler Rodimer, 23 North Jersey fisherman Tyler Rodimer died on March 29 in Morristown Medical Center of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in February. He was 23 years old. Tyler's organs will be donated to help others live, according to a GoFundMe that had raised more than $13,100 as of Monday afternoon. Friends are remembering the Stillwater native and former Rockaway resident as an avid fisherman who taught many his skill. "I'll never forget the look on your face the first time you hooked into a fish on my fly rod," Joe Falotico wrote on Facebook.  "The next thing I knew your mom was…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Mine Hill Driver With Suspended License Admits Having Heroin, Giving Police Bogus ID Mine Hill Driver With Suspended License Admits Having Heroin, Giving Police Bogus ID
Mine Hill Driver With Suspended License Admits Having Heroin, Giving Police Bogus ID A suspended driver from Mine Hill admitted that he had heroin in his car and gave police a bogus identity when he was stopped. Michael Collette, 33, pleaded guilty to drug possession, hindering his arrest and driving while suspended in Newton on Thursday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Sussex County Prosecutor Francis A. Koch said. Andover police arrested Collette after stopping him for a minor traffic offense Dec. 14, Koch said. Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Critchley Jr. scheduled sentencing for March 22.

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by Cecilia Levine