Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
PROSECUTOR: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries PROSECUTOR: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries
Prosecutor: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries A 22-year-old Rockaway woman was charged with assault by auto after her one passenger sustained "serious bodily injuries" in a crash over the weekend, authorities said. Samantha Viscardi was arrested and charged with the third-degree crime following the Feb. 2, single-car crash near Green Pond Road, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Rockaway Police Chief Martin McPardland, Jr. said in a joint release. Viscardi's vehicle went into a guardrail, closing the area from approximately 4:50 to 6:45 p.m., the Daily Record reports. Viscardi is an employee of BMW Morristown and a Roxbury …

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Bittersweet Goodbye: Retired Roxbury Police Officer Had Profound Impact On Hundreds Bittersweet Goodbye: Retired Roxbury Police Officer Had Profound Impact On Hundreds
Bittersweet Goodbye: Retired Roxbury Police Officer Had Profound Impact On Hundreds Loyal friend. Trusted colleague. Caring community member. This is how hundreds of people describe Silvio Valdes, who retired last month from the Roxbury Township Police Department after 27 years of service. His absence was felt almost immediately at police headquarters, according to a touching tribute on Facebook. "It wasn’t uncommon to ask him a question about a project and the next day have him show up at your house to help," the police department's post says. "Or for him to walk into headquarters and tell you that your tire was low, so he put air in it for you.  "Or for the ladies who…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Schools
DELAYED: These Morris County Schools Have Delayed Openings Thursday DELAYED: These Morris County Schools Have Delayed Openings Thursday
Delayed: These Morris County Schools Have Delayed Openings Thursday Sub-zero wind chills and extreme cold has prompted delayed openings for many Morris County schools Thursday. Calais School, Whippany  Celebrate the Children, Denville Chancellor Academy, Pompton Plains Chapel Hill Academy, Lincoln Park Craig High School, Boonton and Mountain Lakes Denville Public Schools Dover Public Schools Jefferson Public Schools Lincoln Park Public Schools Madison Public Schools Morris Hills Regional, Rockaway Morris School District, Morristown Mount Arlington Elementary  Netcong Elementary Randolph Public Schools Rockaway Public Schools Ro…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Serial Bank Robber Admits Holding Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Branches, Targeting Englewood Serial Bank Robber Admits Holding Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Branches, Targeting Englewood
Serial Bank Robber Admits Holding Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Branches, Targeting Englewood A serial bank robber from the Bronx admitted Wednesday that he held up banks in Fort Lee and Hasbrouck Heights and was planning to hit another in Englewood when federal agents captured him. Eddy Cruz, 42, also admitted during a plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Trenton that he robbed a PNC Bank branch in Jackson Township on Christmas Eve 2013  Cruz said he robbed a TD Bank branch in Fort Lee on Feb. 13, 2017 and another in Hasbrouck Heights on Feb. 18, 2017, wearing a mask to disguise his identity both times and handing the tellers notes demanding cash. Cruz is also charged with a ban…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring An Edgewater man conspired with the owner of a shuttered go-go bar to use stolen credit card information – and illegally acquired gift cards – to steal more than $12 million, authorities said. Kevin Bae, 30, shared a bank account with the Morris County bar owner “into which millions of dollars were transferred” through the scheme, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. They generated the money through a variety of scams, including scaring elderly people over the phone into buying gift cards by pretending to be a grandchild who was in jail and needed bail money, Grewal said. The own…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
News
Child Labor Laws Violated At These Bergen County McDonald's Child Labor Laws Violated At These Bergen County McDonald's
Child Labor Laws Violated At These Bergen County McDonald's A McDonald's franchise owner with several Bergen and Passaic County locations has been accused by the U.S. Department of Labor of violating child labor laws at 11 New Jersey locations. S&P Enterprises Inc., based in Central Valley, New York, paid $8,829 in fines after letting 14 and 15-year-olds work too many hours. The teens worked after 7 p.m. during the school-year, more than three hours on a school day, more than eight hours on a non-school day and more than 18 hours during a school week -- violating limits set by the state law. "Child labor laws protect the educational opport…

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by Cecilia Levine