Monday, May 21, 2012
Also, $20,000 in prom dresses go missing
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Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Mo' Money: Police say a bank customer in Cinnaminson got more than he bargained for ... and that's the problem. He came to a teller with a $300 check, but the teller goofed and handed him a clean $3,000, police said. When the bank contacted him the next day to say it had made an error, the man told the bank he'd lost the envelope ... which didn't sit right with authorities, according to police. He's been charged, because apparently, this isn't really how it works. Gives New Meaning to "Made Off Like a Prom Dress:" Actually, police say someone made off with …
The following arrest information was supplied by the Hopatcong police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Four Hopatcong teens were drinking alcohol in the area known as Devil's Footprint, police said. Officer William Sutphen saw the juveniles walking on Brooklyn Mountain Road at 10:49 p.m. Friday, police said. When Stuphen stopped the junveniles—two 16-year-olds, a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old—he could smell alcoholic beverages on their breaths, police said. He learned they were drinking in the woods at the end of the road in a section known colloquially as Devil's Footprint, police said. The juveniles were arrested and taken to the Hopatcong police department, police said. Each was charged with possession and consumption of alcohol in public and violating curfew and released to family members, police said. For questions on this report, …
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Estelle Walker of Hopatcong was convicted of starving her four children and herself in 2006.
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NJ.com reports the eight-year prison sentence for a former Hopatcong woman who was convicted of starving her four children and herself in 2006 was upheld by a three-judge appeals court in Newton Monday. The court, however, granted Estelle Walker, 53, a new hearing for a judge to reassess her four-year parole-ineligibility period, which was in conjuction with her jail term. In 2010, Walker was convicted of four counts of endangering the welfare of her children. Her attorney argued during the trial that she didn't give her children—then ages 8, 9, 11 and 13—food because she was praying for devine intervention, according to the NJ.com report. Walker was arrested July 25, 2006, after she and her kids were found emaciated at the Lake Hopatcong …
Sentence will be stayed for 10 days, while both the state and defense team plan appeals.
Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, 300 hours of community service, three years probation and a $10,000 fine by a Superior Court judge in New Brunswick on Monday. Ravi, 20, remained emotionless during the sentencing, his hand clasped to his mouth, while Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman explained the sentencing. The fine is to be paid to a state-sanctioned organization that assists victims of bias crimes, Berman said. Ravi must also attend counseling programs that address cyber bullying and alternative lifestyles, Berman said. Both Ravi's attorneys and the state plan to appeal the sentence, and have 10 days to do so. Earlier this month, the prosecution made a request for a maximum prison …
Michael Reardon was identified by prosecutor's office.
Michael Reardon, 56, of Jefferson Township, was identified as the body found under a pedestrian bridge in Mount Arlington on Saturday, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. The body had been found shortly after noon in the stream under the bridge. The Morris County Medical Examiner ruled Reardon’s death an accident.
Will Hopatcong drivers take more caution?
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Put on your seat belt. That is, unless you want a ticket. The Click It Or Ticket program started Monday in Hopatcong, with borough patrols going on extra twice-a-day, four-hour shifts aimed at "zero-tolerance enforcement of saftey belt laws," according to the state website. The program, which will end June 3, will be funded via a $4,000 grant. On Saturday, Hopatcong released these tips for drivers.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Victim has not yet been identified.
A man was found dead under a pedestrian bridge in Mount Arlington, according to information released by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. The body was found shortly after 12 p.m. on Saturday in a stream under the bridge, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi. Bianchi said that the preliminary investigation does not suggest suspicious circumstances and the community should not be alarmed. The prosecutor’s office is still in the process of making a positive identification of the body and identifying next of kin. Patch will update this story as more information becomes available.
No injuries appeared life-threatening, fire marshal says.
Four people were injured after a 610 Durban Ave. deck—near Durban Avenue School—collapsed late Saturday afternoon. Two were taken to St. Clare's Hospital in Dover for further treatment, though none of the injuries appeared life-threatening, Hopatcong Fire Marshal Richard Cook said. Mariana Arango, 71, was found between the deck and the house, police said. She had a lacerated left hand and injuries to her neck and shoulder as well as pain on the left side of her head, police said. Paul Arango, 70, had chest pain, a laceration on his right palm and neck pain, police said. Both Mariana and Paul Arango were taken to the hospital, police said. Raul Arango Jr., 50, and Ilian Colon, 47, each were checked out by the Hopatcong ambulance squad but …
As borough prepares for program from May 21 to June 3.
Recently, the Hopatcong police department announced it would participate in the state's "Click It or Ticket" program from May 21 to June 3. On Friday, the department offered the following tips to borough motorists.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Francisco Torres' sentencing is scheduled for June 22.
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Thursday, May 17
A Hopatcong man admitted that he tried to gouge out a Hopatcong police officer's eye after swinging at bat at a group of officers in March, according to the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office. Francisco Torres, 20, pleaded guilty to third-degree resisting arrest on May 8. Torres sentencing is scheduled for June 22. Sgt. Michael Houtz was taken to a hospital after sustaining the injury at Torres' Lakeside Boulevard home and has made a full recovery. Houtz and Patrolman Michael O'Shea had responded to Torres' home on a report of a distraught male, police said. He was also threatening first aid squad members with a baseball bat, police said. It wasn't Torres' first run-in with the law. In April 2011, Torres pled guilty to breaking into and …
Lori
8:26 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
No doubt it is horrible that Ravi had a webcam spying on Tyler. Very poor judgment. On the other hand, Tyler wrote on a gay website that he was aware of it, and was asking others whether he should let it continue so that he could use it to get Ravi in trouble. He also wrote that "it doesn't seem so bad, lol" to a friend. It is a tragedy all around. But Tyler was not bullied into committing … more ›