Monday, May 13, 2013
13-year-old Mt. Olive resident falsely claimed a stranger in a van lied to him, tried getting him into car, police report.
A 13-year-old Mt. Olive boy is being charged with providing false information to a law enforcement officer after claiming a stranger tried to abduct him last week, Mt. Olive police said. The Mt. Olive Police charged the juvenile after an investigation that included assistance from the New Jersey State Police and the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, Officer Michael Russell said. The investigation is ongoing. The teenager's claim sparked a manhunt, pulling in various agencies and setting the surrounding communities on edge until the story was revealed to be false. A suspect was in custody before being released, according to a report by the Mt. Olive Chronicle. "I am pleased that a potential suspect was cleared in a professional manner and…
Monday, April 8, 2013
Agencies from throughout Morris County assisting to quell blazes in Mt. Olive.
As of 3:40 p.m. Monday afternoon, numerous brush fires throughout the industrial complex of the International Trade Center in Mt. Olive had been knocked down, according to Mt. Olive Mayor Rob Greenbaum's Facebook page. "The brush fire in the trade zone is now completely under control," Greenbaum said on his Facebook page. "Those who may have gotten calls from Bright Horizons Day Care need not hurry to get your kids," the status update said. "All are safe and not in harms way. No need to panic at all. if you need help getting thru to get your children just ask a police officer who will make sure you can get thru to get your children." Brush fires popped up all over the area, and could be seen from as far as Exit 30 off Route 80. "Pretty …
Monday, February 18, 2013
Family of Cristiano Bonner and Hesham Moustafa trying to raise money for medical, burial and counseling expenses.
The fire that destroyed a Flanders home Monday and claimed the lives of 52-year-old Hesham Moustafa and his 7-year-old stepson Cristiano Bonner is only the beginning of the trial for the family as they are struggling to find funds for burial expenses for the victims and recovery for the survivors, said Amy Bonner Langdo. Langdo is a Hopatcong resident and Cristiano's aunt and has started a Give Forward donation page in hopes of raising enough money to cover the medical, burial and counseling expenses. "My niece Bianca is in the hospital with burns and damage to her lungs," Langdo said. According to Langdo, her niece was brought out of the burning home and wasn't breathing, but that first responders were able to revive her at the scene. …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Body of one teenage boy who went missing in icy water was found Tuesday afternoon, search for the second was suspended Tuesday night, prosecutor says.
Update, 10 a.m. Wednesday: Dive and recovery teams have resumed searching for the body of the second teen in Budd Lake as of 8 a.m. First Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Zelante said the Morris County Prosecutor's Office will release a statement later in the day. Mt. Olive Mayor Rob Greenbaum wrote on his public Facebook page Wednesday morning, "Let's bring the last boy home today." The search for the second teen, missing since Monday night in the partially frozen waters of Budd Lake, was suspended Tuesday afternoon, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said. Knapp said the New Jersey State Police Marine Service Bureau's six divers spent more than six hours searching in the icy waters on Tuesday. "The divers who used sonar to assist …
niklu
11:58 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
The problem here is the child making the story up, what did he want... attention from his parents? more ›