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 …
Woman Killed In Home Explosion On 95th Birthday Was North Jersey’s ‘Cookie Lady,’ Family Says
To many of those in North Jersey, Maria V. Mallozzi was “the cookie lady,” her family says.
That’s because, for 18 years, customers could count on seeing her cheerful smile behind the counter at Angelo’s Bakery in Newton, which her family owned until late 1996. In her younger years, she worked at and lived above an older family business, Vitiello’s Bakery in Newark, her obituary says.
Tragically, Maria died in the explosion at her home on Dove Island Road in Stillwater Township just after 7 a.m. on Sunday, July 16, her 95th birthday.
One of her grandchildren, Elizabeth, 33, reflects on th…
