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Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Fire Destroys Popular Morris County Pizzeria
An overnight fire Friday destroyed a popular Pequannock pizzeria just short of its 50th anniversary. Flames tore through Cosmo Bella on Newark Pompton Turnpike, blowing through the roof and destroying the building, which also housed apartments upstairs. No injuries were reported. It took a few hours to douse the blaze, which broke out shortly before 1:30 a.m. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Lincoln Park, Riverdale and Wayne. Authorities were trying to determine the cause, although responders said initial indications are that it likely was accidental. Flames blew throu…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Swatting
Incident
: Authorities Respond To Pequannock Home On Bogus Call
A bogus call brought the Morris County SWAT team and local police to a Pequannock home overnight, authorities said Someone called police reporting that there was a barricaded subject on Berry Street, who had either injured of killed someone inside around 12:30 a.m., Monday, Pequannock Police Capt. Dan Commune said. The caller said that they would shoot at police if they responded and that there was also some kind of explosive device on the porch, Commune said. "We felt it was probably a swatting type of incident prior to our arrival," the captain said. "We did our due diligence and c…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Charged In Pequannock Holdup
As expected, authorities charged a Little Falls man arrested following a Wayne bank robbery with an earlier holdup last month in Pequannock. Philip N. McGrantham, 69, made a bogus 911 call of a man with a gun in the parking lot of a Route 23 Target “as a ruse to divert the attention of law enforcement” while he robbed the Wells Fargo bank up the road last Thursday, authorities said Tuesday. Wayne detectives -- with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office – captured McGrantham on Monday at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home. He was driving a …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup
Local police captured a Little Falls man who they said robbed a Wayne bank hours earlier -- and is suspected in another bank job last Thursday in Pequannock. With help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, Wayne detectives captured 69-year-old Philip Mcgrantham at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used in Monday morning's holdup of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. Mcgrantham, who previously lived in Paterson and Jersey City, was charged with first-degree robbery and…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup
Local police captured a Little Falls man who they said robbed a Wayne bank hours earlier -- and is suspected in another bank job last Thursday in Pequannock. With help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, Wayne detectives captured 69-year-old Philip Mcgrantham at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used in Monday morning's holdup of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. Mcgrantham, who previously lived in Paterson and Jersey City, was charged with first-degree robbery and…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Seen
HIM? Authorities Seek Route 23 Bank Robber
Authorities are turning to the public in locating a man who they said robbed a Route 23 bank Thursday. An older, white male with a possibly-fake, black beard demanded money from the attendant at the Pequannock Wells Fargo bank around 10:45 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release with local police. The robber, who witnesses said had a painted beard, demanded money from the teller before fleeing with the undisclosed amount that was handed over, Pequannock police said. The man was last seen wearing dark pants, a dark Adidas hoodie with white stripes on the arm,…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Route 23 Bank Robbed
A robber with what witnesses said appeared to be a fake beard robbed a Pequannock bank on Thursday. No weapon was shown in the 10:45 a.m. holdup at the Wells Fargo branch on southbound Route 23 in the township's Pompton Plains section, authorities said. ** UPDATE: Authorities are seeking a man with a possibly-fake beard who they say robbed a Route 23 Morris County bank Thursday. ** The robber, who witnesses said had a painted beard, demanded money from the teller before fleeing with the undisclosed amount that was handed over, Pequannock police said. Around the same time, police converged…
Newark, NJ
News
Filters Handed Out By Newark Effective At Removing Lead, Officials Say
Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday that an extensive round of preliminary testing revealed that water filters distributed by the city of Newark are at least 97 percent effective at bringing lead levels to below 10 parts per billion, well under the safe threshold of 15 parts per billion. (Click here for more information on the city's water line replacement program.) The filters approach 99 percent effectiveness when residents run their water for about five to 10 or minutes, especially first thing in the morning or other periods when the tap has not been used for several hours or m…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 52, Killed Hitting Deer On Route 80
A 52-year-old Pequannock man was killed when his motorcycle struck a deer on westbound Route 80 near the spaghetti bowl in Wayne. Joseph Yurga was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he succumbed to his injuries after his 1996 Harley Davidson crashed shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday near the Route 23 intersection, authorities said. No other vehicles were involved, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief James Clarke said in a joint release. A former Clifton resident, Yurga was a member of the American Legion Riders of Post 174 …
Newark, NJ
News
Agency Approves $120M In Borrowing To Replace Newark Water Lines
A plan to replace all lead service lines delivering water to 18,000 Newark homes cleared another hurdle Wednesday, when a state financial oversight agency approved a plan to issue $120 million in bonds to finance the project. “The permanent solution is to replace our lead service lines and expedite this process,” Mayor Ras Baraka said. “The Local Finance Board’s adoption of the bond provides us with the financial backing to do so, and significantly increase the pace of our work." A county agency, the Essex County Improvement Authority, would issue the bonds to pay for the projec…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup
Authorities suspect the masked bandit who this weekend robbed a Route 23 Delta gas station in Wayne where a horrific heroin-involved crash killed three people earlier this year also held up a Pequannock Delta station two weeks ago. The attendant told uniformed Wayne officers who responded to the northbound Route 23 Delta station around 8:30 p.m. Saturday "displayed a semiautomatic handgun and demanded money," Capt. Christian Wittig said. Authorities didn't say how much was taken, although responders told Daily Voice the preliminary estimate was about $700. "The victim turned over money to …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Gunman Robs Gas Station Where Three Were Killed By Overdosing Driver
Authorities suspect the masked bandit who this weekend robbed a Route 23 Delta station where a horrific heroin-involved crash killed three people earlier this year also held up a Pequannock Delta station two weeks ago. The attendant told uniformed Wayne officers who responded to the northbound Route 23 Delta station around 8:30 p.m. Saturday "displayed a semiautomatic handgun and demanded money," Capt. Christian Wittig said. Authorities didn't say how much was taken, although responders told Daily Voice the preliminary estimate was about $700. "The victim turned over money to the [robber],…
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