Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Oakland Man, 19, Dies In Morris County Crash
A 19-year-old Oakland resident died in a Morris County crash, authorities said. The man was headed northbound on Green Pond Road near the Jefferson border in a Mercedes Benz when he crossed into the southbound lanes and hit a Mazda Friday morning, Rockaway Township Police Lt. Paul Reilly said. The Mazda driver, a 24-year-old woman from Sussex Borough, was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, Reilly said. Police did not release the names of either victim. This was the fourth fatal accident to have occurred this year on Green Pond Road. Over the summer, 34-year-ol…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Report
: Morris County Country Club Bartender Hid Cameras In Women's Bathroom
A 50-year-old bartender at a Rockaway Township country club is accused of hiding several strategically-placed cameras around the women's bathroom, according to a new report. A woman using the bathroom in the White Meadow Lake Clubhouse on Sunday saw one of the cameras and called police, the Daily Record says citing court documents. John P. Daley of Flanders -- a bartender at the Clubhouse -- initially told authorities he was unaware of the key fob-like recording devices but later admitted to places the cameras in both bathrooms to "view unknown females' private areas," the report says. Fla…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Rockaway Family Escapes Weekend Blaze
A Rockaway family of five escaped a weekend fire that destroyed part of their house, township officials said. Two parents and three children were staying with a neighbor after a blaze that started in their Whitfield Court chimney spread into the attic Saturday evening, Councilman Tucker Kelley said. "The parents and their three children have received temporary housing and many of their belongings were saved as well," Kelley said. Responders included firefighters from Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough, Boonton, Denville, Kinnelon, Picatinny and West Milford.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Politics
Rockaway Mayor's Suit Against Council Is Remarkably Familiar
Former Rockaway Township Mayor Michael Dachisen was in the midst of a lawsuit against the Township council, alleging his authority was being overstepped. Current mayor Michael Puzio, who is finishing Dachisen's term, filed a similar suit Monday in Superior Court. Puzio's suit says council violated state law in vesting the mayor with exclusive control over the municipal administration. The mayor said "the straw that broke the camel's back" was when council struck a law firm from a list of professionals to be appointed as the township's new attorney, and then approved a resolution to l…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Passed-Out Motorist On Crack Barrels Onto Lawn
GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A motorist on crack drove onto a Glen Rock resident's lawn -- uprooting shrubs in the process -- where police found her passed out behind the wheel, authorities said. Officers who responded to Prospect Street near Locust Road just before 6 a.m. Friday found 47-year-old Kelley J. Hoskins of Rockaway Township asleep in the driver's seat of a 2015 Jetta, smelling of alcohol, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She also had two crack pipes and empty baggies with crack residue, he said. Hoskins, who wasn't injured, was released to a responsible adult after being processed at he…
