NJ.COM REPORTED A MAN WHO ROBBED A BANK OF AMERICA BRANCH IN DENVILLE OF $6,000 EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN STATE PRISON. JASON H. PERLETT, 65, OF HACKETTSTOWN, WILL HAVE TO SERVE AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS AND SIX MONTHS BEFORE HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, THE MORRIS COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SAID FRIDAY. PERLETT WALKED INTO THE BANK JUST BEFORE 4 P.M. ON MARCH 23RD AND HANDED A TELLER A NOTE THAT DEMANDED MONEY, OFFICIALS SAID. HE DID NOT SHOW A WEAPON. HE FLED WITH $6,000 BUT WAS STOPPED BY POLICE ON ROUTE10 IN ROXBURY ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE MONEY AND OTHER EVIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE. PERLETT PLEADED GUILTY TO ROBBERY ON JUNE 29TH.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTS A MAN FOUND DEAD IN LAKE AT PASSAIC PARK. A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A LAKE AT THIRD WARD PARK IN PASSAIC ON TUESDAY MORNING, MAYOR HECTOR LORA SAID. IN A FACEBOOK VIDEO, LORA SAID POLICE RECEIVED A CALL SHORTLY BEFORE 11 A.M. ABOUT A BAG IN HUGHES LAKE. RESPONDING OFFICERS AND PARK ATTENDANTS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED A MAN IN THE WATER. THE MAYOR SAYS THE DECEASED WAS A PASSAIC RESIDENT OVER THE AGE OF 50. HIS IDENTITY WAS NOT RELEASED. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. LORA SAID AUTHORITIES DID NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY, ALTHOUGH THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING. THE CITY DELAYED RELEASING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISCOVERY UNTIL THE MAN’S FAMILY HAD BEEN NOTIFIED.
NJ.COM REPORTS HALLOWEEN FIRE CLOSES BELOVED N.J. PIZZERIA INDEFINITELY A HALLOWEEN NIGHT OVEN FIRE HAS CLOSED LUIGI’S PIZZA IN RINGWOOD FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD, INTERRUPTING ONE OF ITS BUSIEST NIGHTS AND PROMPTING AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM CUSTOMERS AND NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL, THE RESTAURANT SAID IN A FACEBOOK POST. BUT THE SHOP MUST RECEIVE AN INSPECTOR’S APPROVAL BEFORE REOPENING, AND NO DATE HAS BEEN SET. THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE OVEN DURING THE HALLOWEEN RUSH, AS EMPLOYEES MANAGED PIZZA ORDERS, DELIVERIES, RINGING PHONES AND CUSTOMERS AT THE COUNTER. THE RESTAURANT CREDITED WORKER ANTHONY MARTINELLI WITH SPOTTING THE FLAMES WHILE HELPING DELIVERY DRIVERS AND IMMEDIATELY TAKING ACTION. EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY, ACCORDING TO THE RESTAURANT, WHICH THANKED RESPONDING POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, INCLUDING DEPARTMENTS FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THE CAUSE OF THE OVEN FIRE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. THE RESTAURANT THANKED LAKESIDE DINER AND SAM’S BAR & GRILL FOR OFFERING ASSISTANCE, AND AXTON’S BY CHEF ANTON TESTINO FOR PROVIDING OVEN SPACE SO EMPLOYEES COULD FULFILL CATERING ORDERS THE FOLLOWING DAY. CUSTOMERS ALSO CALLED, TEXTED, SENT MESSAHES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND STOPPED BY TO CHECK ON THE CREW, THE RESTAURANT SAID. LUIGI’S SAID IT WOULD POST UPDATES ABOUT REOPENING AND ASKED CUSTOMERS WITH UNRESOLVED HALLOWEEN NIGHT ORDERS TO CONTACT THE RESTAURANT ON FACEBOOK.
PATCH.COM REPORTS PEDESTRIAN DIES IN NORTH JERSEY AFTER BEING HIT BY 3 CARS, AUTHORITIES SAY. THE FATAL CRASH TOOK PLACE IN ESSEX COUNTY. A UNION COUNTY RESIDENT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE FATAL CRASH TOOK PLACE AROUND 6:20 A.M. ON THE 400-BLOCK OF FRELINGHUYSEN AVENUE IN NEWARK. THE VICTIM, DARRYL JENKINS, 65, WHOLE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS IN ROSELLE— WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, ACCORDING TO THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND THE NEWARK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. ALL THREE DRIVERS REMAINED AT THE SCENE. NONE EXHIBITED SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT, AUTHORITIES SAID. A POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRASH CONTINUES. AUTHORITIES SAID ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CONTACT THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TIPS LINE AT 1-877-TIPS-4EC OR 1-877-847-7432.