October 28 Morning News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A NEPTUNE RESIDENT IS FACING CHARGES CONNECTED WITH A VIOLENT HOME INVASION ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED SATURDAY IN NEPTUNE, ACCORDING TO POLICE. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, 46-YEAR-OLD GREGORY Z. JONES BROKE INTO AN APARTMENT ON JOHN STREET AT AROUND 7:30 A.M. TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE VICTIMIZED. POLICE SAY ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT AND WAS TAKEN TO OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. POLICE HAVE YET TO DISCLOSE ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS SUCH AS THE ITEMS STOLEN AND THE NATURE OF THE VICTIM’S INJURIES. JONES’S CHARGES INCLUDE HOME INVASION, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR AN UNLAWFUL PURPOSE, AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED TUESDAY EVENING THAT A FOX FOUND IN LITTLE FALLS TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES, PROMPTING A WARNING FROM LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS. THE ANIMAL WAS FIRST REPORTED NEAR THE TULIP GARDEN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON OCTOBER 21ST. RESIDENTS ALSO REPORTED SEEING THEM ALONG TURNBERRY ROAD, EAST MAIN STREET, ALIDA STREET, SINDLE AVENUE, AND MONTCLAIR AVENUE NEAR POMPTON AVENUE. ANIMAL CONTROL CAPTURED THE FOX OCTOBER 22ND AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONFIRMED IT HAD RABIES MONDAY. OFFICIALS SAY FOX DENS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED NEAR THE PECKMAN RIVER AND ARE ASKING ITS RESIDENTS TO KEEP SMALL PETS AND CHILDREN INDOORS.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS FOUND SHOT IN A VEHICLE IN PATERSON. ACCORDING TO PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTORS, POLICE RESPONDED TO EAST 38TH STREET AND 21ST AVENUE AROUND 7:39 PM ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 25TH. OFFICERS HAD RECEIVED A REPORT OF AN UNRESPONSIVE MAN INSIDE OF A VEHICLE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE MAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO ST JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. AS OF TUESDAY MORNING, AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS IDENTITY OR ANNOUNCED ANY ARRESTS. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE AND ONGOING.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED TUESDAY MORNING THAT RUMORS OF A LYNDHURST SCHOOL SHOOTING WERE PROVEN FALSE. ACCORDING TO LYNDHURST POLICE, THERE WAS A RUMOR ABOUT A FORMER STUDENT PLANNING TO COMMIT A VIOLENT ACT WITH A GUN SPREAD AMONG THE STUDENTS OVER THE PAST WEEK. POLICE INVESTIGATED THE MATTER WITH HELP FROM THE SCHOOL RESOURCE DIVISION, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, AND THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE THREAT MANAGEMENT UNIT. THEY FOUND THAT THE RUMORS WERE NOT CREDIBLE, CALLING THE INCIDENT A “EGREGIOUS CASE OF DISINFORMATION.” OFFICERS WILL BE AT THE SCHOOL AS A PRECAUTION.