October 5 Morning News
NEW JERSEY NEWS 12 REPORTED THAT A WOMAN DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE IN PATERSON FRIDAY EVENING. ACCORDING TO THE PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, THE WOMAN WAS A 50-YEAR-OLD PATERSON NATIVE. THE WOMAN WAS HIT AROUND 7 PM NEAR MADISON AND SIXTH AVENUE. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, SHE WAS TAKEN TO ST. JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AND WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE DRIVER STAYED AT THE SCENE, AND THE COLLISION CONTINUES TO REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT A NEWARK MAN POSING AS AN FBI AGENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED A MONTH AFTER ROBBING A WOMAN'S HOME. THE 42-YEAR-OLD NEWARK NATIVE, SAMUEL PRATA, WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT, BURGLARY, IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC SERVANT, CRIMINAL RESTRAINT, AND CONSPIRACY. THE CRIME HAPPENED AUGUST 27TH WHEN THREE MEN, INCLUDING PRATT, CLAIMED TO BE FBI AGENTS AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF A WOMAN'S APARTMENT ON MOTT STREET. A FOURTH SUSPECT WAS WAITING IN A BLACK SUDAN. THE VICTIM OPENED HER DOOR AND WAS HELD DOWN BY A SUSPECT WHILE THE OTHERS STOLE ITEMS FROM THE APARTMENT. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE SUSPECTS STOLE TWO CREDIT CARDS AND 7,500 DOLLARS FROM A SAFE. THEY THEN FLED IN THE BLACK SUDAN, WHICH HAD OUT-OF-STATE PLATES, HEADING EAST ON FLEMING AVENUE. WITH PRATT IN CUSTODY, POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE OTHER THREE SUSPECTS. THE SUSPECT HOLDING DOWN THE VICTIM WAS SAID TO BE WEARING A WHITE SHIRT WITH BLUE JEANS. POLICE URGE THAT THOSE WITH INFORMATION CALL 1-887-695-8477.
NORTHJERSEY.COM HAS REPORTED THAT THE WAYNE TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY CENTER HAS OFFICIALLY REOPENED AFTER A NEARLY 3-MONTH CLOSURE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FIRE ON JULY 29TH. THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED IN THE BASEMENT FROM A HEAVILY DAMAGED PANELBOARD THAT DISTRIBUTED ELECTRICITY THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, WHICH SPREAD SMOKE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND LED TO AN EVACUATION. THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL ISSUED A 548 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND TO COVER THE REPAIRS, WHILE A PSE&G CREW INSTALLED A HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER TO REPLACE THE FORMER UNIT THAT POWERED THE BUILDING FOR DECADES. WAYNE TOWNSHIP MAYOR CHRISTOPHER MERGANO HAS STATED THAT THE HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR FEES WAIVED SINCE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO A FULL SLATE OF ACTIVITIES.
NJ.COM HAS REPORTED THAT A GOFUNDME HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE FAMILY OF A 14 YEAR OLD BOY WHO DIED FROM A SKATEBOARDING CRASH IN PEQUANNOCK. TOWNSHIP POLICE HAVE SAID THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY EVENING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HOPPER AVENUE AND WOODLAND COURT, WHERE THE RIDER FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT WHILE RIDING HIS SKATEBOARD. HE WAS TAKEN TO MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. ALONG WITH THE GOFUNDME, THE PRINCIPAL OF PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, RICHARD M. HAYZLER, HAS SENT A LETTER TO FAMILIES ABOUT THE TEEN’S DEATH. HAYZLER HAS STATED THAT THE SCHOOL’S CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, CASE MANAGERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, ALONG WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MORRIS COUNTY TRAUMA COALITION. POLICE DID NOT IDENTIFY THE TEEN. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.