September 18 Morning News
NORTHJERSEY.COM HAS REPORTED THAT ASSAULT CHARGES FILED AGAINST A FLORHAM PARK POLICE OFFICER HAVE BEEN DROPPED. IN JULY, CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST PATROL OFFICER GREGORY DIETZ, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF STALKING, HARASSING, AND ASSAULTING A WOMAN. ON JULY 2OTH, DIETZ WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN TOLD POLICE ON JULY 5TH THAT SHE WAS FRIENDS WITH DIETZ, AND AT HER HOUSE IN ROSELAND, DIETZ SLAPPED HER AND WRAPPED BOTH HIS HANDS AROUND HER NECK, WHICH “CAUSED HER TO BLACK OUT,” ACCORDING TO RECORDS. MARCO LARACCA, DIETZ’S ATTORNEY, WHO LABELED THE CHARGES AS “A SERIES OF MALICIOUS AND DEMONSTRABLY FALSE CLAIMS”, HAS STATED THE CASE WAS DISMISSED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH BY THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY HAS REPORTED THAT A COMMERCIAL CRANE OVERTURNED AND DAMAGED 2 HOMES IN RIVER VALE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THURSDAY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND BENEATH THE CRANE GAVE WAY, CAUSING IT TO OVERTURN AND CRASH INTO TWO HOMES. RIVER VALE POLICE SAY OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO SUNNY HILL TERRACE AROUND 9:55 A.M. RIVER VALE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH A PSE&G CREW, HAVE SECURED THE AREA. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT A MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN NEWARK THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SAID THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AROUND 2:46 PM ON LITTLETON AVENUE. THE ADULT MALE VICTIM WAS BROUGHT TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 3:07 PM. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
NJ,COM REPORTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THAT A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE PALISADES PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CHARGED WITH LYING UNDER OATH AND WAS ARRESTED. THE BOROUGH FIRED HIM AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID, “BECAUSE THIS IS A PERSONNEL MATTER, WE CAN MAKE NO FURTHER COMMENT AT THIS TIME.” THE AUGUST 25TH BOROUGH COUNCIL REACHED A RESOLUTION AND TERMINATED HAVENS. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HAVE NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.