Monday, March 15, 2010
Police investigate other thefts, burglary.
Millburn police are investigating a number of thefts and burglaries, including a robbery while an Ohio resident was walking on Main Street on Saturday. Police said the Columbia Station 20-year-old man was walking under the railroad bridge at about 8 p.m. when someone grabbed him and told him to hand over his wallet, police said. He handed over his wallet to the man, and the robber fled north on Old Short Hills Road. The victim walked to the Millburn Diner where he contacted police. The wallet contained $80 in cash. The victim described his attacker as a black male standing at six feet, three inches tall and weighting 180 pounds. He is 50-60 years in age and was wearing a black-hooded sweater and dark jeans, police said. On Friday, police …
Firefighters are busy pumping water out of area basements.
You can see why Brookside Drive is closed standing on Glen Avenue. A tree is laying across the road, and there are power lines also down in the area. Brookside Drive remained closed on Monday from Glen Avenue to South Orange Avenue for storm-related damage. Millburn police Capt. James Miller, public information officer, said it was the only road that remained closed on Monday due to storm damage. Most others were open. Anthony Puglisi, Essex County spokesman, said county workers are waiting for Jersey Central Power & Light to respond to tend to the wires that were brought down by the trees. Jersey Central Light & Power crews were out on Brookside Drive just before 5 p.m. starting to work on clearing the trees and fix the wires. The …
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Also, police make shoplifting arrests at the mall and investigate car damage.
Two Brooklyn men were arrested on a warrant for alleged credit card fraud last week. Antonio Llopiz, 21, and Brandon T. Carter, 21, were arrested for an incident on Jan. 15 at Saks Fifth Avenue. Llopiz was charged with fraudulent use of credit cards and credit card theft, and Carter was charged with two counts of fraudulent use of credit cards and two counts of credit card theft. In January, Millburn police were called to Saks Fifth Avenue at the Mall at Short Hills on a report of credit card fraud at the store. The investigation lead to the arrest warrants for the two men. Police said Llopiz used a stolen credit card to obtain merchandise valued at $267.50 and Carter used a stolen credit cards in an attempt to obtain merchandise valued at…
Thursday, March 4, 2010
He was charged with driving while intoxicated.
A South Orange resident was arrested after a car accident Tuesday night on Millburn Avenue. Brian P. McSharry, 39, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and issued a summons for careless driving after the crash at just before 9:30 p.m. There were no apparent injuries because of the accident, police said. Both police and the Millburn-Short Hills First Aid Squad were at the scene of the two-car accident at the intersection of Millburn and Wyoming avenues.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Also, police make arrests at the mall for credit card fraud and shoplifting.
Police are investigating an apparent Internet fraud incident where a township resident was the victim. The resident reported on Feb. 22 he received a check for $2,950 and was told to send $1,300 to a Texas address via Western Union. The victim believe he had started a business relationship with a Texas-based company and his $1,300.00 was going to cover shipping costs for items that he was to receive, police said. Several days later the victim learned that the check he received was bad. Police Make Arrests at the Mall The Millburn police made shoplifting and credit card fraud arrests at the Mall at Short Hills last week. On Sunday, police arrested Deanna Moore, 20, of Upper Darby, Penn. for allegedly using a stolen credit card to obtain a …
He is accused of leasing a car in the name of a Short Hills resident.
Millburn police arrested a Livingston man for allegedly leasing a car in the name of a Short Hills resident. Joseph A. Salerno, 40, was arrested after turning himself in at police headquarters on Feb. 24 and charged with theft of identity. Police said Salerno used personal identifying information of the victim to lease a 2010 Honda Accord from Route 22 Honda in Hillside. The victim reported on Dec. 28 he was alerted of attempts to fraudulently open credit cards in his name. Upon conducting a credit card check on himself, he learned he was listed as a co-signer on a car lease. The investigation led to a warrant for Salerno's arrest. He was released after his arrest.
They have determined a cause for the fire at 517 Millburn Ave., but there are final legal issues that need to be settled.
Millburn fire investigators in the next few weeks could release their determination of what caused a fire at 517 Millburn Ave. in January. Fire officials said Monday they are confirming a few legal aspects of the case, but they have determined a cause for the fire. Their determination could be released to the public within the next couple weeks. Fire Marshal Tom Pizzano also said Monday they had issued a $2,000 fine to the building's owners for a fire code violation—decreasing the effectivity of a fire alarm system. While the building has a central alarm system, he said, the alarm system never alerted fire dispatch of the fire. The full details of the violation would be released when the report about the fire is released, Pizzano said. It …
Wires were down because of last week's snow storm.
Brookside Drive remained closed on Monday, but repairs could be complete by the end of the day allowing for it to be open. The road was closed during last week's snow storm because of wires that came down, according to county officials. The road was closed between Glen Avenue and South Orange Avenue through South Mountain Reservation. Monday was the fourth day the road was closed. Verizon workers were on scene Monday working on repairing the downed wires, which would allow for the road to be opened. Verizon was doing other work in town on Monday. They were doing emergency repairs in the manhole at the corner of Millburn Avenue and Main Street between 7:30-9 a.m. Millburn police did not know the nature of the repairs. Workers also were …
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
But state funding may not be available for the study of the Millburn and Summit departments.
The Millburn Township Committee is poised to vote on hiring a firm to oversee a study to find more shared services between the Millburn and Summit fire departments, but funding is still a question. The item to hire Emergency Services Consulting International of Wilsonville, Ore. is on the consent agenda, and the Summit Common Council approved the contract a week ago. The two communities are agreeing to pay about $2,500 each for the $48,870 cost with the hopes of receiving a state SHARE grant. But the grant may not be available from the state and could be part of Gov. Chris Christie's cuts. Township Administrator Tim Gordon said the committee would need to discuss and decide how to proceed if that were to happen. If the two communities do …
Monday, February 22, 2010
The fire was Saturday on Route 78.
There were no reported injuries when firefighters extinguished a car fire on Route 78 on Saturday afternoon. The fire was reported at just before 3 p.m. at milemarker 49.9 in the westbound lanes. Millburn firefighters quickly extinguished the fire with water. They were assisted by Springfield and Summit firefighters. Millburn was on scene for about 90 minutes. Millburn firefighters also responded this weekend to a fire in Orange. According to a Star-Ledger report, the fire destroyed six row houses.
