Tuesday, June 18, 2013
An officer's quick response put out a car fire before it could spread.
A Parsippany Police Officer's quick response helped quell a car fire after it burst into flames on Monday. Ptl. Thomas Dinkelspiel was patrolling the area near Smith Field on Baldwin Road around 7:30 p.m. when he saw a blue BMW pull into the park completely filled with smoke, said Parsippany Police Sgt. Yvonne Christiano. The driver, who was the only person in the vehicle, got out just before the 2007 BMW station wagon burst into flames, she said. Officer Dinkelspiel was able to put the fire out with an extinguisher before the flames could spread from the rear compartment. Parsippany District 5 Fire Department arrived shortly after and determined that an improperly-wired battery compartment caused the fire. No one, including the driver, …
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Apartment burglary also under investigation.
Parsippany police are investigating an apartment burglary and a possible attempted break-in which occurred within hours of each other on Saturday. Police were called to Tivoli Gardens Apartments on Parsippany Boulevard just after 4 p.m. on Saturday on a report of a burglary. The resident told police she came home from work and noticed that jewelry was missing from her home. She also noticed that her dresser drawers had been gone through, she told police. “Signs of forced entry were observed on the rear door of the apartment as if it were pried open,” Parsippany Police Ptl. Earl Kinsey said in a written statement. The Parsippany Police Investigative Division as well as members of the Morris County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Police seek a man between 5'7" and 5'10" wearing a light grey hoodie and jeans.
The Parsippany Police Department says it is on the lookout for a man in connection with a reported robbery and assault that took place Wednesday night in Lake Hiawatha. At about 8:56 p.m., a group of residents led officers to a woman at Wenonah Avenue whose screams compelled them to come outside and help, according to department spokesperson Ptlm. Earl Kinsey. The women reportedly told the police that she was walking on Wenonah Avenue when a man came behind her, grabbed her purse, knocked her to the ground and fled south toward Lake Shore Drive. Kinsey said he got away with $100 in cash and other items. Kinsey said the man was described as standing between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall and was wearing a light grey hooded …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
An investigation led to the Parsippany police special enforcement unit action.
Parsippany police made three prostitution arrests Wednesday after an undercover sting operation at the Howard Johnson Express Inn at 625 Route 46. Gabriel A. Rios-Leon, 20, of Rockaway was charged with promoting prostitution. He is being held at the Morris County Correctional Facility on $50,000 bail with no 10 percent option, police spokesperson Sgt. Yvonne Christiano said. Shannon Owens, 21, of New York City was charged with soliciting prostitution after she offered to perform sexual acts with an undercover officer in exchange for $120, Christiano said. The woman also faces charges of possession of controlled dangerous substances (Xanax, oxycontin, marijuana) and had numerous outstanding arrest warrants, among them a no-bail fugitive …
Police say they hope to raise statewide seat belt usage to 90 percent.
Be sure to wear your seat belt when you drive—or face the consequences. That's the message from Parsippany Police, which is launching another Click It or Ticket public safety effort. Law enforcement officers will crack down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of this national campaign from May 20 through June 2, according to PPD spokesperson Sgt. Yvonne Christiano. The annual initiative includes high visibility law enforcement seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed to teach drivers and passengers how seat belts can save lives. Christiano said the most effective device for preventing deaths and injuries in motor vehicle crashes remains the seat belt. When used consistently, …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Barberio blasts councilmen seeking mayor's seat for voting against introduction of $62M 2013 spending plan.
The Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Council, by a vote of 3-2, approved the introduction of Mayor James Barberio's proposed $62 million 2013 municipal budget at its Tuesday night agenda meeting at Parsippany High School — and the town's top executive is not happy that the vote wasn't unanimous. Council members Paul Carifi Jr. and Jonathan Nelson, who are both running for mayor in the 2013 election, voted against the measure. Barberio is running for re-election. In a statement released Wednesday, Barberio attacked them both and called on the councilmen to change their votes when the measure comes up for a final vote. The $62,286,803.97 spending plan would result in a zero percent tax increase for residents. "I worked hard on this budget to …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
As officers were answering a carjacking call at Paul Miller Land Rover, they heard of another underway at nearby Wawa.
Parsippany Police say they are investigating two carjackings in the township. Officers responded to Paul Miller Land Rover on Route 46 just after 8 p.m. Wednesday to look into a report of an employee who had just been carjacked at gunpoint, according to a police statement. While there, they received word of another carjacking—this one in progress—at the nearby Wawa on New Road. At the Land Rover dealership, an employee told officers that while he was parking a 2013 Range Rover Super Charger, a white car (believed to be an Infiniti) pulled up and two men armed with handguns and wearing bandannas over the lower half of their faces exited the white vehicle and demanded the keys to the Super Charger. The employee reportedly turned over the …
Reason for the investigation reportedly has not been revealed, but defense lawyer calls it 'retaliation' for James Carifi's whistle-blowing.
A Parsippany Police probe is underway against Capt. James Carifi, a member of the township Board of Education, NJ.com reports — and the action may have put the brakes on the man's plan to retire from the force. No comment on the reason for the investigation has been released by the police and town administration so far has not commented, however, Carifi's lawyer, Patrick Toscano, alleges the probe is "direct retaliation" for Carifi's employment suit against the town. Toscano told NJ.com that the department "simply wants to toy with" his client and added that Carifi has not been told why he is being investigated. Carifi filed suit against the town and former Chief Michael Peckerman in 2011, charging them with running afoul of the New Jersey…
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Neighbors say they heard an explosion and then saw responders appear.
Parsippany Police and a number of area fire districts were at the scene of a Saturday afternoon residential fire on Iroquois Avenue in Lake Hiawatha. According to Lake Hiawatha Fire District 4 Chief R.J. Briant, the fire, which was reported shortly after four p.m., is under investigation. Briant said no one was injured in the blaze, but he said officials did not know much more at this time. "Firefighters were able to knock down the fire in about five minutes after our arrival," he said. "Boonton Fire Department was the fast team here, but District 4 arrived and took command. Right now, we have to wait to see what caused the fire." The Rockaway Neck District 5 department was also on the scene, and Briant said Parsippany-Troy Hills Fire …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Police say fire at Shaya Ahavat Torah was accidental.
Parsippany Police say an overheated electrical cord led to a structure fire just after 6 a.m. Thursday at Congregation Shaya Ahavat Torah on Hawkins Avenue. The fire was discovered by an individual who entered the temple in early morning and smelled smoke, according to a police statement. That person reportedly left the temple and spoke with a neighbor who saw flames coming from the building's rear, ran to his home and brought back a fire extinguisher as 9-1-1 was being called, police said. "The neighbor was able to contain the flames with the extinguisher and a garden hose until Parsippany Fire Districts 5 and 4 [the Parsippany-Troy Hills and Lake Hiawatha departments] arrived at the location and extinguished the blaze," said PPD …
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