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The elderly man who fired two rounds at officers from a Sussex County parking garage has been charged with attempted murder, Newton Police said.
Edwin Greene, 80, called officers from the parking garage under the Newton Town Centre complex stating that he had a gun and was suicidal around 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 25, police said.
A temporary lockdown was put into place when Greene
Greene was later found outside Newton Medical Center and subdued with physical force, police said.
Greene, of Newton, was charged Wednesday with first-degree criminal attempt of murder, eluding and various weapons offenses, police said.
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When Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller takes on a new case in criminal court, it s not about winning, says his boss. It s his unwavering dedication to justice, Francis Koch, Sussex County prosecutor said of his second in command on Tuesday. That s what makes his career outstanding.
Instead, it s about seeking the truth and doing what he feels is right, Koch said of Mueller, who has served in law enforcement for over 25 years.
Those qualities are, in part, why Mueller was selected by the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey as the winner of the 2020 Outstanding Advocacy Over the Course of a Career award last month. And why Mueller is the first assistant prosecutor in Sussex County to receive the honor, after being chosen from among 900 assistant prosecutors statewide.
He was
surrendered to detectives with the Sussex County Prosecutor s Office Thursday night and transported some 250 miles to the Byram Township Police Department, where he was processed and fingerprinted, according to Gregory Mueller, Sussex County s first assistant prosecutor. He was then transferred to the Morris County jail.
Authorities have said the two soldiers met in Watertown, New York, on Dec. 18 to exchange vehicles. A dispute between the two men may have played a role in Mellish s decision to abduct Harris and take him on a more than 300-mile trek south to Brooklyn, Mellish s hometown, according to Mueller.
For reasons police haven t yet explained, Mellish then drove across New Jersey, made his way to the end of Ross Road in Byram and left Harris body there. Prosecutors so far haven t disclosed a motive for the alleged killing.
By CRAIG FOX | The Watertown Daily Times | Published: January 7, 2021 WATERTOWN, N.Y. (Tribune News Service) A Fort Drum soldier and a 16-year-old boy accused of killing another soldier will face murder and other charges only in New Jersey, even though the alleged kidnapping occurred in the north country. Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, and an unidentified teen are accused of abducting Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, in Glen Park and driving him some 300 miles in the corporal s 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup to Byram Township, N.J., after the soldiers had apparently argued about swapping vehicles. Mellish remains in military custody in the Oneida County Correctional Facility, awaiting extradition to New Jersey. The teen is still in a detention center in upstate New York.
Cops trying to ID man found dead a month ago by hunter in N.J. state park
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
Posted Jan 07, 2021
A graphic created by detectives with the New Jersey State Police Forensic Imaging Unit provides photos and a description of the tattoos.NJSP
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Investigators are asking the public to help identify a man who was found dead a month ago in a state park in Sussex County.
The man, who was between 20 and 40 years old, was found on Dec. 8, 2020 in Stokes State Forest about 300 yards from Tower Trail in Sandyston Township, according to New Jersey State Police.