NJ Man Wrongly Named Mass Murderer, Morris County Prosecutor Removed Top State News
Other top stories around the state this week include the vicious vandalization of a former Wyckoff Township Committee candidate and a good samaritan struck by an alleged drunk driver while attending to a car accident.
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Ryan Lanza, Wrongly Named As Mass Murderer, Left To Grieve
Early news reports named Hoboken resident Ryan Lanza, a 24-year-old Quinnipiac University graduate, as the shooter who had massacred 20 school children in a sleepy Connecticut town. Subsequent reports named Lanza's younger brother, Adam, as the actual shooter.
Governor Orders Attorney General Takeover of Morris Prosecutor's Office
Gov. Chris Christie requested the removal of Robert Bianchi as prosecutor six months after his term expired. Fredric Knapp was sworn in as the new Morris County prosecutor Friday.
Former Committee Candidate Targeted in Vicious Vandalism
More than $10,000 in damages, including spray painted expletives and derogatory terms, were done to former Wyckoff Township Committee Candidate Eileen Avia's home, and two residents' cars Saturday night.
Cops: Good Samaritan Hit By One Drunk Driver As He Comes To Aid Of Another
A Paramus man was critically injured Friday night when he was struck by a drunk driver after stopping to aid a second drunk driver who had crashed her car into a pole, authorities said.
NJ Crime Rose 3 Percent in 2011, Report Shows
Overall crime in New Jersey rose 3 percent from 2010 to 2011, but violent crimes remained the same, according to New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa.
Additional Patch coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting:
Mary Sherlach, CT School Shooting Victim, Looked Ahead to Next Stage of Life
Sherlach, a school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was killed in Friday's deadly shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn.
West Essex Couple Attended Holiday Show at Sandy Hook Night Before Shooting
A Roseland family attended Sandy Hook Elementary School’s fourth grade holiday show Thursday, the night before alleged gunman Adam Lanza took the lives of 20 children and six adults at the school as well as his own.
JOEL 5454
10:38 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Governor should order Attorney General to Take Over The Middlesex County Prosecutors Office as soon as possible,before their is Senatorial /Congressional Hearings about intentional Political Judicial Misconduct of Municipal Chief Judges that under the color of law violates their oath of office,and a conflict of interest for the N.J U.S Attorney,The N.J F.B.I,and the two Democratic N.J U.S senators to bring charges against political associates that orders police to arrest and detain black Whistle Blowers ,whose want to ask republicans to help investigate Corruption in Democratic Districts in New Jersey!