Thursday, May 23, 2013
Photos and video from third annual battle of the bands at Verona High School.
The third annual Cops & Rockers battle of the bands pinned the talent of eight teen bands against Undercover, a group made up of local police officers from Verona and Montclair. The bands took the stage at Verona High School Saturday and raised $3,000, which will be split with the school’s music program and an effort to rebuild a community center in Brick destroyed by superstorm Sandy. Each band played one original song along with a selection of popular covers. The youth once again out-rocked the cops with the band GNGR taking first place. The winning band received a day in a music studio, where they will record a CD and make a music video, as well as receive a consultation with RCA Records in New York. The winner was selected by text vote…
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Verona High School
151 Fairview Ave, Verona, NJ
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Jury convicts Michael Durante for writing illegal prescriptions for pain killer.
A doctor from Montclair was found guilty Wednesday of writing illegal prescriptions that put an estimated 70,000 oxycodone pills on the street for resale, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Michael Durante, 59, whose internal medicine practice was located in Nutley, faces up to 20 years in prison and $4 million in fines, after a federal jury in New Jersey convicted him of 16 of 17 counts brought against him, one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and 15 counts of unlawful distribution of the drug. Durante, according to evidence presented in court, regularly sold prescriptions of the pain killer oxycodone between 2009 and March 2011 to a group of people who would resell the drugs on the street for a profit. Two men who …
Bikes were stolen from a Forest Street apartment complex.
Multiple bikes were stolen from storage bins at a Forest Street apartment complex, according to police. At 3:27 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, police responded to reports of a burglary at the complex. The victim told police his basement storage bin had been broke into and that a thief, or thieves, had made off with his Trek-Hyrbid bicycle. According to a report, the half-mountain bike, half-road bike is red in color with black rims and black handle bars. Another tenant in the complex reported that her storage bin had also been broken into and that her hybrid bicycle with its black seat and black handlebars had also been stolen. Additional bikes were reported stolen earlier in the month, including a Trek valued at more than $3,000. Montclair Police…
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident.
Police are currently investigating the Wednesday, May 15 burglary of a James Street home in which jewelry and loose change were stolen while the home was empty. Police were called to the home at 8:16 p.m. after the apparent victim reported coming home to find several bedroom dresser drawers opened with clothing and other belongings strewn on the floor. Police said no notable signs of forced entry were found and that incident is believed to have taken place between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. that same day. The only items reported missing were pieces of jewelery and loose change. No value for the jewelry was immediately provided by the victim, according to police. No arrests have been made nor have any suspects been identified in connection with …
Montclair Police say convicted felon was carrying weapon near Lackawanna Plaza early Sunday.
The following arrest information was provided by Montclair Police and does not indicate a conviction. A concerned citizen acting on the motto “see something, say something” resulted in the arrest of a Newark man carrying a gun loaded with hollow point bullets near Lackawanna Plaza early Sunday morning, police said. Montclair Police Detective Lt. Angel Roman said a driver who was getting gas at the Exxon station at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Grove Street called police to report a man carrying a silver gun with black trim walking with a woman toward Lackawanna Plaza. Police stopped two people fitting the caller’s description near 50 Greenwood Ave. With their guns drawn, police ordered them to raise their hands, which revealed the …
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Exxon
264 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ
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Montclair Police Department will be holding a special bike registration Wednesday and Thursday.
The Montclair Police Department is holding a bike registration outside Montclair High School on Wednesday and Thursday, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hurry! The first 100 people to register their bikes will get free helmets. The registration is taking place at the corner of Chestnut Street and Midland Avenue. The Township of Montclair requires by ordinance that all bicycles be registered. The fee for registration is $1 per bike. Thieves have been targeting bicycles in town and having a bike registered can help the owner get it back in the event it is stolen.
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Montclair High School
100 Chestnut St, Montclair, NJ
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Local police participating in national Click It or Ticket campaign through June 2.
The Montclair Police Department along with law enforcement agencies across the country is participating in the the 2013 Click It or Ticket seat-belt campaign now through Sunday, June 2. During this time, there will be zero-tolerance enforcement of safety belt laws, which in New Jersey require all passengers to wear seat belts regardless of their position in the car. Not wearing a seat belt in a front seat is a primary offense and officers may stop a car and issue a ticket for this alone. Failure to wear seat belts in a back seat is a secondary offense and a ticket may be issued if the driver has been pulled over for another motor vehicle offense. “Whether you’re riding in the front or back seat, a seat belt is the simplest way to protect …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Montclair Councilwoman Renee Baskerville changes focus of community meeting to discuss recent murder-suicide in neighborhood park.
Montclair Fourth Ward Councilwoman Renee Baskerville has announced that the focus of a community meeting planned for Tuesday, May 21, has been changed in light of last week's murder-suicide in a neighborhood park involving a resident and his girlfriend. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Montclair Fire Headquarters on Pine Street. Fourth Ward resident Brandon Brown, 26, and his girlfriend Shanae Q. Howard, 24, of Orange, were discovered dead by police in Canterbury Park Thursday night after gunshots were reported in the park. The deaths were ruled a murder-suicide by a medical examiner, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said Friday. Baskerville said in a letter to residents of the Fourth Ward she …
Friday, May 17, 2013
The deaths of Brandon Brown, 26, of Montclair, and Shanae Q. Howard, 24, of Orange, have been determined to be a murder-suicide by medical examiner.
A Montclair man shot his girlfriend several times in the head before turning the gun on himself in a Montclair park Thursday night, according to Essex County Acting Prosecutor Carolyn Murray. The deaths of Brandon Brown, 26, of Montclair, and Shanae Q. Howard, 24, of Orange, have been determined to be a murder-suicide by the Essex County Regional Medical Examiner, Murray said. The bodies of the couple were found near a children’s playground in Canterbury Park, less than a quarter-mile from Brown’s home on Willowdale Avenue. Montclair Police found the gun believed to have been used by Brown to shoot Howard multiple times in the head before killing himself with a single bullet to the head. Bill Carr, whose property backs up to the park …
Authorities recovered a gun at the scene and say there is no threat to the community after man and woman were found dead late Thursday.
[Updated at 11:48 a.m. on Friday, May 17] The death of a man and woman whose bodies were discovered late Thursday in a Montclair park is being treated as an isolated incident, and authorities say they have the gun believed used in the killings. Police responded to Canterbury Park after gunshots were reported around 10 p.m. Brandon Brown, 26, of Montclair, and Shanae Q. Howard, 24, of Orange, were found dead near a bench in front of a playground, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The two were pronounced dead at 10:40 p.m. Police have not detailed the circumstances or manner of their deaths, but said the two had a "dating relationship." The fact that a gun was found in the park and that authorities say no danger exists to…
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Canterbury Park
49 Canterbury Dr, Montclair, NJ
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Rafe Gomez
9:39 am on Friday, May 24, 2013
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