Sunday, May 12, 2013
Ten-year veteran Christopher Slayton had served in Detective Bureau, was juvenile delinquency officer.
Christopher Slayton was promoted to sergeant in the Chatham Township Police Department at Thursday’s Township Committee meeting. Slayton, a 10-year veteran of the department, will be a patrol sergeant. He graduated from the Morris County Police Academy in 2003 and has served eight years as a patrolman in Chatham Township. In 2010, he spent four months working for the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Special Task Force. In 2011, he was appointed to the Detective Bureau in the Chatham Township department. Over the past several years, Slayton served as a detective and juvenile officer, responsible for criminal investigations and all juvenile delinquency matters. His responsibilities at the department also included being evidence custodian, …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Peter Glogolich issued summons for role in May 4 collision, police say.
Chatham Borough Fire Chief Peter Glogolich was issued a summons for striking a pedestrian with his borough-owned vehicle. Police department executive administrative assistant Kevin O'Shea said Glogolich, 51, was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk after he struck Lillian Garrison, 42, of Chatham on May 4. Patrolman Brian Colatrella had found that Glogolich was attempting to turn left from Main Street onto Bowers Lane when he struck Garrison, who was walking westbound across Bowers Lane, O'Shea said. Glogolich was driving the chief's vehicle but was not responding to a call at that time, O'Shea said. Garrison was treated for a minor head injury at Morristown Medical Center following the collision. Colatrella was able …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Child who came forward with information on alleged abuse was beat multiple times with belt by Carolyn Jackson, prosecutor said.
A U.S. Army major and his wife both pleaded not guilty to torturing and abusing their children on the Picatinny Arsenal military base during an appearance in federal court on Thursday, according to The Star-Ledger. John Jackson, 37, and Carolyn Jackson, 35, of Mount Holly, are currently out on $250,000 bail each. They have been ordered not to have contact with the adopted children they are accused of abusing or their three biological children after a 17-count indictment claims they abused two adopted kids for years by breaking their bones, withholding water from them, force-feeding them hot sauce and denying them medical attention. The alleged acts took place between August 2005 and April 23, 2010, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. The …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Traffic delays could be caused in Madison and Chatham Township.
The annual Police Unity Tour begins its first leg Wednesday morning, and will ride through downtown Madison and Chatham Township. The Police Unity Tour is a four-day bicycle ride from New Jersey to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of the law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. Funds raised from the tour support the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial and Museum in the nation's capitol. This year's route will go through Main Street and Madison Avenue in Madison and then to Loantaka Way and into Chatham Township. Along with officers riding in honor of those killed in the line of duty, a cadre of logistical supporters also travel along the tour. These people offer water, medical attention to the bikers along the …
Monday, May 6, 2013
No summonses issued in accident on Main Street.
Chatham Borough Police said they investigated a pedestrian struck by a car on Main Street at Bowers Lane Saturday afternoon. Patrolman Brian Colatrella found Peter Glogolich, 51, of Chatham Borough, was attempting to turn left from Main Street onto Bowers Lane when he struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk, according to a statement from Kevin O'Shea of the Chatham Borough Police Department. Glogolich, the fire chief of Chatham Borough, was driving the fire chief's vehicle but was not responding to a call at the time, O'Shea said. The pedestrian, Lillian Garrison, 42, of Chatham, was crossing Bowers Lane walking westbound when she was struck, according to O'Shea. Garrison suffered a minor head injury and was transported to Morristown Medical …
Teen girls report being approached by a male who followed them, made crude remarks.
Chatham Borough police are asking the public's help in solving two recent incidents of attempted child luring. Authorities responded to two incidents of men attempting to lure minor females around the same time Friday afternoon. Two 13-year-old girls told police that they were approached by a man on foot after school Friday near Kings supermarket on Main Street. The man — described as Hispanic, in his late 20s, 6 feet tall, with a thin build, short brown hair and clad in tight blue jeans and a dark green sleeveless T-shirt — yelled at the girls and began making crude remarks, police said. The girls ignored him and kept walking, but the man followed them, police said. He was spotted leaving the area soon after in a black, late model sedan…
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Carrie Ruffner found 3.4 miles from home Saturday after last being seen Wednesday in Basking Ridge.
A Long Hill woman who had been missing since Wednesday was found safe Saturday afternoon. Carrie Ruffner, 34, was found by Long Hill police Sgt. Aaron Buerstetta at 3:49 p.m. near the intersection of Carlton Road and Whitebridge Road in Millington, only 3.4 miles from her home. Ruffner was transported to Morristown Medical Center for evaluation, acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said in a release. Authorities did not say where Ruffner had been for the past three days or if she suffered from a medical condition. Ruffner disappeared after leaving her parents' house in Basking Ridge around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, and had been expected back at her own home on Meyersville Road in Long Hill. A large search coordinated by the Morris …
Friday, May 3, 2013
Morris County authorities report that Carrie Ruffner, last seen Wednesday at parents' home in Basking Ridge, is still missing.
The search continued on Friday for Long Hill resident Carrie Ruffner, 34, who was last seen at her parents home in Basking Ridge on Wednesday evening. Ruffner had not been located as of shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, said Morris County First Assistant Prosecutor Tom Zelante. He said he had nothing further to report at that time, but added that further updates would be released as needed. Zelante said the investigation is being handled entirely within Morris County, since that's where Ruffner's home is located. Ruffner, 34, was last seen leaving her parents' house around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said Ruffner was driving to her own home on Meyersville Road in Long Hill Township and was expected to …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Chatham Borough Police ask anyone with information to call.
Chatham Borough Police seek information about a BMW stolen from the parking lot of a local restaurant Monday. Police responded to Scalini Fedeli at 9:47 p.m. Monday after they received a report of a stolen car, according to a statement from Kevin O'Shea, a spokesman for the department. The restaurant valet told police he saw a silver Nissan Murano occupied by three black males enter the parking lot of the restaurant, police said. One of the men left the Nissan, forced open the locked key box on the side of the building and removed several sets of keys, police said. The man was able to take a 2012 BMW 5 series with New Jersey license plates U91 CJX, which belonged to one of the restaurant patrons, police said. Both cars sped away and headed…
Reward for information leading to capture of Joanne Chesimard, convicted in 1973 killing of state trooper, totals $2 million.
The most wanted woman in New Jersey history is now the first woman on the FBI's fugitive terrorist list. Joanne Chesimard, convicted of a murdering a state trooper in 1973, was added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list Thursday on the 40-year anniversary of the trooper's death. The FBI Newark Division held a press conference Thursday to announce the addition of Chesimard's name and the collaboration between federal and state law enforcement agencies in upping the reward for information that leads to her arrest to $2 million. Chesimard is the first woman on the Most Wanted Terrorist List. Chesimard, who is now known as Assata Shakur, has been living under political asylum in Cuba since she broke out of a Hunterdon County prison during a…
Jed Caldwell
12:01 am on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Bingo Sir. I can’t speak for anyone but myself and I’m pointing my finger at the Chatham Police, not the Chief. The Chief I’m sure is a good guy and I’m sure he is as interested as the rest of us to see justice prevail, even if that means he gets a ticket or whatever for his careless action! I’m sure he’ll end up in a civil suit over this. Will Chatham ask its taxpayers to pay his legal costs? Is… more ›