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Chatham Police Department

Friday, December 28, 2012

Unconscious Man Found With 30 Bags of Pot, Cops Say

Police said PCP was also found on Berkeley Heights resident at River Grille.

A Berkeley Heights man was charged with drug possession in Chatham Friday after police said they found him unconscious and with 30 bags of marijuana at the River Grille on River Road. Jacquim Sperlazza, 25, was charged with possession of marjiuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, being under the influence of a narcotic drug, possession of Phencyclidine (also known as PCP) and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to a press release prepared by Chatham Police Ptl. Kevin O'Shea, police responded to the River Grille around 2 a.m. after Sperlazza was reported to have fallen. When officers arrived, O'Shea said Sperlazza was beginning to regain consciousness but appeared to be under the influence of drugs. Police then …

S Drury

2:20 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

As for Mr. Schwab's comments, the gentleman charged with possession was INDEED served at the bar that night. There is simple proof of that if you properly review your numerous camera videos placed variously around your property. Furthermore, it was not "management" who called CPD, it was a patron, the individual's phone's call log can confirm this. I'd suggest fact checking and a bit more …   more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

Woman, 75, Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree

Florham Park resident died after accident on North Passaic Avenue Thursday afternoon.

A 75-year-old Florham Park woman died after crashing her car into a North Passaic Avenue tree in Chatham on Thursday. The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was found in her vehicle around 3:30 p.m. in "very serious condition," according to a press release prepared by Det. Lt. Kevin O'Shea. She was removed from her car by the Chatham Fire Department and Chatham EMS volunteers and given CPR. She was then transported to the Morristown Medical Center where O'She said she was pronounced dead just after 4 p.m. Police are continuing to investigate. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office, Morris County Sheriff's Office and Chatham Police Traffic Safety Officer Robert Sweetin responded.

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