HANOVER TOWNSHIP — Hanover Township, NJ Committee Meeting – January 12, 2023.
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Members of the Township Committee
The Township of Hanover has a Township Committee form of government comprising five members.
MORRIS PLAINS — 37 Higbie Way is a newly constructed townhouse within “The Collection at Morris Plains.” This townhouse has three bedrooms and 2.1 bathrooms. The lot size is 3,485 square feet. The listing agent was Debra A. Glatz; of Lennar.
| 33 | Whitney | Morris Plains Boro | $654,990 |
| 37 | Higbie Way | Morris Plains Boro | 999,890 |
| 8 | Totten Way | Morris Plains Boro | 625,000 |
| 40 | Janeway Place | Morris Plains Boro | 565,000 |
| 142 | Veterans | Morris Plains Boro | 659,990 |
| 14 | Cecala Road | Morris Plains Boro | 739,990 |
| 24 | Signorelli Lane | Morris Plains Boro | 877,340 |
| 12 | Cecala Road | Morris Plains Boro | 695,000 |
| 10 | Cecala Road | Morris Plains Boro | 739,990 |
| 17 | Brook Drive North | Morris Plains Boro | 485,000 |
| 16 | Cecala Road | Morris Plains Boro | 739,990 |
| 32 | Whitney Avenue | Morris Plains Boro | 599,990 |
PARSIPPANY — Hanover Township Police Officer Erick Magley arrested Ketankumar Shah, 56, Parsippany, after responding to a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday, December 20, at 11:17 p.m.
Mr. Shah was traveling on Highland Avenue and attempted to make a U-Turn in a driveway and hit two parked cars.
There were a few airplane bottles of alcohol on the center console inside his vehicle.
After numerous field sobriety tests, Shah failed, was taken into custody, and was arrested. The officers drove Mr. Shah to East Hanover Police Headquarters to potentially give samples of his breath. Officer Magley stated, “Shah was handcuffed, searched, and placed in the rear of the police car. The car’s rear was rechecked before and then once at East Hanover Police Department with negative results.” Then the officer searched Shah and revealed two opened airplane bottles of E & J Brandy, one in each of his front pockets. This was the same type of alcohol located on the center console in Shah’s car.
Shah was then transported to Hanover Township Police Headquarters for processing and issued motor vehicle summonses for DWI, refusal, careless driving, reckless driving, consuming alcohol in a vehicle, failure to provide an insurance card registration card, driving with an open container, and speeding.
Shah made numerous telephone calls but was unable to find anyone to come to pick him up. At this time, Officer Magley drove Shah to his home in Parsippany, where his elderly mother signed the Potential Liability Form.
Shah’s vehicle, a 2008 Honda Odyssey, was disabled and towed by Eagle Towing. Shah was advised how and where to get the release for the vehicle.
The owner of the two damaged vehicles was notified by Patrolman Foesel.
Shah was released pending his court date.
Editor’s Note: An arrest or signing of a criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until he or she has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
HANOVER TOWNSHIP — The Hanover Township Police Department Dispatch Center received multiple 911 calls from separate residents reporting someone attempting to break into their home at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11.
Hanover Township Police Officers responded to the area and observed a vehicle that fled the scene at a high rate of speed.
Believing this vehicle to be involved in the attempted burglaries, Sgt. Dominic Kaiser pursued the suspect vehicle through several neighboring towns and ultimately took the suspect into custody.
The Patrol Division and the Detective Bureau determined that the same suspect attempted to break into multiple homes in the Birch Hill section of Hanover Township.
If you have any security video that you believe would assist in the investigation, email it to Sgt John Schauder, jschauder@hanoverpolice.com, or Sgt. Dominic Kaiser,
dkaiser@hanoverpolice.com.
All of the homes the suspect attempted to break into were locked, which led to the suspect attempting to use other means to gain entry.
The residents heard the suspect’s actions and immediately called 911. Please continue to lock the doors and windows of not only your homes but also your vehicles.
MORRIS COUNTY —Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker, Sheriff James M. Gannon, and Morris Township Police Chief Robert Shearer announce the arrest of Tysean Ware, 20, Newark.
On Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at approximately 3:00 p.m., members of the Morris Township Police Department received a report of a burglary in progress. Responding officers learned that Ware twice entered a Morris Township residence, where a minor was present in the home. Thereafter, video surveillance of Ware showed him getting into and stealing the resident’s 2021 Mercedes SL500 Maybach.
The investigation revealed Ware was in Morristown that day for a scheduled visit with his Morris County Recovery Court Probation Officer. Ware was dropped off and picked up from his probation visit in a stolen Range Rover. The stolen Range Rover was recovered in Ridgefield Park, Bergen County, with proceeds from burglaries that occurred on January 10, in Mendham Township and Morris Township. In June of 2022, Ware was convicted of stealing a motor vehicle and eluding from an incident in Florham Park. Ware was admitted into the Morris County Recovery Court Program over the State’s objection.
On the evening of January 11, 2023, police in Secaucus were involved in an incident with Ware while he was driving the stolen Mercedes-Maybach, ultimately leading to Ware ramming a Secaucus patrol vehicle. Following this incident, the stolen Mercedes-Maybach was recovered quickly in Newark. Ware has been charged in Secaucus with second-degree eluding, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:29-2b, and second-degree receiving stolen property, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:20-7.
On January 12, 2023, members of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Operations Division, the New Jersey State Police, and the Newark Police Department arrested Tysean Ware for entering a vehicle outside his Newark residence.
Tysean Ware has been charged with the following:
• Conspiracy to commit theft, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:5-2 and 2C:20-3, a crime of the second degree;
• Theft, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:20-3, a crime of the second degree (motor vehicle);
• Theft, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:20-3, a crime of the third degree (personal property)
• Conspiracy to commit burglary, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:5-2 and 2C:18-2a(1), a crime of the third degree;
• Burglary (three counts), in violation of N.J.S. 2C:18-2a(1), a crime of the third degree;
• Criminal Trespass, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:18-3, a fourth degree crime.
This arrest was the result of excellent police work by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Operations Division, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office (Trends & Analysis Team and Crime Scene Investigation), the Morris Township Police Department, the New Jersey State Police, the Newark Police Department, and our law enforcement partners. Senior Assistant Prosecutor Erin Callahan is representing the State in this prosecution.
Ware was lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility on the complaint warrants pending a pretrial detention hearing.
Editor’s Note: An arrest or the signing of a criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until he or she has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
EAST HANOVER — An East Hanover mother faces decades behind bars for helping her boyfriend escape after he allegedly beat her son to death and then lied to police.
On Thursday, Krystal Straw, 29, pleaded guilty to child endangerment, witness tampering, and hampering an investigation. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 16.
Edwin Urbina, with a last known address of 14-02 Clyde Potts Drive, Morristown, the alleged killer of Straw’s three-year-old son, Liam Christian, who turned himself in, is scheduled for a pretrial conference on January 18.
According to news reports, Straw left her son and five-year-old daughter in Urbina’s care at the now-closed OYO Hotel on August 12, 2021, to work an overnight shift at QuickChek, despite being aware of past abuse by Urbina towards the young boy. In the early morning hours of August 13, Urbina called Straw about an emergency, and she soon realized that he had killed the boy.
Instead of alerting the authorities, she helped Urbina clear the hotel room and dropped him off at a residence before showing up at the hospital with her son. The three-year-old was pronounced dead shortly after 5 a.m. at Morristown Medical Center. Following an autopsy, the medical examiner determined the cause of death as multiple injuries and the manner of death as a homicide. The medical examiner also noted pre-existing injuries to the boy’s ribs and wrists that predated August 13.
She deleted communication with Urbina from her phone and told police that she had been with her kids all night and that the bruising occurred while she was trying to administer CPR.
Urbina, of Morristown, had allegedly told Straw that she wouldn’t get in trouble because she had a clean record. He told her not to tell anyone about his involvement due to his criminal history.
One day after authorities sought the public’s help with locating Urbina, he was taken into custody without incident on August 17 outside the Morris County Records and Administration building in Morristown.
Urbina, charged with murder and other offenses in the matter, rejected a plea deal that would have locked him up for 50 years. Urbina is accused of using a slipper or sandal to beat the child in the early morning hours between August 12 and August 13 while Straw was working an overnight shift at QuickChek.
Straw and Urbina were in a relationship before he went to prison in October 2018 after being convicted of a series of robberies in Morris and Sussex counties. The couple resumed their relationship after he was paroled in December 2020 from Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility, prosecutors said.
Urbina told prosecutors he wouldn’t accept any deal for more than ten years behind bars. Straw is scheduled to be sentenced on March 16. According to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Urbina’s next court date, a pretrial conference, is scheduled for January 18.
A GoFundMe account was set up to help with Liam’s expenses. Click here to donate.
Laylah, Liam’s sister, is five years old and has experienced things in life that 99% of adults will never, and furthermore, a five-year-old. Unfortunately, Laylah did everything in her power to protect her little brother, and she will hold herself accountable for that due to the lack of priorities of the one that should have protected both of them; with that being said, Laylah will require extensive counseling throughout the remainder of her life, and we want to make sure she can get the help she requires without worry.
The donations received will go to the burial service for her brother, and then the remaining monies will go into a trust account that ONLY her aunt and she can access until she is 18 years old.
MORRIS COUNTY — The Montville Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance to identify individuals involved in a burglary that occurred on Friday, January 6, between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., at the FSS Armory located at 36 Route 46, Pine Brook.
The suspects managed to steal several firearms.
If you have information, contact the Morris County Sheriff’s Crimestoppers Morris County Sheriff’s Crimestoppers at www.copcall.org or 973-COP-CALL or use the free “P3 Tips” app on any mobile device. No one will ask your name. REWARD up to $1,000.
MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll and Morris County Chief of Detectives Christoph K. Kimker announce the arrest of James T. Hess, 49, Landing section of Mt. Arlington, in connection with the distribution and possession of child sex abuse material.
The defendant has been charged with one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM)), a second-degree offense in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4B(5)(a)(i), and one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Possession of CSAM), a third-degree crime in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4B(5)(b)(iii).
The investigation began with a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) referencing the upload of video files allegedly depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of minors. The video files were allegedly uploaded to Kik, an internet-based chat application, by the defendant, who is also alleged to have viewed CSAM on Kik. Hess allegedly uploaded CSAM while at the Netcong Volunteer Fire Department, where he is a captain. It is further alleged that the defendant possessed additional images of CSAM on an electronic device. The defendant works for the New Jersey Fireman’s Home.
Hess was arrested on the above charges on December 21, 2022. Following his arrest, he was released pursuant to the Criminal Justice Reform Act with pretrial release conditions that included monitoring and limited internet usage.
Prosecutor Carroll would like to acknowledge the Roxbury Police Department and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force for their efforts in this investigation.
If anyone has any information related to this investigation, they are encouraged to call the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of the Sex Crimes / Child Endangerment Unit of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at (973) 285-6200.
Editor’s Note: An arrest or the signing of a criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until he or she has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
MORRIS COUNTY — Students at Lehigh University attained Dean’s List in Fall 2022. This status is granted to students with a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses.
Marissa Argen of Boonton
Miranda Asral of Florham Park
Molly Culligan of Madison
Laila Dages of Mountain Lakes
Isabela Giraldo of Madison
Charlie Petro of Florham Park
Harper Rosati of Boonton
Lauren Schiffman of Florham Park
Emma Visioli of Boonton
Kleon Voliotis of Madison
Sydney Wolfe of Madison
Andrea Zeien of Florham Park
For more than 150 years, Lehigh University (lehigh.edu) has combined outstanding academic and learning opportunities with leadership in fostering innovative research. The institution is among the nation’s most selective, highly-ranked private research universities. Lehigh’s five colleges – College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, College of Health, and the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science – provide opportunities to 7,000+ students to discover and grow in an academically rigorous environment along with a supportive, engaged campus community.
HANOVER — Join the social support group designed specifically for family members caring for loved ones living with memory loss.
What is a Memory Café? Initially started in England, this informal setting provides the caregiver a forum for discussion, reducing the isolation often felt by people with dementia, their caregivers, and families. Discussions can range from practical tips for coping with dementia and avoiding caregiver burnout, or information about community resources. Many attendees develop friendships that result in support even outside the memory café setting.
The event will be held on Monday, January 23, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon at Notre Dame of Mt. Carmel Church, 75 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls.
For more information, call (973) 581-1800 or WhippanyArdenCourts@promedica.org.
Memory Care Is All We Do: Arden Courts Memory Care Community, located on Eden Lane in Whippany, caters to the special needs of individuals with memory loss. Staffed by specially trained caregivers, Arden Courts cares for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Their community features friendly common spaces, an inviting kitchen, family rooms, and walking paths within enclosed courtyards, all designed for the safety and comfort of the residents.
Morris Focus was founded in 2017 and is published in print and online formats. Its mission is to provide timely and accurate news coverage to Morris County residents and promote community engagement and involvement. The newspaper covers various topics, including local government, education, business, and sports. We can be reached by calling (973) 559-6000—a member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce and the Morris County Chamber of Commerce.
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