Mount Olive

This case has layers that are hard to unwrap—a teacher, a convicted coach, and a victim caught in the middle of it all.

Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said William Schmieding, 70, of White House Station removed a Smith and Wesson Bodyguard handgun from a holster while eating with friends.

After a woman went public about finding a sexually explicit message on the windshield of her car in the parking lot of the Black River Barn restaurant in Randolph on Oct. 11, several other people reported a similar messages left for them.

Jose Lousa, 62, of Mount Olive has been sentenced to four years in prison for operating a BitTorrent network to share child pornography with other users online

Christina Susco pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child for the violent incident involving a 16-month-old toddler in March 2024.

Mount Olive school board members reached a six-figure deal with former Superintendent Robert Zywicki, over two years after his pay was suspended and he subsequently resigned.

Patrick O'Kane, a federal prison corrections officer, faces aggravated assault charges. He is accused of cutting a victim with a knife and threatening to shoot and kill her in Mount Olive.

According to the facility, the 38-year-old is no longer employed there.

At one point, police say, the 39-year-old offered to pay the teen money in exchange for sexually explicit images.

Mount Olive police filed an animal cruelty charged against the owner of two pit bulls rescued from freezing temperatures.