By Bruce A. Scruton New Jersey Herald Posted: Apr. 1, 2019 12:01 am FRANKLIN — The scope of the opioid overdose epidemic has many facets, but one within a small pizza chain gives a good idea of how widespread — and devastating — it can be. Over a five-year span, 25 young people in Sussex,[…]
By Lori Comstock New Jersey Herald Posted: Jan. 17, 2019 12:01 am Sussex County Prosecutor Francis Koch was elected president of the County Prosecutors’ Association of New Jersey in November during a three-day training program for law enforcement officials held in Atlantic City. The County Prosecutors’ Association of New Jersey, whose mission is to maintain[…]
Release Date: March 11, 2019 PRESS RELEASE Prosecutor Francis A. Koch is pleased to announce that the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office has been awarded a grant, Public Health Crisis Response — 2018 Opioid Crisis: Operation Helping Hand Initiative, from the State of New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, Department of Law & Public Safety and the[…]
By Mandy Coriston December 27, 2018 4:08 pm ET Newton – “He gave me his card, and said ‘We have to do something.’” That’s C.L.E.A.R. co-founder Becky Carlson’s recollection of how Newton Chief of Police Mike Richards approached her in 2015, speaking of Sussex County’s growing opioid addiction issues. C.L.E.A.R. stands for Community Law Enforcement Addiction[…]
By Lori Comstock New Jersey Herald Posted: Nov. 20, 2018 12:01 am Updated: Nov. 20, 2018 12:33 am By the end of this year in Sussex County, the number of overdose deaths due to opioid misuse is expected to be at, or possibly over, the number recorded in 2017, according to data from the state Office of[…]
By Eric Obernauer New Jersey Herald Posted: Sep. 28, 2018 12:01 am NEWTON — Three young people recovering from addiction publicly told their stories of hope and recovery Tuesday night at a Sussex County Community College ceremony held to honor more than 20 first responders for the lives they helped save over the past year by administering[…]
By Jennifer Jean Miller New Jersey Herald Posted: Sep. 23, 2018 12:01 am NEWTON — So far this year, 27 Sussex County residents have died of suspected overdose deaths. To help fight against the drug epidemic, the Center for Prevention and Counseling has been awarded a grant exceeding $1.5 million over the next three years. “This grant[…]
By Kyle Morel New Jersey Herald Posted: Jul. 22, 2018 12:01 am NEWTON — Taylor Glasser vividly recalls the day that she says saved her life. Ironically, it involved a trip to the Newton police station for a theft charge. In tearfully recounting the story Friday morning in the Romano Conference and Education Center on the campus[…]