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A Franklin Lakes man charged with setting fire to Most Blessed Sacrament Church in December 2019 was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Monday.  During the 2-1/2-hour hearing before Judge Robert Vinci, psychiatrist Steven Simring characterized James Mayers as "religiously preoccupied" and said he was hoping to reach "religious purity" by setting fire to the church without expecting its complete destruction.  After the hearing in Superior Court in Bergen County, Mayers, 27, was ordered committed to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in Morris Plains for what remains of an estimated ...

   A Cordova man couldn’t have picked a worse time or place to run a stop sign, which resulted in him colliding with an Española Police officer.     Johnny Sandoval, 45, Cordova was arrested the night of Dec. 3 and initially charged with reckless driving under the influence of medication/drugs/alcohol.     Because the accident involved a police officer, the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office handled the investigation.     Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Andres Sanchez worked as primary on the accident investigation with Deputies Jerry Albo and Joseph C...

NorthJersey.com FRANKLIN LAKES — The bell tower still stands, but the leveled site of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church awaits an architectural decision and insurance ruling a year after it was destroyed by arson last Dec. 11. An April online survey of its 2,000 member families was basis for a 98-page Needs Assessment Report by Foresight Architects in June that is posted on the church's website. It includes a 15-page summary, and a 70-page assembly of information gathered from the survey. A Rebuilding Committee, headed by parishioner Mayor Frank Bivona, has issued a series of written...