verona, pa. — Verona police Chief Ron McLemore was assaulted early Monday while responding to a domestic violence call inside Verona Gardens Apartments, according to court papers.

Verona Police are continuing to investigate a weekend shooting at an event space that injured four people, including one critically. 3-foot steel safe stuffed with cash stolen out of KFC in Paterson.

A teacher at Verona High School has been charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the Essex County Prosecutor's said on Tuesday.

A Verona native, Dessell has been a borough police officer and president of the Verona Chamber of Commerce. But council promoted him to police chief on Tuesday night.