Crime & Safety
Swimming Man Charged After Hatchery Pond Incident
Police said man climbed a fence to swim in the state fish hatchery.
A Virginia man was charged with disorderly conduct Thursday after Hackettstown police said he climbed a fence and swam in the state fish hatchery pond.
Nicholas Bashore, 34, of Annandale, VA, was arrested after officers found him chest-deep in the pond (at 23 Reese Avenue) just after 10 a.m., according to Hackettstown Police Sgt. Darren Tynan.
Police determined that Bashore had climbed over a fence near Mitchell Road and entered the pond, Tynan said. New Jersey Fish and Game was notified.
Bashore was transported to the police station and later released with a date to appear in court.
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