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Liberty County man charged in shooting death of his son

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A Liberty County man has been accused in the shooting death of his 26-year-old son during an argument Thursday afternoon at their home.

James Nesler, 61, is charged with murder in the death of J.A. Nesler about 3:45 p.m. at CR450, according to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies said the elder Nesler told investigators his son had an argument with a friend who was visiting the home. After the brief disagreement, Nesler said he also had an argument with his son. His son started toward him and Nesler said he opened fire on the younger man with a .357 revolver to "warn" him, attempting to wound him in the shoulder to stop the confrontation.

However, deputies said, the younger Nesler was shot in the chest and died at the scene.

James Nesler is being held in the Liberty County jail. So far, no bond has been set for him.

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Liberty handles Jefferson

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LIBERTY- In the first three possessions of the game, the Liberty Leopards set the standard for the rest of the night in their contest against the Jefferson Falcons.

In the first minute and a half, Liberty converted all three times up the floor, foreshadowing what the end result would be. They never lost the lead the entire game. When the final horn sounded, Liberty defeated Jefferson, 58-36.

Liberty took control early, winning the tip and rolling from there. They outscored the Falcons 24-14 in the first half. Marcy Dykes led the team in scoring, knocking down six field goals and two free throws for 14 points. Leah Leshnack hit six baskets for 13 points. They are what sparked the fourth-quarter takeover. Liberty outscored Jefferson 15-9, earning most of their points from the Falcon turnovers.

Ron DeJulio, Liberty's coach, knows who his go-to players are and had his team set them up to be successful.

"Leah is probably our best player," DeJulio said. "She's our highest scoring player. She did a great job of giving it up to Marcy. They were taking her (Leshnack) away quite a bit. Her shot wasn't falling but she did a great job of giving assists. Marcy is a very athletic post. It's a mismatch for anyone inside against her."

Defensively, the Leopards switched their zones sporadically from a 2-3 zone to what looked like a box-and-one in order to keep the Falcons on their toes.

"They were getting comfortable with what we were doing early on, then we changed it up" DeJulio said. "It just gets them out of rhythm a little bit. We talked about that at pregame and at halftime. We had to step it up defensively because they have some good shooters and good players inside. We really concentrated on defense during this week to win the game."

Liberty's strategy worked, causing eight turnovers in the fourth quarter, three of which turned into points for the Leopards. Jefferson coach Rod Holmes attributes the loss to too many missed shots.

"We didn't come out and score," Holmes said. "We couldn't put the ball in the basket. That first quarter, we went 3 of 17 from the field. If we don't hit those shots, they stay in their defense."

Left-handed guard, Jessica Becker, stepped up in the second half, earning 8 of her 14 points. Emily Smock backed her up sinking five shots and a free throw for 11 points for the Falcons.

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Little Ferry board approves CVS on Liberty Street

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LITTLE FERRY - The Little Ferry Planning/ Zoning Board approved an application for plans to build a CVS on Liberty Street at its reorganization meeting on Jan. 15.

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Architect Robert Gehr goes over the layout of the proposed CVS, which was approved by the Planning/Zoning Board at its Jan. 15 hearing.

The applicant, First Hartford Realty Corp/CVS, presented the testimony of its architect and traffic engineer to the board to explain how the building will look when it is situated adjacent to the residential area near Liberty Street and the amount of traffic that is expected to be generated by this development.

Robert Gehr, an architect that has been working on CVS projects for the past 16 years, explained that the two-story building will be made of brick and the windows will have shutters and stucco bands above the windows. The roof will have shingles all the way around similar to what is seen of a residential house to give the building a look designed to fit in with the residential feel of the area.

"This is not their prototype store," said Gehr. "The store that CVS promotes from a marketing standpoint is considerably different. This is more of a unique store in that it has features on it that are more appealing in residential areas. We try to play off of materials that are more commonly seen in the area. It follows more of a colonial style."

The second floor of the building would be used for storage only and would not contain any offices, meeting areas or be accessible to the general public, Gehr explained.

Gary Dean, the traffic engineer, explained that a traffic light would be placed at the intersection of Redneck Avenue and Liberty Street to better manage the traffic on both of those roads and facilitate movement in and out of the CVS.

Dean estimated that the store would generate about 60 vehicles per hour, one car per minute, during the evening peak hours.

The only point of contention with the application was the presence of a driveway at the southern end of the lot that was proposed to have full ingress and egress in all directions, allowing cars to make left turns onto Liberty Street from CVS as well as allowing cars traveling south on Liberty Street to turn left into the CVS at that southern entrance.

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