Services Set For Woodbridge Officer, SWAT Member Killed In Carteret Crash
Funeral services have been finalized for Michael Tenpenny, the Woodbridge police officer who was killed in a motor vehicle crash in Carteret last week.
Tenpenny, 31, a patrol officer with the Woodbridge Township Police Department, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, following a crash involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer in Carteret, authorities confirmed. Additional details about the crash have not been released.
An Iselin native, Tenpenny joined the Woodbridge Police Department in 2018 and served in the Patrol Division, where he was also a member of the department’s SWAT Team, according to his…
Shoplifting, DWI Arrests, Pedestrian Crash Highlight Wyckoff Police Blotter
Wyckoff police reported a series of arrests and investigations involving shoplifting, drunken driving, and vehicle-related incidents in a department blotter released Friday, Dec. 12, which dates back to early fall (see attached).
On Thursday, Dec. 4, at approximately 3:15 p.m., a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Monroe Avenue, police said. The pedestrian, a 30-year-old Wyckoff man, was crossing in a marked crosswalk and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. The driver, a 66-year-old Wyckoff man, was issued a summons for failing to yield to…
Assisted Suicide In NJ Is For Residents Only, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to New Jersey’s assisted dying law, ruling the state may continue limiting the option to New Jersey residents only.
The decision was issued Friday, Dec. 5, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed the lawsuit, according to court records.
In the opening of the opinion, Judge Stephanos Bibas addressed the human stakes behind the case.
"Death brings good things to an end, but rarely neatly," he wrote. "Many terminally ill patients face a grim reality: imminent, painful death. Some may …
