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Edison, NJ
News
Freight Train Collides With Car, Killing Passenger, Hospitalizing Driver In Middlesex County
UPDATED: A freight train struck a vehicle in Central Jersey, killing one occupant and injuring another authorities said. The collision occurred late Thursday night in a railroad crossing at New Brunswick Avenue and Tyler Place in Piscataway, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier. A passenger in the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment, they said. The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is urged to cal…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Photos
: Middlesex Volunteer Firefighter Hurt Battling Auto Shop Blaze
A volunteer firefighter was injured battling a two-alarm blaze that extensively damaged an automotive shop and six vehicles in Central Jersey, authorities said. Middlesex Borough Police Department received a 9-1-1 call at 1:57 p.m. on Tuesday reporting a structure fire at Stoms ABS Automotive, 770 Bound Brook Road (Route 28), police said. When police officers arrived, the one-story building was completely engulfed in flames. All of the auto shop's employees escaped without injury, police said. The Middlesex Fire Department arrived within minutes and immediately requested a second ala…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Lifestyle
NEW
Rankings
: These New Jersey Towns Named Among Safest In State
A new report from AdvisorSmith ranked the crime rates of hundreds of municipalities across New Jersey to determine the safest small, midsize and large cities. The study — which analyzed a total of 37 large cities, 200 midsize cities and 247 small cities — used data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Dataset to calculate and compare crime levels, putting more weight on serious and violent crimes like murder, rape and assault. The analysis found the safest small, midsize and large cities to be Matawan, Warren Township and Middletown, respectively. The average crime score for the large ci…
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Fatal Pedestrian Crashes In Burlington, Middlesex Counties
First responders in Burlington and Middlesex counties were called to separate, serious pedestrian crashes early Friday, authorities said. About 6 a.m. on Route 38 in Lumberton, EMS crews were en route to a man lying in the roadway with "obvious fatal injuries," according to an initial unconfirmed report. Medics were recalled and a request was made for the Fire Police Strike Team on Route 38 at Eayrestown Road, reports said. About 7 a.m. in Middlesex County, there was a report of a fatal pedestrian struck at Stelton Road and Charles Charles in Piscataway, according to an initial unconfi…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds: NJ Crew Used Postal Workers, High School Students To Steal, Forge COVID Stimulus Checks
A group of criminals recruited New Jersey postal service employees to steal federal COVID-19 stimulus checks and paid high school students to help cash them, authorities said. The defendants -- who were associates of a group calling itself “the Members” -- recruited U.S. Postal Service employees to steal checks, checkbooks, debit cards, and credit cards from the mail in exchange for cash, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They then forged the signatures of the account holders and made the checks payable to high school students and others who’d given them access to their accounts, also in …
Middletown, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19: Four Jersey Shore Schools Close After Students Test Positive
Positive coronavirus cases prompted two Central Jersey districts to close schools Thursday. A student at a Little Silver school Monmouth County tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing officials to move students to remote teaching from home after two days of in-person classes. Little Silver's closure order was limited to part of Markham Place School's sixth grade. A freshman at the East Brunswick campus of Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools also tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the entire school district to switch to all-remote learning for at least two wee…
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Pedestrian, 24, Fatally Injured By Two Cars In Mercer County
A 24-year-old pedestrian from Piscataway died late Monday after being struck by two vehicles in Mercer County, authorities said. The fatal collision, which closed Route 1 north in West Windsor for about two hours early Tuesday, remains under investigation. The name of the victim -- and the names of two out-of-state drivers -- had not been released. The fatal collision occurred at 11:08 p.m. on Monday on Route 1 near the Princeton Service Center, a West Windsor Police Department spokesman said. One of the drivers is a 43-year-old resident of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, the lieuten…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Rubbing People The Wrong Way: More Massage Therapists Lose Licenses In NJ
New Jersey authorities this week revoked the license of the ninth massage therapist in the past year for “inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact” with a client who literally put her trust in his hands. John R. Popper, 48, of Little Egg Harbor was convicted earlier this year of harassment by offensive touching for placing his hand on a client’s vagina during a massage at Hand and Stone spa in Somers Point. In turn, the state Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy permanently barred him from working as a massage therapist in New Jersey ever again because he “engaged in professional miscond…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says
One pedophile traveled to Atlantic City from Oklahoma for sex with two pre-teenage girls. Another had a girl carve his initials into her legs. A third posted a social media video of her raping a youngster she was babysitting. These were among 21 people busted in a massive state pedophile roundup, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday. Opportunities for predators to contact children directly have dramatically increased with remote home learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Grewal said. “Reports to our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of potential pred…
Edison, NJ
News
NJ Family Has Yard Transformed Into Tailgate Zone
Neighbors will be green with envy as one New Jersey family roots for the NY Jets in a whole new way. The soda company pulled out all the stops for Cindy, of Piscataway, who had her idyllic front yard transformed into a touchdown zone -- complete with 65-inch flatscreen TV, stadium light tower and more. Nearly 1,500 square feet of Cindy's idyllic Piscataway yard was paved with asphalt, which became a fully-painted end zone. Hall-of-Famer and Jets Legend Curtis Martin was on-hand, too. "This is amazing,” Cindy said after seeing her yard's new look. "This is probably the next memorable thin…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus Police Department Mourns Loss Of Officer Allan Alvarez, 42
The Paramus Police Department is mourning the loss of officer Allan Alvarez. Alvarez, 42, died unexpectedly on Sunday due to complications of a medical procedure at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, his obituary says. A Plainfield native, Alvarez grew up in Piscataway and was a Rahway resident at the time of his passing. He graduated Piscataway High School in 1996 and was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Bosnia and a tour during Operation Desert Fox. At the rank of sergeant, Alvarez received his honorable discharge in 2001. In 2006, Allan was hired by the Paramus Police Departm…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Man, 40, Arrested In Fatal Stabbing
A 40-year-old man from Piscataway has been arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Middlesex County, authorities said. William Johnson has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose for causing the death of Lawrence Darby, 32, also of Piscataway, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Piscataway Township Police Chief Thomas Mosier said in a joint statement. Piscataway police responded to multiple 911 calls at 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday about an assault near 58 School St., Ciccone and Mosier said. Police f…
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