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Middletown, NJ
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South Brunswick Man Gets 11 Years State Prison In DWI Crash
A 42-year-old man from South Brunswick has been sentenced to 11 years in state prison in connection with a DWI crash, authorities said. An investigation by Patrolman Jason Zier of the North Brunswick Police Department and Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined that on Aug. 8, 2020, at approximately 8:50 pm Christopher L. Mertens of Monmouth Junction was driving while intoxicated, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and North Brunswick Police Chief Joseph Battaglia. The investigation found that Mert…
Edison, NJ
News
54-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Plainsboro
UPDATE: A gunman was arrested after he followed a Middlesex County resident home from Pennsylvania and killed him at his house, authorities said. A 54-year-old man from Middlesex County was fatally shot, authorities said. At 3:38 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to Briardale Court after a report of shots fired, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Fred Tavener. Police found Sree Aravapalli, 54, of Plainsboro with multiple gunshot wounds, Ciccone and Tavener said. Aravapalli was taken to a nearby hospital where he was …
Edison, NJ
News
Candidate's Uncle Charged With Stealing Campaign Sign In Central Jersey
A 71-year-old man from Middlesex County has been charged with the theft of a campaign sign, authorities said. The man's uncle is running for mayor of Edison Township on Tuesday. Rajendra Joshi of Edison was served with a complaint-summons and charged with one count of disorderly persons theft by unlawful taking, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. In a Facebook post, Keith Hahn – the Republican candidate for mayor of Edison – identified Rajendra Joshi as the uncle of his Nov. 2 opponent, Democratic mayoral candidate Sam Joshi. An investigation by…
Edison, NJ
News
Central Jersey Police Seek Help Locating Sex Assault Suspect
Authorities seek the public's help locating a suspect in a sexual assault that occurred near Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park last month. The same man is suspected in a similar attack on a woman in Somerset County in July, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, Plainsboro Police Chief Fred Tavener and South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka. A joint investigation found that on Sept. 28 about 5 p.m., a woman was walking on a path near the canal where she was approached by a man armed with a weapon and moved to a secondary spot on the Plainsboro-So…
Edison, NJ
News
Driver Was DWI In Central Jersey Crash That Killed Passenger: Prosecutor
A 22-year-old man from Central Jersey has been charged with vehicular homicide in an alcohol-related crash that allegedly killed a passenger in his pickup truck, authorities said. A GoFundMe page has been created to help pay for the funeral expenses of the 22-year-old passenger who died as a result of the crash. More than $16,750 had been raised as of Tuesday morning. The fatal crash occurred about 4:35 a.m. on Sept. 19 near Major Road in South Brunswick A joint investigation found that Antonio Ferlita, 22, of Marlboro was driving a 2002 Ford F-350 on Major Road when …
Edison, NJ
News
Fugitive Fled Police, Fired Gun After Ditching Stolen Car, Central Jersey Authorities Say
Authorities seek the public's help locating a fugitive who allegedly fled police on foot and shot a gun after ditching a stolen car in North Brunswick. The investigation of the police pursuit of an armed suspect who eluded police was announced Tuesday night by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, New Brunswick Police Director Anthony A. Caputo and North Brunswick Police Chief Joseph Battaglia. On Friday about 4 p.m. North Brunswick police tried to pull over a stolen Honda Civic traveling near Route 27, authorities said. Patrol officers initiated…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman Sexually Assaulted By Armed Man In D&R Canal State Park, Authorities Say
Authorities have released a composite sketch of a weapon-wielding suspect sought in the sexual assault of a woman walking in Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park on Tuesday. The woman was walking on a path adjacent to the canal when she was approached by the man between 4:30 and 5 p.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said alongside local police. The man apparently took the woman to a different location on the Plainsboro-South Brunswick border, where he sexually assaulted her, authorities said. The suspect is believed to be a Hispanic male, approximately 5’5” or 5’6”…
Edison, NJ
News
NJ Violin Teacher Sexually Assaults 12-Year-Old Student, Authorities Say
An accomplished violinist and music teacher sexually assaulted a 12-year-old student of his in 2016, authorities announced. Dezheng Ping, 57, of Lawrence, was arrested and charged on Sept. 23 in Middlesex County, Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. An extensive investigation found that Ping sexually assaulted the child during violin lessons held at Ping's then-Plainsboro home, Ciccone said alongside Plainsboro Police Chief Fred Tavener. Ping is employed by Rider University at the Westminster Choir College and provides private violin instruction in West Windsor and Plainsboro. He was cha…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Man Gets 17 Years For DWI Double Fatal Crash
A Central Jersey man was sentenced to 17 years in state prison for killing two of his passengers and injuring another driver while drunk in 2019, authorities announced. Tristan R. Rodriguez, 25, was convicted of one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, one count of second-degree vehicular homicide, and one count of fourth-degree assault by auto in the July 2019 crash in Old Bridge, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office announced. He was sentenced by Middlesex County Superioer Court Judge Andrea G. Carter, and must serve 85% of his sentence, approximately 14.5 years, before he i…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Victim ID'd In Central Jersey Shooting
Authorities have released the name of a 22-year-old victim who was fatally shot in Central Jersey. Alphonso Brown of North Brunswick sustained apparent gunshot wounds in the shooting at 3:58 p.m. Thursday in Piscataway, authorities said.. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier. The shooting occurred nearWashington Avenue and West Fifth Street Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to&n…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Police Seek Public's Help In Deadly Shooting Investigation
Authorities in Central Jersey are seeking the public's help in a shooting that left one dead Thursday. Officers found a male with gunshot wounds near West Fifth Street and Washington Avenue in Piscataway just before 4 p.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Mosier said. Responders performed lifesaving measures before the man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity was being withheld pending notification of family. Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective TJ Patel of the Piscata…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In 1999 Killing Of High School Student Nancy Noga
A 49-year-old Jersey Shore man was arrested 22 years after the slaying of a Central Jersey high school student Nancy Noga. Bruce A. Cymanski, 49, was arrested at his home in Barnegat Tuesday after the return of the Middlesex County Grand Jury indictment -- and a brief foot pursuit, authorities announced. Cymanski was indicted on first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, first-degree aggravated sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Sayreville Police Chief John Zebro…
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