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Teen Boy Who Fainted Playing Basketball Revived By Police, Bystander In Somerset County Teen Boy Who Fainted Playing Basketball Revived By Police, Bystander In Somerset County
Teen Boy Who Fainted Playing Basketball Revived By Police, Bystander In Somerset County A bystander helped police revive a 15-year-old boy who fainted during a recreational basketball game in Somerset County. The incident occurred at the Auten Road Intermediate School on Auten Road in Hillsborough Township around 6 p.m. Saturday, police said. The teen had become unresponsive, had no pulse, and stopped breathing after fainting during the game. A bystander started performing CPR on the teen shortly before police arrived and administered one shock with a defibrillator. The teen eventually regained a pulse and started breathing on his own once again. He was then taken to Robe…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Rifle-Wielding Man At Wawa Captured After SWAT Standoff In Somerset County: Prosecutor Rifle-Wielding Man At Wawa Captured After SWAT Standoff In Somerset County: Prosecutor
Rifle-Wielding Man At Wawa Captured After SWAT Standoff In Somerset County: Prosecutor A 27-year-old man who police say showed an AR-15-style rifle to a Wawa employee before crashing his car and leaving magazines behind was in custody after a SWAT standoff at his house hours later, according to authorities in Somerset County. Joshua A. Kinney apparently showed the weapon to workers at the Wawa on Route 26 in Montgomery Township, just before his family called police, concerned for his well-being around 3:!5 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Two female customers told responding officers they heard gunshots as Kinney fled the parking …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman Escapes Hour-Long Hotel Hostage Situation With Kids In Room: Somerset Prosecutor Woman Escapes Hour-Long Hotel Hostage Situation With Kids In Room: Somerset Prosecutor
Woman Escapes Hour-Long Hotel Hostage Situation With Kids In Room: Somerset Prosecutor A 39-year-old Georgia man was drunk when he became angry and held woman at gunpoint for nearly an hour in a Central Jersey hotel room in front of her children, then shot her, authorities said. The victim, 37, was ultimately able to escape from Eder Gelin with gunshot wounds to her foot and hip, as he chased her from a room at a World's Fair Drive hotel in Franklin Township around 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Gelin, who knew the victim, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, weapon possession and child endangerment …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Wyckoff Man Busted For Criminal Mischief: Prosecutor Wyckoff Man Busted For Criminal Mischief: Prosecutor
Wyckoff Man Busted For Criminal Mischief: Prosecutor Three men were arrested for hanging sheets of stickers on parking and traffic signs near the Somerville Train Station, according to police.  Claudino G. Petruccelli, 22, Steve V. Koshlyak, 34, and Zackerji I. Ivanovic, 41 were arrested for criminal mischief for placing stickers on Borough and State property after a Somerville Patrol Officer witnessed them do it the evening of Nov. 27, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. One of the men even had on latex gloves to hide his fingerprints while placing the sheets of stickers on parking and traffic signs, according to …

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by Joe Gomez
News
NJ Con Man Who Swindled Elderly Out Of $2M Headed To Fed Pen NJ Con Man Who Swindled Elderly Out Of $2M Headed To Fed Pen
NJ Con Man Who Swindled Elderly Out Of $2M Headed To Fed Pen A confessed Somerset County con man is headed to federal prison for 6½ years for swindling elderly investors out of $2 million that he used, in part, to pay for his daughter’s college tuition and sorority fees. For nearly a decade, ex-financial advisor Daniel Rivera, 51, told primarily elderly investors that his Robbins Lane Properties was “staffed by experienced real estate professionals, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Rivera promised a “guaranteed monthly income” thanks to a rate of return based on secure investments, she added. The truth, Honig said, was: “Robbins Lane had …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NYC Woman Follows Fatal Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel With Heartbreaking Instagram Post NYC Woman Follows Fatal Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel With Heartbreaking Instagram Post
NYC Woman Follows Fatal Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel With Heartbreaking Instagram Post A 24-year-old New York City woman leapt to her death from the Vessel in Hudson Yards on Tuesday. Yocheved Gourarie, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, scheduled an Instagram post to publish the following day, where she assured strangers and loved ones alike: "I am no longer in pain." Last February, Somerset County native Peter DeSalvo, 19, took a fatal plunge from the landmark structure. Gourarie was the valedictorian of her graduating class at Shalhevet High School, and went on to graduate with a perfect GPA from highly-selective Macauly Honors College at CUNY, The Village Sun reports. Gourari…

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by Cecilia Levine
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WINNER: Million Dollar Lottery Ticket Sold In North Jersey WINNER: Million Dollar Lottery Ticket Sold In North Jersey
Winner: Million Dollar Lottery Ticket Sold In North Jersey A lottery ticket worth a million bucks was sold in Somerset County. The ticket from Tuesday's drawing was sold at the QuickChek in North Plainfield. The winning numbers were 3, 45, 53, 58, and 62. The Gold Mega Ball was 13, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 05. Another winning ticket good for $50,000 was sold at the Exxon at 2890 Brunswick Pike in Lawrenceville. That ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize. The ticket was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $50,000. 

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by Cecilia Levine
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Personal Physician: Trump Can Fulfill Duties While Quarantined Following Positive COVID Test Personal Physician: Trump Can Fulfill Duties While Quarantined Following Positive COVID Test
Personal Physician: Trump Can Fulfill Duties While Quarantined Following Positive COVID Test President Trump's personal physician said he could fulfill his duties as president "without disruption" while quarantined, following the announcement early Friday that he and First Lady Melania Trump both tested positive for COVID-19. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” the president tweeted shortly before 1 a.m., following a visit to a private fundraiser at his golf course in Somerset County. “We will get through this TOGETHER!” It takes up to six days for symptoms such as fever, a cough and breathing trouble to emerge from the respiratory virus that’s killed m…

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by Jerry DeMarco