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Body Found Floating In NJ River Body Found Floating In NJ River
Body Found Floating In NJ River Police recovered a body from a New Jersey river early Thursday, Aug. 8, authorities said. Marine Service Troopers were dispatched to the Raritan River and South River in East Brunswick around 7:40 a.m., where they found a man's body floating in the water, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. No further information was provided. The incident remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Body Recovered From River In Central Jersey: Report Body Recovered From River In Central Jersey: Report
Body Recovered From River In Central Jersey: Report A body was recovered from the Raritan River in Central Jersey, NJ Advance Media reported. New Brunswick police and firefighters discovered the unidentified man's body near Boyd Park, around 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, a city official told the outlet. The incident was not considered suspicious. Click here for more from NJ.com.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Marine Crews Recover Parkway Jumper's Body From River Marine Crews Recover Parkway Jumper's Body From River
Marine Crews Recover Parkway Jumper's Body From River Marine rescue crews on Sunday recovered the body of a man who jumped from the Garden State Parkway into the Raritan River. New Jersey State Police troopers responded to the Driscoll Bridge on reports of a suicidal male who jumped around 11:30 a.m., Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Rescue crews had recovered the unidentified body in the Raritan River near Cornucopia Princess Cruise Lines around 12:30 p.m., unconfirmed reports say. The man was pronounced dead at 12:38 p.m., Peele said. His identity was not immediately released.

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by Cecilia Levine
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HERO (VIDEO): Correctional Officer Grabs Suicidal Man In Mid-Jump From Jersey Bridge HERO (VIDEO): Correctional Officer Grabs Suicidal Man In Mid-Jump From Jersey Bridge
Hero (Video): Correctional Officer Grabs Suicidal Man In Mid-Jump From Jersey Bridge A suicidal man determined to jump to his death had just let go of the railing on a bridge over the Raritan River when a state correctional officer came running and grabbed him, dramatic cellphone video shows. Officer Faustino Saucedo of Perth Amboy was off duty and headed to pick up his wife when he saw the commotion on the Edison bridge between Woodbridge and Sayreville shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday. The man was sitting on the edge of the Route 9 span, which runs parallel to the Driscoll Bridge. Saucedo -- who works at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel -- parked his car an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ CAUGHT! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ
Caught! Driver Wanted In Road-Rage Death Of Off-Duty NYC Firefighter Nabbed In NJ Police captured a Brooklyn parolee wanted for questioning in the slaying of an off-duty city firefighter in a road-rage incident. U.S. Marshals and the NYPD took purported gang member Joseph Desmond and his girlfriend into custody after tracking them down at the Circle Motor Lodge in South Amboy -- where Routes 35 and 9 converge near the Garden State Parkway and the Raritan River. Desmond had been driving a 2006 silver Infiniti with the New York State license plate JEA-2402 when the confrontation with 33-year-old Faizel Coto occurred around 4:45 a.m. Sunday on the Belt Parkway near Bay 8th …

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by Jerry DeMarco