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Prosecutor: NJ Driver Charged With Attempted Murder For Hitting Men With Dodge Durango Prosecutor: NJ Driver Charged With Attempted Murder For Hitting Men With Dodge Durango
Prosecutor: NJ Driver Charged With Attempted Murder For Hitting Men With Dodge Durango A Somerset County man was charged with attempted murder after intentionally hitting two men with his car after patronizing the same local bar in 2019, authorities said. Surveillance tapes captured a 2020 Dodge Durango registered to William D. Hoke Jr., 47, driving up and down East Main Street in Bound Brook before entering Lot 3 around 1:40 a.m. on Dec. 20, 2019, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Once inside the lot, he hit a 31-year-old Bloomfield man and 36-year-old Bound Brook with his car, propelling them more than ten feet into a parked car, Robertson said…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Accused Arsonist Indicted For 7-Alarm Bound Brook Fire Accused Arsonist Indicted For 7-Alarm Bound Brook Fire
Accused Arsonist Indicted For 7-Alarm Bound Brook Fire A 29-year-old Bound Brook man was indicted on several charges stemming from a seven-alarm fire that tore through the borough in January, authorities said Thursday.  Juan Hector Padilla was indicted on charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree aggravated arson, third-degree aggravated assault for injury to a firefighter and third-degree hindering apprehension of oneself, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said alongside county and local officials. Thirty-six fire companies from four counties responded to the Meridia II on East Main Street and Mountain Avenue aro…

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by Cecilia Levine