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Woman, 29, Posing As Student Spent Four Days In Classes At New Brunswick HS, Officials Say Woman, 29, Posing As Student Spent Four Days In Classes At New Brunswick HS, Officials Say
Woman, 29, Posing As Student Spent Four Days In Classes At New Brunswick HS, Officials Say A woman spent four days in classes at New Brunswick High School before officials apparently realized the truth, according to district officials. A video of the Tuesday, Jan. 24 New Brunswick Board of Education meeting was posted on Twitter by New Brunswick Today reporter Charlie Kratovil. "This is an unfortunate event," Superintendent Aubrey Johnson said in the video. "She was in a few classes." Hyejeong Shin, 29, of New Brunswick was charged on Jan. 24 with providing a false government document with the intent to verify one’s identity or age, according to New Brunswick police. She provide…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ News Reporter 'Randomly' Drove Into Oncoming Traffic, Killing 1: Prosecutor NJ News Reporter 'Randomly' Drove Into Oncoming Traffic, Killing 1: Prosecutor
NJ News Reporter 'Randomly' Drove Into Oncoming Traffic, Killing 1: Prosecutor Charges have been upgraded for a Central Jersey news reporter who intentionally drove her car into into oncoming traffic, killing a 95-year-old woman, authorities said. Lisa Pollitt, 36, has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and obstruction in connection with the Thursday, Feb. 10 crash in Cranbury, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Pollitt was identified by her editor, Charlie Kratovil, as a reporter for "New Brunswick Today." "It's a tragedy," Kratovil told Daily Voice. "Our hearts go out to the victims and their families." Pollitt was headin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Shot, Killed In Central Jersey Driver Shot, Killed In Central Jersey
Driver Shot, Killed In Central Jersey Authorities in Central Jersey confirmed a fatal shooting on Monday. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department said that at about 4:35 p.m. police responded to Handy Street and Paul Robeson Boulevard and found a man who was shot driving his vehicle.  He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, Ciccone and Caputo said.  The investigation is active and continuing.  Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Brandt…

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by Jon Craig