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Online Sneaker Sale Turns Violent In Monmouth County, Teen Charged: Prosecutor Online Sneaker Sale Turns Violent In Monmouth County, Teen Charged: Prosecutor
Online Sneaker Sale Turns Violent In Monmouth County, Teen Charged: Prosecutor A Monmouth County teen was accused of firing a shot and stealing expensive sneakers from a man he met online, authorities said. Giancarlo Nevarez, 19, from the Clarksburg section of Millstone, was charged with first-degree armed robbery, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced the charges on Thursday, Feb. 15. Howell Township police responded to a report of a shot fired on Route 9 South at around 3:06 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13. It happened&nb…

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by Chris Spiker
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Police ID Pedestrian Killed By Truck In Monmouth County Police ID Pedestrian Killed By Truck In Monmouth County
Police ID Pedestrian Killed By Truck In Monmouth County Authorities have identified the pedestrian who was killed in Freehold on Tuesday, Jan. 9. A spokesperson for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said 61-year-old David Belcher was hit by a pickup on Route 9 South. No hometown for Belcher was given as of Thursday, Jan. 11. Freehold Township police responded to the crash a few hundred feet north of the Route 9 interchange with New Jersey Route 33 just after 5:30 p.m. Officers found Belcher lying in the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 48-year-old male truck driver stayed at the site of the crash. No charges or…

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by Chris Spiker
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Male Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Truck In Monmouth County Male Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Truck In Monmouth County
Male Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Truck In Monmouth County A 61-year-old man was struck and killed by a pickup in Freehold on Tuesday, Jan. 9, authorities said. Freehold Township police responded to a crash on Route 9 South just after 5:30 p.m., Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The crash happened a few hundred feet north of the interchange with New Jersey Route 33. Officers found the man lying in the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 48-year-old male truck driver stayed at the site of the crash. No charges or traffic summons have been issued in the crash. The Monmouth County Ser…

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Teen Gets Prison Time For Fatal Old Bridge Crash In Stolen Car During Police Chase: Prosecutor Teen Gets Prison Time For Fatal Old Bridge Crash In Stolen Car During Police Chase: Prosecutor
Teen Gets Prison Time For Fatal Old Bridge Crash In Stolen Car During Police Chase: Prosecutor A 21-year-old driver was sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison for a fatal crash during a police chase, authorities said. Samuel Villar, of Somerset, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in connection with the November 2022 Old Bridge accident that killed 33-year-old Arturo Tlapa Luna, of Freehold, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Old Bridge Acting Police Chief, Donald F. Fritz, Jr. said. On Nov. 9, 2022, at about 2:15 a.m. Old Bridge police responded to a crash that occurred during a pursuit by Marlboro Police, near the intersection of Spring Valle…

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by Jon Craig
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Driver Killed In Route 35 Sayreville Crash Driver Killed In Route 35 Sayreville Crash
Driver Killed In Route 35 Sayreville Crash Authorities are investigating a fatal weekend crash in Sayreville. ALSO SEE: Police ID passenger killed in crash. The crash occurred at about 5 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, on Route 35 southbound near Fred's Bait & Tackle. A rear-seat passenger of the vehicle was killed on impact, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. An earlier statement from the prosecutor's office incorrectly said the driver was killed. The driver and another passenger were hospitalized and were being treated for serious injuries. Traffic was detoured down Route 9 south, Sayreville police said.

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by Jon Craig
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Union County Man, 59, Killed In Route 9 Sayreville Crash With Dump Truck Union County Man, 59, Killed In Route 9 Sayreville Crash With Dump Truck
Union County Man, 59, Killed In Route 9 Sayreville Crash With Dump Truck A 59-year-old man from Union County was killed while pulling into a gas station in a collision with a dump truck on Route 9 in Central Jersey, authorities said. Renan Perez, of Linden, died Thursday, Sept. 21 after the crash in the Parlin section of Sayreville, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone alongside Chief Daniel Plumacker of the Sayreville Police Department. At 5:16 a.m., police responded to Route 9 South in the vicinity of 912 US 9 South after the report of a fatal crash. Police found a 2020 Kenworth dump truck and 2000 Ford Ranger. …

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by Jon Craig
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Central Jersey Man, 40, Sentenced In DWI Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutor Central Jersey Man, 40, Sentenced In DWI Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Man, 40, Sentenced In DWI Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutor A 40-year-old man from Central Jersey has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison in connection with a fatal DWI crash, authorities said. Sergio Seixeiro of Monroe previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault by auto. Seixeiro also pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. The crash resulted in the death of a woman and injury to three others, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Acting Old Bridge Police Chief Joseph Mandola. On July 18, 2021, police responded to Route 9 South near Texas&…

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by Jon Craig
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Driver Killed In U-Haul Truck Crash ID'd As Spotswood Woman, 53 Driver Killed In U-Haul Truck Crash ID'd As Spotswood Woman, 53
Driver Killed In U-Haul Truck Crash ID'd As Spotswood Woman, 53 Marlboro police released the name of the driver who died on Monday after her car toppled a telephone pole and collided with a parked U-Haul truck. Donna Piegaro, 53, of Spotswood was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which closed Route 9 southbound for more than nine hours from Old Bridge to Manalapan Township, a Marlboro police spokesman said.  The crash toppled a telephone pole onto the victim's Ford Edge and wires onto four other vehicles, Marlboro Captain Stephen Levy said. No one else was hurt, he said. Piegaro was trapped after the pole fell next to the U-Haul park…

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by Jon Craig
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Howell Police Search For Gunman Who Robbed Pizza Hut Howell Police Search For Gunman Who Robbed Pizza Hut
Howell Police Search For Gunman Who Robbed Pizza Hut Police are searching for a gunman who robbed a Pizza Hut restaurant on Route 9 south in Monmouth County. The robber is a white male in his early 30s, 5-feet-8-inches tall, unshaven and wearing dark clothing, Howell police said. Armed with a handgun, he fled south on Kent Road late Friday morning, police said. Officers closed roads around the Pizza Hut and asked residents to avoid the area. A police K-9 was helping to track the robber The area was shut down while the search continued with police K9s. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig