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NJ Officer Recently Suspended For Sexual Harassment Was Among 2 Who Sued Chief: Report NJ Officer Recently Suspended For Sexual Harassment Was Among 2 Who Sued Chief: Report
NJ Officer Recently Suspended For Sexual Harassment Was Among 2 Who Sued Chief: Report A Central Jersey police officer who filed a discrimination lawsuit against his department's chief had been suspended less than two months earlier on sexual harassment allegations, NJ Advance Media reported, citing court documents. Officer Alan Barboiu was suspended without pay for 45 days, after a surveillance video showed him inappropriately touching a dispatcher, the outlet says citing Piscataway's township spokesman Gene Wilk. In a suit filed a suit last January, Barbou accuses Chief Thomas Mosier of mocking his accent, and creating a fake paper trail to have him fire…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Police Chief Accused Of Discriminating Against Gay, Foreign Officers In 2 Lawsuits: Report NJ Police Chief Accused Of Discriminating Against Gay, Foreign Officers In 2 Lawsuits: Report
NJ Police Chief Accused Of Discriminating Against Gay, Foreign Officers In 2 Lawsuits: Report A pair of patrol officers from Central Jersey are suing their police chief on allegations of discriminatory behavior over their sexual orientation and ethnicity — in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, NJ Advance Media reports. Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier has been accused of mocking one officer's Romanian accent and creating a bogus paper trail to fire him, and subjecting an openly-gay female lieutenant to "mistreatment" causing embarrassment, the suits detail. The lawsuits were filed by Officer Alan Barboiu and Lt. Constance Crea on Jan. 6 …

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Woman Found Dead In Lake Alongside Her Baby Was Mourning Loss Of Her Dad NJ Woman Found Dead In Lake Alongside Her Baby Was Mourning Loss Of Her Dad
NJ Woman Found Dead In Lake Alongside Her Baby Was Mourning Loss Of Her Dad The woman who died alongside her 9-month-old son after their car was found in a Central Jersey pond had been mourning the loss of her own father, according to her posts on social media. The bodies of Tamequa Robinson, 30, of Edison, and her baby boy were pulled from their car in Piscataway's New Market Pond around 5:35 Tuesday morning, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. The boy was identified as Noah by family on social media. A passerby reportedly called police after spotting a vehicle floating in the pond at Stelton Road and Lakeview Avenue. The mom and her baby w…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Mother, 9-Month-Old Son Killed As Car Plunges Into Central Jersey Pond: Police Mother, 9-Month-Old Son Killed As Car Plunges Into Central Jersey Pond: Police
Mother, 9-Month-Old Son Killed As Car Plunges Into Central Jersey Pond: Police UPDATE: A 30-year-old woman who was found dead inside of a car with her 9-month-old baby had been mourning the loss of her father. Police responded to Stelton Road and Lakeview Avenue where officers found a vehicle in New Market Pond in Piscataway around 5:35 a.m., according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Inside the car, authorities found two victims who were pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, the prosecutor said alongside Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier. The mother was later identified as Tamequa Rob…

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by Jon Craig
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Victim ID'd In Central Jersey Shooting Victim ID'd In Central Jersey Shooting
Victim ID'd In Central Jersey Shooting Authorities have released the name of a 22-year-old victim who was fatally shot in Central Jersey.  Alphonso Brown of North Brunswick sustained apparent gunshot wounds in the shooting at 3:58 p.m. Thursday in Piscataway, authorities said.. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier.  The shooting occurred nearWashington Avenue and West Fifth Street  Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to&n…

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by Jon Craig
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Central Jersey Police Seek Public's Help In Deadly Shooting Investigation Central Jersey Police Seek Public's Help In Deadly Shooting Investigation
Central Jersey Police Seek Public's Help In Deadly Shooting Investigation Authorities in Central Jersey are seeking the public's help in a shooting that left one dead Thursday. Officers found a male with gunshot wounds near West Fifth Street and Washington Avenue in Piscataway just before 4 p.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Mosier said. Responders performed lifesaving measures before the man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity was being withheld pending notification of family. Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective TJ Patel of the Piscata…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Freight Train Collides With Car, Killing Passenger, Hospitalizing Driver In Middlesex County Freight Train Collides With Car, Killing Passenger, Hospitalizing Driver In Middlesex County
Freight Train Collides With Car, Killing Passenger, Hospitalizing Driver In Middlesex County UPDATED: A freight train struck a vehicle in Central Jersey, killing one occupant and injuring another authorities said. The collision occurred late Thursday night in a railroad crossing at New Brunswick Avenue and Tyler Place in Piscataway, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Piscataway Police Chief Thomas Mosier. A passenger in the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment, they said. The investigation is active and continuing.  Anyone with information is urged to cal…

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by Jon Craig
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Central Jersey Man, 40, Arrested In Fatal Stabbing Central Jersey Man, 40, Arrested In Fatal Stabbing
Central Jersey Man, 40, Arrested In Fatal Stabbing A 40-year-old man from Piscataway has been arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Middlesex County, authorities said. William Johnson has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose for causing the death of Lawrence Darby, 32, also of Piscataway, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Piscataway Township Police Chief Thomas Mosier said in a joint statement. Piscataway police responded to multiple 911 calls at 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday about an assault near 58 School St., Ciccone and Mosier said.  Police f…

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by Jon Craig