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Driver Who Fled Cops At 100 MPH Captured In Secaucus Hotel: Fairfield PD Driver Who Fled Cops At 100 MPH Captured In Secaucus Hotel: Fairfield PD
Driver Who Fled Cops At 100 MPH Captured In Secaucus Hotel: Fairfield PD A 25-year-old Fairfield man was arrested and charged over the weekend after leading police on a 100 miles per hour pursuit, authorities said. Police originally attempted to stop Deyah Shaabneh on Wednesday, April 24, when officers saw his vehicle had a fake license plate, Fairfield police said. Shaabneh failed to stop and instead, sped down Sand Road going 100 mph, police said. Officers did not pursue him out of concern for public safety, police said. Officers were able to identify Shaabneh using assistance from police in East Hanover and East Brunswick Police Departments, law enforcement s…

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by Sam Barron
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East Brunswick Motorcycle Officers Injured When Car Turns Directly Into Their Paths: Police East Brunswick Motorcycle Officers Injured When Car Turns Directly Into Their Paths: Police
East Brunswick Motorcycle Officers Injured When Car Turns Directly Into Their Paths: Police Two East Brunswick police officers were injured when their motorcycles collided with a third vehicle Wednesday, May 17, authorities said. Sgts. John Bird and James Angermeier were traveling east on Milltown Road on their bikes when a Honda HR-V making a left turn out of the Wawa parking lot directly into their paths around 4:30 p.m., police said. The Honda HR-V made a left turn from the exit of the Wawa parking lot onto Milltown Road in front of the path of the two motorcycles, police said. The three vehicles collided in the eastbound lane of Milltown Road. Bird an…

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by Jon Craig
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Son Kills Mom In NJ Home: Prosecutor Son Kills Mom In NJ Home: Prosecutor
Son Kills Mom In NJ Home: Prosecutor A 41-year-old New York man has been charged in his mom's New Jersey murder, authorities said. Jason Gordon is believed to have killed his mom, Carmen Gordon, 68, in her Cozzens Court home in East Brunswick, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Police Chief Frank LoSacco said. Gordon was found dead around 11:10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22, by officers performing a wellness check. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident was not a random act of violence.  Gordon was charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of third-degree Possession of a Wea…

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by Cecilia Levine
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HEROES: East Brunswick Officers Pull Jumper Back From Overpass Above NJ Turnpike HEROES: East Brunswick Officers Pull Jumper Back From Overpass Above NJ Turnpike
Heroes: East Brunswick Officers Pull Jumper Back From Overpass Above NJ Turnpike New Jersey Turnpike traffic whizzed below as two East Brunswick police officers struggled with a distraught would-be jumper who pleaded with them to let him go. Dashcam video recorded the heroic rescue by Officers Ryan Hensperger and Rob Thuring on the Route 18 overpass 50 or so feet above the busy turnpike. The officers approached cautiously but quickly -- then made the most of an instant when the man let down his guard. "He was receptive of me talking to him," Thuring told ABC7 Eyewitness News. "I kept moving closer and closer to him...He said a couple of things that made me realize the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: East Brunswick Drowning Victims Did Not Know How To Swim In 7-Foot Deep End Authorities: East Brunswick Drowning Victims Did Not Know How To Swim In 7-Foot Deep End
Authorities: East Brunswick Drowning Victims Did Not Know How To Swim In 7-Foot Deep End Authorities trying to tamp down rumors about the drowning of three family members in East Brunswick Monday have released new details about their accidental deaths. Neither Bharat Patel, 62, his 33-year old daughter-in-law Nisha Patel nor her 8-year-old daughter knew how to swim, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and East Brunswick Police Chief Frank LoSacco said in a joint statement. "The above-ground pool was mostly shallow at 3½ feet deep," Kuberiet and LoSacco said, but there was a portion of the pool that was 7 feet deep." "It doesn’t appear that th…

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by Jon Craig
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UPDATE: Mom, Young Daughter, Father-In-Law Found Dead In East Brunswick Backyard Pool UPDATE: Mom, Young Daughter, Father-In-Law Found Dead In East Brunswick Backyard Pool
Update: Mom, Young Daughter, Father-In-Law Found Dead In East Brunswick Backyard Pool A woman, her daughter and the girl's grandfather all drowned in an above-ground backyard pool in Middlesex County on Monday, responders said. Neighbors on Clearview Road called 911 about a possible fall victim, saying they heard screams around 4:15 p.m., East Brunswick Police Lt. Frank Sutter said. Responders found the bodies of Bharat Patel, 62, his daughter-in-law, Nisha Patel, 33, and her 8-year-old daughter, who wasn't identified because of her age.  All had accidentally drowned in four feet of water, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and East Brunswick …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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13-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Through Ice On East Brunswick Pond 13-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Through Ice On East Brunswick Pond
13-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Through Ice On East Brunswick Pond Despite an heroic rescue effort by police and firefighters, a 13-year-old boy died after falling through the ice Wednesday night on an East Brunswick pond, authorities said. Yusef Khela was playing with two other children near police headquarters on Civic Center Drive when they all fell in shortly before 5 p.m., township police said. Two got out of the water, but the third became trapped. Yusef's friends quickly summoned police, who created a human chain to try and rescue the boy, "but he slipped under the ice before they could reach him," the department said in a release. Firefighters e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Sex-Trafficking Couple Caught In Fort Lee Accept Plea Deals From Government Teen Sex-Trafficking Couple Caught In Fort Lee Accept Plea Deals From Government
Teen Sex-Trafficking Couple Caught In Fort Lee Accept Plea Deals From Government A Bronx couple caught at a Fort Lee hotel while trafficking an underage girl for sex took guilty pleas in federal court on Thursday. Richard “Ace” Ortiz, 23, and Gabriella Colon, 19, would have both faced life imprisonment if convicted at trial following Thursday’s please in U.S. District Court in Trenton, authorities said. Their prison sentences nonetheless will be significant -- and must be served entirely (There's no parole in the federal prison system). Ortiz and Colon forced the 17-year-old Lancaster, PA girl to have sex with several men at an East Brunswick hotel throughout the month…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted
Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted PATERSON, N.J. – Nine men from Paterson were charged with burglarizing a Clifton auto dealer twice and stealing vehicles from eight other dealerships in four counties while using juveniles as accomplices, authorities announced Thursday. Among the victims were B&M Auto Mall in Clifton, which was broken into twice, as well as Lakeview Auto (also in Clifton) and Otocity in Totowa, a 131-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson says. Also victimized in a 10-month spree that began in January last year were dealerships in East Brunswick, Jefferson Township, Neptune Township, Old …

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by Jerry DeMarco