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NJ Ex-Con Featured On 'America's Most Wanted' Sentenced For Deadly Stabbing
An Ocean County ex-convict and parolee once featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted" will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to his role in the stabbing death of another man, authorities said. Angelo Grenci, 47, of Berkeley Township, was sentenced on Friday, Apr. 19 to 20 years in state prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He pleaded guilty on Monday, Jan. 29 to aggravated manslaughter in the killing of 50-year-old Carlton Williams of Seaside Heights. Toms River and Berkeley Township police responded to RWJBarnabas C…
Police & Fire
82-Year-Old Man Heard Wife Scream After Accidental Deadly Shooting In Edison Home: Cops
An 82-year-old man is believed to have accidentally shot and killed his wife in Edison. Robert Novak was in a room on the first floor of the Glencourt Avenue home he shared with his 76-year-old wife, Patricia Novak, when he tried to clear one of his registered guns around 2:10 p.m. Friday, April 5, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The weapon discharged into the basement of the home, striking Patricia, whom Robert heard scream, Ciccone said. Novak went to check on his wife and learned he'd accidentally shot her, and called 9-1-1, according to the prosecutor. Patricia w…
Police & Fire
Dad Charged With Murder In 9-Year-Old Son's Death Is Employed By Sayreville Schools: Officials
Charges have been upgraded for a New Jersey dad whose deceased 9-year-old son was found in a burning vehicle, authorities said. Manuel Rivera has been charged with second-degree aggravated arson, first-degree murder, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and second-degree desecration of human remains, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. According to Sayreville Schools Superintendent Richard Labbe, 43-year-old Rivera was employed by the district, and his son was a student at the Wilson School. The charges were filed in connection with an incident Thursday…
Schools
Man Dies In 'Tragic Incident' On Grounds Of NJ High School: Officials
A community member died in what officials are calling a "tragic incident" on the grounds of a New Jersey school district on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Police responding to Highland Park High School around 6:25 a.m. found an unresponsive male, local police said. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was pronounce dead. "The patient was not affiliated with Highland Park Schools nor was the patient ever inside of a school building," local police said. Highland Park Schools Superintendent Kristina Nicosia said that a community member died before the school d…
Police & Fire
Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In NJ: Prosecutor
Police have released details and made an arrest in a nearly five-hour SWAT standoff involving a hostage Friday, Nov. 10 in Somerset County. Police received 9-1-1 calls saying a man later identified as Alonzo D. Blakey, 50, was holding a female relative against her will in his apartment on Columbia Drive in Finderne, around 7:20 a.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Blakely was threatening to harm himself and the victim when Bridgewater police arrived, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., Bridgewate…
Legal
Woman Partially Paralyzed By Childbirth Epidural Agrees To $13.5M Settlement With NJ Hospital
A woman who was left paralyzed in her lower legs after childbirth reportedly has agreed to a $13.5 million settlement of a lawsuit against Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Alexandra Mejia was 18 and pregnant with her first child when she was admitted to the New Brunswick hospital on Oct. 25, 2019, according to a story published in the New Jersey Law Journal. A delayed diagnosis of blood that pooled in her lower back because of an epidural left her partially paralyzed, unable to walk and forced to use a catheter to urinate, it says. An obstetric anesthesiologist noticed heavy bleedi…
Police & Fire
Officer Not At Fault In Death Of Pedestrian Hit By Police Car On Route 18, NJ Grand Jury Finds
UPDATE: A state grand jury has cleared an East Brunswick police officer who was responding to a crash when he struck and killed a 55-year-old Edison man as he stood on darkened Route 18 in the middle of the night. Julius Filep had gotten out of his disabled car after it struck debris scattered across the highway when a sleeping driver slammed into a utility pole on the northbound side shortly after 3:30 a.m. Aug. 1, 2021, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. A third vehicle, as well as an 18-wheel truck, drove over the debris, igniting fiery, arching electrical wires, the attor…
News
Cracked Skull Among Injuries Suffered By Rutgers Doctoral Student In Bicycle Crash, Friends Say
A Rutgers University doctoral student who was active in helping the Central Jersey community fractured her skull in a recent bicycle crash, friends say. Suzy Jung was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Saturday, July 15 after the crash, according to Chloe (ChungAh) Kim, of New Brunswick, who organized a GoFundMe. In addition to a cracked skull, Suzy suffered temporary short-term memory loss, slight deafness in her left ear, a constant headache, and nausea, Chloe wrote. Suzy is an international student from South Korea finishing her Ph.D. in Urban Planning at Rutgers. …
Police & Fire
Woman Stabs, Tries Running Over Ex-BF's Girlfriend At Central Jersey Motel: Police
A 37-year-old New Brunswick woman has been charged with trying to kill her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend, authorities said. Quadira Banks stabbed and tried to run over the victim at a local motel on Wednesday, July 4, East Brunswick police said. It all happened around 10:10 a.m., at Studio 6 on Highway 18, police said. There, police found that Banks had stabbed her ex-boyfriend’s girlfriend several times in the face and body, then got in her car and tried to run the woman over twice before fleeing the scene, authorities said. The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University H…
Police & Fire
Some Details Released In Death Of 2-Year-Old Pulled From Hot Car In NJ
Authorities have disclosed some details surrounding the death of a 2-year-old girl pulled from a hot car Tuesday, Aug. 30. An off-duty firefighter and neighbor was performing CPR on the toddler when authorities arrived at the scene on Summerall Road in Franklin Township around 2:20 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Officers assisted in life-saving measures until Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital ALS and BLS medics arrived and took over. The girl was pronounced deceased at the scene. It was not clear exactly how long the girl had been in the car. The circumstan…
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Best Hospitals In NJ Ranked In Newly Released Report
US News & World Report has released its annual rankings of the best hospitals in New Jersey. At the very top are Morristown Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center. Morristown Medical Center was nationally ranked in three specialties, while HUMC was nationally ranked in four specialties. Ninety-eight hospitals in the Garden State were evaluated, with the addition of health equity and cancer ratings. 15. Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden 13. Tie between Ocean University Medical Center in Brick and Jefferson Health-Stratford, Cherry Hill and Washington Townshi…
Police & Fire
Driver Taken To Trauma Center As Car Plunges Down Embankment Into Hunterdon County Pond:
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A driver was rescued and rushed to a nearby trauma center after a vehicle plunged down a steep embankment and landed in a pond in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to the crash near Route 202 and Colony Road in Raritan Township just after 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, the department said. Initial investigation showed that the vehicle was heading northbound on Route 202 when it crossed the grass median north of Voorhees Corner Road, continued north in the southbound lanes, and hit several mailboxes and a fire hydrant, crews sa…
News
NJ Pharmacist Needed Double Lung Transplant But Insurance Denied It — Now He's Gone
John Jukić's family says he would still be alive today had his insurance company granted him the double lung transplant he needed back in April. The 46-year-old Clark dad and Colonia pharmacist suffered lung damage from COVID-19 he contracted last October, and needed a double lung transplant. His only hope was a double lung transplant, his wife Mirla said. However, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois apparently denied him the life-saving treatment, and while his family was in the process of appealing the decision, John on Monday, June 13. Blue Cross Blue Shield did not immediately resp…
Police & Fire
Victim Airlifted After Falling Down Flight Of Stairs In Hunterdon County
A victim was airlifted to a nearby trauma center after falling down a flight of stairs in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to a home in Flemington Thursday morning, the department said. The rescue squad treated the victim at the scene as a Northstar medical helicopter landed nearby to take them to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. ALSO SEE: Victim Airlifted After Becoming Trapped Under T-Shirt Printing Press In Hunterdon County “It's been a busy week for traumas in our area, with this being the third m…
Police & Fire
Police ID New Brunswick Man, 40, Killed In Weekend Crash
Police have identified the 40-year-old man killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer. Kendall Campbell, of New Brunswick, was driving north on Route 1 near New Road when the crash occurred about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, South Brunswick police said. Campbell got stuck under the rear of a tractor-trailer driven by a 56-year-old man from Somerset, police said. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where he was pronounced dead, they said. The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to call 732-329-464…
News
AG: Hillsborough Man Wielded 3-Foot-Long Sword Before Being Pepper-Sprayed, Shot By Police
A Hillsborough man was holding a three-foot-long sword when he was pepper-sprayed and then shot and killed by police at his home last month, New Jersey's top law enforcement official said Monday. Five uniformed Hillsborough officers responding to a request for a welfare check went to the Piedmont Path home where Patrick Chin, 43, and his new bride lived at 4:10 p.m. Sept. 28, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. "When the officers arrived, they encountered Mr. Chin inside the home holding an approximately three-foot long sword," Bruck said. "During the encounter, Officer George …
Police & Fire
NJ Attorney General: Man Shot Dead At Hillsborough Home By Police Responding To 911 Call
A man was killed in a police-involved shooting at a Hillsborough home, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Township officers had responded to a 911 emergency call at the Piedmont Path residence shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. An officer discharged his service weapon during an encounter at the home, Bruck said. The resident, who wasn't immediately identified, was mortally wounded, he said. Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the resident before he was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brun…
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AG Releases Video, Audio In Death Of Edison Man, 55, Hit By Police Car On Route 18
Authorities on Thursday released a grainy, tilted-angle video of a 55-year-old Edison man who was struck and killed by a police car as he walked on a darkened Route 18 last month. What also remained unclear was why Julius Filep was walking toward oncoming traffic in the highway’s northbound lanes in East Brunswick shortly after 3:30 a.m. Aug. 1. An East Brunswick police officer was responding to another accident when his cruiser struck Filep in front of the AAA Insurance center, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Filep was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson Univer…
Police & Fire
Dog Attack Sends 2 To Hospital In South Brunswick
Two people were hospitalized after being attacked by a family dog in South Brunswick on Tuesday, police said. A man in his 50s and woman in her 60s were bitten by the family dog, a pitbull, at a house on the 100 block of New Road, local police said. The victims were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, authorities said. Their conditions were not known as of Wednesday morning. Responders included local police, EMS and animal control officers.
News
Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On Route 18 Identified
UPDATE: A man who was struck and killed by a police car as he walked in the roadway on Route 18 was identified Thursday as a 55-year-old Edison resident. Authorities didn’t say whether they’d determined why Julius Filep was walking on the highway when he was struck in front of the AAA Insurance center on the northbound highway in East Brunswick shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday. An officer was on duty and in uniform as he headed north to a crash in the highway’s southbound lanes when the police cruiser struck Filep, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. He was pronounced d…
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NJ Attorney General: Man On Darkened Highway Struck, Killed By Police Car
A man was in the roadway when he was struck and killed on Route 18 by a police car before dawn Sunday, authorities confirmed. The East Brunswick officer was on duty and in uniform when the marked vehicle struck the man in front of the AAA Insurance center on the northbound highway at 3:35 a.m., Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Sunday evening. The man, whose identity was temporarily being withheld, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at 4:13 a.m., the attorney general said. State law and his own guidelines require Bruck's office to investiga…
Police & Fire
Somerset County Doctor, 64, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Patient During Appointment
A Somerset County doctor was arrested on accusations that he sexually assaulted a patient during an appointment, authorities said. Chike J. Aguh, 64, is accused of assaulting a woman during her appointment at his practice in Franklin Township on Tuesday, Jan. 12, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release with other top officials. Aguh, of Belle Mead, was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree sexual contact. He was being held at the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing. Aguh is an Obstetrics and Gynecolo…
News
'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey
Six vaccine "mega sites" are expected to open across New Jersey in early January, Gov. Phil Murphy announced during Friday's COVID-19 briefing. The sites will be able to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, and will accommodate essential workers before moving to adults over the age of 65 and those with high-risk medical conditions. The news comes three days after a nurse at University Hospital in Newark became the first New Jersey resident to receive Pfizer's vaccine. Since then, "healthcare heroes" have been vaccinated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Atlant…
Police & Fire
Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car
A heart-stopping video posted by a Middlesex County police department shows an officer running out of his car to rescue a driver from a burning vehicle in a Thanksgiving Day crash. The 3-minute and 40-second dashcam tape shows Monroe Township officer Douglas Perrone jumping out of his vehicle to Pergola Avenue near Namsan Drive around 8:40 p.m., and running straight to the fully-engulfed Ford Fusion -- the driver trapped inside. Perrone tried using his fire extinguisher to put out the blaze, but when that wasn't working, he climbed inside of the vehicle and pulled the driver from the …
News
These NJ Hospitals Are 'Weeks Away' From Getting Early Doses Of
Covid-
19 Vaccine
It's only a matter of weeks before several New Jersey hospitals receive an early shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine, state officials said. As part of Operation Warp Speed, the nearly half-dozen area hospitals will get the frozen shipments of the vaccine to keep in Arctic-level sub-zero freezers -- even before it's approved by the FDA. While no dates were given, New Jersey was "weeks away from the first doses of a vaccine being ready for distribution to our health care workers... and months away from a vaccine being readily available for public distribution," Gov. Phil Murphy said. …
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Featured On 'America's Most Wanted' Arrested In Near-Fatal Jersey Shore Stabbing
A 44-year-old parolee from the Jersey Shore has been arrested in connection with a near-fatal stabbing last weekend, authorities said. The suspect was once featured on "America's Most Wanted," wrote a book called "Inabsentia," and has served at least nine years in New Jersey State Prison, according to earlier news accounts. Angelo Grenci was charged with attempted murder on Monday for a violent fight in Berkeley Township, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Berkeley Township Police Chief Karin DiMichele. Berkeley and Toms River police were called to Comm…
News
Former Central Jersey Pilot, 46, Among Three Killed In Michigan Crash
A former Central Jersey pilot among three people killed in a two-car crash in Michigan on Monday was being remembered for his quiet acts of kindness. Yoni Kohn, 46 -- formerly of Edison and Lakewood -- and two others died in the northern Van Buren County crash around 12 p.m. when one car was rear-ended, causing both to roll over, WoodTV reports. The impact forced both cars into another area where a camper trailer and other vehicles were parked. Police say speed was a factor in the crash. Kohn was president of Tryko Partners, a private equity investment group in Brick, which…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Man, 32, Killed By DWI Driver, 21, In Central Jersey Crash
A 32-year-old man was killed by a 21-year-old drunk driver earlier this week on Route 1, authorities said. Arsalan Gul, of Edison, was behind the wheel of an Infiniti sedan when he struck a Honda Civic, which went into a Lexus SUV on impact in the southbound lanes of the highway in New Brunswick around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo said. The Civic driver -- Brian O’Donnell, 32, of Robinsville -- was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Caputo said. The investigation closed the Goodkind Bridge for …
Police & Fire
Update
: Wife Killed, Husband, Toddlers Seriously Injured In Horrific Route 287 Piscataway Crash
A Jamaica, NY woman was killed while her husband and two toddlers survived a Route 287 Piscataway crash with serious injuries, authorities said. Amarjit Fnu, 37, also of Jamaica, NY, was behind the wheel of a Toyota Rav 4 when the car veered off the roadway, crashed into a tree and overturned just south of Exit 7 at around 3:35 a.m. Thursday, New Jersey State Police Lt. Theodore Schafer said. All three passengers including his wife, Dheer Fnu, 30, and two toddlers were ejected, Schafer said. It is not clear if the kids -- a 1-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy -- were theirs, although all liv…
Police & Fire
Excuses For Violating Coronavirus Emergency Orders Push NJ Police Officers' Patience
Wild excuses have begun piling up from New Jerseyans accused of violating state coronavirus emergency orders, authorities say. A Passaic woman told police she drove to their headquarters before dawn Monday because her ex-boyfriend was tailing her, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Police found the ex, identified as 21-year-old city resident Frianky Nunez, and wrote him a summons for traveling without a legitimate reason in violation of state coronavirus emergency orders. They weren’t done, though. They issued the same summons to the woman, Lucero Dalia, 21, and her passenger, …
Police & Fire
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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