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No Charges For Driver, 73, Who Fatally Struck Woman, 77, Walking To Bridgewater Bus Stop: PD No Charges For Driver, 73, Who Fatally Struck Woman, 77, Walking To Bridgewater Bus Stop: PD
No Charges For Driver, 73, Who Fatally Struck Woman, 77, Walking To Bridgewater Bus Stop: PD Charges have yet to be filed against a 73-year-old driver who fatally struck a 77-year-old woman Sunday, Nov. 19 in Bridgewater Township, police said. Maria Zuniga was crossing Union Avenue near Finderne Avenue at 9:55 a.m. attempting to reach a bus stop when she was struck by a 2015 Honda CRV driven by a 73-year-old Somerville man heading east, Bridgewater Police Officer Cole Taggert said. Zuniga was transferred to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where she was later pronounced dead, Taggert said.  The cause of the crash is under investigation and no charges have been fil…

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by Sam Barron
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Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In Finderne: Prosecutor Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In Finderne: Prosecutor
Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In Finderne: 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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Black NJ Teen Pinned In Viral Video Hires Lawyer Who Repped George Floyd, Breonna Taylor Black NJ Teen Pinned In Viral Video Hires Lawyer Who Repped George Floyd, Breonna Taylor
Black NJ Teen Pinned In Viral Video Hires Lawyer Who Repped George Floyd, Breonna Taylor The nationally renowned civil rights attorney who represented the families of George Floyd, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery has been retained by the New Jersey teen pinned to the ground and handcuffed by police during a mall fight. Benjamin Crump announced he has been retained to help 14-year-old Z’Kye Husain, who he said was standing up for a middle schooler being bullied by an 11th grader at the Bridgewater Commons last Saturday. The video shows officers forcefully pinning Z’Kye to the ground with their arms and legs handcuffing him, while the white teen involved in the fi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Manville Man In His 30s Dies In Route 22 Crash Manville Man In His 30s Dies In Route 22 Crash
Manville Man In His 30s Dies In Route 22 Crash A man in his 30s died in a crash on Route 22 in Somerset County Wednesday, authorities said. Bound Brook police responded to the eastbound side of the roadway following multiple 911 calls reporting a crash between Vosseller and Mountain avenues around 11:20 a.m., Deputy Chief Kevin Rivenbark said. The Manville man, whose identity was not being released, was pronounced dead at the scene.  Several witnesses pulled over and cooperated with the investigation.  The accident was under investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Reconstruction Team…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Box Containing Messages, Bracelets Stolen From Memorial Site Of Man Killed In NJ Crash Box Containing Messages, Bracelets Stolen From Memorial Site Of Man Killed In NJ Crash
Box Containing Messages, Bracelets Stolen From Memorial Site Of Man Killed In NJ Crash An orange box at the memorial site of a 22-year-old man killed in a Bridgewater crash last year has gone missing. The box contains handwritten notes, stickers and bracelets that loved ones placed at a tree on Garretson Road, remembering Brian Conklin. Conklin died last May when his vehicle veered off Garretson Road at the intersection of Hill Lane, struck a tree and went up in flames. "The box itself was a gift from friends to protect it all, and now someone has taken this from us -- ALL of us," Christine McGinn Conklin wrote on Facebook. 🧡Please help... this orange box has been take…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Somerset Bus Driver, 76, Made Inappropriate Comments To Female Student, 13 Police: Somerset Bus Driver, 76, Made Inappropriate Comments To Female Student, 13
Police: Somerset Bus Driver, 76, Made Inappropriate Comments To Female Student, 13 A 76-year-old Somerset County Educational Services bus driver was charged with harassment after making inappropriate students to a 13-year-old female student, authorities said. The Bridgewater-Raritan student was the only passenger on the bus when Joseph Galietti made the comments, Bridgewater police said. Galietti was arrested around 2 p.m. on March 10, authorities said. "Galietti was interviewed by detectives and based upon statements and evidence, the charge of harassment was sustained," local police said. The investigation is ongoing. 

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by Cecilia Levine