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Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months A cashier at a Sunoco station has been arrested for taking multiple upskirt photos of women while at work over the course of nearly two years, authorities in Somerset County said. Miguel A. Melchor-Gomez, 54, of North Plainfield, who worked at the Sunoco station on Stirling Road in Watchung, filmed underneath his unsuspecting victims' clothing in one of two ways from December 2021 to Aug. 19, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. said. Melchor-Gomez either pretended that the credit card machine malfunctioned and directed his victims to the counter where he would stand clos…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities
Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities A 31-year-old West New York man was arrested after threatening to shoot a group of people walking through a Hoboken parking deck and then police — even though he didn't have a gun, police said. The group of men told police they were walking to a lot on 700 1st St., when a man later identified as Harrison Vargas approached them and began yelling around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, March 4, Hoboken Police Detective Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Vargas then threatened to shoot them and pretended he had a gun, using his hands to imitate one, authorities said. He then fled north on Harrison Street, wher…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teen Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking At Somerset County Condo Complex Teen Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking At Somerset County Condo Complex
Teen Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking At Somerset County Condo Complex A teen boy was arrested for an attempted carjacking at a condominium complex in Somerset County last month, authorities said. A 38-year-old resident of the Polo Hills condominium complex in Far Hills told police that the 16-year-old boy entered her garage, brandished a knife, and demanded the keys to her car around 9:20 p.m on June 10, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson. The woman told police there was a brief struggle where the boy lunged at her with the knifed before fleeing towards the Far Hills train station, Robertson said alongside Chief of Cou…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California
Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California Two men charged with killing a Parsippany man were captured after fleeing to California, authorities said Friday. The body of Jaime Lopez-Basilio was found in an Old Bloomfield Avenue home this past Sept. 9. Investigators determined that Rogelio Laureano-Gonzalez, 25, of Parsippany, killed him with a blow to the head, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release Friday with local police. Laureano-Gonzalez and Cirilo Rojas-Paulino, also of Parsippany, fled to California but were tracked down, Knapp said. Laureano-Gonzalez was charged with manslaughter and hinderin…

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by Cecilia Levine