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Linden Man Charged In Deadly New Year's Eve Strangulation Linden Man Charged In Deadly New Year's Eve Strangulation
Linden Man Charged In Deadly New Year's Eve Strangulation A Linden man has been arrested in connection the New Year's Eve choking death of a 62-year-old woman, authorities said Saturday. Edward T. Sokowski, 62, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Kim E. Lewandowski, also of Linden, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said. Authorities responded to Sokowski’s apartment on the 200 block of South Wood Avenue, where they found Lewandowski having sustained serious injury around 8:10 p.m. on Dec. 31, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Cleaver, who is pro…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Burlington County Man Ignites Linden Driveway Fire In Family Dispute Authorities: Burlington County Man Ignites Linden Driveway Fire In Family Dispute
Authorities: Burlington County Man Ignites Linden Driveway Fire In Family Dispute A Burlington County man was lodged in the Union County Jail after setting a can of gasoline in a residential Linden driveway over a family dispute, authorities said. Desmond E. Hodge, 47, of Southampton Township, showed up to the house on the 1300 block of Essex Avenue and told the five residents a shared relative owed him money Wednesday morning, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said. Hodge told the residents he was leaving -- but promised to return after "going to get gasoline," according to Ruotolo and Hart. Linden police res…

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by Cecilia Levine