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DUAL BOMBSHELLS: Local NJ Police Chiefs Charged In Sex Cases DUAL BOMBSHELLS: Local NJ Police Chiefs Charged In Sex Cases
Dual Bombshells: Local NJ Police Chiefs Charged In Sex Cases Two New Jersey police chiefs – one retired, the other suspended – are separately charged as sexual predators within their departments. Suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst continued a pattern of “sexually predatory behavior targeting multiple women over many years,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in announcing the charges on Wednesday, April 12. One victim who worked for the department was sexually assaulted by Herbst both at headquarters and at her home, the attorney general said. Former Howell Township Police Chief Andrew Kudrick, meanwhile, “had an extramarit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Arrests Made In Double Weekend Shooting: Somerset Prosecutor Two Arrests Made In Double Weekend Shooting: Somerset Prosecutor
Two Arrests Made In Double Weekend Shooting: Somerset Prosecutor Two arrests were made in a shooting that left two people wounded over the weekend in Somerset County — one for obstruction of evidence and the other for pulling the trigger, authorities said. Dewitt Gilmore, 32, of New Rochelle, NY, was charged with attempted murder while Ainslee J. Clark, 28, of Middlesex, was charged with obstruction and drug offenses, in connection with the incident early Sunday, Sept. 11 in Manville, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Two male victims were shot at a home on North Weiss Street in Manville around 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, Somerset …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Double Shooting Probed In Somerset County Double Shooting Probed In Somerset County
Double Shooting Probed In Somerset County Two victims were expected to survive after a weekend shooting at a Somerset County home, authorities said. Both male victims were shot at a home on North Weiss Street in Manville around 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. One victim was found on South Main Street and the other at the North Weiss Street home where the first victim said he had been shot, McDonald said. Both victims were hospitalized and expected to survive. The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information relating to the shooting is urged to contact the Somerset C…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Driver Wanted On Warrants Leads Route 202 Pursuit-Crash: Prosecutor Driver Wanted On Warrants Leads Route 202 Pursuit-Crash: Prosecutor
Driver Wanted On Warrants Leads Route 202 Pursuit-Crash: Prosecutor A 25-year-old woman wanted on warrants out of multiple Central Jersey towns arrested for leading a Route 202 police pursuit before crashing, authorities said. Police tried stopping Jerrie Lee Williams, of Bound Brook, around 11:05 p.m. in Branchburg when they noticed she had an expired registration, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Williams failed to stop when signaled by the officer activating his emergency police lights and siren, McDonald said. Instead, she fled on Holland Brook Road at a high rate of speed.  The officer deactivated his police emergency l…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Highland Park Man Fires Gun At Manville Intersection: Prosecutor Highland Park Man Fires Gun At Manville Intersection: Prosecutor
Highland Park Man Fires Gun At Manville Intersection: Prosecutor A Middlesex County man was arrested for firing a weapon in Somerset County this week, authorities said. Police responding to the area of South Street and South 3rd Avenue in Manville on Tuesday, June 28 identified Emmanuel Williams, 23, of Highland Park, as one of the shooters, Somerset County Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. No injuries were reported, and Williams was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and weapons offenses. He was lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing. Detectives from the Manville Police Department and detectives from th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Police Chief Raped Employee In Archives Room 10 Times, Lawsuit Says NJ Police Chief Raped Employee In Archives Room 10 Times, Lawsuit Says
NJ Police Chief Raped Employee In Archives Room 10 Times, Lawsuit Says A longtime police chief in a Somerset County town has been placed on administrative leave after an employee accused him in a lawsuit of repeatedly raping her in a room at the station and assaulting her in other ways over the course of 13 years. Manville Police Chief Thomas J. Herbst raped the woman 10 times in the archive room of the police station, in a hotel parking lot and at her home, the 32-page suit filed in Somerset County Superior Court says. Herbst, hired in 1991, was placed on temporary administrative leave, and the victim was placed on paid administrative leave, following th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Dozen Men Who Thought They Were Meeting Teens For Sex Busted In Undercover NJ Sting Dozen Men Who Thought They Were Meeting Teens For Sex Busted In Undercover NJ Sting
Dozen Men Who Thought They Were Meeting Teens For Sex Busted In Undercover NJ Sting The president of a financial institution and software engineer were among a dozen men who thought they were meeting a child for sex but instead, were arrested on the spot in an undercover New Jersey sting, authorities announced Tuesday, (scroll down for the complete list of defendants). The 12 men in "Operation Spotlight" thought they were meeting up with children they'd met on various social media platforms, but instead, were arrested at various pre-arranged locations across Somerset County between Oct. 15 and Oct. 18, Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and U.S. Attorney/District of …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Manville Tire Slasher Returns: Vehicle Fire Erupts, 42 Cars Targeted In Latest Spree Manville Tire Slasher Returns: Vehicle Fire Erupts, 42 Cars Targeted In Latest Spree
Manville Tire Slasher Returns: Vehicle Fire Erupts, 42 Cars Targeted In Latest Spree A total of 42 cars were targeted in the Manville tire slasher's latest spree that included one vehicle fire, officials said. The tires were slashed throughout the northwest section of Manville Borough between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. on June 3, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release. Police were told about the slashing when responding to a call about a vehicle fire near North 8th Avenue in Manville shortly after 3 a.m., Robertson said. More than 155 vehicles' tires have been damaged since the slashing spree began. The incidents first came to light in August 2…

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by Valerie Musson