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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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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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Somerset County Driver Ticketed In Hit-Run That Hospitalized Pedestrian Somerset County Driver Ticketed In Hit-Run That Hospitalized Pedestrian
Somerset County Driver Ticketed In Hit-Run That Hospitalized Pedestrian A pedestrian was hospitalized with head and back injuries in a hit-and-run crash at a Morris County strip mall last week, authorities said. The victim was struck by Caprise Keets, 53, of Manville (Somerset County), around at the Valley Mall in Gillette around 10:20 a.m. on Dec. 23, Long Hill police said. The pedestrian was transported to Morristown Hospital by the Long Hill First Aid Squad.  Keets was issued a summons for careless driving with a pending court date in Long Hill Township Court.

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by Cecilia Levine