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Attempts To Capture Small Alligator Closes Central Jersey Park Attempts To Capture Small Alligator Closes Central Jersey Park
Attempts To Capture Small Alligator Closes Central Jersey Park A Middlesex County park is closed due to repeated sightings of a small alligator. The 3 or 4-foot gator was first spotted last Wednesday, Aug. 23 in Victor Crowell Park, submerged in the waters of Lake Creighton, commonly known as the Duck Pond, and Ambrose Brook in Middlesex Borough. Police shot at the alligator on Saturday, Aug. 26, before it was reported that the reptile had munched on a duck. Police Chief Matthew P. Geist urged residents to stay away from the area and to not approach or attempt to capture the alligator. Anyone who sees the alligator is urged to call the Midd…

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by Jon Craig
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Police ID Bicyclist, 44, Struck, Killed In Central Jersey Crash Police ID Bicyclist, 44, Struck, Killed In Central Jersey Crash
Police ID Bicyclist, 44, Struck, Killed In Central Jersey Crash Police have identified a 44-year-old bicyclist from Union County killed in a weekend crash in Middlesex Borough, authorities said. Darwin O. Mestanza Rivera, of Scotch Plains, died in the crash at 6:57 a.m. on Saturday, July 29, Middlesex Borough Police Chief Matthew P. Geist said. Mestanza Rivera was struck from behind by a Jeep Patrol as he rode west on South Avenue near the corner of Howard Street, Geist said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. The driver of the Jeep Patriot declined medical attention. Charges are possible but had not been filed, a polic…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Man Threatened To Leak 'Compromising' Pics Of Girl Who Tried Ending Relationship, Police Say NJ Man Threatened To Leak 'Compromising' Pics Of Girl Who Tried Ending Relationship, Police Say
NJ Man Threatened To Leak 'Compromising' Pics Of Girl Who Tried Ending Relationship, Police Say A 23-year-old Newark man was arrested after threatening to release "compromising" photos of a girl who tried ending her relationship with him, authorities in Middlesex said. Robert Arroyo was charged with making terroristic threats, stalking, invasion of privacy and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, Middlesex Police Chief Matthew P. Geist said on Friday. Middlesex Borough Detectives Sean Flanagan and Daniel McCue reportedly arrested Arroyo at his home in Newark on Thursday, Geist said.  In November 2020, the Middlesex Police Department received a report that …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Middlesex County Man, 18, Charged With Running Child Porn Sharing Program Middlesex County Man, 18, Charged With Running Child Porn Sharing Program
Middlesex County Man, 18, Charged With Running Child Porn Sharing Program A Middlesex County man was arrested on accusations he ran a child pornography sharing program from his home on Friday, authorities said. Aofei Zou, 18, of Middlesex, was charged with second-degree using a file-sharing program to store items depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of children and third-degree possession of child pornography, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Matthew P. Geist of the Middlesex Borough Police Department said. Zou was charged following an investigation by Det. Daniel Lojek and Det. Stephanie Redline of the Internet Crimes Against Chil…

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by Cecilia Levine