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Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty In Double-Fatal Off Duty DWI Wreck In New Jersey, Prosecutor Says
A 30-year-old former police officer has pleaded guilty to charges filed in connection with a double-fatal wreck he caused while off duty last summer, authorities announced.
Amitoj Oberoi, 29, of Somerset, was employed as an Edison police officer at the time of the accident on Route 27 in Franklin Township that killed Carlos Perez-Gayan, a 24-year-old Somerset resident, and Victor Cabrera-Francisco, a 20-year-old North Brunswick resident, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
Oberoi pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated, authorities said. His …
Repeat-Offending Ex-Con, Partner Caught Burglarizing Vehicles In Wayne: PD
A repeat-offending ex-con who tried to become something of a jailhouse lawyer was caught in the act of burglarizing vehicles in Wayne after a woman he was with spilled the beans, authorities said.
Responding to multiple calls, Sgt. Mark CIavirella found a 2014 Chevy Traverse occupied by Melissa Ashmead, 42, of North Brunswick, in the area of New Street where the complaints originated, Capt. Dan Daly said.
Why and how she ended up there didn't jibe, the captain said.
It didn't take long to tie her and Moises Echevarria, 43, of Paterson, to the vehicle break-ins, he said.
A perimeter was es…
Winning $10K Mega Millions Lottery Tickets Sold At 7-Eleven, Walmart
There were three third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Tuesday, June 6, Mega Millions drawing.
They matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize, New Jersey Lottery officials said.
Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:
Bergen County: 7-Eleven #34205, 1 Kinderkamack Rd., Montvale;
Bergen County: Junior Smoke Shop, 42 W. Palisade Ave., Englewood; and,
Middlesex County: Walmart #2003, 979 Route #1 South, North Brunswick.
The winning numbers for the Tuesday, June 6, drawing were: 06, 12, 23, 29 and 57. The Gold Meg…
NJ Native Bites Multiple Officers Over $6 Theft At PA Walmart: Police
A $6 shoplifting incident at a Pennsylvania Walmart that sent five police officers on a foot chase— two were bitten by the suspect, according to a police release on Tuesday, January 10.
Rygo Alexander Kingsley, 23, currently of Lancaster, PA, and native to North Brunswick, NJ, was acting "suspicious" at the Walmart located at 2030 Fruitville Pike on Nov. 29, 2022, authorities say.
Manheim Township police were called to the store as part of the "on-going investigation against him for retail theft," as stated in the release by the department.
The person who called the police knew Kingsley an…
18 Nabbed In Massive Hunterdon County Meth, Heroin, Cocaine, Suboxone Bust: Prosecutor
Eighteen people were arrested and charged as part of a several-month investigation into the distribution of meth, heroin, cocaine, and suboxone in Hunterdon County, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 19.
The investigation was launched by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office with assistance from the Clinton Township Police Department Investigative Division after numerous complaints were received regarding narcotic activity along Route 22 in Clinton Township, Prosecutor Renée Robeson said.
The following suspects were arrested and charged as part of the investigation, Robeson said:
L…
Guns Smuggled From Georgia By Central Jersey Felon: AG
A man from Central Jersey has been arrested for illegally smuggling guns into New Jersey from Georgia, authorities said.
Barrett R. Griffin, III, 33, of North Brunswick, was indicted on multiple weapons charges, according to Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Plotkin. The guns were allegedly intended to be sold unlawfully, he said.
The indictment, handed up by a State Grand Jury on Friday, May 6, alleges that between Feb. 5, and Feb. 7, Griffin illegally transported handguns from Georgia to New Jersey, for unlawful sale.
“As gun violence continues to disrupt the peace of communities throug…
Ex-Amtrak Worker From NJ Admits Stealing, Selling Agency Equipment
UPDATE: For more than eight years, a now-former Amtrak employee from the Jersey Shore collected chainsaws and chainsaw parts from the agency, then sold them and kept the money.
Federal authorities eventually caught on to Jose Rodriguez, 49, of Brick, then got a conviction for mail fraud.
Hired in October 2007, Rodriguez worked as a senior engineer and repairman at Amtrak's North Brunswick facility, authorities said.
Five years later, Rodriguez admitted in federal court, he began gathering equipment under the false pretense that they'd be used for company projects.
Before he was caught in …
Punk Godmother Patti Smith, Alex Hamilton, Ron Jaworski Among NJ Hall Of Fame Inductees
Patti Smith didn’t know what to expect when she popped in the cassette that Bruce Springsteen had given her.
Soon after, the godmother of punk poetry wrote a simple love song, punctuated by a big Boss arena-rock chorus.
“Because the Night” became a late ‘70s anthem of sorts, one that introduced many listeners to Patricia Lee Smith – who, like Springsteen, lived in the Garden State.
Smith, 74, will be among two dozen new inductees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday.
Among those joining Smith -- the former Pitman resident and Deptford High School graduate -- will be he…
