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Dodge Charger Driver, 28, Dies In NJ Tractor Trailer Crash: Cops
A 28-year-old woman died in a fiery tractor-trailer crash early Saturday, Feb. 1 in Somerset County, authorities said.
The North Plainfield resident had been driving a 2020 orange Dodge Charger died on impact in the crash with a 2008 black Volvo tractor-trailer, the driver of which was not injured, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said.
The vehicles collided around 2:50 a.m. near South Middlebush Road and Jacques Lane, the prosecutor said.
Emergency responders rushed to the scene, where they found the woman, dead on impact. She was the sole occupant, as was the tr…
DNA Match Cracks 1997 NJ Murder Case, Suspect Arrested In Canada
After 27 years, authorities announced an arrest in a major Bridgewater cold case murder.
Robert Creter, a 60-year-old Winnipeg, Manitoba resident was charged with the murder of Tamara "Tammy" Tignor, 23, of Newark, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said Monday, Dec. 2.
Bridgewater police received a 9-1-1 call reporting the discovery of Tignor's body by a Bridgewater resident on a dirt access road that ended in a cul-de-sac off Gilbride Road near Washington Valley Park on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1997, McDonald said. An autopsy determined her death to be a homicide, authorities sai…
Kids Sexually Assaulted In NJ Church Bathroom, Police Say
A 68-year-old Plainfield man has been charged with sexually assaulting two minors in a church in North Plainfield last month, authorities said.
On Sunday, June 23, at 4:38 p.m., police responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting a sexual assault of a minor earlier that day, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and North Plainfield Chief of Police William Parenti said.
Pierre Joseph, the suspect, was detained at the church while they awaited police, authorities said
While Joseph was transported for questi…
NJ Man, 62, Busted On Child Porn Charges, Prosecutor Says
A 62-year-old Somerset County man has been arrested on child porn charges, authorities said.
George Wohar, Jr., of North Plainfield, became the center of an investigation following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said.
An investigation initiated by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations/Computer Crimes Unit confirmed that various electronic service providers containing numerous images of child pornography were all associated with George Wohar, Jr., McDonald said…
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 …
