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Two Men Broke Into Several Gas Stations To Swipe Vape Products: Somerset County Prosecutor
Two South Plainfield men were recently arrested and charged with burglarizing several gas stations on Route 22 in Somerset County in May, authorities said.
On Thursday, May 2, at 3:16 a.m., Macario Wilchez, a 20-year-old South Plainfield resident wearing a hoodie, face mask and glove broke the glass in the front door of a gas station to gain entry and stole numerous vape products before fleeing the area, Somerset Prosecutor John McDonald said.
On Saturday, May 4, at 1:10 a.m., the gas station was burglarized again by Wilchez who broke the glass door to enter and stole vape products be…
PA Man Extradited For 2023 Armed Robbery Of North Plainfield Gas Station
A 27-year-old Allentown, PA man was arrested and charged with a 2023 armed robbery in North Plainfield, NJ, authorities said.
On Sept. 30, 2023, at 4:50 a.m., police in North Plainfield responded to a gas station at Route 22 for an armed robbery, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said.
The gas station attendant told police that an unknown male, later identified as Elijah Nunnally, pulled into the station and asked him to fill the tank, authorities said.
Nunnally then got out of his vehicle and pointed a handgun at the attendant, demanding money, before leaving with the ca…
2 Charged After Crack, Molly, Xanax Found In Car Stopped For Bogus Plates In Hunterdon County
A driver and passenger were charged after numerous drugs including crack cocaine, Molly, and Xanax were found in a car that was pulled over for bearing bogus license plates, authorities said.
Cesar O. Nunez, 32, was driving on Route 22 when he was stopped for having fictitious license plates around 2:05 a.m. on Monday, March 7, Readington Township Police said.
A follow-up search of the vehicle turned up crack cocaine, police said.
Meanwhile, the front seat passenger, Brooklyn resident Delano D. Muller, 33, was found with suspected Xanax, Clonazepan, and Molly, police said.
Muller was char…
Police: Lehigh Valley Man Found With Cocaine, Heroin, $70K Cash Had 5 Children In Car
A Lehigh Valley man had five children in the car when he was pulled over and found with heroin, cocaine and about $70,000 in cash, authorities charged.
Jesus Serano, 38, was stopped for several violations on Route 22 in Pohatcong on Tuesday, township police said.
A K-9 search of the car turned up cocaine, heroin and around $70,000 in cash, police said.
Serano, of Allentown, PA, was arrested and charged with money laundering and endangering the welfare of a child in addition to numerous narcotics possession and distribution offenses, police said.
The five children inside the vehicle were r…
Update: Videos Show Friends Singing, Dancing Moments Before Dying In Fiery Newark Wreck
A former standout Irvington High School athlete died the day after a Route 22 crash in Newark that killed two young dancers at the scene, and left two others critical, authorities said Wednesday.
Taylor Hill, 19, and Kamal Johnson, 18 -- both of Newark and former dance majors at Arts High School -- were passengers in a Cadillac sedan that crashed in the eastbound lanes of Route 22 Tuesday around 11:10 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Nashawn Brooks, 20, …
