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15-Year-Old Carjacked, Ran Over Victim: Somerset County Prosecutor 15-Year-Old Carjacked, Ran Over Victim: Somerset County Prosecutor
15-Year-Old Carjacked, Ran Over Victim: Somerset County Prosecutor A 15-year-old has been arrested for a carjacking and assault that left a man with life-threatening injuries on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 6 in Bernards Township, authorities said. At 11:35 a.m., officers responded to o a gas station located in the area of Valley Road and found the teenager had tried to take possession of a vehicle after assaulting the driver, a Bernards Township man, who was putting air in his tires, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Bernards Township Police Chief Jon Bur…

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by Sam Barron
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SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom
SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom A standoff between the local SWAT team and an armed man in a Somerset County home that lasted several hours eventually had what authorities described as a “peaceful resolution.” The Bernards Township Police Department responded alongside the Somerset County SWAT team and the Crisis Negotiators Team to a report of an “emotionally disturbed” resident with a loaded gun at a home on Goltra Drive around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. A crisis negotiator started speaking with the barricaded man, who exited the bathroom with a handgun several times.…

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by Valerie Musson
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6 Thieves Targeted Luxury Cars, Led Police Pursuits Across NJ: AG Charges In Indictment 6 Thieves Targeted Luxury Cars, Led Police Pursuits Across NJ: AG Charges In Indictment
6 Thieves Targeted Luxury Cars, Led Police Pursuits Across NJ: AG Charges In Indictment Six members of a luxury car theft ring that targeted dealerships and high-end cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars are named in an indictment filed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.  The defendants from Newark, East Orange and Blackwood arrested in "Operation Dealer No Deal" targeted dealerships in Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Union and took key fobs to steal the luxury vehicles off the lots, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today said. The defendants (listed below) were charged in connection with thefts of 22 vehicles valued at over $787,000 …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: Somerset County Man Who Chatted With Undercover Detective Had Hundreds Of Child Porn Pics Feds: Somerset County Man Who Chatted With Undercover Detective Had Hundreds Of Child Porn Pics
Feds: Somerset County Man Who Chatted With Undercover Detective Had Hundreds Of Child Porn Pics An undercover detective nabbed a Somerset County man who federal authorities said trafficked child porn images, federal authorities said. John Schulenburg, 65, of Basking Ridge, is charged with distribution and possession of child pornography in an indictment handed up Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Schulenburg has remained free on $100,000 unsecured bond since his arrest last November, the U.S. attorney said. The undercover investigators conducted an online session with Schulenberg last July using a publicly available peer-to-peer (P2P) pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco