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Firefighters Battle 6-Alarm Mattress Warehouse Blaze In Central Jersey Firefighters Battle 6-Alarm Mattress Warehouse Blaze In Central Jersey
Firefighters Battle 6-Alarm Mattress Warehouse Blaze In Central Jersey Firefighters from multiple counties were battling a six-alarm mattress warehouse fire in North Brunswick, authorities said. The massive fire broke out before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24 on the 600 block of Nassau Street, North Brunswick police confirmed. Dream Well Inc., a mattress company, is located at that address. Fire departments from Somerset, Mercer and Monmouth counties were called to assist. The warehouse is bordered by homes. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Predator Admits Getting Underage Girl To Share Nudes NJ Predator Admits Getting Underage Girl To Share Nudes
NJ Predator Admits Getting Underage Girl To Share Nudes A New Jersey man admitted posing as someone else to get a minor to pose naked online for him. Federal authorities had charged Sunil Vaid, 51, of North Brunswick with posing online as various people, including a man seeking romance, a woman offering career help and a personal trainer to meet underage victims. Rather than risk the outcome of a trial, Vaid took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to inducing one of them to engage in cybersex, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. U.S. District Court Judge Claire C. Cecchi scheduled sentencing for Feb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds
NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds A New Jersey man posed online as a man seeking romance, a woman offering career help and a personal trainer to persuade female teens to send him nude photos and videos, federal authorities charged. Sunil Vaid, 50, of North Brunswick "used multiple fraudulent online personas on a social media platform and several email accounts to target female victims under the age of 18," U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. "At different times, he posed as a male who was interested in a romantic relationship and could help them start their modeling careers, a female who could help their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tow-Truck Driver Killed In Route 1 Central Jersey Crash Tow-Truck Driver Killed In Route 1 Central Jersey Crash
Tow-Truck Driver Killed In Route 1 Central Jersey Crash A 41-year-old tow-truck operator was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Route 1 in Central Jersey, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred at 12:20 a.m. on Monday. Edward Smith Jr. was trying to make a left turn from Adams Lane onto Route 1 north when an oncoming tractor-trailer struck his tow truck, North Brunswick police said. The impact of the 12:20 a.m. collision threw Smith from the tow truck and pushed it into a parked car at an auto dealership, police said. Smith, of North Brunswick, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. An investigation of the crash is on…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash Reported On Route 1 Central Jersey: Developing Fatal Crash Reported On Route 1 Central Jersey: Developing
Fatal Crash Reported On Route 1 Central Jersey: Developing Police firefighters and EMS crews were called on a report of a fatal crash, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The crash occurred about 12:30 a.m. Monday in the northbound lanes of Route 1 near Adams Lane in North Brunswick, initial reports said. First responders reportedly found an unconscious and unresponsive person out of the vehicle suffering severe injuries, according to an unconfirmed report. North Brunswick police were not immediately available for comment. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Mom Killed In 4-Car Route 130 Crash Survived By 1-Year-Old Son Mom Killed In 4-Car Route 130 Crash Survived By 1-Year-Old Son
Mom Killed In 4-Car Route 130 Crash Survived By 1-Year-Old Son Authorities have identified the victim who died in a four-car crash last Friday morning on Route 130 as a 21-year-old mom from New Brunswick. Ceidy Antunez was heading northbound when her car sideswiped a vehicle stopped at a light waiting to turn left onto Adams Lane, then rear-ended a box truck, pushed into a fourth car around 7:20 a.m., North Brunswick police said. Antunez was pronounced dead at the scene , authorities said. She was then extricated from her car by firefighters and EMS workers. No other occupants were in her vehicle and no other injuries were reported. According to a G…

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by Cecilia Levine
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ATV Operator, 31, Killed In Central Jersey Crash ATV Operator, 31, Killed In Central Jersey Crash
ATV Operator, 31, Killed In Central Jersey Crash A 31-year-old man was killed when he fell off an all-terrain vehicle in North Brunswick over the weekend, authorities said. Police officers responding to a 9-1-1 call found Charlie Madera lying on Corporate Road with severe injuries around 10 p.m. Saturday, North Brunswick police said. Madera, of North Brunswick, was pronounced dead at the scene despite attempts by emergency workers to save his life, police said. Madera's ATV landed in nearby brush, they said. North Brunswick police continue to investigate the cause of the crash, they said. Additional photos of Madera, and details about …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
WATCH: Gas Pumps Struck By SUV On Route 1 Burst Into Flames WATCH: Gas Pumps Struck By SUV On Route 1 Burst Into Flames
Watch: Gas Pumps Struck By SUV On Route 1 Burst Into Flames Surveillance video captured a chain-reaction crash in which a vehicle slammed into two gas pumps that burst into flames on Route 1 in Middlesex County. The attendant had just finished servicing a customer and was walking away when the driver of a sedan in the center lane tries to suddenly turn right into the station Tuesday morning. A red SUV coming up on the right side sideswipes that vehicle before careening into the station pumps in the video released by North Brunswick police. Both pumps then burst into flames. “This morning, we received multiple 911 calls for a motor vehicle crash at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEEN HER? North Brunswick Police Pursue Mall Thief SEEN HER? North Brunswick Police Pursue Mall Thief
Seen HER? North Brunswick Police Pursue Mall Thief North Brunswick police sought the public's help pursuing a purse snatcher who they said went on a shopping spree with stolen credit cards. Store camera images show a Volvo XC that police in a Facebook post said the suspect might be driving. The thief charged up more than $1,000 on the stolen cards at the Cherry Hill Mall and Neshimany Mall in Bensalem, PA on Feb. 25, they said. "If THIS IS YOU or you can identify this suspect," the post says, contact the North Brunswick Detective Bureau: (732) 247-0922 ext. 331 or email jstrzy@northbrunswicknj.gov.  Tips can be anonymous, police said…

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by Jon Craig