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Carteret Man Faces Manslaughter Charges In Crash That Killed Avenel Woman Leaving Parents' Home Carteret Man Faces Manslaughter Charges In Crash That Killed Avenel Woman Leaving Parents' Home
Carteret Man Faces Manslaughter Charges In Crash That Killed Avenel Woman Leaving Parents' Home A 23-year-old Carteret man was charged on Friday, Jan. 24 with manslaughter after a fatal crash earlier this month that killed an Avenel woman, authorities said. Jair Montero-Moran was behind the wheel of the Toyota Camry that struck Cristina Flores in an Infiniti on the West Carteret Bridge on Roosevelt Avenue, just before 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Carteret Police Chief Theodore Nycz said.  Flores was pronounced dead at the scene, while Montero-Moran sustained serious injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital, where…

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by Sam Barron
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Old Bridge Teen Who Killed Wawa Employee With Truck During Dispute Sentenced, Prosecutors Say Old Bridge Teen Who Killed Wawa Employee With Truck During Dispute Sentenced, Prosecutors Say
Old Bridge Teen Who Killed Wawa Employee With Truck During Dispute Sentenced, Prosecutors Say An Old Bridge teen will spend up to a decade in prison for killing a gas station worker in a pickup, authorities said. Bryce Lomas from the township's Parlin section was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 17 to 10 years in state prison, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a news release. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide and knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash resulting in death on Monday, Apr. 22. Old Bridge police responded to a hit-and-run crash report at the Wawa convenience store on Route 34 at around 7:41 a.m. …

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by Chris Spiker
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18-Year-Old Killed Man, 22, In Sayreville Shooting: Prosecutors 18-Year-Old Killed Man, 22, In Sayreville Shooting: Prosecutors
18-Year-Old Killed Man, 22, In Sayreville Shooting: Prosecutors A Sayreville teen was accused of shooting and killing another man, authorities said. Daniel Adediran, 18, was arrested in the case, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a news release on Friday, Aug. 30. Jeremiah Brown, 22, died in the shooting on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Sayreville police responded to a 911 call about the shooting on Swider Drive at around 9:49 p.m. Officers found Brown with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said Adediran knew Brown and the shooting wasn't a "random act of violence." Adediran was …

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by Chris Spiker
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South Jersey Truck Driver Arrested In Fiery Triple-Fatal Route 1 Crash, Authorities Say South Jersey Truck Driver Arrested In Fiery Triple-Fatal Route 1 Crash, Authorities Say
South Jersey Truck Driver Arrested In Fiery Triple-Fatal Route 1 Crash, Authorities Say A Bridgeton man has been arrested by U.S. Marshals in Georgia and charged with aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the fiery crash that killed there people on Route 1 in South Brunswick in April, authorities said. The tractor-trailer driver, Joseph Vega, 43, of Bridgeton, was transporting an oversized concrete load when it failed to stop for a red light at the intersection resulting in the fatal collision, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka. On Wednesday, July 3, Vega was arrested by the U.S. Marshals…

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by Jon Craig
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Man, 34, Violates Restraining Order, Killed Grandmother, 80, In Perth Amboy: Officials (UPDATE) Man, 34, Violates Restraining Order, Killed Grandmother, 80, In Perth Amboy: Officials (UPDATE)
Man, 34, Violates Restraining Order, Killed Grandmother, 80, In Perth Amboy: Officials (Update) A 34-year-old man has been charged with violating a restraining order and killing his grandmother in Middlesex County, authorities said. Raymond Maldonado, of Perth Amboy, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Awilda Verrette, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Verrette, 80, was found unresponsive in a State Street home by a relative around 1:10 p.m. Sunday, June 30, according to Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Lawrence Cattano. An investigation conducted by Detective Jeremy Harris of the Perth Amboy Police Department and Detective Jose …

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by Cecilia Levine
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DWI Driver Sentenced In Fatal Central Jersey Crash: Prosecutor DWI Driver Sentenced In Fatal Central Jersey Crash: Prosecutor
DWI Driver Sentenced In Fatal Central Jersey Crash: Prosecutor A 21-year-old man from Old Bridge has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with a fatal drunk driving crash, authorities said. James Cannici was sentenced on Friday, June 14 in connection with the fatal crash that occurred at about 11:20 p.m. on July 16, 2023, when he drove the wrong way on Route 18 in Old Bridge, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Florence Akoma, 45, of Sayreville, a passenger in a Honda Accord involved in the three-car crash, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Honda Accord sustained seriou…

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by Jon Craig