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Police & Fire
New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves
New Milford police nabbed a pair of thieves who'd just loaded a motorcycle into a van before dawn Friday and took off, authorities said. Officer Michael Lafrano stopped the Perth Amboy pair on River Road and Faller Drive after a caller at a Columbia Street apartment complex alerted police around 3:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The van, it turned out, had a license plate stolen from a vehicle parked in the same complex, the lieutenant said. The stolen motorcycle was in the back, he said. Sgt. George Herrero and Officers Samuel Gerais and Daniel O’Neill assisted in arresting…
Schools
Covid-
19: Four Jersey Shore Schools Close After Students Test Positive
Positive coronavirus cases prompted two Central Jersey districts to close schools Thursday. A student at a Little Silver school Monmouth County tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing officials to move students to remote teaching from home after two days of in-person classes. Little Silver's closure order was limited to part of Markham Place School's sixth grade. A freshman at the East Brunswick campus of Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools also tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the entire school district to switch to all-remote learning for at least two wee…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Edison Man, 42, Charged In Fatal Shooting
A 42-year-old man from Edison has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Perth Amboy, authorities said. Robert Hagens, 42, was charged on Tuesday with the murder of Vidal Carrasquillo-Vasquez, 41, of Perth Amboy, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Roman McKeon. Hagens also was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon, they said. Hagens previously had been arrested on Aug. 24 on a charge of conspiracy to possess cocaine, they said. The new murder and weapons charges were filed o…
Police & Fire
Contractor At Perth Amboy's Buckeye Raritan Bay Terminals Rescued From 20-Foot Trench
First responders from Middlesex County rescued a worker who fell into a 20-foot-deep trench on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The emergency occurred about 12:30 p.m. at the Buckeye Raritan Bay Terminal at 577 Smith St. in Perth Amboy, where the contractor was repairing a sewer. The victim suffered trauma, an arm injury and possibly fractured ribs, according to initial unconfirmed reports. A Special Operations unit made initial contact with the unidentified contractor, rendering first aid from below ground. The patient was pulled out of the hole by 1:30 p.m. and taken by EMS to…
Police & Fire
Driver Fatally Shot, Crashes In Perth Amboy
A 41-year-old man was shot and killed while behind the wheel of a car over the weekend in Perth Amboy, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of a car crash found Vidal Carrasquillo-Vasquez with multiple gunshot wounds in the driver's seat at the intersection of Hall Avenue and High Street around 11:35 p.m. Sunday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Carrasquillo-Vasquez was transported to Staten Island University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The official cause of death is pending the results of the autopsy, which are forthcoming. The investig…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Perth Amboy Stranger Sexually Assaulted 20-Year-Old Girl At Knifepoint
A 33-year-old man with a knife sexually assaulted a woman he did not know near her home in Perth Amboy, authorities said. Ricardo Powell, also of Perth Amboy, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal restraint and weapons offenses, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Roman McKeon said in a joint statement. Powell cornered the woman at 12:43 a.m. on Aug. 9, they said. “The suspect was unknown to the victim,” CIccone and McKeon said. Powell is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in N…
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Winner
: Lucky Powerball Ticket Worth $100K Sold In Middlesex County
A winning Powerball ticket was sold at a retail store in Middlesex County, authorities said. The lucky ticket was sold by Krauszer’s R & J Food Store at 683 Florida Grove Road in Perth Amboy, New Jersey Lottery officials said. One Powerball lottery ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn on Wednesday, winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. The ticket was bought using the Power Play multiplier, doubling the prize to $100,000, state lottery officials said. The winning numbers for the July 29 drawing were: 07, 29, 35, 40, and 45. The Red Power Ball …
Police & Fire
Teen Boy Who Drowned In Raritan Bay Was Reportedly On Autism Spectrum
The Perth Amboy community is rallying for the family of a 17-year-old boy who drowned in the Raritan Bay Thursday. A GoFundMe intended to help fund a funeral service for Johnny Vasquez had raised $740 as of Friday afternoon. Vasquez -- who family members said was on the autism spectrum and suffered from epilepsy -- was unconscious when his body was recovered by NYPD divers around 5 p.m. Thursday. He had been in the water for more than two hours after he went missing and was pronounced dead at the hospital, his family told news outlets. A 30-year-old man who jumped in to rescue V…
Police & Fire
Perth Amboy Camionero, 40, Muere En Accidente Del Camion En Jackson
Las autoridades identificaron al conductor del camión fallecido en un accidente de la I-195 como un hombre de Perth Amboy de 40 años. Ynoel Polanco-Pérez se dirigía hacia el este cuando se estrelló cerca de la milla 22 y el parque Six Flags Great Adventure alrededor a las 3:25 p.m., dijo la policía estatal. El camión volcó y se detuvo en el centro de la carretera. Polanco-Pérez murió en el lugar. El lunes por la mañana recaudaron mas de $17,000 en un GoFundMe para los gastos del funeral de Polanco. Ningún otro vehículo estuvo involucrado en el accidente, que sigue bajo investigación de po…
Police & Fire
Perth Amboy Truck Driver, 40, Killed In Ocean County Crash
Authorities have identified the truck driver killed in an I-195 crash as a 40-year-old Perth Amboy man. Ynoel Polanco-Perez was headed eastbound when he crashed near milepost 22 and Six Flags Great Adventure park around 3:25 p.m., state police said. ** Haga clic aquí para ver la versión en Español ** The truck overturned and came to a stop in the center median of the highway, they said. Polanco-Perez died at the scene, they said. More than $17,000 had been raised as of Monday morning on a GoFundMe for Polanco's funeral expenses. No other vehicles were involved in the…
Police & Fire
More Business Owners Across NJ Defy ‘Murphy’s Law’
Across New Jersey, from the Ramapo Mountains to the Pine Barrens, business owners are defying Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus emergency closure orders. The overwhelming majority of merchants are sticking to the governor’s plan, say state authorities. Then there's a group of others. All had been warned by police in their towns, then opened their doors again, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. A day after reminding local businessman Kenneth Spilatro, 59, of Morris Plains that the governor’s order allowed him only curbside pickup, Parsippany police reported finding 20 to 30 …
News
Huge Number Of NJ Protests Peaceful, Powerful, Only Trenton, Atlantic City Get Riotous
Nearly all of the protests in New Jersey this weekend over the death of George Floyd were peaceful -- with authorities joining the demonstrators to help underscore their message, although were damaging enough to steal the spotlight. What had been a peaceful protest that included police officers kneeling in solidarity in Trenton later erupted into more than 1,000 rioters rampaging through downtown, throwing bricks at officers, setting a police car on fire and looting businesses. The same was true in Atlantic City, which Mayor Marty Small was "under siege" Sunday by those who took …
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