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UPDATE: State Police Looking For Witnesses To Crash That Killed Woman, 29 UPDATE: State Police Looking For Witnesses To Crash That Killed Woman, 29
Update: State Police Looking For Witnesses To Crash That Killed Woman, 29 UPDATE, Dec. 2: The State Police are asking for witnesses to the head-on collision that killed the North Plainfield woman last week. Click here for more.  Original story is below:  Outspoken. Independent. Caring. This is how Kristen Leary of North Plainfield is being remembered. Leary. 29, was killed after being struck head-on by a 23-year-old man early Monday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. More than $12,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe to help with costs associated with Leary's funeral as of Wednesday morning. "She was fiercely independent, known for h…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
North Plainfield Woman, 29, Killed By Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Driver, State Police Say North Plainfield Woman, 29, Killed By Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Driver, State Police Say
North Plainfield Woman, 29, Killed By Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Driver, State Police Say A 29-year-old North Plainfield woman died after a wrong-way driver on the New Jersey Turnpike hit her car head-on early Monday morning, authorities said. UPDATE: A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help with funeral expenses  Kristen Leary was headed southbound in Woodbridge when she was hit by a 23-year-old State College, Pennsylvania man hit her near milepost 94.1 around 1:45 a.m., a New Jersey State Police spokesman said. The wrong-way driver was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick with serious injuries, State Police said. Neither car contained pa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Husband Helped Union County Woman Embezzle $100,000 From Bergen Business Prosecutor: Husband Helped Union County Woman Embezzle $100,000 From Bergen Business
Prosecutor: Husband Helped Union County Woman Embezzle $100,000 From Bergen Business A Union County woman embezzled $100,000 from a Bergen County company with her husband’s help, said authorities who busted both. Kristine Whiting, 44, of North Plainfield took business checks from her former employer and either cashed them or deposited them into bank accounts in hers or her husband’s name, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives charged Whiting and her husband, 45-year-old trucker James Whiting, with conspiracy. Kritine Whiting also was charged with money laundering. Both were released pending Oct. 23 first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Boy, 15, Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Plainfield Teen During National Night Out Boy, 15, Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Plainfield Teen During National Night Out
Boy, 15, Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Plainfield Teen During National Night Out A 15-year-old turned himself in Friday in connection with the shooting death of another youth in North Plainfield days earlier, authorities said.  Altereek Johnson, 16, of Plainfield, was found shot to death around 7:30 p.m. in the area of Steiner Avenue, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. He had been shot in the chest.  North Plainfield's National Night Out activities were underway nearby at the time he was found. The activities, held nationwide, are sponsored by law enforcement and other public safety agencies.  The alleged shooter was identified as Q.C. and has…

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by Paul Milo
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Clifton Man Dead In 5-Car North Plainfield Crash Clifton Man Dead In 5-Car North Plainfield Crash
Clifton Man Dead In 5-Car North Plainfield Crash A 31-year-old Clifton man died in a five-car crash in North Plainfield, authorities said. John Melo was found unresponsive after losing control of his vehicle and hitting several others in the left and center lanes of Route 22 near West End Avenue around 1:05 p.m. Monday, North Plainfield Police Chief William Parenti said. First responders administered medical aid on Melo before he was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Somerset, where he died just before 1:50 p.m., police said. A commercial-type vehicle that fled the scene was also involved in the crash, authorities said. Othe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Wanted In Plainfield Killing Caught In Pennsylvania Man Wanted In Plainfield Killing Caught In Pennsylvania
Man Wanted In Plainfield Killing Caught In Pennsylvania A North Plainfield man who was identified as the chief suspect in the slaying of another man has been captured, the Union County Prosecutor's Office and Plainfield police said Wednesday.  David Perez, 19, was fatally shot around 4 p.m. April 28 at West Fourth Street and Monroe Avenue.  Samir Crews, 18, was arrested Tuesday morning in Bethlehem, Pa., officials said. He was captured by members of the Union County Homicide Task Force and U.S. Marshals without incident.  Pending extradition to New Jersey, Crews faces charges of murder and for weapons offenses.   The m…

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by Paul Milo