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Camden Driver Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash In Central Jersey: Prosecutor
A 24-year-old man from Camden has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash, authorities said. Giovanni Gaines-Little also was charged Monday, Jan. 29, with obstruction, hindering, witness tampering and driving without a license, among other charges, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Raymond Hayducka of the South Brunswick Police Department On Feb. 25, 2023, at approximately 10 p.m., police responded to the intersection of Route 130 and Route 32 following the report of a crash. Police found Ke…
Police & Fire
3 Rutgers Students Sexually Attacked By New Brunswick Man: Police
A New Brunswick man has been arrested n a string of sexual attacks at Rutgers University, authorities said. Jose Paulino II, 32, carried out multiple sexual attacks on three Rutgers students on Monday, Oct. 30 and Tuesday, Oct. 31, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Paulino is accused of inappropriately touching and harassing two female students on Monday, who separately reported the incidents, Ciccone said alongside New Brunswick Director Anthony Caputo and Rutgers Police Chief Kenneth Cop. On Halloween night, a third female Rutgers student said a man t…
Police & Fire
Police Release IDs Of Parents, 2 Children Found Dead In NJ Quadruple Murder
Authorities have released the names of the four people found dead in a New Jersey home Wednesday, Oct. 4. Tej Pratap Singh, 43, Sonal Parihar, 42, and their two children, a 10-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, were found lifeless in a Titus Lane home in Plainsboro during a welfare check Wednesday afternoon, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said. A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office said only that the incident was "not a shooting," and the cause of deaths have yet to be determined by the medical examiner. It is, however, be…
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'Not A Shooting': Four Bodies Found In NJ Home Probed As Homicide: Prosecutor
Four people were found dead in a New Jersey home Wednesday, Oct. 4, authorities said. The discovery of four bodies in a Titus Lane home in Plainsboro is being investigated as a homicide case, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said. A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office said that this was "not a shooting incident" and the cause of deaths have yet to be determined by the medical examiner. Police were called to the home around 4:40 p.m. for a welfare check when they found the four bodies, Blanchard and Ciccone said. An initial i…
Police & Fire
'Covered In Blood': Charges Upgraded For Man Who Killed His Mom In Gruesome NJ Attack
Charges have been upgraded for a 44-year-old Central Jersey man whose mother died a week after a gruesome attack, police said. Herbert Roberts, of Plainsboro, is believed to have attacked his 73-year-old mom, Beverly Roberts, of Princeton Junction, the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 18, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Beverly was flown to Newark University Hospital after she was found covered in blood with severe injuries to her head and eyes, Ciccone said alongside Chief Eamon Blanchard of the Plainsboro Police Department. Herbert was arrested at the scene and …
Police & Fire
Pair Sentenced In 100 MPH Edison Street Race Crash That Killed US Army Hopeful
A pair of men from Central New Jersey were sentenced in connection with a fatal street race, authorities said. Daniel Girgis, 18, of Dayton was sentenced to three years in New Jersey State Prison and Tyler Dickerson, 19, of Monmouth Junction, was sentenced to one year in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center for the crime, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Diana Somarriba, 18, of South Brunswick, was a passenger in Girgis' vehicle at the time of the Route 1 and Fox Road crash on Jan. 20, 2022. When police arrived at the scene, they found two v…
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Rutgers University Student Committed Suicide: Prosecutor
Authorities are investigating after the body of a male student was found on the Rutgers University Campus in Piscataway. The death was ruled a suicide, they said. There was no threat to the public and no foul play was suspected, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Kenneth Cop of the Rutgers Police Department. The discovery was made around 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 27 on Busch Campus, police said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Sergeant Calvert of the Rutgers Police Department at 732-932-7211 or Detective Michelle Coppola …
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Central Jersey Man Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash
A man from Middlesex County has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash Thursday, Feb. 16, authorities said. Nageswar Polamuri, 42, of Iselin, fled the scene but was eventually located, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Captain Warren Morrison of the Piscataway Police Department. Polamuri was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash, they said. Polamuri allegedly was driving in the wrong direction when he crashed head-on into a car driven by Max Spivak, 21, of Old Bridge at about 1 a.m. Thursday, they sa…
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Police ID Victim, Car Thief In Central Jersey Pursuit-Crash That Left Innocent Bystander Dead
Authorities have charged two people and identified the innocent victim killed by car thieves during a wild police pursuit in Old Bridge on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Samuel Villar, 19, of Somerset, was using the vehicle stolen last month to burglarize cars in Marlboro when police began to pursue the car around 2:15 a.m. up Route 9, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Old Bridge Acting Police Chief Donald F. Fritz, Jr. said. Villar ended up crashing the vehicle near the Spring Valley Road intersection, killing Arturo Tlapa Luna, 33, of Freehold, who was in his vehicle with other mem…
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Central Jersey Woman Slain Months After Husband's Death
A 65-year-old woman was slain over the weekend — just more than three months after the death of her husband, according to authorities and news reports. Deborah Brown-Hepworth was found unresponsive in her Hanna Lane home in Old Bridge by a relative on Saturday, Sept. 17 around 11:05 a.m., according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Acting Chief Donald Fritz, Jr., of the Old Bridge Police Department Brown-Hepworth, affectionately known as Sonni, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband, Harry, died on June 4, 2022. Authorities said only that the cas…
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Central Jersey Child Porn Manufacturer Had More Than 1,000 Files: Prosecutor
A 21-year-old Central Jersey man was arrested on child porn charges, authorities said. Kevin Roman-Quinones, of Perth Amboy, had more than 1,000 child pornography files, some of which he manufactured, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. He was arrested Thursday, June 30, and charged with second-degree possession of child pornography (over 1000 files), and first-degree manufacturing child pornography. Roman-Quinones was lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center pending a pre-trial detention hearing in Superior Court. The investigation is active an…
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2 Killed, 2 Critically Hurt When Car Strikes Tree On Route 1 In Edison: Prosecutor
Two people were killed, and two others were critically hurt, when their vehicle struck a tree in Central Jersey, authorities said. On Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 10:17 p.m., Edison police responded to Route 1 at Jeff Street for a crash, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan. Police found a vehicle with four occupants had struck a tree, they said. The driver of the vehicle, Ziyad Elsaedi, 21, of North Plainfield, and the front passenger of the vehicle, were transported to a nearby hospital along with two other critical…
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GoFundMe For NJ Mom Accused Of Killing Kids In Crash Taken Down
The New Jersey mom accused of causing a wrong-way Thanksgiving police car crash that killed her 9-year-old son and his cousin "loved the kids more than anything," despite the charges that she faces, her mother said on a GoFundMe page. UPDATE: The GoFundMe page had been taken down as of 4:45 p.m., and had raised nearly $4,000 as of 3:45 p.m. Yokauri Batista-Alcantara, 31, of New Brunswick, was charged with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the accident, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and North Brunswick Police Chief Joseph Battaglia. Alcohol was …
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Double-Shooting Victim In Central Jersey
Authorities have identified the man killed in a double shooting in Central Jersey. On Sunday at about 9:55 p.m., police responded to Seaman Street and Remsen Avenue in New Brunswick on a report of a shooting, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony A. Caputo. Patrol officers found Rafael Florez-Lopez, 39, of New Brunswick and another male who sustained multiple gunshot wounds, Ciccone and Caputo said. Both men were transported to a nearby hospital where Florez-Lopez died of his injuries, they sai…
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PA Gunman Followed NJ Man Home Then Shot Him Dead, Prosecutor Says
A Pennsylvania man is accused of following a 54-year-old New Jersey resident home and then shooting him dead at his house, authorities said Wednesday. Jekai Reid- John, 27, of Norristown, PA followed Sree Aravapalli, to his home in Plainsboro and then shot him dead around 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 26, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Fred Tavener said. Aravapalli was transported from the scene to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Reid-John was arrested and charged yesterday with one count of first-degree murder. Aravpalli had been at a casino bef…
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Police Release Composite Sketch Of Central Jersey Sexual Assault Suspect
Authorities have released a composite sketch of a weapon-wielding suspect sought in the sexual assault of a woman walking in Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park on Tuesday. The woman was walking on a path adjacent to the canal when she was approached by the man between 4:30 and 5 p.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said alongside local police. The man apparently took the woman to a different location on the Plainsboro-South Brunswick border, where he sexually assaulted her, authorities said. The suspect is believed to be a Hispanic male, approximately 5’5” or 5’6”…
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Arrest Made In Killing Of New Brunswick's Cedric Paige
A 38-year-old man has been charged in the death of Cedric Paige, a beloved New Brunswick man shot earlier this week, authorities said. Joe Williams is accused of shooting 37-year-old Paige multiple times around 1:50 a.m. Sept. 26, in Fernwood Court, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Paige was transported from the scene to a nearby hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, where he was pronounced dead. Williams was arrested on Sept. 28, and charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose. Community m…
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Authorities ID Man Killed In New Brunswick Shooting
Authorities have identified a man killed in a shooting in New Brunswick over the weekend. Officers responding to Fernwood Court around 1:50 a.m. Sunday found Cedric Paige, 37, with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony A. Caputo. Paige was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators believe the shooting does not appear to be a random act. Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Raymond Quick of the New Brunswick…
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Authorities ID 22-Year-Old Victim In Central Jersey Crash
A 22-year-old man was killed in a pickup truck crash before dawn Sunday, authorities confirmed. The driver, 22, of Pennsylvania, veered off of Major Road in South Brunswick in a 2005 Ford F-350 around 4:35 a.m. Sunday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The truck overturned and the passenger, Gerald Pellak, III, 22, of Dayton, was pronounced dead at the scene, Ciccone said. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact South Brunswick Officer William Beard of the South Brunswick PoliceDepartment at (732) 329-4000 ext. 7439 or Middle…
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? Central Jersey Pedestrian, 15, Died In Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say
Authorities seek the public's help locating a vehicle or the driver involved in a suspected hit-and-run fatality last weekend. An investigation remains active and ongoing, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Sayreville Police Chief John Zebrowski who made a plea for assistance on Friday.. At 3:44 a.m. Sunday, police responded to Route 35 North near South Pine Avenue on a report of a serious pedestrian crash. Police found a 15-year-old victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, Ciccone and Zebrowski said. Authorities think that a 2013 to 2015 Hon…
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Police: Armed North Brunswick Robber Leads Pursuit
An accused North Brunswick robber armed with a handgun was arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase on Route 522, authorities said. Zaire Cromedy, 28, is accused of carrying out a gunpoint robbery at Robeson Village in New Brunswick on May 31, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a Wednesday release. Cromedy sped away from New Bofficers attempting to stop him on an outstanding arrest warrant for the robbery as he was driving on Route 522 in South Brunswick on August 6, Ciccone said. Cromedy eluded officers at a high speed and put pedestrians and other drivers at r…
Police & Fire
US Marshals Capture Linden Man In Woodbridge Hotel Room Shooting That Injured 4
Members of the US Marshals captured a Linden man charged in a shooting that left four victims injured at a Woodbridge hotel last month, authorities announced. Khalil Burns, 27, was being held in the Middlesex County ail after his arrest Aug. 10, and charged with attempted murder, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Burns and three other Linden men -- Antoine Morgan, 25, Gasim Kromah, 26, and Isaiah Gregory, 22 -- were previously charged with weapons offenses in connection with the July 12 shooting at the Delta Suites hotel, Ciccone said alongside Woodbridge Police Directo…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Teens Shot, Stabbed 25-Year-Old New Brunswick Man Dead
Two teens were arrested for fatally shooting and stabbing a 25-year-old man last week in New Brunswick, authorities said. Officers responding to Comstock Street and Joyce Kilmer Avenue around 8:30 a.m. on July 29 found Omar Maroquin-Levya with gunshot and stab wounds, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. Maroquin-Levya was taken to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said. An ensuing investigation determined two men, both 17 and of New Brunswick, stabb…
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Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash
A 39-year-old woman from South Jersey has been arrested in connection with a fatal tractor-trailer crash, authorities said. Kimberly Holmes of Cumberland County was charged with causing death or injury while driving with a suspended license, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Br At 6:12 a.m. on Tuesday, authorities responded to 19A Cottage Lane on a report of an unconscious man laying on a warehouse loading dock. Police found Uttam Sharma, 43, of Jackson Heights, New York, who was pronounced dead a…
Obituaries
Memorial Fund Established For Central Jersey Fire Victim, 21
Friends of a 21-year-old man killed in a house fire last week have raised more than $20,000 for a memorial and for his family members in Haiti. Bleriot Thompson, on a GoFundMe page, wrote this about Woodbridge fire victim Chadly Julien: "We want to give Chadly the memorial that he deserves. I am currently asking for donations to help aid his family through this difficult time. Chadly sent a portion of every check he’s ever earned here to his family back in Haiti .So, all of the donations will be going towards his memorial, his family and his memory." Julien was killed in a fire that st…
Obituaries
Man Killed In Woodbridge Fire, 21, Had Been Providing For Family In Haiti, GoFundMe Says
The victim of Wednesday's fatal fire in Woodbridge has been identified as a 21-year-old Avenel man who had apparently been providing for his family in Haiti. Chadly Julien's body was found shortly after fire crews responded to 88 South Inman Ave., around 9 a.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The cause of the fire remained under investigation, authorities said. Meanwhile, more than $18,400 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Chadly's family. Campaign founder Bleriot Thompson said Chadly had been sending a portion of each paycheck to his family in Haiti. "We wan…
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Central Jersey
Authorities have identified the woman struck and killed by a pickup truck on Monday. Mary Ann Logozio, 61, of Fords died in the crash, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department. A Toyota Tundra traveling southbound on Hoy Avenue crossed over the curb at the intersection of New Brunswick Avenue and Hoy Avenue at 1:36 p.m., they said. The truck then passed into an adjacent parking lot where it struck Logozio. She was pronounced dead at the scene, they said. The initial investigation condu…
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Middlesex Man, 20, Arrested For Inappropriate Sexual Contact
A 20-year-old man from Central Jersey has been arrested for criminal sexual contact, authorities said. Dandre Burrell of New Brunswick was charged with improperly touching a woman, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. Last Wednesday, Burrell was charged with one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, Ciccone and Caputo said. On Monday, Burrell was jailed in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending a trial after a detention hearing before Superior …
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Prosecutor: Central Jersey Man Gets 15 Years State Prison For Fatal Head-On DUI Crash
A Middlesex County man has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison in connection with a fatal alcohol-related crash in which he hit the other driver head-on, authorities said. Aliaksandr Tsytsenia, 30, of Old Bridge, was sentenced on Wednesday on the charges of second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree aggravated assault, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief William Volkert of the Old Bridge Police Department announced today that an Old Aliza Akhtar, 19, of Old Bridge was killed in the collision and her passenger was injured, Cicc…
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