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Wife Stabbed Dead By Husband, Both Found Lying On Kitchen Floor In NJ: Prosecutor
A Perth Amboy man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife overnight, authorities said. ALSO SEE: Perth Amboy Mom Believed Killed By Husband Survived By 4 Daughters, Campaign Says Officers responding to a 911 call on reports of a stabbing in a Bertrand Avenue residence found Rosana Rodriguez lying on the kitchen floor next to her husband, Wellington Leonardo, just before 3 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Lawrence Cattano said. Rodriguez appeared to have been stabbed, the prosecutor and chief s…
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Long Island Fugitive Dies By Suicide In NJ Gas Station Police Encounter, AG Says
State officials are investigating a death during a police encounter at a New Jersey gas station. Woodbridge police officers had stopped a vehicle at a gas station on Route 9 north around 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said. The male driver, the sole occupant, had an active National Crime Information Center (NCIC) warrant issued in New York for an active criminal investigation in Nassau County, AG Matthew J. Platkin said. When officers asked the man to exit the van, he refused and instead moved to the van’s rear compartment, behind a curta…
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Blood Trail From Second Floor To Sidewalk Left By NJ Stabbing Victim: Police Papers
Newly-obtained documents paint a harrowing picture of a deadly New Jersey stabbing. Jason Torres, 32, left a trail of blood from the second floor of the home where he was stabbed to the sidewalk near Smith and Maple streets in Perth Amboy at approximately 9 p.m. Sunday, April 28, according to the affidavit for probable cause. The exact address of the stabbing was redacted from police documents, but says surveillance video shows two people leaving the side door of the address and two people leaving the front door, including the victim, before the 911 calls were placed. Jason Torres was…
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NJ Doc Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patients Now Charged With Insurance Fraud: Prosecutor
A New Jersey doctor accused of sexually abusing six of his patients has now been charged with insurance fraud — as has his office manager, authorities said. Gurvindra Johal, 56, of Colonia, was arrested back in March for inappropriately touching of two patients under his care at an urgent care center on Broad Street in Newark, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens. Another woman later came forward saying the physician sexually assaulted her while under his care at Amboy Urgent Care, located at 469 Cornell Street, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yola…
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Man Posing As Taxi Driver Kidnaps, Sexually Assaults Woman Across Central Jersey: Cops
A 69-year-old man who posed as a taxi driver has been arrested for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman as he drove her to various locations across Central Jersey, authorities said. Andrew S. Giannetto, of Sayreville, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and aggravated criminal sexual contact, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. On Saturday, July 1, the Perth Amboy Police Department received a report that a woman was approached by a man she didn't know, who was operating a 2016 silver Kia Soul. He told the victim that he was a …
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More Patient Sex Abuse Charges For NJ Doctor
Patient sexual abuse charges continue to rack up for one New Jersey urgent care doctor. Yet another one of Gurvindra Johal's former patients has stepped forwarding, alleging the 55-year-old physician sexually assaulted them in Middlesex County, authorities said. On Tuesday, April 4, Johal, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, was charged with an additional count of criminal sexual contact, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The investigation now includes a woman who alleges that Johal touched her inappropriately while under his care at Amboy Urgent Care,…
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More than 20 pounds of fentanyl and an additional 9,000 doses of the deadly drug were seized with the arrests of eight members of a major trafficking ring that operated on both sides of the Hudson River, authorities said. Those charged in the federally-led offensive range in age from 37 to 60. They come from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania but operated primarily in and around Union County, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. The multi-pronged, eight-month operation relied on all levels of law enforcement, from federal agents to local police who watched and document…
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Urgent Care Doctor Sexually Assaults Patient In NJ: Prosecutor
A 55-year-old urgent care doctor from Central Jersey is accused of sexually assaulting a patient in his care, authorities announced. Gurvindra Johal, of Colonia, touched the patient inappropriately while she was were in his care at Amboy Urgent Care on Cornell Street in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Johal serves as the director of medicine at the Medicenter of Edison, its website shows. The physician's LinkedIn shows he is a board certified doctor of osteopathic medicine. Johal was charged with two counts of Criminal Sexual Contact. This is an active …
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Child Porn Bust Nets 9 Arrests In Middlesex County: Prosecutor
Eight men and one child were charged in a child pornography bust spanning Middlesex County, authorities said. Dubbed "Operation Eagle Eye," the investigation was led by the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit of The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office with help from various police departments. The following arrests were made over the course of Nov. 17 and 18, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office announced: Albert Leonardis, 37, of Edison was charged with one count of second- degree Distribution of Child Pornography, one count of third-degree Possession of Child Pornography (under…
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NJ Dad Charged In 4-Month-Old Baby Girl's Death: Prosecutor
A 22-year-old Middlesex County man has been charged in connection with the death of his infant daughter after it was found she died due to injuries caused in his care, authorities said. Radamez Santana's 4-month-old daughter was found not breathing when someone placed a 911 call to police the morning of Thursday, Nov. 10, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The baby was to Raritan Bay Medical Center where she was pronounced deceased at 10:52 a.m., Ciccone said alongside Perth Amboy Police Chief Lawrence Cattano. An investigation by Detective Gina Betancourt of the P…
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Dad Finds Son Stabbed Dead In Central Jersey Apartment
The death of a man found with stab wounds by his dad in a Central Jersey apartment is being investigated as a homicide, authorities say. Barry Idesis' father called 911 after finding his body in his Perth Amboy apartment on Mechanic Street on Friday, April 1, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone Idesis, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was last seen entering his apartment building in the early evening hours on Wednesday, March 30. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Jeremy Harris of the Perth Amboy Police Department at (732) 442-4400 or Detecti…
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Ocean Grove Man Charged With Torching Perth Amboy Bar
A 36-year-old Jersey Shore man was charged with torching a building that left five bar patrons injured, authorities announced. Rey Zarzuela-Severino broke a bar window and set a fire within the Casanova Lounge on State Street in Perth Amboy around 3 a.m. Sept. 6, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Acting Perth Amboy Police Chief Larry Cattano said. Smoke from the fire entered into multiple, occupied apartments located above the bar. Multiple residents were later transported from the scene to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for non-life-threatening inju…
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Gunman Opens Fire Injuring 6 At Central Jersey Bar
A gunman opened fire injuring six individuals at a Central Jersey bar overnight, authorities announced Monday morning. All victims were rushed to the hospital with non life-threatening gunshots wounds suffered at El Patio Bar on Fayette Street in Perth Amboy, around 12:40 a.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Deputy Perth Amboy Police Chief Larry Cattano said. Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Manuel Lopez of the Perth Amboy Police Department at (732) 324-3856 or Detective Mark Morris of the Middlesex County Pros…
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Prosecutor: Perth Amboy Woman, 23, Ran Over Man With Car During Christmas Gas Station Squabble
A 23-year-old woman from Middlesex County has been arrested for driving over a man in a gas station parking lot, authorities said. Brianna May of Perth Amboy was charged with aggravated assault.in connection with the incident, which followed a verbal argument on Christmas, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Roman McKeon. The initial investigation by Detective Jeremy Harris of the Perth Amboy Police Department and Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office found that May ran over…
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