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Man Convicted In Super Bowl Sunday Assault In Manville: Somerset County Prosecutor Man Convicted In Super Bowl Sunday Assault In Manville: Somerset County Prosecutor
Man Convicted In Super Bowl Sunday Assault In Manville: Somerset County Prosecutor A 38-year-old Manville resident was convicted on Monday, Nov. 18, of attacking an employee at a bar with a beer bottle on Super Bowl Sunday, authorities said. Junior Suriel-Gonzalez was asked to leave an unnamed establishment in Manville on Sunday, Feb. 11, when he grabbed the beer bottle and assaulted the employee, swinging it over the top of his head, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Suriel-Gonzalez was removed from the bar and fled in his car, authorities said. He was arrested early the next morning by the Manville Police Department, authorities said. He was convicted of mu…
Motorcyclist, 47, Killed In Manville Crash: Prosecutor Motorcyclist, 47, Killed In Manville Crash: Prosecutor
Motorcyclist, 47, Killed In Manville Crash: Prosecutor Police have identified the 47-year-old motorcyclist killed in a crash on Sunday, Sept. 15 in Somerset County. Belle Mead's Kevin Duwane Williams was hospitalized after the crash on South Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Manville around 5:30 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald previously said. He was taken to a local trauma hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, authorities said. Members of the Somerset County Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team responded to investigate along with members of the Manville Police Department, authorities said.  The investigat…
Motorcyclist, 47, Killed In Manville Crash: Prosecutor Motorcyclist, 47, Killed In Manville Crash: Prosecutor
Motorcyclist, 47, Killed In Manville Crash: Prosecutor A 47-year-old Montgomery resident, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Manville on Sunday, Sept. 15, authorities said. At 5:32 p.m., Manville police responded to South Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue and found a motorcyclist who had sustained critical injuries from a crash, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Manville Borough Police Department Deputy Chief Craig Jeremiah said. The motorcyclist, whose name was not revealed, was transported to a local trauma hospital where he succumbed to his i…
Attempted Murder: Somerset County Man Indicted In Chase With Police Lieutenant Attempted Murder: Somerset County Man Indicted In Chase With Police Lieutenant
Attempted Murder: Somerset County Man Indicted In Chase With Police Lieutenant A Somerset County man has been indicted on charges for first-degree attempted murder and other offenses following a June police chase with a local lieutenant, authorities announced Thursday, Sept. 21. Brian A. Niziolek, 37, of Fairview Avenue in Somerville, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, second- and third-degree aggravated assault, second-degree eluding, second-degree burglary, resisting arrest, motor vehicle theft, and various weapons offenses following the police pursuit in Manville on Thursday, June 29, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Officers respondin…
Injured Man, 69, Found Lying On Somerset County Railroad Tracks: Police Injured Man, 69, Found Lying On Somerset County Railroad Tracks: Police
Injured Man, 69, Found Lying On Somerset County Railroad Tracks: Police A 69-year-old man was hospitalized after he was found injured on a set of railroad tracks in Somerset County early on Monday, Sept. 11, investigators say. A passerby found the Manville man lying on the tracks near North Street and North 14th Avenue and called police around 7 a.m., Manville Police Officer in Charge Lieutenant Craig Jeremiah said in a release. Responders, including EMTs and Paramedics from Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, administered CPR and provided medical treatment before taking the man to a local hospital for further treatment, Lt. Jeremiah said. The rails were closed…
Arsonist Torched Somerset County Home: Prosecutor Arsonist Torched Somerset County Home: Prosecutor
Arsonist Torched Somerset County Home: Prosecutor A 25-year-old man was arrested for intentionally starting a fire at a Somerset County home, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 22. Paul Basta, of June Place in Manville, was charged with two counts of second-degree aggravated arson, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said in a joint release. Basta is accused of intentionally setting fire to a Manville home shortly before emergency crews responded around 3:40 a.m. on Monday, May 15. The fire was extinguished by the Manville Fire Department with help from the Manville Police Department and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s…
DUAL BOMBSHELLS: Local NJ Police Chiefs Charged In Sex Cases DUAL BOMBSHELLS: Local NJ Police Chiefs Charged In Sex Cases
Dual Bombshells: Local NJ Police Chiefs Charged In Sex Cases Two New Jersey police chiefs – one retired, the other suspended – are separately charged as sexual predators within their departments. Suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst continued a pattern of “sexually predatory behavior targeting multiple women over many years,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in announcing the charges on Wednesday, April 12. One victim who worked for the department was sexually assaulted by Herbst both at headquarters and at her home, the attorney general said. Former Howell Township Police Chief Andrew Kudrick, meanwhile, “had an extramarit…
New Rochelle Resident Among Duo Charged In Connection To Double Weekend Shooting New Rochelle Resident Among Duo Charged In Connection To Double Weekend Shooting
New Rochelle Resident Among Duo Charged In Connection To Double Weekend Shooting Two people, including a Westchester resident, were charged in connection to a shooting that left two people wounded over the weekend in New Jersey — one for obstruction of evidence and the other for pulling the trigger, authorities said. Dewitt Gilmore, age 32, of New Rochelle, was charged with attempted murder while Ainslee J. Clark, 28, of Middlesex, was charged with obstruction and drug offenses, in connection with the incident early Sunday, Sept. 11 in Manville, New Jersey, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Two male victims were shot at a  Manville home on Nor…
Two Arrests Made In Double Weekend Shooting: Somerset Prosecutor Two Arrests Made In Double Weekend Shooting: Somerset Prosecutor
Two Arrests Made In Double Weekend Shooting: Somerset Prosecutor Two arrests were made in a shooting that left two people wounded over the weekend in Somerset County — one for obstruction of evidence and the other for pulling the trigger, authorities said. Dewitt Gilmore, 32, of New Rochelle, NY, was charged with attempted murder while Ainslee J. Clark, 28, of Middlesex, was charged with obstruction and drug offenses, in connection with the incident early Sunday, Sept. 11 in Manville, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Two male victims were shot at a home on North Weiss Street in Manville around 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, Somerset …
Double Shooting Probed In Somerset County Double Shooting Probed In Somerset County
Double Shooting Probed In Somerset County Two victims were expected to survive after a weekend shooting at a Somerset County home, authorities said. Both male victims were shot at a home on North Weiss Street in Manville around 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. One victim was found on South Main Street and the other at the North Weiss Street home where the first victim said he had been shot, McDonald said. Both victims were hospitalized and expected to survive. The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information relating to the shooting is urged to contact the Somerset C…
Driver Wanted On Warrants Leads Route 202 Pursuit-Crash: Prosecutor Driver Wanted On Warrants Leads Route 202 Pursuit-Crash: Prosecutor
Driver Wanted On Warrants Leads Route 202 Pursuit-Crash: Prosecutor A 25-year-old woman wanted on warrants out of multiple Central Jersey towns arrested for leading a Route 202 police pursuit before crashing, authorities said. Police tried stopping Jerrie Lee Williams, of Bound Brook, around 11:05 p.m. in Branchburg when they noticed she had an expired registration, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Williams failed to stop when signaled by the officer activating his emergency police lights and siren, McDonald said. Instead, she fled on Holland Brook Road at a high rate of speed.  The officer deactivated his police emergency l…
Highland Park Man Fires Gun At Manville Intersection: Prosecutor Highland Park Man Fires Gun At Manville Intersection: Prosecutor
Highland Park Man Fires Gun At Manville Intersection: Prosecutor A Middlesex County man was arrested for firing a weapon in Somerset County this week, authorities said. Police responding to the area of South Street and South 3rd Avenue in Manville on Tuesday, June 28 identified Emmanuel Williams, 23, of Highland Park, as one of the shooters, Somerset County Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. No injuries were reported, and Williams was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and weapons offenses. He was lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing. Detectives from the Manville Police Department and detectives from th…
NJ Police Chief Raped Employee In Archives Room 10 Times, Lawsuit Says NJ Police Chief Raped Employee In Archives Room 10 Times, Lawsuit Says
NJ Police Chief Raped Employee In Archives Room 10 Times, Lawsuit Says A longtime police chief in a Somerset County town has been placed on administrative leave after an employee accused him in a lawsuit of repeatedly raping her in a room at the station and assaulting her in other ways over the course of 13 years. Manville Police Chief Thomas J. Herbst raped the woman 10 times in the archive room of the police station, in a hotel parking lot and at her home, the 32-page suit filed in Somerset County Superior Court says. Herbst, hired in 1991, was placed on temporary administrative leave, and the victim was placed on paid administrative leave, following th…