Tag:

Perth Amboy Police

Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Arrested For Cutting Another's Fingers Off In Central Jersey: Police Man Arrested For Cutting Another's Fingers Off In Central Jersey: Police
Man Arrested For Cutting Another's Fingers Off In Central Jersey: Police A 24-year-old man has been arrested for slashing a man and cutting off some of his fingers during an attack under the Victory Bridge in Perth Amboy, authorities said. Ziyare Palmer, of Perth Amboy, was charged with attempted murder, weapons offenses and motor vehicle theft in what Perth Amboy police described as a domestic violence assault. Palmer attacked a 39-year-old Woodbridge man at about 11:15 p.m. on April 14, police said. The victim was yelling for help when police arrived. He was brought to an area hospital. “This incident was a targeted act of domestic violence, and there is no …

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Perth Amboy Police Arrest Street Racer Doing 'Donuts' Perth Amboy Police Arrest Street Racer Doing 'Donuts'
Perth Amboy Police Arrest Street Racer Doing 'Donuts' A 21-year-old man from Plainfield has been arrested in connection with illegal street racing in Perth Amboy, authorities said. On Sunday, March 17, Perth Amboy police responded to reports of racing at Victory Bridge and Smith Street. Deyvi Navarette-Menjivar was arrested, according to Perth Amboy police. Driving a Mustang, he was reportedly doing "donuts" on the pavement, according to Facebook posts. His exact charges were not immediately available. "Quick action led to multiple stops and a key arrest," Perth Amboy police said. Additional arrests are expected, police said.  No inj…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
News
Central Jersey Man Sentenced For Armed Robbery During Pizza Delivery Central Jersey Man Sentenced For Armed Robbery During Pizza Delivery
Central Jersey Man Sentenced For Armed Robbery During Pizza Delivery A 27-year-old man from Old Bridge has been sentenced in an armed robbery, authorities said. Tyjier Summers has been sentenced to 25 years in New Jersey State Prison for robbing a pizza delivery man, as well as other robberies, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. On May 13, 2019, at 11:01 P.M., Perth Amboy Police officers responded to Rector Street for a report of a robbery in progress. Police found a victim who stated an unknown male, who was later identified as Summers, tried to rob him, with what was later confirmed to be a handgun, whil…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
News
Father Accused In 4-Month-Old's Death Admits He Threw Baby Into Swing, Onto Floor: Report Father Accused In 4-Month-Old's Death Admits He Threw Baby Into Swing, Onto Floor: Report
Father Accused In 4-Month-Old's Death Admits He Threw Baby Into Swing, Onto Floor: Report A Central Jersey father allegedly told police that he threw his four-month-old daughter into a swing and then onto the floor, NJ Advance Media reports. The infant died on Thursday, Nov. 10 of her injuries, authorities previously said.  Radamez Santana, 22, of Perth Amboy, reportedly told police that the girl started to cry and stopped breathing next to a bed, the outlet said, quoting an affidavit of probable cause. Santana has been charged with murder and child endangerment in the incident that occurred on the 500 block of Compton Avenue in Perth Amboy. The baby was taken to Rar…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Obituaries
Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash
Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash UPDATED: Authorities have released the name of the off-duty police officer killed in a crash in Perth Amboy on Wednesday night. Senior Police Officer Arcadio Rivera Jr., 54, was operating his personal vehicle off-duty and apparently had a medical emergency that caused him to crash into parked vehicles, according to initial reports.  The scene of a fatal crash involving an off-duty Perth Amboy police officer. (Courtesy news12)news12 (screengrab) He was a former U.S. Marine and 26-year veteran of the police force.  Rivera is survived by three children, Arcadio III, Luis Armando and Angel…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash
Off-Duty Police Officer, Father Of 3 Killed In Central Jersey Crash UPDATED: Authorities have released the name of the off-duty police officer killed in a crash in Perth Amboy on Wednesday night. Senior Police Officer Arcadio Rivera Jr., 54, was operating his personal vehicle off-duty and apparently had a medical emergency that caused him to crash into parked vehicles, according to initial reports. The scene of a fatal crash involving an off-duty Perth Amboy police officer. (Courtesy news12)news12 (screengrab) He was a former U.S. Marine and 26-year veteran of the police force. Rivera is survived by three children, Arcadio III, Luis Armando and Angel …

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
News
Central Jersey Prosecutor Investigates Arrest Of Teen Bicyclist After ACLU Complaint Central Jersey Prosecutor Investigates Arrest Of Teen Bicyclist After ACLU Complaint
Central Jersey Prosecutor Investigates Arrest Of Teen Bicyclist After ACLU Complaint The Middlesex County Prosector is investigating the alleged arrest of teenager in Perth Amboy for riding "an unregistered bicycle," authorities said.   His bike and several others were seized by police.  In a Twitter post by Amol Sinha, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Sinha questioned the local arrest of a teenager for an alleged bicycle violation.   Sinha wrote: "This is Perth Amboy, NJ. Are the police really arresting kids over bike registrations? Does it really require this many officers to address whatever situation this is? Police CANNOT contin…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Edison Man, 42, Charged In Fatal Shooting Authorities: Edison Man, 42, Charged In Fatal Shooting
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…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Perth Amboy Stranger Sexually Assaulted 20-Year-Old Girl At Knifepoint Authorities: Perth Amboy Stranger Sexually Assaulted 20-Year-Old Girl At Knifepoint
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…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Teen Boy Who Drowned In Raritan Bay Was Reportedly On Autism Spectrum Teen Boy Who Drowned In Raritan Bay Was Reportedly On Autism Spectrum
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…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
2 Dead, Infant Critical In Perth Amboy Crash 2 Dead, Infant Critical In Perth Amboy Crash
2 Dead, Infant Critical In Perth Amboy Crash Two people were killed and an infant hospitalized in critical condition after a horrific crash Friday night in Perth Amboy, responders said. The child apparently went into cardiac arrest after the 6:30 p.m. crash at Chamberlain Avenue and Convery Boulevard, they said. Firefighters extricated victims, four of whom responders said were hospitalized or treated at the scene. The intersection and surrounding streets were closed off for an investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Crash Investigative Unit and Perth Amboy police. Authorities temporarily withheld specifics pending notifi…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco