Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Perth Amboy Woman, 23, Ran Over Man With Car During Christmas Gas Station Squabble Prosecutor: Perth Amboy Woman, 23, Ran Over Man With Car During Christmas Gas Station Squabble
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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by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Teenager Charged With Attempted Murder In Perth Amboy Stabbing Teenager Charged With Attempted Murder In Perth Amboy Stabbing
Teenager Charged With Attempted Murder In Perth Amboy Stabbing A teenager has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing earlier this week, authorities said. The non-fatal stabbing occurred on Monday. A 16-year-old surrendered to Perth Amboy police on Thursday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Roman McKeon said. The suspect attacked three people, one of whom was stabbed, they said. The juvenile was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, Ciccone and McKeon said. The investigation …

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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…

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by Cecilia Levine