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Bergen County Hospitals Rank Among Safest In New Jersey
New Jersey hospitals are among the safest in the nation, according to the fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grade report from The Leapfrog Group.
The Garden State ranks in the top 10 states for the highest percentage of "A" hospitals, joining states like Utah, Virginia, and Connecticut. The grades, which are updated twice a year, assess nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country on their effectiveness at preventing medical errors, accidents, and infections.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 30 performance measures to assign grades ranging from "A" to "F," offering patients and fami…
Watchung Woman, 24, Threatens To Kill Prosecutors Office Staffer's Spouse, Authorities Say
A 24-year-old New Jersey woman has been arrested and charged with stalking, retaliation, and more, after authorities say she used social media to harass law enforcement and their family members, threatening to kill one's spouse.
Malina Jaffrey was enrolled in the pretrial intervention program by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office in January 2024, after she was charged with bias intimidation for crimes against a Plainsboro man, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said.
Last July, Jaffrey began using different Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts to harass an MCPO emp…
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…
Central Jersey Man Admits Sexual Assault At State Park: Prosecutor
A Somerset County man has admitted to committing a sexual assault at a New Jersey state park, authorities said.
Rogelio Calyeca Postrero, 38, of Raritan pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated sexual assault, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
Calyeca Postrero previously was charged by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office on Aug. 5, 2022, for violent sexual assaults in Bridgewater on July 18, 2021, and Franklin Township on May 16, 2022, according to earlier reports.
Those charges are still pending, Ciccone's spokeswoman said.
On Sept. 28, 2021, between 4:3…
Man Killed By Amtrak Train In Central Jersey Was Family Breadwinner, Loved Ones Say
Friends of the family of a 39-year-old man struck and killed by an Amtrak train in New Jersey are reaching out with support.
Sreekanth Digala, who died Tuesday night, Feb. 28 in Plainsboro, loved ones say on a GoFundMe campaign. He is survived by his wife, Suvarchala, and their son, Aneesh, who is 10 years old.
"Sreekanth is the only breadwinner for his family and the sole responsible person for his 70+-year-old parents and in-laws down in India," the GoFundMe organizer wrote.
The GoFundMe organizer wrote, "He was a very good human being and a Hardworking individual as free…
South Jersey Man Who Stalked VIctim, Plotted To Kill Witness, Gets 55 Years In State Prison
A man who stalked his murder victim and plotted to kill a witness has been sentenced to 55 years in New Jersey State Prison, authorities said.
Former Lindenwold resident Kenneth Saal, 33, previously pleaded guilty to murder, burglary and stalking, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
The sentence was in connection with the murder of co-worker Carolyn Byington, 26, of Plainsboro.
During his guilty plea, Saal stated that in April 2019 he copied the victim’s house key while she was at work and used the key to enter her apartment on multiple days …
Man Lurking In Secaucus Resident's Yard Had Loaded Handgun, Cocaine: Police
A New York man with an outstanding warrant found lurking in a Secaucus resident's yard in the middle of the night was found in possession of a handgun, cocaine, ecstasy and more, authorities said.
Police were called to a Second Street home around 2:05 a.m. when the homeowner said her surveillance camera alerted her to a man — later identified as Ronald Brown, 35, of Brooklyn, NY — on the side of her house on Friday, Dec. 9, Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
Responding officers found Brown on Chestnut Street near Raydol Avenue.
While searching Brown before his arrest, Sgt. Aniello Schaf…
South Jersey Man Admits Stalking, Secretly Taping Murder Victim, Conspiring To Kill Others
A South Jersey man charged with a murder and conspiracy to commit murder pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities said.
Kenneth Saal, 33, formerly of Lindenwold, also admitted burglary and stalking in connection with the murder of Carolyn Byington, 26, of Plainsboro, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
During the plea, Saal stated that in April 2019 he copied the victim’s house key while she was at work and used the key to enter her apartment on multiple days in the following months, Ciccone said.
He recounted how he planted …
South Jersey Man Charged In Co-Worker's Killing Plotted 2nd Murder, Prosecutor Says
A Central Jersey man was charged in connection with a murder-for-hire plot, authorities said.
In August 2019, Kenneth Saal, 30, formerly of Lindenwold, in Camden County, was charged with murdering Carolyn Byington, 26, of Plainsboro, in her apartment. Saal was Byington’s coworker, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
Plainsboro Police responded to Byington’s home after they were asked by her other coworkers to do a wellness check on her. When police arrived at approximately 5:57 p.m., they found Byington, who was pronounced dead at the…
NJ Woman Helping Homebound Victim With Groceries Wanted For Racking Up $22K Bill: Police
A New Jersey woman entrusted with the credit card of a medically incapacitated victim she had been grocery shopping for was arrested for racking up a $22,000 bill on the victim's card for her own personal gain, authorities said.
Lisa Pryor, 55, of Monroe, was arrested at her job in Plainsboro on a warrant for theft and fraud-related offenses on Tuesday, March 22, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Thomas Chirichella said.
The victim, a Branchburg resident, in September 2021 told police that someone had used their card and other identifying information, resulting in the loss of thou…
