Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Major Crash Closes Route 1 Intersection In South Brunswick Major Crash Closes Route 1 Intersection In South Brunswick
Major Crash Closes Route 1 Intersection In South Brunswick A major crash closed a stretch of Route 1 Monday night, Feb. 12 in South Brunswick. Local police said only that the roadway was closed between New Road and Major Road as of 10 p.m.

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by Cecilia Levine
Edison, NJ
Schools
South Jersey Schools Closed, Delayed Due To Major Winter Storm South Jersey Schools Closed, Delayed Due To Major Winter Storm
South Jersey Schools Closed, Delayed Due To Major Winter Storm Some South Jersey school districts are canceling classes or delaying the start of school before a winter storm that's expected on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties. There is also a coastal flood warning in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties. The NWS predicts four to six inches of snow in Trenton, three to four inches in Long Branch, and one to two inches in Toms River. Southern Jersey Shore places like Atlantic City, Cape May County, Long Beach, Ocean City, and Vinela…

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by Chris Spiker
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Longtime Home Depot Employee Killed In Crash Behind Route 9 Store Longtime Home Depot Employee Killed In Crash Behind Route 9 Store
Longtime Home Depot Employee Killed In Crash Behind Route 9 Store A longtime Home Depot employee from South Brunswick was killed when his sedan crashed into a trailer behind the Route 9 store where he'd worked. Allen Szucs, 55, was pronounced dead in the superstore's parking lot after his 1999 Chevy Malibu slammed into the parked trailer shortly before 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, police said. Authorities haven't yet characterized the cause of the crash. Szucs, who lived in the Kendall Park section of the township, had been with Home Depot on southbound Route 9 in Monmouth Junction since April 2015, according to his LinkedIn bio. He most recently had be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
3 Killed In Collision With School Bus In Central Jersey 3 Killed In Collision With School Bus In Central Jersey
3 Killed In Collision With School Bus In Central Jersey Three people were killed when their vehicle collided with a school bus in South Brunswick, authorities said. The driver of the car and two passengers in the vehicle died in the crash, according to New Jersey State Police fatal crash statistics, The bus driver suffered minor injuries in the crash at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 on Route 130, South Brunswick police said. Route 13o was closed until about midnight, police said. The two students on the bus were not injured, police said.

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by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
South Brunswick High School Locked Down: Police South Brunswick High School Locked Down: Police
South Brunswick High School Locked Down: Police South Brunswick High School was locked down early Wednesday, Jan. 31 because of an unspecified incident, authorities said. At 8:30 a.m., the South Brunswick School Resource Officer and high school administration placed the school on lockdown, South Brunswick police said. The staff and officer were investigating information they had received minutes earlier. Additional officers arrived at the school and by 8:34 a.m., the student in question was located, police said. At 8:37 a.m. the school lockdown was lifted and normal school operations resumed. Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said, "I know…

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by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Fugitive Hunted In 'Bling Bishop' Robbery Killed By US Marshals In NJ Hotel Shootout Fugitive Hunted In 'Bling Bishop' Robbery Killed By US Marshals In NJ Hotel Shootout
Fugitive Hunted In 'Bling Bishop' Robbery Killed By US Marshals In NJ Hotel Shootout 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: A fugitive wanted for robbing a "bling" bishop from Bergen County during an online service was killed by U.S. Marshals Wednesday afternoon during a shootout at a Route 1 hotel, federal sources confirmed. Ex-con Shamar Leggette was the subject of a manhunt following the infamous 2022 gunpoint robbery of "Bling Bishop" Lamor Whitehead of Paramus during a live-streamed church service in Brooklyn. Leggette, 41, of Brooklyn, also shot a man in Providence, RI last September, authorities there said. Members of the U.S. States Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Task Force, assisting th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: 'Police Activity' That Caused Heavy Delays On Route 1 Was Shootout With Fugitive UPDATE: 'Police Activity' That Caused Heavy Delays On Route 1 Was Shootout With Fugitive
Update: 'Police Activity' That Caused Heavy Delays On Route 1 Was Shootout With Fugitive UPDATE: "Police activity" that caused heavy delays Wednesday afternoon on southbound Route 1 in South Brunswick turned out to be a shootout between members of a U.S. Marshals task force and a fugitive, authorities said. South Brunswick police issued a traffic alert as the highway was shut down around 3:30 p.m. Jan. 24. Ex-con Shamar Leggette was the subject of a manhunt following the infamous 2022 gunpoint robbery of "Bling Bishop" Lamor Whitehead of Paramus during a live-streamed church service in Brooklyn. Leggette, 41, also shot a man in Providence last September, authorities there said…

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by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Crash Shuts Route 1 In South Brunswick Crash Shuts Route 1 In South Brunswick
Crash Shuts Route 1 In South Brunswick A crash investigation closed Route 1 in South Brunswick Wednesday, Jan. 24. As of 7:30 a.m., all lanes were closed at the New Road intersection. A detour at Sandhill Road will be in place for four hours, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
Weather
Here's Who Got The Most Snow In NJ From Latest Winter Storm Here's Who Got The Most Snow In NJ From Latest Winter Storm
Here's Who Got The Most Snow In NJ From Latest Winter Storm The National Weather Service has released snow totals from the latest winter storm. In New Jersey, the most amount of snow from the Friday, Jan. 19 storm appears to have fallen in Hopewell Township (Cumberland County) and Mount Royal (Gloucester County), where 6.5 inches of snow were reported. Atlantic County: Dorothy, a section of Weymouth, got 6.4 inches, the most amount of snow across Atlantic County. Six inches fell in Atlantic City, 5.6 in Mullica Township, 5.5 in Mays Landing, and on average, between 2 and 6 inches across the county. Burlington County: Medford Township…

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by Cecilia Levine
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
South Brunswick Gets $500K Federal Grant For New Police Officers South Brunswick Gets $500K Federal Grant For New Police Officers
South Brunswick Gets $500K Federal Grant For New Police Officers South Brunswick has received $500,000 from the federal government to hire new police officers, according to Police Chief Raymond Hayducka. Hayducka announced the funding through a U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant. The grant was for four new officers. The federal award will support up to 75 percent of the new officers’ salary and fringe benefits for three years, the chief said. In addition to the four officers hired under the COPS grant, two other officers were hired recently to replace retired officers, he said. “We have a long history of excel…

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by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Tried To Use Movie Money At Wawa: South Brunswick PD Man Tried To Use Movie Money At Wawa: South Brunswick PD
Man Tried To Use Movie Money At Wawa: South Brunswick PD If you want to eat a hoagie from Wawa, you have to pay with real money. That's the lesson James Leonard, a 41-year-old South Brunswick man learned after he was arrested by police for passing multiple fake $100 bills at a nearby Wawa, officers said on Twitter on Sunday, Jan. 7.  Leonard was charged with theft by deception and uttering a forged document, police said. He was released on a summons, police said.

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by Sam Barron
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Police ID Driver, 23, Killed In South Brunswick Christmas Eve Morning Crash Police ID Driver, 23, Killed In South Brunswick Christmas Eve Morning Crash
Police ID Driver, 23, Killed In South Brunswick Christmas Eve Morning Crash Police have identified the 23-year-old driver killed in a crash on Route 1 in South Brunswick. Vedant Tiru was in the left lane of Route 1 south near New Road when he lost control, slid sideways across the roadway, and struck a utility pole around 12:55 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, South Brunswick police said. Tiru was pronounced dead at the scene. The Kendall Park First Aid, Kendall Park Fire Department, Middlesex County Medical Examiner, and New Jersey State Department of Transportation responded to the crash. Route 1 South was closed for several hours during the investigation. Then, at 7…

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by Cecilia Levine