Category: Sentinel-EDM News

EDISON — “Mischief night” mischief got a little dangerous last week, police said. Officers responded to two reports of rocks being thrown at vehicles traveling on Woodland Avenue between 10:25 and 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 30, police reports said. In the first incident, a Piscataway woman, whose age was unavailable, was injured when a rock…

EDISON — An Iselin woman was the victim of a purse-snatching last week, police said. Patrolman Robert Dudash said the 28-year-old was approached by a suspect described as a Hispanic male, between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing approximately 150 pounds, with a chipped front tooth and a goatee, and…

METUCHEN — Police arrested a longtime borough businessman and resident after he allegedly made inappropriate sexual overtures to a customer last week. Harold “Buddy” Suter, 62, was charged with criminal sexual contact at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, police said. Officer David Liantonio said a 22-year-old Metuchen female said she visited Suter’s Optique Unique (formerly…

EDISON — An apartment fire temporarily displaced residents of a Minebrook Road complex early last week, police said. Patrolman Robert Dudash said the resident of one apartment reported hearing a loud bang coming from the area of the refrigerator in her kitchen just before noon on Nov. 1. A smoke and fire condition quickly developed,…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff East Brunswick’s David Thorne paints the Old Franklin School building in Metuchen Oct. 23. A community service project is a requirement to become an Eagle Scout.

EDISON — Police arrested a Marlboro man after he allegedly tried to prescribe himself a narcotic last week. Michael Dayock, 46, was charged with attempting to obtain a prescription by fraud at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 4, according to Patrolman Robert Dudash. Dayock entered the Pathmark store in the Wick Plaza on Route 1 that…

BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Club Sleep is now closed. “About two weeks ago we were notified by the property owner that they changed the locks on the property,” Municipal Clerk John Mitch said last week. Mitch said the club’s liquor license had been returned to his office. “I…

MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Metuchen police dispatcher Shane Young and Casey Donato, of Piscataway, act out a domestic violence scenario for the Metuchen Citizens Police Academy Nov. 4.

BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — The price of open space may be high, advocates of the open space tax say, but preserving quality of life is priceless. But Anthony Russomanno, a former member of the township’s Open Space advisory committee, and several other residents have questioned some…