Tag: East Brunswick Police Department
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Police close road, giving salamanders safe passage to migrate
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – “A hop, a skip and a jump” is what many local amphibians were doing as they journeyed undisturbed across Beekman Road to begin mating season on March 8. Thanks to a 12-year collaborative effort from the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (EBEC), the Township of East…
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East Brunswick woman charged with burglarizing two township homes
EAST BRUNSWICK — A township resident was charged with multiple crimes after allegedly robbing two residences in East Brunswick. Amy Streko, 34, was charged with two counts of burglary, one count of possession of a hypodermic syringe and hindering apprehension after being identified as the alleged burglar who entered the Milltown Road and Herbert Drive homes…
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Woman suffers fatal injuries during fire at her home
EAST BRUNSWICK – A 60-year-old woman was fatally injured in a fire at her home last week. Tracy Baran of 16 Nelson Circle in East Brunswick was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire, which was reported to authorities at 4:39 a.m. on Feb. 17, according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor…
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Teenager ejected from motorcycle during crash
EAST BRUNSWICK – A young man was ejected from his motorcycle and suffered serious injuries following a collision with an SUV. Balint Y. Pronik, 19, of East Brunswick, was operating a 2012 Kawasaki motorcycle north on Ryders Lane near Tices Lane in East Brunswick around 4:39 p.m. on Feb. 15, according to a statement prepared…
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New bail system aims to reduce jail population, economic bias
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — What began with a study that revealed racial and economic bias in the New Jersey bail system has prompted local and state government officials to change state law and create new criminal justice reform legislation. Presiding Judge Alberto Rivas for the Superior Court’s Criminal Division spoke to the…
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Route 18 bus crash causes injuries to children, commuters
Editor’s note: The commuter bus involved in the crash was initially reported as a New Jersey Transit bus by police. The story is updated to reflect that an Academy bus that is leased to NJ Transit was involved in the accident. By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A Kensington Bus Company school bus struck the…
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Ryders Lane accident leaves both drivers fatally injured
EAST BRUNSWICK – Traffic was snarled for hours as police responded to a motor vehicle accident that left both drivers fatally injured. East Brunswick police nits responded to a two-car head-on crash on Ryders Lane, just south of Tices Lane, around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 20, according to information released by Lt. Sean Goggins of the…
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East Brunswick residents urged to report suspicious activity
EAST BRUNSWICK – The East Brunswick Police Department is urging residents to exercise caution due to an increase in residential burglaries throughout September and October. Officers and detectives have been assigned specifically to burglary patrols, according to information provided on behalf of East Brunswick Police Chief James Conroy. The department is also urging residents to report any…
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Police charge two with alleged heroin possession, distribution
EAST BRUNSWICK—Acting on information obtained over the course of several months, police have taken two alleged drug dealers off the street. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force and detectives from the East Brunswick Police Department (EBPD) executed a search warrant on Aug. 24 for a residence located at 5 Dalston St. in the…
