Tag: Edison Police Department

  • Edison High School student charged with making multiple threats

    Edison High School student charged with making multiple threats

        EDISON – An Edison High School student has been charged with allegedly making multiple threats via email, one which resulted in heightened school security at John P. Stevens High School, according to Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan. Kuberiet and Bryan announced through a release on…

  • Woman accepts 15-year plea deal for role in fatal armed robbery at Speedway station in Edison

    Woman accepts 15-year plea deal for role in fatal armed robbery at Speedway station in Edison

      NEW BRUNSWICK – A South Carolina woman will serve 15 years in prison for her involvement in the fatal armed robbery of a clerk at the Speedway gas station before the Christmas holiday in 2018, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet announced. Olya Quinnam, 22, of Beaufort, S.C., pleaded guilty on Sept. 26…

  • Clara Barton Neighborhood Watch will hold meeting Sept. 26

    Clara Barton Neighborhood Watch will hold meeting Sept. 26

    The Edison Police Department will provide information on how to safeguard one’s home, what type of information to provide when reporting an incident, and steps required to establish a Neighborhood Block Watch during a meeting at 7 p.m. on Sept. 26 at the Clara Barton First Aid Squad, 1079 Amboy Ave., Edison. Police officers and…

  • Edison remembers 9/11 terror attacks during ceremony

    Edison remembers 9/11 terror attacks during ceremony

    EDISON – Eighteen years ago, Councilman Robert Diehl was teaching high school history, trying to grasp the scope of devastation, horror and heartbreak of the news on Sept. 11, 2001. “It was first period when the assistant principal came to my door and said that a plane had hit one of the World Trade towers,”…

  • Edison police seek auxiliary police officers

    Edison police seek auxiliary police officers

    The Edison Police Department is seeking applicants to serve as auxiliary police officers. Eligible applicants for the position – which are on a volunteer basis and unpaid – must be a U.S. citizen, age 18 or older, with a high school diploma or G.E.D, and valid state driver’s licenses. Applicants must be in good physical…

  • Edison police arrest murder parolee for possession of illegal loaded handgun

    Edison police arrest murder parolee for possession of illegal loaded handgun

    EDISON – A Jersey City man, who was paroled last year after serving five years in prison for a 2013 murder in Hudson County, is facing additional time after he was allegedly found in possession of an illegal loaded handgun and drugs after a traffic stop, according to police. Police Officer Richard Lorfing pulled over…

  • Edison police lodge charges in connection with car burglaries

    Edison police lodge charges in connection with car burglaries

    EDISON – Three individuals have been charged in connection with a series of car burglaries that occurred at several homes along Agatha Drive, according to police. An 18-year-old male from Plainfield and two 17-year-old accomplices, one from Plainfield and one from Edison, face burglary and theft charges, police said. Police officers Michael Geist and Jeffrey…

  • Colonia man charged with DUI after driving into store’s window

    Colonia man charged with DUI after driving into store’s window

    EDISON – A 68-year-old Colonia man is facing charges of driving under the influence after he allegedly crashed his car through the front window of a Verizon store at the Inman Grove Shopping Center. The incident occurred at the shopping center on Inman Avenue at 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 1, according to Edison police. The…

  • Police search for teens responsible for vandalizing school buses, American flag at Herbert Hoover Middle School in Edison

    Police search for teens responsible for vandalizing school buses, American flag at Herbert Hoover Middle School in Edison

        EDISON – Police are looking for three individuals seen on surveillance video vandalizing seven school buses parked behind Herbert Hoover Middle School and then returning to spraypaint more graffiti on the school’s American flag, according to police. “School security videos indicate these suspects are older teenagers or young adults, in the 15-18 age…