Tag: Edison Police Department
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Edison man charged in connection with rash of car burglaries in April
EDISON – Police have charged a 19-year-old Edison man in connection with as many as 18 vehicle burglaries in April at homes along Stony Road, Kenlen Drive and Adele Court, according to police. Police officer Joseph DePasquale apprehended the man at 11:40 p.m. on April 30 as he was walking toward the Edison…
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Robo texts selling home security systems are fake, police say
EDISON – Police are investigating a “robo-text” scam sent to resident cell phones, with the message claiming there have been “78% more robberies” in town, signed by the “Edison Council”. The scam further offers to sell recipients new home security systems, police said. Police Chief Thomas Bryan said all the information in the text…
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Edison police officer indicted with official misconduct
NEW BRUNSWICK – A Middlesex County Grand Jury has indicted a four-year veteran of the Edison Police Department with obstruction of a criminal investigation. The indictment of Nicholas R. Lunetta, 31, of Scotch Plains, was handed up following a presentation to the grand jury by Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Anny Lopez, according to a statement…
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Three Edison police officers help save life of a 26-year-old man following car accident
EDISON – Three police officers helped save the life of a 26-year-old Edison man, who was trapped upside down after his vehicle flipped over following a motor vehicle accident on April 19, according to police. Police Sgt. Michael Cimmino and Officers Neel Patel and Phil Smith worked rapidly to remove the man from his Honda…
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Safety concerns of private events discussed following fatal shooting at Akbar restaurant
EDISON – As the investigation continues into the fatal shooting of a Newark man at the Akbar restaurant where a Reggae event was being held, township officials are seeking answers into safety procedures during special events. “If an establishment has an event such as what took place at the Akbar, the establishment usually contacts the…
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Police identify murder suspect from Akbar shooting; man is still at large
The Edison Police Department said authorities are actively searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Newark man, and the shooting of another man, in the early morning hours of March 23 outside the Akbar restaurant in Edison. Andrew Harriot, “aka” Drew Cash, 26, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township, is…
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One man dead, one critically injured during fatal shooting outside Akbar restaurant in Edison
EDISON – Police are continuing to investigate a shooting that left one man dead and one man critically injured outside Akbar Restaurant, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Police Chief Thomas Bryan. Police responded to the shooting at approximately 1:56 a.m. on March 23. A 31-year-old man was pronounced dead at the…
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Three men sought in connection to Edison homicide near Akbar Restaurant on March 23
EDISON – Authorities are searching for three men wanted for questioning in connection to a shooting which resulted in the death of one man, and seriously injured another man, in the early morning hours of March 23. Nahshon Brown, 31, of Newark, was pronounced dead at the scene outside Akbar Restaurant on Cortland Street…
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Edison ‘no show jobs’ police case inching along
NEW BRUNSWICK – With more than 28,000 pages of bank records, audits, receipts, phone pinging locations to sift through, the case involving five Edison police officers who were indicted in October for “no show jobs” is inching along. “This is a complex white collar case,” Assistant Prosecutor Christine D’Elia said before Superior Court Judge Pedro…
