Tag: Edison Police Department
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Edison to address dispatch of fire department
EDISON — The Township Council’s Public Safety Committee will address concerns by fire officials on dispatch protocol of the fire department to emergency medical calls. Jim Walsh, second vice president of the Edison Fire Fighters Association, addressed the council at the two meetings in October on his concerns of the inconsistency of sending the fire…
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Edison candidates condemn offensive election mailing
EDISON — The two Board of Education candidates displayed on the offensive postcard mailing that was anonymously distributed to township homes last week hope those who are responsible for the flier are held accountable. In a joint statement, Jerry Shi, who is running for reelection in the upcoming election on Nov. 7, and Falguni Patel,…
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Edison police investigate shootings
EDISON — Police are investigating a shooting at the E Hotel Banquet and Conference Center in Raritan Center that left two men with serious, but non-life threatening gunshot wounds, according to police. Police were dispatched to the hotel, which was hosting a Halloween party for various members of the African American Social Services/Collegiate and Professional…
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Edison incumbent mayor faces challenge
EDISON — Two candidates are vying for the four-year term mayoral seat in the upcoming election. Incumbent Thomas Lankey will face former Edison Democratic Chairman Keith Hahn, who announced he was running as a Republican in August. Thomas Lankey, 57, who is a lifelong township resident, is seeking his second term. He has two grown…
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Sentencing of Edison cop brings new chapters to police department, victims’ lives
NEW BRUNSWICK — Four years ago, there was a line of blue supporting former Edison Police Officer Michael Dotro as he made his first court appearance on charges that he set fire to his police captain’s home in Monroe Township. On Sept. 7, that line of support was long gone as Dotro, 40, of Manalapan,…
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Edison resident supports Lankey for mayor
I read with great irony former Mayor Antonia Ricigliano’s recent letter endorsing candidate Keth Hahn [for mayor]. The folly of former Mayor Ricigliano touting her accomplishments and endorsing Hahn seems to bypass the reality of the ineptness Edison endured during her term in office. Once elected, Ricigliano proceeded to reignite the turmoil of our already…
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Sayreville family finds new home, years after Sandy struck
SAYREVILLE — The Filannino family called it “the compound” where they lived on Weber Avenue in Sayreville. “My in-laws were next to us on MacArthur Avenue and my brother-in-law lived up the street on Weber Avenue,” Sal Filannino, a lieutenant with the Edison Police Department, said. Five years after superstorm Sandy, the compound is no…
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Edison police investigating armed robbery on Oak Tree Road Restaurant
EDISON — Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Shezan Banquet and Restaurant on Oak Tree Road last week that left a 56-year-old Queens, New York man with minor injuries to his jaw and right upper arm. The incident occurred at 5:35 p.m. on Sept. 5, according to Police Lt. Robert Dudash.…
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Dotro sentenced to 20 years in prison for years of ‘demons’
NEW BRUNSWICK — It was the tale of two Michael Dotros — one who could do his job as an Edison police officer, and one much more sinister. Up until his plea deal on Aug. 21, Assistant Prosecutor Russell Curley said Dotro, 40, of Manalapan, couldn’t control his “demons” over the course of the…
