Tag: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Offfice

  • Longtime South Brunswick schools employee fatally struck by vehicle

    Longtime South Brunswick schools employee fatally struck by vehicle

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A longtime employee of the South Brunswick School District was fatally struck by a vehicle while spraying weeds at Crossroads North Middle School. The incident occurred during the morning hours of June 15 along the curb of the school on Georges Road, according to Police Chief Raymond Hayducka and Middlesex County Prosecutor…

  • Attorney sworn in to fill unexpired council-at-large seat in Monroe

    Attorney sworn in to fill unexpired council-at-large seat in Monroe

    MONROE – Newly appointed Councilman-at-Large Terence “Terry” Van Dzura, who fills the seat vacated by Stephen Dalina, pledges to listen to township residents while making decisions in the best interest of the township. Van Dzura was sworn in during the Monroe Township Council’s regular meeting on Feb. 1. “We may not always agree, but I…

  • Authorities release photos of alleged person of interest, vehicle connected to arson in Woodbridge

    Authorities release photos of alleged person of interest, vehicle connected to arson in Woodbridge

    WOODBRIDGE – Authorities have released photos seeking assistance in identifying an alleged person of interest and a vehicle believed to be connected to an arson of another vehicle in November, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department in a release on Jan. 26. Woodbridge police officers…

  • Allentown man charged with theft from Metuchen TD Bank

    Allentown man charged with theft from Metuchen TD Bank

    METUCHEN – An Allentown man has been charged with allegedly defrauding a bank of thousands of dollars. Robert Nuccio was charged with two counts of identity theft, two counts of forgery, two counts of false government documents, one count of theft by deception, one count of attempted theft by deception, one count resisting arrest, and…

  • Milltown man charged as suspect in two North Brunswick shootings

    Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Kenneth P. McCormick of the North Brunswick Police Department said a Milltown man has been charged with two shootings which took place in North Brunswick. Clifton Stokes, aka “Trap”, 25, of Milltown was arrested on July 2 and charged with four counts of attempted murder in the first degree, two…

  • Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office swears in its first female prosecutor

    Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office swears in its first female prosecutor

    NEW BRUNSWICK – The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office swore in its first female prosecutor. Yolanda Ciccone, the former Assignment Judge of Somerset County, was sworn in to her new role on June 30 during a brief ceremony officiated by retired Judge and former Middlesex County Prosecutor Alan A. Rockoff. In June 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy…

  • Update: East Brunswick drowning was accidental in nature

    Update: East Brunswick drowning was accidental in nature

    EAST BRUNSWICK–Bharat Patel, 62, his daughter-in-law Nisha Patel, 33, and her daughter, 8, have been identified as the victims who perished on June 22 in a pool at a home in East Brunswick, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Kuberiet and Chief of Police Frank LoSacco announced on June 23. All three victims resided at the…

  • Police are investigating an alleged shooting in Edison, victim is in critical condition

    Police are investigating an alleged shooting in Edison, victim is in critical condition

    EDISON – Police are investigating an alleged shooting incident involving a person with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan. Edison police responded to JFK Medical Center at approximately 4:14 p.m. on June 13 on a report of a victim who was dropped off…

  • Police investigate fatal crashes in North and South Brunswick

    Police investigate fatal crashes in North and South Brunswick

    Police are investigating two fatal crashes, one in North Brunswick and one in South Brunswick, over the holiday weekend. Two people – Michael Santana, 24, of Staten Island, New York, and Zarine Arshakyan, 55, of Lawrenceville – died in a multi-vehicle collision at 7:37 a.m. on May 25 in South Brunswick, according to police. Santana,…