Tag: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

  • Piscataway man sentenced for North Brunswick murder

    Piscataway man sentenced for North Brunswick murder

    A man from Piscataway has been sentenced to serve 65 years in a New Jersey state prison for fatally shooting a North Brunswick resident in his home on May 14, 2017. Jerome Davis, 43, of Piscataway, was sentenced on June 27 in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge Colleen M. Flynn for the murder of…

  • Spotswood man allegedly ignites explosive at Jamesburg apartment complex

    Spotswood man allegedly ignites explosive at Jamesburg apartment complex

    A man from Spotswood has been charged with multiple criminal counts stemming from an incident which occurred on June 16, when he allegedly ignited an explosive device in the borough. Anthony Fede, 52, of Spotswood, was charged on June 17 with two counts of aggravated arson in the second degree, three counts of aggravated assault…

  • Sayreville teacher indicted with child endangerment, criminal sexual contact 

    Sayreville teacher indicted with child endangerment, criminal sexual contact 

      A Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS) teacher has been indicted for child endangerment, criminal sexual contact, and official misconduct for engaging in inappropriate conduct with several high school students. Eric Pieklo, 51, of South Amboy, the Woodshop teacher at SWMHS, was charged on June 11 with five counts of endangering the welfare of…

  • Additional charges filed against Old Bridge man in auto fatality

    Additional charges filed against Old Bridge man in auto fatality

        A man from Old Bridge charged on May 26 with causing the death of a 19-year-old woman and seriously injuring her passenger has also been charged with aggravated manslaughter. Aliaksandr Tsytsenia, 28, was charged on June 10 with one count of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree, and one count of assault by…

  • Old Bridge woman charged with the aggravated sexual assault and murder of a 70-year-old woman

    Old Bridge woman charged with the aggravated sexual assault and murder of a 70-year-old woman

    OLD BRIDGE – An Old Bridge woman has been charged with the aggravated sexual assault and murder of a 70-year-old township woman. Caroline Beckert, 40, of Old Bridge, was charged on May 23 with first-degree murder, aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in the second…

  • Old Bridge man charged in auto fatality

    Old Bridge man charged in auto fatality

      OLD BRIDGE – A man from Old Bridge has been charged with causing the death of a 19-year-old woman and injuring another in the late evening hours of May 25. Aliaksandr Tsytsenia, 28, has been charged with vehicular homicide in the second degree, leaving the scene of an accident in the second degree, assault by…

  • Barricaded man in South River dies from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

    Barricaded man in South River dies from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

          SOUTH RIVER – Authorities responded to an armed male barricaded in his home in South River on May 22, who later died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The South River Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Operations Response Team responded to the residence after they were alerted that…

  • Sayreville man pleads guilty in Edison carjacking

    Sayreville man pleads guilty in Edison carjacking

        A man from Sayreville has pleaded guilty to carjacking, possession of a weapon, eluding, and aggravated assault in connection with an incident that occurred in Edison on Jan. 10, 2017. John Spina, 46, of Sayreville, pleaded guilty on May 13 under a plea agreement reached with Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Dimitri Teresh. Spina…

  • Middletown woman imprisoned for deadly Woodbridge crash

    Middletown woman imprisoned for deadly Woodbridge crash

      A woman from Middletown has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for causing the death of her 18-year-old passenger and seriously injuring another passenger in a crash on the Garden State Parkway in the early morning hours of Nov. 26, 2018. Kimberly Franklin, 20, of Middletown, was sentenced on May 13 to…