Tag: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office
-
East Brunswick rabbi charged with engaging in prostitution years after separate allegations of assault
EAST BRUNSWICK – Officials have charged a rabbi from East Brunswick and two people from New York in connection with the alleged human trafficking and prostitution of a 17-year-old girl from Pennsylvania. Aryeh Goodman, 35, of East Brunswick, has been charged with one count of engaging in prostitution with a child and one count of…
-
Metuchen man charged with multiple firearm and drug offenses
NEW BRUNSWICK — A 26-year-old Metuchen man was charged with multiple firearm and drug charges after weapons including an AR-15 type rifle and more than 14 pounds of marijuana were found at his New Street residence. Sagar Bhalla was apprehended at his home on Jan. 30 and was being held at the Middlesex County Adult…
-
Old Bridge man will serve 28 years in prison for strangling mother
NEW BRUNSWICK — A 31-year-old Old Bridge man will spend 28 years in prison for strangling his mother to death under a plea agreement. Frank Polera, 31, pleaded guilty on Jan. 29 to aggravated manslaughter in the death of Patricia Polera, 61, on Nov. 26, 2016, under a plea agreement reached with Middlesex County Assistant…
-
One man dies, two injured in crash by South Amboy YMCA
SOUTH AMBOY – Police are investigating a motor vehicle crash in which one man was killed and two others were injured in South Amboy on Jan. 29. The victim, Benjamin Navarrete, 48, of Old Bridge, was struck while reportedly standing outside of his Mitsubishi Outlander as he was attempting to secure his child in the…
-
Therapist charged with scamming Edison school board
A resident of the Martinsville section of Bridgewater Township, scammed the Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education out of more than $75,000 over a two-year period, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey announced. On Jan. 24, Rebecca Dean, 39, an occupational therapist who owns Tiny Tots Therapy Inc., Scotch Plains, was arrested and charged…
-
Plea deal will send Edison man to prison for role in drug-inducted death
NEW BRUNSWICK — A resident of Edison is facing eight years in prison for providing the drugs that caused the death of an Edison man in 2016. Emile “Oatmeal” Constable Jr., 25, has pleaded guilty to one count of first degree strict liability for drug induced death for providing the combination of heroin and fentanyl…
-
Edison convenience store employee charged with stealing $1 million lottery ticket
NEW BRUNSWICK — A 36-year-old Edison convenience store employee has been charged with stealing a $1 million lottery ticket from a customer last year. Rayhan Sorwar, an Edison resident, was charged on Jan. 26 with one count of theft of moveable property over $75,000 in the second degree, one count of conspiracy to commit money…
-
Man who stalked, killed ex in South Brunswick sentenced to life in prison
A New Brunswick man was sentenced on Jan. 18 to serve the remainder of his life in a New Jersey state prison for stalking and fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in South Brunswick on June 24, 2015. Giver Quiroz-Vasquez, “aka” Gilberto Juarez-Vasques, “aka” Erick Morales Sandin, 28, was sentenced in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge…
-
Caregiver pleads guilty in child’s death
NEW BRUNSWICK — A caregiver of a six-month old boy who died under her care in 2015 is barred from operating a daycare after entering into a plea agreement reached with Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Carver, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. Marianne McIntyre-Caufield, 62, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, appeared…
