Tag: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office
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Seventy-five firefighters respond to fire in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A single-family home in the Monmouth Junction section of the township required dozens of firefighters to battle the flames. At 2:26 p.m. Aug. 14, South Brunswick Police received a 911 call of a house on fire at 10 Wexford Drive. Officers and firefighters arrived to observe thick smoke coming from the front of the residence,…
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Cateret man charged with aggravated assault in Avenel
WOODBRIDGE — A 26-year-old Carteret man was charged following an alleged physical altercation that left a 28-year-old Bellrose, New York, man in serious critical condition, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Woodbridge Police Director Robert Hubner. Police responded to a 911 call on August 11, police said. Subsequently, Carteret man was arrested…
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Police discover dead body inside burned-out shed in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – A man has been found dead inside a burned-out shed. The Madison Park Volunteer Fire Company was alerted to the fire at about 8:09 p.m. July 23 on a residential property in the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, according to a statement provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and…
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Scholarships available for careers in criminal law
The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey is offering four scholarships to law school students seeking careers as prosecuting attorneys, and to police officers hoping to attend college to advance their careers in law enforcement. The scholarships, each amounting to a one-year grant of $3,500, will be paid directly to the recipients, who will be…
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South River police charge residents with cocaine, handgun possession
SOUTH RIVER – Police seized more than 33 grams of cocaine along with marijuana and a handgun during a raid at a South River residence. Members of the South River Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Squad executed a court-approved search warrant at a residence on Ferry Street around…
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North Brunswick found man guilty of harassing teenage boy
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A township resident was convicted of harassing a teenage boy in the bathroom of a local restaurant in South Brunswick last year. George Daymond Shirley, 49, of North Brunswick, was convicted by a jury on July 10 of harassment while he was on parole or probation, a 4th degree criminal offense, according…
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North Brunswick man charged with fatally shooting woman on New Brunswick street
Charges against a North Brunswick man accused of a shooting in New Brunswick have been upgraded to murder since the victim died. Christian Cortes, 25, faces one count of murder in the first degree, one count of unlawful possession of a weapon in the second degree and one count of possession of a weapon for…
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Two more suspects charged in Loop Inn shootings
WOODBRIDGE — Two more suspects have been charged with fatally shooting one man and critically injuring another man at the Loop Inn Motel. Chelsey Mendoza, 20, of the Bronx, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, one count of hindering her own apprehension in the second degree…
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Elizabeth man sentenced to prison for beating woman
EDISON — An Elizabeth man was sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison for severely beating a 30-year-old woman with a section of pipe and leaving her for dead at Raritan Center in Edison, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. Mickey Vanderpool, 61, must serve 85 percent of the prison term before…
