Tag: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office
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Bank robber ordered to pay restitution
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer TRENTON — A 33-year-old Barnegat man was sentenced last week to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $22,240 for robbing eight banks, which included three banks in Edison and one in Aberdeen, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. Steven Wisnowski previously pleaded guilty before United States…
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Former Edison cops avoid probation
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Once pillars of society, two of the four Edison police officers who lost their jobs for their involvement in attempting to harass and humiliate a North Brunswick police officer in 2012, may move on with their lives. With no prior records, Brian Favretto, 41, who once was…
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Two police officers sentenced for harassing North Brunswick cop
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone handed fines to two of the four Edison police officers who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges for their involvement in harassing and humiliating a North Brunswick police officer in 2012. Brian Favretto, of Brick, and William H. Gesell, of…
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Man charged with posing as officer, stealing car after beating driver
A 44-year-old Sayreville man has been charged with posing as a police officer, beating a female motorist and stealing her car in Edison before crashing head-on into another vehicle in Sayreville. John Spina, 44, of Sayreville, was charged with attempted murder, carjacking, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, two counts of possession of…
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One of original North Brunswick police officers passes away
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – One of the original police officers of the North Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) has passed away. “After serving his country, Anthony ‘Tony’ Vitanza began his career in North Brunswick as a part-time police officer. He then became one of the original full-time officers, eventually working as a…
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Helmetta man charged with distributing child porn
HELMETTA – A 24-year-old Helmetta man has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. Daniel Leal was charged at his home on Jan. 5 with possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography and intent to distribute the illicit materials, according to a statement released by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. During…
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Juror attends convicted mother’s sentencing
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Joe Mulvanerton, one of the jurors in the Michelle Lodzinski murder trial, sat quietly and listened as she was sentenced last week to a 30-year prison sentence for killing her 5-year-old son, Timmy, in 1991 and dumping his body in a creek off Olympic Drive in Raritan…
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Mother sentenced in case that still haunts many
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — In 1991, best friends Tara Packard and Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey, who were both 5 years old at the time, had a secret code to speak to one another when they were home — by knocking on the adjoining wall that their duplex home in South Amboy shared. On…
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Monroe man charged with killing stepfather
MONROE – A township man has been charged with killing his stepfather. Joao C. Torres, 26, was charged on Jan. 5 with the murder of Christopher Ernst Sr., 46, who was found dead in a garage room of a home they shared on Garvey Drive in Monroe Township, according to a statement released by Middlesex County…
