Tag: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

  • Sayreville/Edison EMT charged with sexual assault of a minor

    Sayreville/Edison EMT charged with sexual assault of a minor

      SAYREVILLE – A 21-year-old EMT has been charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child under the age of 16. Christopher P. McHugh, 21, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, was charged on Aug. 18 with sexual assault in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child in the…

  • No charges filed as young child wanders from Monroe daycare center

    No charges filed as young child wanders from Monroe daycare center

          MONROE – No charges have been filed yet in the case of a 2-year-old child wandering from a daycare facility in Monroe on Aug. 10. At around 10 a.m., the developmentally disabled female child wandered away from a state-licensed daycare facility located on Prospect Plains Road, according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor…

  • Edison man indicted on drug-related fatality

    Edison man indicted on drug-related fatality

    NEW BRUNSWICK – A grand jury in Middlesex County indicted an Edison man on charges of providing drugs that caused the death of another township man. Emile Constable Jr., 25, was charged with one count of first degree strict liability for drug induced death, one count of third degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance,…

  • Marlboro resident killed in truck crash in Old Bridge

    Marlboro resident killed in truck crash in Old Bridge

    By Kathy Chang Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An investigation is continuing into the motor vehicle crash that claimed the life of an 18-year-old Marlboro resident. Adam Rarela was pronounced dead at the intersection of Route 9 north and Old Mill Road, Old Bridge, at 7:18 a.m. Aug. 5, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and…

  • Unidentified victim suffers fatal injuries in car fire in Spotswood

    Unidentified victim suffers fatal injuries in car fire in Spotswood

    By Jennifer Amato Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – A Spotswood man has died after sustaining major burns in a car fire. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office was called to assist a car fire on Brunswick Avenue in Spotswood where one occupant was injured on Aug. 8. The victim was taken by Medevac helicopter to The Burn Center at…

  • Investigation finds justifiable use of deadly force against Avenel man

    Investigation finds justifiable use of deadly force against Avenel man

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The use of deadly force against Rodney Jencsik last year was justifiable under state law, according to an investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. That announcement came on Friday, Aug. 5. Woodbridge police shot Jencsik, 50, around 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5,…

  • Edison cop ordered to make restitution

    Edison cop ordered to make restitution

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A retired police captain who worked for 37 years for the Edison Police Department may serve up to 180 days in custody and be placed on probation after admitting he stole more than $38,000 from the township while working another job, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C.…

  • Man pleads guilty to waving BB gun while driving in Woodbridge

    Man pleads guilty to waving BB gun while driving in Woodbridge

    An actor has faced reality regarding the use of a gun. The actor, Carlo Goias, a 48-year-old Toms River man, has pleaded guilty to a charge of creating a false public alarm by waving a BB gun out of a vehicle while riding in Woodbridge. Goias pleaded guilty to the charge during a hearing in…

  • Woodbridge man charged after alleged hit-and-run

    Woodbridge man charged after alleged hit-and-run

      WOODBRIDGE – A Woodbridge man was charged on June 24 following a serious hit-and-run incident. The Perth Amboy Police Department charged Pishoi Bakoom, 27, with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash as well as causing bodily injury, obstruction of justice and endangering an injured victim, according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and…