Tag: Monroe Township Police Department
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Old Bridge Police Department promotes two veteran officers; hire six new officers, including a female, to its ranks
OLD BRIDGE – The Old Bridge Police Department promoted two veteran officers and welcomed six new officers, including a female, to its ranks. Rich Higgins was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant and Aaron Matikonis was promoted from patrolman to sergeant before the Township Council meeting on Jan. 4. “These officers served the Old Bridge Police…
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Candidate for Monroe council accused of stealing campaign signs
MONROE – A candidate for Monroe Township Council has been accused of stealing campaign signs for the election on Nov. 2. Timothy Eosso, 51, of Monroe, was charged on Oct. 19 with one count of disorderly persons theft by unlawful taking, according to information provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Michael Biennas…
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Monroe man suffers fatal injuries at scene of crash
MONROE – Police are investigating a fatal accident that took the life of a male driver. The driver of a 2007 Lexus LS was traveling south on Bentley Road approaching the intersection with Route 33 at around 12:41 p.m. Oct. 20, according to information provided by the Monroe Township Police Department. The driver of a…
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Monroe officers locate missing man after family hears cries for help
MONROE – Officers and detectives from the Monroe Township Police Department were conducting a K-9 search around 11 a.m. May 22 in the wooded area off Tyndale Avenue for a person who was reported missing on May 20. Laura LoPresti and Keith O’Brien along, with K-9 Nico from the New Jersey Rescue and Recovery K-9…
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Monroe police officer nominated for Valor Award for climbing into burning car
Police Chief Michael Biennas nominated Officer Douglas Perrone for the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police’s prestigious Valor Award for “clear acts of courage and bravery” last Thanksgiving Day. Biennas credited Perrone for putting his life at risk on Nov. 26, 2020, to save a badly injured 30-year-old motorist trapped inside an overturned…
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Monroe man charged with assaulting, killing woman in common area of building
A Monroe Township man has been charged for the fatal assault of a female victim who was known to him. Deymis Jimenez, 32, has been charged with murder and unlawful possession of a weapon following an investigation by Detective Joseph Gentile of the Monroe Township Police Department and Detective Mark Morris of the Middlesex County…
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Woman hiking in woods locates missing person
On May 3 at approximately 3:51 p.m., Monroe Township police received a call from Emma Bodmer who was hiking the trails in Thompson Park. Bodmer advised that while hiking she came across a woman who appeared to be in distress deep into the woods, according to information provided by police officials. Bodmer called police and…
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Alleged drunk driver accused of fatally injuring co-worker during work
A New Brunswick man has been charged with the killing of another man who he fatally struck with a vehicle on Jan. 8. Leovigildo Comisario-Salazar, 32, of New Brunswick, charged with vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated following an investigation by Officer Daniel Mosakowski of the Monroe Police Department and Detective Jonathan Berman of…
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Monroe police officer pulls driver from car engulfed in flames
Police, fire and EMS were dispatched to Pergola Avenue in Monroe, at the intersection of Namsan Drive, around 8:38 p.m. Nov. 26. An overturned vehicle was fully engulfed in flames in the middle of the roadway, with the driver trapped inside. Officer Douglas Perrone attempted to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher. He then…