Tag: Sayreville Police Department
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Residents question practices behind hiring Sayreville officers
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – The Sayreville Police Department will have five new officers amid concerns over the employment list they will be hired from. At a special meeting on May 1, the Borough Council acknowledged five vacancies in the department in a 4-2 vote. Council President Daniel Buchanan and council members Ricci…
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Grand marshals named for Sayreville Memorial Day
SAYREVILLE – Organizers of the Memorial Day Parade in Sayreville have announced the grand marshals for the day. Joseph Myers has been chosen by American Legion Post 211 as its grand marshall. Myers was born in 1947, was raised in Sayreville and graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1965. In November 1966, he entered the…
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Mother pushes for national motor vehicle next-of-kin registry
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – A mother has turned her grief into a mission to help save the lives of the motoring public. April 6 marked the sixth anniversary of the signing of Sara’s Law by Gov. Chris Christie, which developed the Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) registry for next-of-kin emergency notification. Sara’s Law, named…
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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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RBMC Foundation receives donation from Middlesex County police chiefs
The Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC) Foundation received a $1,500 donation over the holidays from the Middlesex County Association of Chiefs of Police. Chief John J. Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department, Capt. Jack Fitzsimmons of the Sayreville Police Department, Executive Director of the RBMC Foundation Linda Hill, RBMC President Michael R. D’Agnes and Deputy Chief Larry Cattano…
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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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Local police departments join program to help seniors, children with autism
The Monroe Police Department and the Sayreville Police Department have been added to the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office’s search and rescue component of the county’s Project Lifesaver program. The combined effort will enable the county to better meet the need of some of the county’s most vulnerable citizens: seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia,…