Tag: Union County Prosecutor’s Office

  • Teacher living in North Brunswick charged with sexual assault of a teen

    Teacher living in North Brunswick charged with sexual assault of a teen

    An Elizabeth high school teacher has been charged after allegedly having committed acts of sexual misconduct with a minor student over the course of several months. Bipradas Mookerjee, 72, of North Brunswick, has been charged with third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to an announcement from Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca…

  • Two locals charged in multi-state elder abuse financial scam

    Two locals charged in multi-state elder abuse financial scam

    Two people were charged on Nov. 18 with taking part in a nationwide ring that scammed 19 senior citizens out of cash totaling $45,500. Erica Puello, 25, of Old Bridge, and Amaury Fernandez, 24, of North Brunswick, were charged with theft by deception and conspiring to commit theft by deception, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor…

  • Bombing suspect graduated from Edison High

    Bombing suspect graduated from Edison High

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The explosions over the weekend in Seaside Park and the Chelsea section of New York City, led law enforcement to Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 2007 Edison High School graduate. A yearbook photo of a smiling Rahami, 28, floated around social media, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),…