Tag: Woodbridge Police Department
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Police investigate Girl Scout cookie theft at Woodbridge Center Mall
WOODBRIDGE – Police are investigating a theft from a Girl Scout cookie sales table set up at the Woodbridge Center Mall in the Boscov’s wing near Chick-fil-A. The incident occurred sometime between 4:20 p.m. and 4:50 p.m. on Jan. 18. The person who reported the theft said she placed the profits from the cookie…
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Six new officers join ranks of Woodbridge Police Department
WOODBRIDGE – Six new police officers have joined the ranks of the Woodbridge Township Police Department. In a ceremony on Jan. 10, Mayor John McCormac said the officers are joining the best police department in the state, noting the department gets accredited every three years by a national firm. “[The firm] comes out and looks…
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Police in Edison, Metuchen, Woodbridge get hairy for good causes
Police officers in Edison, Metuchen and Woodbridge have been going above and beyond the call of duty for good causes. In Edison, the officers are getting hairy and hairier, going unshaven for a second straight month so they can now raise money and public awareness for Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped,…
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Fundraising effort in effect for those displaced by fire in Keasbey
WOODBRIDGE — A fundraising effort to secure donations to assist the more than 30 residents of the Hillside Garden Apartments left homeless after a fire swept through the Sunny View Oval apartment building in the Keasbey section of the township has been established, according to Mayor John E. McCormac. The post-fire investigation identified four children…
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Colonia man pleads guilty in wife’s murder
A Woodbridge Township man has pleaded guilty to killing his 32-year-old wife who was found dead in their home more than three years ago. Vito Nigro, 46, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, pleaded guilty on Dec. 3 to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, admitting he bludgeoned to death Giorgina Nigro, who was found dead on…
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Former volunteer firefighter charged with sexual assault of a minor
A former volunteer firefighter and current maintenance worker of a local hospital has been charged with the sexual assault of a minor. Robert Jazikoff, 64, of Whiting in Manchester Township, was charged on Nov. 1 and charged with two first degree counts of aggravated sexual assault, and two second degree counts of sexual assault, arising…
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Couple charged in alleged attempted murder plot of ex-wife
A couple from Indiana have been charged with plotting the murder of a North Brunswick woman. Narsan Lingala, 54, formerly of Woodbridge, and Sandya Reddy, 51, both of Noblesville, Indiana, were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree and one count of attempted murder in the first degree, according…
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Driver sought in fatal Woodbridge hit-and-run
WOODBRIDGE – Authorities are actively searching for the driver who fled after striking and killing a 31-year-old pedestrian on Route 1 south, just south of the Route 35 exit, on Aug. 13. The deceased pedestrian was identified as John Kukuch Jr., 31, of Woodbridge. He was pronounced dead at the scene from the injuries…
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Investigators charge three teens with arson at boundless playground
Editor’s note: This is an updated story regarding charges filed in a fire set at a playground at a Woodbridge school. WOODBRIDGE – Police and fire officials have charged three juveniles with setting a fire that destroyed a significant portion of the boundless playground equipment at the Matthew Jago Elementary School No. 28…