Tag: Woodbridge Police Department
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Port Reading man arrested in thefts from cars
WOODBRIDGE — Police have charged a 29-year-old Port Reading man for numerous burglary and thefts to motor vehicles in the Woodbridge proper area. At 3:44 a.m. on Sept. 21, police were dispatched to a suspicious circumstance call on Bamford Avenue, according to Police Capt. Roy Hoppock. After further investigation, police arrested the suspect and charged…
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Woodbridge man arrested for child pornography
A network administrator for the Bernards Township Board of Education was charged with possession of child pornography, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey Brian Nielsen, 55, of Woodbridge, was arrested at his home on Sept. 28 after a search warrant was executed at his residence. The investigation was led by Detectives Erik Larsen…
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Suspects sought in Woodbridge car jacking
WOODBRIDGE — Police are investigating a carjacking of a 2013 Range Rover in the parking lot of the Hobby Lobby on Route 1 last week. The incident occurred at approximately 6:29 p.m. Oct. 7, according to Police Capt. Roy Hoppock. The victim told police as she exited her vehicle she was approached by two black…
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Woobridge Scam
WOODBRIDGE — A 46-year-old Avenel woman was allegedly “catfished” for financial gain by a man she met online and was in contact with for a few months, police said. The woman filed a police report on Oct. 31. She told police she started talking to the man through an app called “Hangout,” police said. The…
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Woodbridge hires five military veterans as police officers
WOODBRIDGE — Five new officers with extensive military backgrounds have joined the ranks of the Woodbridge Police Department. “The public safety mission of the Woodbridge Police Department is our most important priority,” Mayor John E. McCormac said. “As a result of our commitment to public safety, combined with the increased assignment of uniformed officers to…
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Caregiver pleads guilty in child’s death
NEW BRUNSWICK — A caregiver of a six-month old boy who died under her care in 2015 is barred from operating a daycare after entering into a plea agreement reached with Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Carver, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. Marianne McIntyre-Caufield, 62, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, appeared…
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Edison man arrested in burglary
WOODBRIDGE — Police charged a 37-year-old Edison man for allegedly breaking into a motor vehicle at a Forrest Street residence in the Iselin section of the township. On Sept. 9 at approximately 6 a.m., police were dispatched to the residence on a report of a burglary into a motor vehicle in progress, according to Police…
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Month-long investigation nets seizure of drugs in Woodbridge
WOODBRIDGE — A month-long narcotics investigation by the Woodbridge Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit led to the seizure of a large quantity of drugs and cash with a street value of $33,000. A 24-year-old township man was also charged with allegedly dealing drugs throughout the township as a result of the investigation, according to Police…
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Woodbridge man scammed while selling his car
WOODBRIDGE — Police are warning the public of a flim-flam incident after a 30-year-old Iselin man was reportedly scammed after posting his car for sale on a website. The victim told police that an unknown man from Maryland sent him a fraudulent check in the amount of $10,000 for his car, according to the police…