Tag: Woodbridge Township Police Department
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Attorney General’s Office investigating death of motorcycle operator in Woodbridge following attempted stop by police
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the death of a motorcycle operator who was fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident on June 16 after a Woodbridge Township police officer attempted to stop him on Route 1. The identity of the male decedent is not being released at this time. The accident occurred shortly before…
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Woodbridge man charged with vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated
A man was charged on Jan. 22 for his involvement in the death of a pedestrian who he struck with his vehicle. Andrew Hallock, 75, of the Fords section of Woodbridge, was charged with second-degree vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated, according to information provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner…
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Five people injured following near head on crash on State Street in Woodbridge
WOODBRIDGE – Police are continuing to investigate a near head on crash on State Street, which left five people injured, according to Patrolman Gennaro Destefano. The motor vehicle crash occurred at 1:42 a.m. on June 9 involving a 1985 Mazda RX-7 driven by a 41-year-old Florida man and another vehicle driven by a…
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Police will participate in seat belt campaign
Law enforcement officers from the Woodbridge, Metuchen and Edison police departments will join police from around the country in cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of the national Click it or Ticket campaign. Through June 3, there will be high visibility seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, in combination with local and…
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Investigation finds justifiable use of deadly force against Avenel man
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The use of deadly force against Rodney Jencsik last year was justifiable under state law, according to an investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. That announcement came on Friday, Aug. 5. Woodbridge police shot Jencsik, 50, around 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5,…