July 1, 2024 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–West Windsor Police reported that yesterday, Sunday June 30, 2024 at 10:41 a.m., the Communications Center received a call from a resident that smoke was emanating from the roof area of their neighbor’s residence on Cranbury Road.   West Windsor Police Department, the West Windsor Division of Fire & Emergency…

September 26, 2023 FREEHOLD – An Asbury Park man has been arrested and charged in connection with a nonfatal shooting that took place last month, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.   Nazzir Wallace, 18, is charged with first-degree Attempted Murder, three second-degree weapons offenses, two third-degree drug offenses, fourth-degree Eluding, fourth-degree Obstruction…

January 17, 2024 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Police say that on January 16, 2024, at approximately 10:48 p.m., Hamilton Police officers were detailed to El Mexicano Restaurant, located at 1633 Hamilton Avenue, for a robbery that just occurred. Responding officers met with employees of the business who advised that a black male entered the business and…

December 24, 2023-Breaking News Update at the link below: LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Multiple fire departments are currently operating a structure fire in the second block of Fountayne Lane. The fire was reported sometime around 10:57 a.m. and first arriving firefighters reported large amount of fire from the roof line. About 11:20 a.m. it was reported…

September 21, 2023 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Hamilton Police reported that on Wednesday September 20, 2023 at approximately 10:41 p.m., Officers were dispatched to the area of Waverly Place and Mervine Place on a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival Officers located two fifteen-year-old juvenile males who had been stabbed. The victims were treated on scene…

July 15, 2024 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on July 13, 2024, Elizabeth Mascarelli, 29, of Seaside Heights, was charged with Hindering Apprehension, Desecration of Human Remains, being a Certain Person Not to Possess a Weapon, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, and Possession of…

Follow up to story MidJersey.News brought you on August 2, 2022 August 24, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is working with its E-ZPass service providers — TransCore and Conduent — to proactively adjust the accounts of E-ZPass passenger-vehicle customers overcharged in the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge’s right E-ZPass-only lane…

Murphy Administration Allocates American Recovery Plan Funds to Continue Innovative Programming First Launched in January 2020 August 8, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy and Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the allocation of $10 million in federal American Recovery Plan (ARP) funds to continue funding for the State’s Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs…

February 15, 2024 FREEHOLD – A 19-year-old male has been criminally charged after robbing a Howell resident at gunpoint during a merchandise transaction¸ Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Thursday. Giancarlo Nevarez, of the Clarksburg section of Millstone, has been charged with first-degree Armed Robbery, second-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose…

July 25, 2024 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Police reported that Trenton Police K9 Officer Domingo Perez was driving on Bridge Street, toward S. Broad Street, responding to a call.  A State Parole officer reported someone with guns with high-capacity magazines inside a vehicle. (An investigation revealed juveniles had  brought airsoft guns to their home and nothing criminal…