LONG BRANCH, NJ (MONMOUTH) – Governor Phil Murphy today signed a series of bills to continue the fight to combat auto theft in New Jersey. The four bills strengthen the criminal penalties associated with auto theft, with a particular focus on persistent, repeat offenders and large-scale automobile trafficking networks. “Every person should be able to feel…
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January 30, 2021 Read update here: UPDATE: 3 Injured In West Windsor Crash WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Around 8:00 pm a multi-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Nassau Park Boulevard and Quakerbridge Road trapping two people in one of the vehicles. Firefighters from West Windsor and Lawrence Township responded for the rescue, West Windsor EMS-Emergency…
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June 11, 2023 UPDATE — Sunday Morning Update: WILDFIRE UPDATE: Brendan T Byrne State Forest – City Line Wildfire – Browns Mills, Burlington County The New Jersey Forest Fire Service continues to remain on scene of a wildfire burning in the area of City Line Road and Butler Place Road in Brendan T. Byrne State…
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October 4, 2021 JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ (OCEAN)–Just before 9:00 p.m. Jackson Police and Jackson First Aid Squad were dispatched to CR526 E. Commodore Boulevard and CR 527 Cedar Swamp Road in front of Glory’s for an accident. It was unclear how many were injured and/or transported but appeared to be a two vehicle accident. Jackson…
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April 17, 2022 BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ (OCEAN)–Yesterday, around 7:05 PM Brick Township received a call for a car fire. First arriving firefighters from Laurelton Fire Company (Brick Twp) Station 23, found a car well involved and extinguished the fire. There was a report of a small gas leak of 5-gallons that was cleaned up and…
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March 25, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a New Jersey state trooper was indicted today for allegedly stalking a female motorist in his patrol vehicle while on duty. The Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today obtained a state grand jury indictment charging Trooper Michael Patterson, 29, of Bayonne, N.J.,…
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July 30, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The victim in yesterday’s fatal shooting in the 1400 Block of Stuyvesant Avenue has been identified as Leonard Pettigrew, 58. He was discovered shot in the chest when police responded to a 911 call around 1:15 p.m. A family member, Emmanuel Shabazz-Gerald, 26, of Ewing, was taken into at the…
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November 22, 2019 MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ–Scouts are HELPFUL As we move into the season of giving, the scouts from Pack 116 in Millstone Township held their annual Scouting for Food drive and collected over 1,250 lbs of food and other non-perishable items that were donated to the Caring Hearts Food Pantry, also in Millstone. (www.upcm.org)…
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November 11, 2020 Earlier today, troopers helped escort World War II veteran, Sidney Walton, through New Jersey during his Veterans Day Parade from Washington D.C. to New York. Troopers met the 101-year-old veteran at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA and teamed up with members of the Pennsylvania State Police to get him safely into New…
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May 23, 2021 — Updated FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, NJ (CUMBERLAND)–The New Jersey State Police is investigating a fatal shooting that killed a man and a woman and injured 12 others at a residential party in Cumberland County last night. At 11:50 p.m., troopers from Troop “A” Bridgeton Station responded to the report of a shooting at…
