June 1, 2021 JACKSON, NJ (MERCER)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on May 28, 2021, Matthew Wolny, 43, of Jackson, was sentenced by the Honorable Michael T. Collins, J.S.C., to five years New Jersey State Prison with a five-year period of parole ineligibility relative to a previously entered guilty plea to Distribution of…
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February 4, 2022 UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–Trooper Brandi Slota of the New Jersey State Police Public Information Unit told MidJersey.News that Troopers responded to a motor vehicle crash on I195 eastbound at milepost 11 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County at approximately 6:20 p.m. The preliminary investigation revealed a Ford pickup truck was traveling eastbound…
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May 6, 2022 EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Ewing Township firefighters were dispatched to 1440 Lower Ferry Road for an “investigation” at 6:39 p.m. Shortly after arrival an additional ladder and engine were called to the scene for a problem with a crane at a building under renovation. It was reported that fifty people were evacuated from…
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May 13, 2022 LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Lawrence Township Police Chief Brian Caloiaro announced the arrest of 50-year-old Carlos Gomez of the first block of McKinnley Ave (Trenton, NJ) and 46-year-old Miguel Gomez of the 2000 block of Riverside Ave (Trenton, NJ) for residential burglaries that occurred in Lawrence Township. The men are responsible for two…
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April 8, 2022 On April 8, 2022 at approximately 5:52 a.m., New York State Police and multiple fire departments responded to Interstate 81 south in the town of Homer for a report of a tractor trailer on fire. An investigation on scene determined that the operator of the tractor trailer, a 45-year-old man from Trenton,…
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Emergency Departments Open and Safe, Officials Say May 7, 2020 ED NOTE: IF YOU HAVE A TRUE MEDICAL EMERGENCY CALL 9-1-1 DO NOT DELAY TREATMENT IF SOMETHING DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT. THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS READY FOR YOU AND IS SAFER THAN TAKING A CHANCE THINKING IT WILL GET BETTER ON ITS OWN. CALL 9-1-1…
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Trenton Man Arrested for New Year’s Eve Homicide The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating a shooting homicide in Trenton. December 31, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–At approximately 7 p.m. on Friday, December 31, 2021, police responded to a shooting that occurred in the first block of Beakes Street. The adult…
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July 14, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Yesterday July 13, 2021 Trenton Fire Department was sent to the intersection of Chambers and Forrest Street for a structure fire around 5:20 p.m. Upon arrival firefighters found a fire on the exterior of a structure and extending. Firefighters put a line in service to quickly extinguish the fire. The…
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March 8, 2023 BOONTON — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced charges against a Boonton police captain who allegedly stole his own internal affairs records and computer hardware containing police data from the Boonton Police Department. Stephen Jones, 42, of Toms River, has been charged by complaint with computer theft, tampering with public records, and other…
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March 10, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Police Department spokesperson, Detective Captain Peter Weremijenko told MidJersey.news that the victim from Rt 129 and Lalor has been identified as Abraham Lopez, 49 from Deutz Ave in Hamilton Township. Trenton Police were looking into if he was panhandling, but the investigation has not proven or disproven that yet. No…
