August 13, 2021 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on August 13, 2021, Miguel Angel-Villegas, 31, of New Haven, Connecticut, pled guilty to Attempted Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1), as well as Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3b(4), before the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, J.S.C., relative…
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UPDATE: 3/27/2021 Detective Captain Peter Weremijenko of the Trenton Police Department confirms that two people were struck by gunfire 11:00 pm last night in the 200 Block of Tyler Street. Both men are being treated at Capital Health Regional Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Anyone with information should contact Trenton’ Police Department’s anonymous tip…
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Allentown, NJ—Allentown Boy Scout Troop 180 held their annual “Scouting for Food” event on Saturday November 4, 2019. The Scouts drive brought in 5,870 pounds of food that included 5,560 items. Combined with the Four Seasons food drive last week this brought the total collected to over 10,000 pounds of food. Food can still be…
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July 25, 2020 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–The Robbinsville Township Fire Department, Capital Health Ambulance and Capital Health Paramedics were dispatched to the NJ Turnpike for a serious motorcycle crash. The accident occurred just before 10:00 am on the south bound ramp back to the car lanes inner roadway, leaving the 6S Richard Stockton Service Area…
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November 25, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–City firefighters spent the final hours of Thanksgiving 2022 (Thursday, Nov. 24) battling a structure fire in the North Ward. It was 10:25 p.m. when firefighters were alerted to a reported commercial building fire on New York Avenue, between Mulberry and Anchor streets. Dispatched were Engines 6, 10, and 1,…
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August 2, 2021 MANCHESTER, NJ (OCEAN)—A visit to a popular privately-owned 7000-acre tract of land in Manchester on Sunday afternoon ended tragically for a 22-year-old Cliffside Park man, Jimy Sadan Gomez-Estrada unlawfully visited the Heritage Mineral property on Sunday and attempted to swim in the lake with another individual around 6:30 pm. The two swimmers…
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Agrees to make Newark Penn, Princeton Junction, MetroPark, Trenton, and New Brunswick stations accessible to individuals with disabilities. October 18, 2022 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey has reached a settlement with New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) to resolve findings that its intercity rail stations are not accessible to individuals…
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November 4, 2022 EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–East Windsor Police Department responded to two different DUI crashes on October 27, 2022. The first crash was reported at 4:49 p.m. on Route 130 South and the second crash was reported on Etra Road at 7:41 p.m. Patrol Officer Evan McNamara responded at 4:49 p.m. to Route 130…
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March 16, 2023 MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–Millstone Township Fire Department responded to a crash last night on Smithburg Road between Baird and Route 33 on the border with Manalapan Township. The vehicle reportedly hit a utility pole, overturned and was fully engulfed in fire on arrival of the fire department. NJ State Police reported that…
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Read related MidJersey.News story here: Man Arrested In Drone Smuggling Operation At Fort Dix Correctional Facility October 22, 2020 FORT DIX, NEW HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ (BURLINGTON)–A Union County, New Jersey, man has been charged with conspiring to use drones to smuggle contraband, including tobacco, cell phone chargers, and a cell phone, into the federal correctional…
