November 21, 2021 OLD BRIDGE, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Police report that at 4:46 p.m. today Old Bridge Police received a call of a plane on fire at Old Bridge Airport. Upon arrival it was determined that a Cessna Skyhawk II crashed while attempting to land. The plane came to rest off the runway where it was engulfed…
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February 2, 2024 TRENTON — The Attorney General’s Office today identified the decedent in a fatal officer-involved shooting at a motel in South Brunswick, New Jersey, on January 24, 2024. The man killed during the encounter has been identified as Shamar Leggette, 41, of Brooklyn, New York. According to the preliminary investigation, on January 24, 2024,…
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June 17, 2024 TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to engaging in an extensive, multi-year conspiracy to fraudulently obtain over $54.7 million in loans and to fraudulently acquire multifamily and commercial properties. According to court documents, between 2016 and 2022, Aron Puretz, 53, conspired with others to deceive lenders into issuing…
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October 4, 2024 TRENTON, NJ, (Mercer) – City firefighters fought a fire that damaged the office and shop building of a small used car dealership Friday evening (Oct. 4, 2024). The blaze at Mid-Town Auto Sales, located at 1314 South Broad Street, near Remsen Avenue not far from the city’s border with Hamilton Township, was reported…
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December 16, 2023 TRENTON (Mercer) – A vehicle ended up on its side after it struck at least one parked car along Spruce Street this evening (Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023). The accident occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Spruce Street between Brunswick and Princeton avenues. As Spruce Street is the border between Trenton and Lawrence,…
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July 25, 2024 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced today that an investigation conducted by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force (MCHTF) and the Trenton Shooting Response Team has resulted in the arrest of a 15-year-old Trenton male for the shooting death of Luis Torres Marrero. The defendant is charged with one…
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July 22, 2024 EDISON, NJ — Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department announced today that Joan Franklin Polanco, 37, of Edison, has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing that occurred in Edison on July 21, 2024. On July 21, 2024, at approximately 4:37 P.M., Edison…
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August 18, 2024 BARNEGAT LIGHT, NJ (OCEAN)–Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company #1 reported they were dispatched to the South Jetty along with Barnegat Light First Aid Squad and U.S. Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light for two adult males stuck on the Jetty. The fire company had two jetskis in the water and one of the…
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April 26, 2022 ast Rutherford, N.J.- New Jersey State Police have arrested Anwar Stuart, 20, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for allegedly shooting a man during an attempted robbery at American Dream in East Rutherford, Bergen County. On April 7, troopers from the New Jersey State Police Meadowlands Station responded to the report of a shooting inside…
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July 14, 2023 NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Ten New Jersey high school students were awarded scholarships from the Sharing Network Foundation for their passion and dedication to raising awareness of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. The Class of 2023 graduates were presented with their scholarship awards at NJ Sharing Network’s headquarters in New Providence. The Sharing…
