September 8, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy today announced a partnership with rideshare companies Uber and Lyft in conjunction with United Way Worldwide and NJ 211 to provide access to free and discounted rides to New Jersey residents who lost a personal vehicle as a result of Tropical Storm Ida. Over the next two…
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September 3, 2021 Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“the Division”) today alerted residents to beware of price gouging and consumer fraud following Governor Murphy’s declaration of a State of Emergency related to Tropical Storm Ida. “New Jerseyans recovering from the after-effects of Hurricane Ida should not be faced with…
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September 9, 2021 — Updated TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Trenton Fire Department was detailed for a vehicle fire sometime around 5:00 a.m. in front of 312 East State Street. Upon arrival they found a marked BudBandit’s “PotTrooper” vehicle smoking and on fire. Once the fire was extinguished fire department called for the on duty Fire Marshal.…
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September 2, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–On August 31,2021, Hamilton Police were detailed to The Nottingham Tavern at 9 Mercer Street on a burglary to the business. Responding officers were advised by the owner of the business that some unknown person broke into the business at approximately 12:30 AM August 30,2021. Entry was gained through…
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July 13, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–The COVID-19 pandemic has left blood bank inventories dangerously low. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton is asking its employees and community members to donate blood or platelets to help replenish the blood supply in New Jersey. All donors will receive a lunch voucher, a tee shirt and be…
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August 10, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Jason Williams, 42 of Trenton, N.J., who was fatally shot by two officers of the Trenton Police Department on March 14, 2019. As required by statute, all fatal…
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July 13, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability has established standard operating procedures (“SOPs”) to ensure that grand jury presentations of investigations involving fatal police encounters are conducted in a neutral, objective manner, and with appropriate transparency regarding the process. In December 2019, Attorney General…
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July 19, 2021 MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Around 2:00 a.m. Monroe Police, Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to Rutherford Hayes Drive for a well involved house fire. Upon arrival firefighters were met with a fully involved structure and a 2nd Alarm was struck sending mutual aid from Jamesburg, Millstone and Hightstown Fire Departments. Firefighters battled…
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August 26, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan announced today that the Opioid Enforcement Task Force (OETF) has seized more than one million individual packaged doses of opioids since its inception in 2018 as a result of the latest takedown of a Trenton narcotics processing mill. On Wednesday,…
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January 26, 2021 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Around noon a vehicle lost control on Route 130 south bound near the Robbinsville Fire Department and overturned on the right shoulder of the highway trapping a male driver inside. The Robbinsville Fire Department and Police Department immediately called in the overturned vehicle and responded to the scene across the…
