Police & Fire

WOODBRIDGE, NJ - New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Colligan today released the following statement in support of the COVID-19 Budget Recovery Bond Act.  The legislation would authorize the state to borrow federal funds to help fill the significant revenue holes that will be left behind in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.

“The disastrous ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ – A second suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in the May, 2019 shooting death of 30-year-old David D. Anderson at Naaman Williams Park, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

Ameer Harris aka “A Dot”, 29, of Camner Avenue, New Brunswick is charged with 1st degree Murder, 2nd degree Possession of a Weapon for an ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ- Last week, a 70-year-old woman in Kendall Park was scammed out of $20,000 by a man pretending to be a lawyer. Mr. Thomas Osvaldo, 41, from the Bronx, New York, was arrested in North Jersey approximately one hour away from the resident’s home.

            According to the South Brunswick Police, Mr. Osvaldo ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- A three-vehicle accident on Route 130 Monday morning resulted in the death of the drivers of two of the vehicles.

According to South Brunswick police, at 7:37 a.m. a 24-year-old man from Staten Island driving a 2016 Nissan was traveling Route 130 northbound approaching the area of Ridge Road when he lost control of his vehicle, spun out, crossed the median, and struck a ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Police Dept. seeks your help in locating a missing juvenile, Miriam Perez: 16, Female, Hispanic, 5'5".

She was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, black leggings, pink sandals, dark brown hair.

Miriam was last seen at 183 Prospect Street, South River at 11:00 am on 05/20/20. 

If you have information that can assist in helping ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -  Before the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, George Washington and his troops spent two nights at Longbridge Farm near Ridge Road in South Brunswick.  Washington had unseated the British in Philadelphia and was on his way through New Jersey to New York.  Yesterday, the barn on the property where he stayed was destroyed by fire. 

According to documents held ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick Emergency vehicles deal with massive fallen tree on Summerhill Road, which is closed between Frost Avenue and Old Stage Road. There is a downed tree blocking both lanes. Power out in the area.  High winds hitting East Brunswick this afternoon.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A massive fire erupted this afternoon at a two-story barn on Ridge Road, South Brunswick. 

There are currently three dozen firefighters battling the blaze. Several surrounding homes on Hillside Avenue and Mary Street have been evacuated, according to Deputy James Ryan of the South Brunswick Police Department.

The fire was called in today, May 19th, at ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick Police Department is investigating a suspected shooting that occurred near the Carneglia Apartments in Kendall Park. Residents heard popping noises, which were thought to be fireworks, sometime Thursday night between 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM.

On Friday, a resident in the apartment found multiple bullet cases outside the complex.

There are no ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Mr. Brian Zhang, the father of a Hammarskjold student, reached out to the East Brunswick Police Department looking to donate Personal Protection Equipment (PPE.) "We believe this was a truly generous offer from a child who was willing to utilize his own money and wanted to acknowledge him for his efforts," says an online posting from the EBPD today.

Zhang ...