Police & Fire
By KENNETH SIMMONS
September 14, 2024
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A multi car crash closed a section of Metlars Lane in Piscataway during Thursday’s evening commute. Several cars sustained significant damage in the collision which blocked the four-lane road in both directions near Brookside Drive. One car was overturned near the driveway entrance ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – No injuries were reported in a multi-alarm fire that broke out in a Rivercrest Drive house in Piscataway early Monday morning.Fire crews from the Holmes Marshall Fire Department responded to the scene at about 5:45 a.m. to find flames engulfing the two-story home according to ...
NEW JERSEY — Con artists are getting bolder and more creative, with new ways to cheat people out of money, according to the NJ Sheriff’s Association and police departments.The Sheriff’s Association of New Jersey (SANJ) issued a recent warning about a "significant increase" in these fraud cases ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Fire engulfed the cab and engine of an industrial drilling truck being used at a Piscataway rail yard last week. Firefighters from North Stelton, River Road, Possumtown, and Holmes Marshall fire companies responded to the scene on Baekeland Ave. where they used a specialized ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey police departments began their annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign on Friday as state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced $540,680 worth of grants to 110 agencies to help pay for their initiatives. In Middlesex County, only five police departments ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A specialized group of rescuers from the New Market Fire Department will be honored next month for their heroic lifesaving efforts after saving the occupants of numerous vehicles from flooded streets last winter. On December 18, 2023, a morning storm dumped almost three inches ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A mid-afternoon fire broke out at the Avalon apartment community in Piscataway on Thursday, displacing residents in multiple units. No injuries were reported. While the official cause of the fire is under investigation, police at the scene described it as a mulch fire that ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Piscataway fire and rescue crews responded to an early morning car fire on Route 287 north on Saturday. Holmes Marshall, River Road, and Possumtown fire companies were able to extinguish the blaze that was reported at about 2:50 a.m. The fire follows another incident that ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Residents are invited to stop by Stockton Street behind the YMCA at the Piscataway Community Center (YPCC) on Tuesday, August 6 for National Night Out 2024, the free street fair style event that endorses police and community partnerships and promotes crime prevention goals to help ...
EDISON, NJ - The Edison Police Department is mourning the loss of Lieutenant Donald Ship, who had served with the department since 2011. The department asks residents to keep his family, friends, and colleagues in their thoughts and prayers. “His efforts touched the hearts of many, as he ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Many times, residents only see firefighters on their way to an emergency or knocking down the flames in a house or a building fire. Sometimes it’s when the departments have shined up their trucks and equipment to put on display in a Memorial Day Parade or park in the driveways of ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen County police arrested a Piscataway man on attempted murder and weapons charges after investigators determined he was responsible for stabbing a 30-year-old driver who was exiting an Englewood Cliffs parking lot late Friday afternoon. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A memorial bouquet of purple flowers adorns a grove of trees on Mountain Ave. in Piscataway where a South Plainfield driver crashed last week. Piscataway police said Carmella Green, 70, crashed into the trees at about 1:40 pm on Thursday, June 6, just past a sharp turn in the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A Piscataway man was busted for attempting to lure underage children for sexual activity, according to law enforcement. Edgar Rivera, 65, was one of four arrested in Operation Cruel Summer, a multi-agency undercover sting operation that targeted people who use social media to ...