Police & Fire

The images of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis are deeply disturbing.  Mr. Floyd’s death is being investigated not only by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI in Minneapolis, but by the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights division, as it should be.

As county prosecutors entrusted with the solemn responsibility of ...

A man and a woman were under arrest in the Borough of South Plainfield, accused of scamming an elderly woman from Memphis, TN, and authorities are again warning residents to be wary of such schemes.

Police say the victim received a phone call on Thursday, May 21st, 2020, from a man who said the victim's grandson was arrested and needed bail money for his release.

The victim was ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – This summer will mark a year that resident Anthony Louise and his family have been fostering Sarge, an approximately 15-year-old red nose Pit Bull left for dead in a vacant South Plainfield apartment. Since taking the canine in last July, the Louise family has opened up their home and hearts to Sarge while ensuring that his complex medical issues, the result of ...

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Two residents were injured in a three alarm fire in the Borough of. North Plainfield on Tuesday, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and North Plainfield Chief of Police William Parenti announced.

Prosecutor Robertson stated:

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at approximately ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - In the borough, residents are being advised to lock their car doors due to a rise in reported vehicular break-ins. 

"We have received reports of car break-ins in the areas bordering Plainfield and Piscataway,” said Captain Noonan. Please lock your cars, take all valuables out of your vehicles and report any suspicious parties."

“Almost all ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ — NJ State Police continue to investigate human remains an off-duty trooper found on the shoulder of Route 287 last week and have asked for help from the public.

According to a Monday news release, the trooper was traveling southbound on Route 287 on Friday, May 1, at 3:24 p.m., discovering the remains on the left shoulder area just north of Exit 8 in Piscataway.

During ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Roberto Lopez is alleged to have stabbed and killed his brother last night in New Brunswick.  He is still at large, says the New Brunswick Police Department.

Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Director Anthony Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department said that authorities are actively searching for a suspect.

Lopez, 33, of New ...