CRIME & SAFETY
After Thursday Morning Plainfield Raid, Nine Defendants Charged for Roles in Drug Trafficking
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On the heels of raids this morning on the West End of Plainfield, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced that nine people have been charged for their respective roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Union County and elsewhere. TAPinto Plainfield was on the scene at around 8:30am for the raid of two multifamily homes on the 400 block of Grant Avenue, which involved Plainfield Police, Homeland Security Investigators, Perth Amboy Police, and other law enforcement agents. Dozens of officers were on the scene.CLICK HERE TO SIGN...
Explosion in Old Bridge, N.J.: 1 dead, 4 injured
Police are investigating an explosion in Old Bridge, New Jersey, that left a 73-year-old woman dead and four other people injured on Wednesday. The blast occurred around 11:30 a.m. at the Superior Signal Company on West Greystone Road and led to a hazardous materials response from several nearby towns, ABC7NY reported.
Police: 7 people, including a baby and 3-year-old, injured in NJ Transit bus crash expected to be OK
Woodbridge Police Department Traffic Unit said an NJ Transit bus was driving east on Port Reading Avenue when it rear-ended an Acura that then rear-ended a transit van.
Cars careen into fence, store on Staten Island; 2 taken to hospital
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A two-car crash sent two people to the hospital and damaged a retaining wall, fence and storefront along a major street in West Brighton on Tuesday morning. The crash was reported at 10:28 a.m. at Richmond Terrace and Bodine Street, according to a spokesman for...
Man charged in fatal stabbing in Middlesex County
A 24-year-old man has been arrested following a weekend stabbing in Perth Amboy that left another city man dead. Luis Alberto Serrano Diaz is charged with murder and weapons offenses, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said Tuesday. Serrano Diaz allegedly stabbed Jason Torres, 32, just before 9 p.m. Sunday...
Wanted: Somerset Prosecutor Asks Help Tracking Down Fugitive of the Month
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald is asking the public to provide information on the whereabouts of Joseph Zuziela, Jr., the May, 2024 Fugitive of the Month, The 44-year-old suspect is wanted on a charge of 4th Degree Child Abuse.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER He is 5'9" feet tall and weighs 175 pounds with black hair and hazel eyes. He has tattoos on both arms. His last known addresses are in Branchburg and Brooklyn, NY. Anyone with information as to his whereabouts are asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Fugitive Unit. You should not take...
SEEN HIM? Man Reported Missing In Central Jersey: Police
South Brunswick Police Department are investigating a missing person. William Koerner was last seen walking toward McDonald's on Route 1 on Wednesday, May 1, at 9:30 p.m. Police did not release his age.He was last seen wearing a white crewneck sweatshirt, a black jacket, and grey work pan…
Rutgers orders pro-Palestinian protesters to end encampment or face police
UPDATE: Protest organizers have agreed to voluntarily disband the encampment just prior to the 4 p.m. deadline imposed by Rutgers, saying that some of their demands of the university have been met. Protestors have begun the process of disassembling camp sites as police officers watched from a distance. Pro-Palestinian protesters...
Cocaine, scales, $7K found in drug raid on Staten Island, authorities allege
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police seized a large amount of cocaine and thousands of dollars in a raid at the home of a 58-year-old man in West Brighton, authorities allege. After suspected drug activity involving the defendant, Terrence “Michael” Lewis, the District Attorney’s Office requested a search warrant for his home on the 700 block of Henderson Avenue, according to a law-enforcement source.
Secret Staten Island mob ‘Commission’ meeting in 1984 helped bring down Mafia titans, including godfather Paul Castellano
For the FBI, it was the opportunity of a lifetime. Mob-busting Special Agent Joseph F. O’Brien got a call from an informant late in the morning on May 15, 1984 with huge news: members of “The Commission,” the ruling body of the Mafia in New York City, were set to meet on Staten Island.
1 killed, 4 hurt in Old Bridge, New Jersey explosion
A 73-year-old woman was killed and four other people were injured in an explosion and fire inside a New Jersey business office Wednesday. A nearby school had to shelter in place. CBS New York's Nick Caloway reports.
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