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Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Motorcyclist, 25, Killed In Old Bridge Crash
A 25-year-old man from Matawan was killed in a collision with a minivan in Old Bridge, authorities said. Daniel S. Behr died in Monday's fatal crash on Route 516, Old Bridge police said, as the van pulled out of Matawan Animal Hospital. Behr was driving east on Route 516 about 11:30 a.m. was the minivan made a lefthand turn, police said.
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Palisades Park PD: Detective Nabs FedEx Imposter Stealing Cellphones From Porches To Ship To DR
A Palisades Park detective captured a porch pirate from Paterson who posed as a FedEx worker to collect iPhones illegally shipped to residents throughout New Jersey and then send them to a storeowner in the Dominican Republic, authorities said. TMobile authorities alerted borough police to a package scheduled for delivery at a 4th Street address late last week, said Capt. Anthony Muccio, the officer in charge of the department. In the box were six iPhone 11s valued at $699 each, he said. Authorities suspected a bogus delivery because they were prepaid for with an American Express card on a…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Central Jersey Man Secretly Video-Recorded Women, Teenage Girl In Bathroom
A 54-year-old man from Monmouth County has been arrested after secretly video-recording five women and an underage girl in an Ocean County bathroom, authorities said. Michael Mattina of Matawan used a hidden camera to record the victims and then posted their video images on two adult web sites, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio said. The crimes occurred in a residence in Brick Township, they said. Mattina was charged with five counts of invasion of privacy and distribution of obscene materials, they said. In connection with…
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
Seen
HIM? Search For Missing Old Bridge Man Under Way
Authorities in Old Bridge are seeking the public's help in locating a 49-year-old man missing since Sunday. Edward Hussey was last seen leaving his Lakeridge Drive home in Matawan around 10 a.m., police said. He is driving a 2011 Burgundy Red Honda Pilot with NJ registration RM50FE, which sports numerous Clemson and Jets stickers. Police are paying special attention to the Allenhurst and Lakewood areas in the search for Hussey. Hussey is white with a shaved bald head and blue eyes. He's 5 feet and 11 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and reportedly always wearing a baseball cap. Anyone wi…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Longtime Hudson County Political Fixer Tied To JC Mayor Indicted By Federal Grand Jury
A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday against a former political operative from Hudson County who’s accused of evading taxes on payments from builders and developers to expedite their projects, among other crimes. Thomas “Tommy” Bertoli, 62, a North Bergen native now living in Matawan, has worked political campaigns throughout the state for more than 40 years -- among them, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s successful 2005 council run and victorious 2013 mayoral campaign. Federal authorities zeroed in on the Bertoli’s dealings with builders and developers through several of…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds Charge Longtime Hudson County Political Fixer Tied To JC Mayor With Tax Evasion
A former rough-and-tumble political operative from Hudson County who helped run campaigns for Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, among others, was arrested Wednesday by federal agents who charged him with evading taxes on payments from builders and developers to expedite their projects. Thomas “Tommy” Bertoli, 62, a North Bergen native now living in Matawan, has worked political campaigns throughout the state for more than 40 years – among them, Fulop’s successful 2005 council run and victorious 2013 mayoral campaign – after starting out as a street organizer. Bertoli, who earned the nickname “…
Lakewood, NJ
Business
Tuesday Morning Retailer Struck By Coronavirus Closing 7 NJ Stores
Home goods retailer Tuesday Morning is the latest national outlet to seek bankruptcy protection, company officials said. Tuesday Morning's closing is a result of the "immense strain of the COVID-19 pandemic," the Dallas-based retail chain said in a statement. At least seven Tuesday Morning stores in New Jersey will close as a result of the bankruptcy. The discount home retailer has 11 stores in the Garden State, Tuesday Morning Corp., founded in 1974, said it expects to close about 230 of its 687 stores nationwide. New Jersey stores that will remain closed are in East Hanover, Middl…
Middletown, NJ
Lifestyle
NJ Couple Who Wed On 'Married At First Sight' Featured On New Spinoff
The longest-standing couple from Lifetime's "Married at First Sight" will get even more airtime. Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner, of Matawan, met on Season 1, and will be one of many couples from previous seasons on the network's spinoff show, "Married at First Sight: Couples' Cam." The six-episode show will be self-shot by the former contestants and premieres on May 20 at 8 p.m. Hehner and Otis, who married within minutes of meeting each other in 2014, have a daughter Henley Grace, and are expecting another baby in the coming weeks. The couple started a podcast "Hot Marriage. Cool Parents."…
Edison, NJ
Weather
Severe Storms Close Roads, Knock Down Trees, Wires In Central Jersey
Firefighters, police and EMS crews responded to numerous storm-related calls on Thursday afternoon in Middlesex and Monmouth counties, authorities said. High winds and heavy rain were blamed for the closure of Davidson's Mill Road in South Brunswick Township and live power lines down in Keyport, Millstone, Old Bridge Township, Woodbridge Township, Matawan as well as Edison and Middletown -- where there also were initial unconfirmed reports of trees falling on several homes. There also was an initial unconfirmed report at 3 p.m. of a road closed by a damaged utility police in Eas…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ: Growing Numbers Of Criminal Charges Brought For Coronavirus-Related Assaults, Violations
#KNUCKLEHEADS (UPDATE): They come in all ages: Today’s collection of New Jerseyans accused of committing COVID-related crimes includes a 16-year-old girl who deliberately coughed on another Wegmans customer more than three times her age and a 54-year-old musician playing Pink Floyd covers for a crowd gathered on his lawn. Here's the latest list: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mercer/police-fire/and-the-band-played-on-knucklehead-coronavirus-crimes-continue-nj-authorities-report/786183/ FROM SATURDAY (APRIL 4): With growing numbers of violators getting more brazen, police in New Jersey ha…
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Roselle Park Police Mourn Off-Duty Officer Who Authorities Said Shot Himself Dead In SUV Crash
The Roselle Park Police Department is mourning an officer who authorities said was off duty when he shot and killed himself after his car crashed into a pair of parked vehicles Sunday in Matawan. Edward Nortrup, 39, was behind the wheel of his SUV when it partially rolled over after crashing near a two-story home on Broad Street across from the borough's municipal center, trapping him, around noon, authorities said Monday. He was alive as first responders left his car to get equipment for extraction, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Chris Swendeman said …
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Gets 23 Years For Role In Plainfield Shooting That Killed 1, Injured Child
An Edison man who previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in a shooting that left one dead and two wounded in Plainfield was sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. Jordan Robinson, 25, must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence under the state's No Early Release Act. On Nov. 6, 2015, gunfire broke out on the 300 block of Evona Avenue, killing 24-year-old Anthony Bowles of Plainfield. A 33-year-old woman and a six-year-old girl were wounded. Robinson was identified as a suspect and arrested in Matawan a few weeks…
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