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Franklin Township, NJ
Lifestyle
Community Helps North Plainfield Couple Rebuild After Home Destroyed By Arsonist
The community is rallying for an engaged North Plainfield couple whose home under construction was destroyed by an arsonist. Mike Carroccia, 25, and his fiancé, Taylor Miller, 24, awoke to a phone call from a neighbor shortly before 3 a.m. on May 27, with some devastating news. “Your house is on fire -- the roof just collapsed and your front door has fallen down,” the neighbor told them. Mike and Taylor immediately jumped out of bed and ran out the door to check on the state of the home, and they couldn’t believe their eyes. “Watching the firefighters, seeing our neighbors homes catch fir…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Arsonist Charged In North Plainfield Fire That Burned Through 3 Houses
A 26-year-old North Plainfield man has been charged with setting a fire that burned down three houses -- one of which was under construction. Jonathan Davies, 26, was arrested following an investigation into the early-morning Wednesday blaze, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and North Plainfield Chief of Police William Parenti said Thursday. Police and fire companies from several towns responded to the three-alarm blaze on Maple Avenue around 2:40 a.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Rober…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Covid-
19: NY Man Wanted In Ramapo, Mahwah Drug Thefts Coughs On Montvale Officers, Police Say
One of three people wanted for swiping $5,000 worth of allergy medicine from CVS stores in Mahwah and Ramapo claimed he had COVID-19 while repeatedly coughing on the Montvale police officers who captured them, authorities said Wednesday. He also gouged the paint on a police vehicle with his handcuffs, they said. Officer John Guico was at the CVS on Chestnut Ridge Road around 4 p.m. Tuesday when he spotted a vehicle described in an alert issued by Ramapo police shortly after a theft at one of their stores, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. Police arrested the trio, identified as…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Arsonist Charged In North Plainfield Fire That Burned Through 3 Houses
A 26-year-old North Plainfield man has been charged with setting a fire that burned down three houses -- one of which was under construction. Jonathan Davies, 26, was arrested following an investigation into the early-morning Wednesday blaze, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and North Plainfield Chief of Police William Parenti said Thursday. Police and fire companies from several towns responded to the three-alarm blaze on Maple Avenue around 2:40 a.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Rober…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
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? 2 Injured In Somerset County House Fire
Authorities in Somerset County are investigating a fire in North Plainfield that displaced and injured two residents -- one of who is critical but stable, police said. North Plainfield Fire Department and North Plainfield Police responded to a report of a residential fire on Grove Street shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release. Two men were injured in the three-alarm blaze and were taken to an undisclosed trauma center where one remains in critical condition, authorities said. Fire crews from Somerset (North Plainfield,…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
North Plainfield Man, 33, Fatally Struck Crossing Route 22
A 33-year-old North Plainfield man was fatally struck while crossing Route 22, authorities said. Franklin Caiza was walking across the highway at West End Avenue southbound when he was hit by an eastbound vehicle around 9:55 p.m. Saturday, North Plainfield Police Chief William Parenti said. The vehicle was being operated by a 54-year-old Elizabeth man, police said. The North Plainfield Fire Department and JFK Paramedics responded. Anyone with information is urged to contact the North Plainfield Police Department at 908-769-2937, and request to speak to Traffic Safety Sergeant K…
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Njsp
Looking For Witnesses To Crash That Killed North Plainfield Woman, 29
The State Police are asking anyone who witnessed a deadly wrong-way crash or who was saw anything immediately prior to the crash to come forward, the agency said in a statement Monday. Around 1:46 a.m. Nov. 25, a 2013 was traveling north in the southbound express lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge, near milepost 94.1. The Subaru crashed into a 2008 Honda head-on, killing the driver, 29-year-old Kristen Leary of North Plainfied. North Plainfield Crash Victim Was 'Fiercely Independent' Witnesses are asked to call the Cranbury Station Detective Bureau at 609-860-…
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: State Police Looking For Witnesses To Crash That Killed Woman, 29
UPDATE, Dec. 2: The State Police are asking for witnesses to the head-on collision that killed the North Plainfield woman last week. Click here for more. Original story is below: Outspoken. Independent. Caring. This is how Kristen Leary of North Plainfield is being remembered. Leary. 29, was killed after being struck head-on by a 23-year-old man early Monday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. More than $12,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe to help with costs associated with Leary's funeral as of Wednesday morning. "She was fiercely independent, known for h…
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
North Plainfield Woman, 29, Killed By Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Driver, State Police Say
A 29-year-old North Plainfield woman died after a wrong-way driver on the New Jersey Turnpike hit her car head-on early Monday morning, authorities said. UPDATE: A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help with funeral expenses Kristen Leary was headed southbound in Woodbridge when she was hit by a 23-year-old State College, Pennsylvania man hit her near milepost 94.1 around 1:45 a.m., a New Jersey State Police spokesman said. The wrong-way driver was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick with serious injuries, State Police said. Neither car contained pa…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Husband Helped Union County Woman Embezzle $100,000 From Bergen Business
A Union County woman embezzled $100,000 from a Bergen County company with her husband’s help, said authorities who busted both. Kristine Whiting, 44, of North Plainfield took business checks from her former employer and either cashed them or deposited them into bank accounts in hers or her husband’s name, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives charged Whiting and her husband, 45-year-old trucker James Whiting, with conspiracy. Kritine Whiting also was charged with money laundering. Both were released pending Oct. 23 first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in…
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Boy, 15, Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Plainfield Teen During National Night Out
A 15-year-old turned himself in Friday in connection with the shooting death of another youth in North Plainfield days earlier, authorities said. Altereek Johnson, 16, of Plainfield, was found shot to death around 7:30 p.m. in the area of Steiner Avenue, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. He had been shot in the chest. North Plainfield's National Night Out activities were underway nearby at the time he was found. The activities, held nationwide, are sponsored by law enforcement and other public safety agencies. The alleged shooter was identified as Q.C. and has…
Paterson, NJ
News
Clifton Man Dead In 5-Car North Plainfield Crash
A 31-year-old Clifton man died in a five-car crash in North Plainfield, authorities said. John Melo was found unresponsive after losing control of his vehicle and hitting several others in the left and center lanes of Route 22 near West End Avenue around 1:05 p.m. Monday, North Plainfield Police Chief William Parenti said. First responders administered medical aid on Melo before he was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Somerset, where he died just before 1:50 p.m., police said. A commercial-type vehicle that fled the scene was also involved in the crash, authorities said. Othe…
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