Fundraiser Launched For Woman, 22, Killed In North Plainfield Fire Fundraiser Launched For Woman, 22, Killed In North Plainfield Fire
Fundraiser Launched For Woman, 22, Killed In North Plainfield Fire The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office is investigating a house fire that claimed the life of a North Plainfield woman early Thursday morning.  Nine people, including a three-year-old, were home when fire broke out at a Grove Street address shortly before 3 a.m. Seven people escaped the home unharmed, while another man suffered non-life-threatening burns to his back as well as smoke inhalation.  The woman, however, was trapped inside, witnesses told police and firefighters responding to the scene. Estefanie Brizuela-Garcia, 22, was later found inside the home. A post-mortem …
Man Wanted In Plainfield Killing Caught In Pennsylvania Man Wanted In Plainfield Killing Caught In Pennsylvania
Man Wanted In Plainfield Killing Caught In Pennsylvania A North Plainfield man who was identified as the chief suspect in the slaying of another man has been captured, the Union County Prosecutor's Office and Plainfield police said Wednesday.  David Perez, 19, was fatally shot around 4 p.m. April 28 at West Fourth Street and Monroe Avenue.  Samir Crews, 18, was arrested Tuesday morning in Bethlehem, Pa., officials said. He was captured by members of the Union County Homicide Task Force and U.S. Marshals without incident.  Pending extradition to New Jersey, Crews faces charges of murder and for weapons offenses.   The m…
Plainfield Man, 48, Fatally Struck By Car On Route 22 Plainfield Man, 48, Fatally Struck By Car On Route 22
Plainfield Man, 48, Fatally Struck By Car On Route 22 A 48-year-old man was killed after a car hit struck him on Route 22 in North Plainfield, authorities said. Jason A. Kohl, of Plainfield, was walking west between North Drive and Watchung Avenue when a car struck him around 4:50 a.m. Sunday, North Plainfield police said. The driver, a 38-year-old Somerville man, stopped and has not been charged. Kohl was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone with information is encouraged to call North Plainfield police at 908-769-2937 or the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office’s tip lines at 1-888-577-8477.
North Jersey Catholic Priest Named In Massive Child Sex Abuse Report North Jersey Catholic Priest Named In Massive Child Sex Abuse Report
North Jersey Catholic Priest Named In Massive Child Sex Abuse Report A priest with North Jersey ties was among 300 from six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania who sexually abused more than 1,000 children, according to a grand jury report released Tuesday. "We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this. We know some of you have heard some of it before. There have been other reports about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church," the document says. "But never on this scale. For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: it happened everywhere." The more than 1,300-p…