Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Gunman Killed Amazon Worker Making Delivery, Authorities Say NJ Gunman Killed Amazon Worker Making Delivery, Authorities Say
NJ Gunman Killed Amazon Worker Making Delivery, Authorities Say A Plainfield man has been arrested in the shooting death of a delivery driver subcontracted by Amazon Wednesday, authorities in Union County announced Friday. Quahif Lane, 26, is accused of shooting 36-year-old Jamar S. Harris, of Newark, dead while working Wednesday in Plainfield, according to Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Department Officer In Charge Capt. David M. Guarino said. Lane is charged with first-degree homicide and two related second-degree weapons offenses. He was taken into custody without incident Thursday, and l…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Plainfield Man Shot Amazon Delivery Man Dead, Authorities Say Plainfield Man Shot Amazon Delivery Man Dead, Authorities Say
Plainfield Man Shot Amazon Delivery Man Dead, Authorities Say A Plainfield man has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting earlier this week of a delivery driver subcontracted by Amazon, authorities in Union County announced Friday. Quahif Lane, 26, is accused of shooting 36-year-old Jamar S. Harris, of Newark, dead while working Wednesday in Plainfield, according to Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Department Officer In Charge Capt. David M. Guarino said. Lane is charged with first-degree homicide and two related second-degree weapons offenses. He was taken into cust…

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by Cecilia Levine
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 287 In Edison UPDATE: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 287 In Edison
Update: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 287 In Edison A Union County motorcyclist was killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer and ejected on Route 287 in Edison Monday morning, state police confirmed. Terrance R. Erwin, 61, was riding a Honda motorcycle southbound toward Route 440 north when she collided with a tractor-trailer near milepost .01 in Edison just before 5:30 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Erwin, of Plainfield, was thrown from the bike and suffered fatal injuries, Marchan said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Dennis R. Brown, 74, of Acme, PA, was uninjured in the crash, which remains under investiga…

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by Valerie Musson
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Rt. 287 In Edison UPDATE: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Rt. 287 In Edison
Update: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Rt. 287 In Edison A Union County motorcyclist was killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer and ejected on Route 287 in Edison Monday morning, state police confirmed. Terrance R. Edwin, 61, was riding a Honda motorcycle southbound toward Route 440 north when he collided with a tractor-trailer near milepost .01 in Edison just before 5:30 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Edwin, of Plainfield, was thrown from the bike and suffered fatal injuries, Marchan said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Dennis R. Brown, 74, of Acme, PA, was uninjured in the crash, which remains under investigat…

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by Valerie Musson
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
BUSTED: 31 Nabbed, 14 Pounds Of Coke, Firearms Seized In Massive Drug Distribution Scheme BUSTED: 31 Nabbed, 14 Pounds Of Coke, Firearms Seized In Massive Drug Distribution Scheme
Busted: 31 Nabbed, 14 Pounds Of Coke, Firearms Seized In Massive Drug Distribution Scheme Thirty-one people were arrested following a months-long New Jersey drug distribution scheme that netted 14.3 pounds of cocaine, two firearms and more than $193,000 in cash, authorities announced. An investigation into “Operation Triple Tragedy” involved law enforcement agencies from Somerset, Union, and Middlesex counties and the U.S. Postal Service. Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said the following arrests were made on June 4: Arrests made in “Operation Triple Tragedy”Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Joselin Castillo, aka “Tragedy," 30, Grandview Avenue Edison Po…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
King Of Prussia Woman, 24, Dead, Another Injured In Central Jersey Shooting King Of Prussia Woman, 24, Dead, Another Injured In Central Jersey Shooting
King Of Prussia Woman, 24, Dead, Another Injured In Central Jersey Shooting A King of Prussia woman died and another was injured in a Central Jersey shooting last week, authorities said. Officers found 24-year-old Jennifer Vorn and a second shooting victim near the intersection of Rock Avenue and West Front Street in Plainfield (Union County) on Friday afternoon, according to acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Department Officer-in-Charge David M. Guarino. Vorn was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second victim, a man, was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for emergency medic…

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by Nicole Acosta
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Plainfield Driver Who Seriously Injured Boy In Watchung Crash Gets 5 Years In State Prison Plainfield Driver Who Seriously Injured Boy In Watchung Crash Gets 5 Years In State Prison
Plainfield Driver Who Seriously Injured Boy In Watchung Crash Gets 5 Years In State Prison A 51-year-old Plainfield man was sentenced to five years in state prison in connection with a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 12-year-old boy in 2019, authorities said Monday. Bryant D. Eggleston, of Plainfield, was behind the wheel of a white 2013 Hyundai Sonata when he struck the boy on Oct. 8, 2019 on Valley Road in Watchung, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson previously said. The boy was found with serious injuries at the scene, while Eggleston had fled, Robertson said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Watc…

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by Cecilia Levine
Edison, NJ
News
Aspiring NJ Attorney Found Dead In PA Was 'Trying To Figure Out Way To Change The World' Aspiring NJ Attorney Found Dead In PA Was 'Trying To Figure Out Way To Change The World'
Aspiring NJ Attorney Found Dead In PA Was 'Trying To Figure Out Way To Change The World' Support is surging for the family of a 26-year-old aspiring attorney from New Jersey who was found dead in Pennsylvania last week. Funeral services for Kevin Rosero will be at the Judkins Colonial Home in Plainfield from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 26. Rosero's body was found in a wooded area of Richland Township, Pennsylvania last week. Brothers Anthony Gamble, 19, and Joshua Gamble, 17, of Franklin Township (Somerset County) have been charged in Rosero's death. As of Wednesday, more than $12,400 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for Rosero's family. A Plainfield High School and…

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by Cecilia Levine
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
TJ Pope Of Manville Dies, 32 TJ Pope Of Manville Dies, 32
TJ Pope Of Manville Dies, 32 Thomas Justin "TJ" Pope of Manville died on Wednesday, May 26. He was 32 years old. Born in Plainfield, TJ was a lifelong resident of Manville. His obituary remembers him for his passions: Video games, anime, gardening, playing Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and "almost anything associated with dragons and swords." TJ was a "dedicated" team member at PetSmart in Bridgewater, where he received the PetSmart Associate Appreciation certificate -- of which he was very proud. Visitation will be June 3 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and June 4 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Fucillo & Warren Funeral Home. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say
UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say A 28-year-old Plainfield man was on his way to work at UPS when he was struck and killed by a tractor trailer that fled the scene around 2 a.n. in Bridgewater, authorities announced. Robert C. Cepeda had gotten off an NJ Transit commuter bus on the westbound side of Route 28 with two co-workers when he was struck near Chimney Rock Road while walking across an intersection toward a nearby convenience store, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The trailer was brown or red and heading eastbound, and slowed down but failed to stop at the scene, Robertson said alongside lo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say
UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say A 28-year-old Plainfield man was on his way to work at UPS when he was struck and killed by a tractor trailer that fled the scene around 2 a.n. in Bridgewater, authorities announced. Robert C. Cepeda had gotten off an NJ Transit commuter bus on the westbound side of Route 28 with two co-workers when he was struck near Chimney Rock Road while walking across an intersection toward a nearby convenience store, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The trailer was brown or red and heading eastbound, and slowed down but failed to stop at the scene, Robertson said alongside lo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One' Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One'
Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One' One man died and another was injured in a Plainfield shooting over the weekend, authorities said. Michael Price Jr., 29, of Dunellen, was shot near West eighth Street and Grant Avenue in the late afternoon hours, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess jointly announced Monday. This little girl woke up today without a father. Hurt deeply about the news. Michael Price My former HS teammate and... Posted by Make-Allen Brown on Monday, May 3, 2021 A 30-year-old Piscataway whose name was not released was also found at that location with…

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by Cecilia Levine