Two People Killed In NJ Flood, Home Explodes, Animals Rescued During Fierce Storms: Officials
Two people were killed in Plainfield and a home exploded in North Plainfield Monday, July 14, as fierce storms swept across the state.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday morning, much of New Jersey remained under water.
A vehicle was swept into Cedar Brook during the height of flash flooding in Plainfield Monday, killing two people, who were pronounced dead at the scene, the city said in a release. The victims have not been identified.
At 2:45 a.m., officers responded to 643 Parkview Ave. and found the home fully engulfed in flames, North Plainfield police said. The explosion appears to have been…
Drunk Driver Caught With 2 Young Kids In Car In Wappinger: Police
A 49-year-old man is facing a felony charge after allegedly driving drunk with two young children in his car, police said.
The arrest happened in Dutchess County around 11:10 p.m. on Friday, July 4, when a trooper pulled over a Honda CR-V on Route 9 in the Village of Wappinger for multiple traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Sunday, July 6.
According to police, the driver, 49-year-old Moises Centeno Vargas of Fishkill, showed signs of intoxication and failed standardized field sobriety tests. Troopers also said they discovered two children, ages 8 and 10, riding in the ve…
Three Killed In New Jersey As Storm Uproots Trees, Crushes Cars, Flattens Homes
A violent thunderstorm that ripped through New Jersey Thursday night, July 3, left three people dead — including a Middlesex woman, a 79-year-old man, and a 25-year-old Plainfield resident — and caused widespread destruction across Union and Somerset counties, officials said.
Storm photos in Edison below (scroll for fatal incidents).
Yesterday’s strong thunderstorm caused many wires, countless trees, branches and other debris to come down but... Posted by Mayor Sam Joshi on Friday, July 4, 2025
North Plainfield:
At around 6:30 p.m., a 44-year-old Middlesex woman was driving a 2018 …
21-Year-Old Repeatedly Ran Over Man, Killing Him, Outside Brentwood Bar: DA
A 21-year-old man is facing murder charges after intentionally running over another man multiple times with his BMW outside a Brentwood bar, prosecutors said.
Alex Reyes, of Brentwood, was indicted for second-degree murder in connection with the violent death of 46-year-old Alexander Velasquez, also of Brentwood, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, July 3.
The deadly encounter unfolded around 4 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, in a parking lot on Clarke Street near Miguelino’s Bar, as Daily Voice reported.
Velasquez was standing in the lot when Reyes and a group of unidentified men attacked hi…
Skateboarder Killed In Levittown Hit-And-Run; Driver Learns Fate: DA
A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison for a deadly hit-and-run that killed a Bucks County skateboarder, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, June 18.
Tajair Anthony Delbridge, 26, pleaded guilty to accidents involving death or personal injury, hindering apprehension or prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal solicitation to commit false reports, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said.
The crash happened around 10:16 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, when Joel Steven Moreau, 28, was struck and killed while skateboarding along the 1500 b…
