Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Ex-Jerseyan Calls In Bogus Coronavirus Pizza 'Donations' For NJ Police, Hospitals Authorities: Ex-Jerseyan Calls In Bogus Coronavirus Pizza 'Donations' For NJ Police, Hospitals
Authorities: Ex-Jerseyan Calls In Bogus Coronavirus Pizza 'Donations' For NJ Police, Hospitals BEYOND BELIEF: A transplanted New Jerseyan has preyed on the goodwill of Garden State pizzerias and restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic to phone in several thousands of dollars worth of bogus food orders that he claims are for hospitals and first responders, authorities said. Then he says he hates Italians and hopes they get the virus, they said. "We have had several residents send us food, which I appreciate tremendously, but this has gone to a new low,” South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said. "It is incomprehensible." Sudeep Khetani, 34, formerly of South Brunswick, has…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
And The Band Played On: ‘Knucklehead’ Coronavirus Crimes Continue, NJ Authorities Report And The Band Played On: ‘Knucklehead’ Coronavirus Crimes Continue, NJ Authorities Report
And The Band Played On: ‘Knucklehead’ Coronavirus Crimes Continue, NJ Authorities Report They've come in all ages, from young teens to middle-age adults, and continue being either arrested or ticketed for coronavirus-related crimes, New Jersey authorities say. In what has become a daily rundown, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal released back-to-back lists of offenders in a span of less than 48 hours Sunday and Monday. They included a 16-year-old Wegmans customer who deliberately coughed on a woman more than three times her age and a 54-year-old musician playing Pink Floyd covers for a crowd gathered on his lawn. Here are the latest: Terrance Edwards, 34, of New Brunswi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
News
Drive-Thru Testing For Coronavirus Begins At Mercer County Urgent Care Centers Drive-Thru Testing For Coronavirus Begins At Mercer County Urgent Care Centers
Drive-Thru Testing For Coronavirus Begins At Mercer County Urgent Care Centers Two new drive-thru testing centers have opened in Mercer County. More than 100 people have been tested this week at the centers in West Windsor and Ewing townships, according to officials from InFocus Urgent Care. The centers opened Sunday at InFocus branches at The College of New Jersey on Campus Town Circle and the Windsor Plaza on Princeton Hightstown Road, allowing patients to get tested for the potentially fatal COVID-19 virus. An urgent care center in Monmouth County also is now offering drive-thru testing for the COVID-19 virus. Patients suffering symptoms like a cough, breathing p…

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by Jon Craig
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Saddle Brook Driver Whose Car Was Smashed By Train Was Drunk, Police Charge VIDEO: Saddle Brook Driver Whose Car Was Smashed By Train Was Drunk, Police Charge
Video: Saddle Brook Driver Whose Car Was Smashed By Train Was Drunk, Police Charge A Saddle Brook woman whose apparently disabled car was captured on police dashcam video being smashed by an Amtrak train had been drinking and driving, police said. It was 11:57 p.m. Tuesday when West Windsor police said they found the 2012 Toyota Camry's passenger side over the rail on the westbound Amtrak tracks near the Princeton Junction train station. The driver, 23-year-old Amna S. Ahmed, was out of the vehicle and with her father and sister, who’d arrived to help, authorities said. A camera on the dashboard of one of the responding officer’s cruisers captured the moment that Amtrak’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Accused Drunk Driver Indicted In Death Of TCNJ Student From Clark: Report Accused Drunk Driver Indicted In Death Of TCNJ Student From Clark: Report
Accused Drunk Driver Indicted In Death Of Tcnj Student From Clark: Report A man who was allegedly driving drunk was indicted on first-degree manslaughter and other charges for allegedly killing a 20-year-old Clark man in a vehicle collision late last year, NJ.com reported Wednesday.  Michael Sot, a student at The College of New Jersey, was the designated driver for a group of friends on Dec. 2 when his vehicle was struck on Pennington Road in Ewing Township.  Police say 23-year-old David Lamar of West Windsor had crossed the center line and was under the influence after spending hours drinking at a bar on the TCNJ campus. He had been trying to pass othe…

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by Paul Milo
Hackensack, NJ
News
Charges Upgraded For Motorist Who Killed Designated Driver, 20, Injured Midland Park Couple Charges Upgraded For Motorist Who Killed Designated Driver, 20, Injured Midland Park Couple
Charges Upgraded For Motorist Who Killed Designated Driver, 20, Injured Midland Park Couple Charges were upgraded against a West Windsor man following the death of a 20-year-old designated driver whose car was struck as he took a group of college students -- including a Midland Park couple -- to an off-campus weekend event in Mercer County. Michael Sot, 20 of Clark, was behind the wheel when a 2018 Kia driven by 22-year-old David Lamar V veered into oncoming traffic in Ewing and slammed into his 2007 Dodge Charger just after 2 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. Lamar, who is now charged with vehicular homicide, among other counts, was impaired at the time, the Mercer County Prosecuto…

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by Cecilia Levine