July 25 Brianna Jones of Mt. Laurel was driving down Canal Road when an approaching car veered over the double-yellow line, forcing her to veer to the right. Jones then veered left, overcorrected and left the road, hitting a telephone pole. July 26 Shawn Fontaine of South River was cited for careless driving after his car collided with one on …
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July 18 Antonio Goes of Linden was cited for careless driving after the truck he was driving struck three other vehicles on Easton Avenue. Police said Gomes said he thought something broke on the undercarriage of his truck, causing him to have trouble stopping His truck rear-ended a stopped car driven by Francisco Camacho of Somerset, propelling the car off …
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July 11 A car driven by Brent Leoni of Hillsborough rear-ended one driven by Rebecca Jimenez, also of Hillsborough, at Amwell Road and Cedar Grove Lane. Leoni said he looked away from traffic momentarily before the accident. Robin Sanjuan of Somerset was cited for careless driving after her car collided with one at Amwell and South Middlebush roads driven by …
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A four-vehicle accident on Easton Avenue during rush hour July 18 resulted in three injuries and a partial closure of the road, police said. Police said a 1998 Freightliner dump truck driven south on Easton by Antonio Gomes, 58, of Linden rear-ended a 2007 Acura RDX driven by Francisco Camacho, 59, of Somerset. The accident’s impact pushed Camacho’s car off …
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July 4 Grace Proctor of Franklin Park was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one on Easton Avenue driven by Timothy Hagerty of New Brunswick. July 5 Jean Cseke of Somerset was driving down Hamilton Street when, she said, a car driven by Hilda Ngangmuta of Somerset turned in front of hers and the two collided. Johsua Neri …
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Two township residents were among 18 people arrested following a 7-month investigation that netted nearly $80,000 worth of drugs and a handgun. Michael Faligiano, 40, and Jennifer Gallo, 29, both of Somerset, were among 14 people charged with 3rd Degree Conspiracy and 3rd Degree Attempt to Possess a Controlled Dangerous Substance, according to a July 5 press release from the …
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June 27 Ronald Myers of North Brunswick was cited for driving without insurance after his car was backed into by one driven in a Route 27 parking lot by Mark Fonah of Franklin Park. Brianna Reece of Somerset was cited for improper passing after her car passed a number of stopped vehicles on the right on Hamilton Street before colliding …
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June 20 Cara Padovano of North Brunswick was cited for failure to produce her driver’s license and failure to produce her insurance card, and Mark Keene, also of North Brunswick, was cited for careless driving after the two collided on Skillmans Lane. The two were negotiating a curve on Skillmans when Keene’s car drifted out of its lane and collided …
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Two township residents were among eight people indicted on a variety of conspiracy and money laundering charges related to the alleged theft of cars and car loans worth more than $500,000. James Lamont Tutt, 43, and Shanel Terry, 35, were among those indicted by a state grand jury June 26. Also indicted were David L. Dunaway, Jr., 42, of Irvington; …
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A 30-year-old Somerset man was among three people arrested on charges that they conspired to distribute multi-kilograms of cocaine in and around New Brunswick. Yunior Martinez-Jimenez of Somerset, Palemon Silvestre Sierra, 41 and Indhira de los Santos Padilla, 33, both of New Brunswick, appeared in federal court in Newark on June 28 to face the charges against them. They were …
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