Crime

Aug. 8 Michael Laing of Franklin Park was cited for improper passing after his car struck one on Jacques Lane driven by Viralkuma Shah, also of Franklin Park. Laing’s car was passing the other when they collided. Aug. 9

A township-based cardiologist faces 10 years in prison and more than $700,000 in restitution and settlements after pleading guilty to charging the Veterans Administration for hundreds of procedures that were never completed. Dr. Apostolos Voudouris – whose main practice is in Jersey City but who provided services to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange – pleaded guilty to …

Update: A 73-year-old woman was killed Aug 13 when fire ripped through her Society Hill condominium, authorities said. Maria Cisyk of Gregory Lane was found by firefighters after they were able to enter her first-floor condominium, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police. Preliminary results from an autopsy showed that she died from smoke inhalation according to …

An 18-year-old Somerset man faces murder and other charges after police said he shot an 18-year-old woman in the neck in front of her Battle Place home on Aug. 9. Tamar Reaves, aka “T-Mac,” of Park Street, was charged with 1st Degree Murder, 2nd Degree Possession of a Handgun Without a Permit, and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun …

More than $24,000 worth of jewelry and other items were stolen from a Kingsberry Drive home on Aug. 8, police said. No information was provided on how the thefts occurred. The thefts were reported at 1:35 p.m.

Aug. 1 The hood on a car parked on Reeve Street was damaged. Cars driven by Myra Chanez and Monica Jackson, both of Somerset, collided on Hamilton Street. Chanez said she was turning left into a driveway when Jackson’s car passed her on the left and the two collided. Jackson said Chanez pulled out of a parking space on Hamilton …

Update: Police have identified the injured man as Patrick McDonald, 71, of New Brunswick. McDonald suffered a non-life-threatening head injury, and is in stable condition at a local hospital, police said. The car’s driver, Unab Javed, was cited for careless driving, police said.

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

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 …

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 …