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Tyler Clementi's parents change stance on homosexuality, say Dharun Ravi is to blame for son's suicide

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Jane Clementi also criticized Judge Glenn Berman for giving Ravi a 30-day sentence

clementis.jpgJoseph and Jane Clementi seen during a press conference following the verdict in the trial of Dharun Ravi, in this March photo. In an interview to air tonight on NBC, the Clementi's said they blame Ravi for their son's death and explain how their stance on homosexuality has changed.

Tyler Clementi’s parents have taken a sharp turn in their stance on homosexuality and blame Dharun Ravi for their son’s suicide, according to a report by NYDailyNews.com.

While the Clementis admitted their son was struggling with his own personal issues, they said Ravi’s spying was what ultimately drove their son to suicide, the report said.

“It was the humiliation that his roommates and his dorm mates were watching him in a very intimate act, and that they were laughing behind his back,” Jane Clementi reportedly told NBC in an interview that will air at 10 p.m. on "Rock Center With Brian Williams."

The Clementis said that their belief is supported by Tyler’s monitoring of Ravi’s Twitter account.

“The last thing that Tyler looked at before he left the dorm room (to jump off the George Washington Bridge) was the Twitter page, where Ravi was announcing Tyler's activities,” Jane Clementi told NBC.

The interview marks the first time the Ridgewood residents have spoken out since Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail for hate crimes and invasion of privacy. The couple — who started a foundation for homosexuals in their son’s name, said they hope to rid the stigma attached to being homosexual.

“Our children need to understand, and adults need to understand, that they’re not broken,” Joseph Clementi reportedly said.

While they admit they were initially caught off guard by their son’s revelation he was gay, they say there needs to be more acceptance of homosexuals.

In their NBC interview, the Clementis also criticized Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman’s 30 day sentence of Ravi — who served 20 of those days and was released early on good behavior.

Jane Clementi told NBC, Berman’s verdict sent the message that there is no consequence for actions like those Ravi enacted upon her son.

“I think the judge sent a clear message to other prosecutors,” Jane Clementi said during the interview.

Ravi turned a webcam on his Rutgers University roommate, Clementi, during an intimate encounter with another man two years ago. Days after the incident, Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge.

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Middlesex Borough man indicted for series of house burglaries in Somerset County

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Timothy Whitmore, is facing 13 burglary charges, two charges of theft and two charges of fraudulent use of a credit card, officials said

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SOMERVILLE — A 25-year-old Middlesex Borough man was indicted today in connection with a series of house burglaries in Somerset County, authorities said.

Timothy Whitmore, is facing 13 burglary charges, two charges of theft and two charges of fraudulent use of a credit card, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said.

In April, authorities launched an investigation into a series of residential burglaries in which the suspect, later identified as Whitmore, broke in through a basement window and ransacked the master bedroom. Whitmore, who is free after posting bail, was arrested April 26, Soriano said.

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Police investigate fatal shooting in Elizabeth

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When police arrived, the suspect ran off and city police fired several times, but the suspect escaped and was still at large this morning

elizabeth-shooting-investigation.JPGThere was heavy police activity late Thursday night into early Friday morning at the intersection of Court Street and First Street in Elizabeth, where an unknown gunman allegedly shot and killed a person.

ELIZABETH — A spotlight-equipped helicopter hovering above a neighborhood in Elizabeth late Thursday night aided police in their search for an unknown shooter who killed a person and then fled when police arrived.

Police investigators were seen at work early this morning around a hot dog truck at the scene of shooting several hours earlier.

Shortly before midnight, the helicopter was stationary, near Front Street and Court Street, its spotlight fixed on a specific location on the ground. Police kept members of the public away from the search zone.

One person was shot dead after police came upon a shooting in progress at First and Court streets, according to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.

When police arrived, the suspect ran off and city police fired several times, but the suspect escaped and was still at large this morning, officials said.

Two neighborhood residents said there had been a shooting, and at least one person was dead. A man, who asked to not be identified, told The Star-Ledger the victim had been "shot in the head."

Star-Ledger staff writer Kent Roeder contributed to this report.

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Lauryn Hill to answer tax evasion charges in court today

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Federal prosecutors said she didn't pay taxes on more than $1.5 million earned in 2005, 2006 and 2007 from recording and film royalties

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SOUTH ORANGE — Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is scheduled to be in federal court today in Newark to face tax evasion charges.

Hill was charged earlier this month with failing to file income tax returns for several years with the Internal Revenue Service.

Federal prosecutors said she didn't pay taxes on more than $1.5 million earned in 2005, 2006 and 2007 from recording and film royalties.

The 37-year-old South Orange resident got her start with The Fugees and began her solo career in 1998 with the critically acclaimed album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."

She then largely disappeared from public view to raise her six children, five of whom she had with Rohan Marley, the son of famed reggae singer Bob Marley.

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Atlantic City teenager is shot for second time in 2 weeks

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The youth was the same one who walked into a hospital with a bullet wound just moments after a fatal shooting

ac-cops.jpgAn Atlantic City teenager, 17, was shot twice in a two weeks.

ATLANTIC CITY — Police say an Atlantic City teenager was shot Wednesday for the second time in as many weeks.

The 17-year-old, whose name was not released, is expected to survive numerous gunshot wounds, including one to the chest.

The Press of Atlantic City reports the youth was the same one who walked into a hospital with a bullet wound just moments after a fatal shooting.

Police say the teen's family is not cooperating with the investigation.

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1 dead, another injured in Newark double shooting

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One man died form his injuries and the other was transported to University Hospital, where he was declared in critical condition, officials said

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NEWARK — A double shooting in Newark has left one man dead and another in critical condition, authorities said.

Just after 9 a.m. police responded to reports of a shooting near South 13th and Madison Avenue, according to a joint statement from the Newark Police and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

One man died form his injuries and the other was transported to University Hospital, where he was declared in critical condition. As of Friday afternoon, police had not identified the victims.

Authorities said no other details are available.

Anyone with information about the shooting should contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips hotline at 877-847-7432.

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Man shot to death in Elizabeth identified as hot dog stand owner

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Richard "Keith" Cashwell, 41, was shot Thursday night outside his hot dog stand, officials said

elizabeth-shooting-investigation.JPGThe intersection of Court Street and First Street in Elizabeth, where a man was fatally shot Thursday night.

ELIZABETH — The man shot and killed Thursday night outside the hot dog stand he operated near Elizabeth’s waterfront has been identified as 41-year-old Richard "Keith" Cashwell, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said in a release this afternoon.

According to a preliminary investigation, a man approached Cashwell, who was inside his food truck at First and Court streets, about 11 p.m. and opened fire. Cashwell managed to get outside the truck, but was then shot several times, the statement said.

Two on-duty city police officers nearby chased the man, who was still holding the gun, and although one of the officers fired several rounds at him, he got away and remains at large, the prosecutor’s office said.

The officers were not injured. The prosecutor’s office’s shooting response team is investigating, as is mandated whenever an officer discharges a weapon while on duty.

The prosecutor’s office’s homicide task force is investigating the shooting and the county’s Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person responsible for Cashwell's death.

Anonymous tips can be submitted to (908) 645-TIPS or www.uctip.org, the prosecutor’s office’s statement said.

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Police: Parsippany man urinated into truck

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Officer Marc Fernandez was patrolling the Rutgers Village apartment complex when he saw James Morgan, 47, urinate into a pickup truck

urinate.jpgView full sizeA Parsippany man was arrested outside the Rutgers Village Apartment Complex for allegedly urinating into a pick-up truck.

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— A Parsippany man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly turned a pickup truck into a toilet.

Officer Marc Fernandez was patrolling the Rutgers Village apartment complex when he saw James Morgan, 47, urinate into a pickup truck, according to Sgt. Yvonne Christiano.

Morgan then entered the vehicle and started the engine before police stopped him.

Morgan was charged with driving while intoxicated and was then released to a family member.


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Men who stole $100K in printer-toner cartridges from Staples stores in N.J. are arrested in New Hampshire

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The men had targeted Staples stores in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, police say

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TILTON, N.H. — Three men arrested in New Hampshire are accused of taking printer-toner cartridges from Staples office-supply stores in several states.

Tilton Police Chief Bob Cormier said the men had targeted Staples stores in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. They were arrested last week in New Hampshire where they allegedly stole cartridges from stores in Nashua, Bedford and Manchester, before being spotted at the store in Concord.

Cormier said the value of the items in the New Jersey thefts alone was in excess of $100,000.

The three men are from Brooklyn, N.Y. and were expected to be arraigned today. They are 27-year-old Ronnell Samuals, 24-year-ol Daquain Dollar and 20-year-old Kashif Trumaine.

Man, 23, is fatally shot in Paterson

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The homicide was Paterson's 10th of the year

paterson-police.jpgA 23-year-old Paterson man was killed Sunday morning.

PATERSON — A 23-year-old Paterson man was shot and killed Sunday morning, according to a report on PatersonPress.com.

The man was found on the ground on 10th Avenue near East 26th Street around 4:30 a.m with gunshot wounds to his neck and hip, the report said. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center.

A second man, a 27-year-old Paterson resident, was taken to the hospital after being shot in the foot, the report said.

The homicide was Paterson's 10th of the year, PatersonPress.com reported.

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Bergen County man accused of pouring boiling water on nephew

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The child's relatives took him to a hospital and he was transferred to St. Barnabas Medical Center for treatment of second-degree burns on 30 percent of his body

boiling-water.jpgMohammed Rizvie is accused of pouring boiling water on his 11-year-old nephew.

BERGENFIELD — Bail is set at $750,000 for a New Jersey man accused of pouring boiling water on his 11-year-old nephew.

The Record newspaper reports Bergenfield police believe mental health problems led Mohammed Rizvie to scald the boy.

The child's relatives took him to a hospital and he was transferred to St. Barnabas Medical Center for treatment of second-degree burns on 30 percent of his body.

His 29-year-old uncle is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and child endangerment.

It's not clear whether Rizvie has a lawyer.

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Owner of car found part-submerged in Plainsboro pond is charged with dumping it, reporting it stolen

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Kim Trachtenberg, 40, pushed it into the pond, then allegedly smashed the windshield to obscure the VIN number, police say

plainsborocarwater.jpgA car was found partially submerged in a pond behind the Plainsboro post office last week. The owner of the vehicle is now charged with dumping it and reporting it stolen.

PLAINSBORO — The owner of a car found half-submerged in a pond behind the post office last week is charged with pushing it down the embankment into the water, then reporting it stolen, police said today.

Kim Trachtenberg, 40, of Plainsboro, admitted putting the 2002 Jeep Liberty in neutral, pushing it down the embankment, through a chain-link fence and into the shallow pond, said Plainsboro Police Lt. Troy Bell.

When Trachtenberg saw the car wasn’t in the water deep enough to conceal it, she allegedly got in the vehicle, put it in park, and took the keys out of the ignition. She also smashed the lower windshield area with a hammer to try and obscure the car’s Vehicle Identification Number, Bell said. Then she walked the roughly three miles home and allegedly reported the car stolen.

“She did dump it,” the lieutenant added.

Police had said early on in the investigation that the damage to the car was "not consistent" with the watery crash.

Trachtenberg was charged with a litany of offenses: filing a false police report, obstruction of justice, hundering her apprehension, denfiant trespassing, operating a motor vehicle on property without permission, illegal dumping, careless driving, and abandonment of a motor vehicle, the lieutenant said. Some of the charges might be indictable, he said.

She was released on her own recognizance, Bell added.


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N.J. ACLU unveils 'stealth' app allowing citizens to secretly record police

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The arrival of the app, called Police Tape, follows some high-profile cases in which police have clashed with citizens over their recording of officers

nj-cop-app.JPGView full sizeA new smartphone app, called Police Tape, allows citizens to have at their fingertips the ability to secretly digitally record law enforcement officials and upload the incident to the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey for review and to be saved to an external server.

For years, the American Civil Liberties Union has aggressively tried to police the police, filing suit after suit against law enforcement agencies it believed crossed the line.

Now, the ACLU’s New Jersey chapter has gone beyond the courtroom, introducing a smartphone application to allow state residents to secretly record police stops, protect the recordings from being deleted by displeased officers and report the incidents to civil rights groups.

"This app provides an essential tool for police accountability," said Deborah Jacobs, executive director of the ACLU of New Jersey.

The arrival of the app, called Police Tape, follows some high-profile cases in which police have clashed with citizens over their recording of officers. It also speaks to the notion that, anywhere, any time — whether it’s by a police department’s security camera or a motorist’s cell phone — everyone can be recorded.

Citizens have been hassled and even arrested after recording police officers in public places, said Alexander Shalom, ACLU New Jersey’s policy counsel. At times, their phones have been taken away and recordings deleted, he said.

"Police often videotape civilians and civilians have a constitutionally protected right to videotape police," Shalom said. "When people know they’re being watched, they tend to behave well."

The app, which debuts only for Android devices but will be available for iPhones later this month, is simple to use and can be downloaded at aclu-nj.org/app. It opens to a screen with three buttons: video recording, audio recording and a tutorial on knowing your rights.

The app’s signature feature is its ability to operate in "stealth mode" while recording. When you start video recording, the screen goes black, as if it's off. When recording audio, the app automatically minimizes and disappears.

The issue of recording police on smartphones has drawn controversy in Newark, where then 16-year-old Khaliah Fitchette recorded two officers aiding a man on a public bus in March 2010. Police removed Fitchette from the bus and handcuffed her after she refused to stop filming, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of the teen by the ACLU and the Seton Hall Center for Social Justice last March. After a three-hour ordeal, Fitchette was released to her mother, the lawsuit says.

New Jersey is only the second state to have this type of app available to smartphone users, Shalom said. The app developer, a watchdog group called OpenWatch, calls these types of programs "reverse surveillance."

New York Civil Liberties Union introduced a similar smartphone app last month called "Stop and Frisk Watch," a reference to the New York Police Department’s controversial search practices.

Recordings are protected from erasure because it’s not readily apparent how to delete without going through a multi-step process. Incidents sent to the ACLU via the app get reviewed and also saved to an external server. The iPhone version will only have an audio recording option.

Chris Tyminski, longtime president of Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 183, which represents Essex County sheriff’s officers, said an app like this can "blindside" a law enforcement officer but maintained, "We have nothing to hide."

"Guys are basically told, conduct yourself as if you’re always being recorded, that’s the safest way," he said. However, he said, it’s unfair when groups like the ACLU "judge a life or death split second decision that a cop makes, when they have days and days and roundtables to discuss what a cop should have done in those three seconds."

James Stewart, president of the Newark Fraternal Order of Police, said people using the app also need to use common sense.

"I also hope that if a police officer is attempting to stop an individual on the street, that person is not suddenly trying to pull a phone from his pocket in an attempt to film a police encounter," he said.

Shalom agrees that the majority of law enforcement don’t need to worry about the app.

"Police officers who break the rules, who don’t behave, are the exception not the rule," he said. "It’s only the minority of officers who are flouting the rules who should be concerned about the app."

Star-Ledger staff writers Alexi Friedman and Ryan Hutchins contributed to this report.

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N.Y. man smears grease on license plate to dodge toll at Goethals Bridge, police say

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By altering the digit, police say say, another company was unfairly hit with $500 worth of unpaid toll violations

goethals.jpgA 2008 file photo of the Goethals Bridge.

NEW YORK — A New York truck driver is accused of evading an electronic bridge toll on nine occasions by smearing grease on his license plate.

Port Authority police say Walter G. Rodriquez of Jackson Heights, Queens, used the grease to turn a "9'' on his New Jersey plate into an "8."

By altering the digit, they say, another company was unfairly hit with $500 worth of unpaid toll violations.

Rodriquez allegedly used the scam to drive his truck through an E-ZPass lane on the Goethals Bridge, which connects Staten Island and Elizabeth.

According to the Staten Island Advance
, he was charged with failing to observe a traffic signal. Additional traffic violations were pending.

Rodriquez didn't return phone messages seeking comment.

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Former Paterson Catholic gym teacher charged with sexual assault

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Scott A. Handel allegedly sexually assaulted the girl in June 2010, when she was a 17-year-old junior at the now closed school

handel.jpgA Passaic County Prosecutor's Office photo of Scott A. Handel, who was charged with sexual assault.

PATERSON — A 37-year-old former gym teacher at Paterson Catholic High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a former student, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said.

Scott A. Handel of the Hewitt section of West Milford was arrested at his home Monday, the prosecutor's office said.

Handel allegedly sexually assaulted the girl in June 2010, when she was a 17-year-old junior at the now-closed school. He is charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child, each of which carries a maximum 10-year prison term.


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Pair accused of using counterfeit money in Linden Walmart

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Dion M. Johnson, 30, and Oscar J. Goff, 23, were charged with theft by deception and uttering a forged document

walmart.jpgDion M. Johnson, 30, and Oscar J. Goff, 23, are accused of using counterfeit money in a Linden Wal-Mart. Pictured is a file photo of a Wal-Mart store.

LINDEN — Benjamin Franklin was on the $100 bill the Walmart clerk held in his hand, but when the clerk held the bill up to the light, Honest Abe Lincoln's solemn countenance peered back. The bill, the clerk ascertained, was a fake.

Following that discovery, Linden police arrested two city men on June 30 on suspicion of trying to pass off the bleached $5 bills as $100 bills, detective Lt. James Sarnicki said.

Dion M. Johnson, 30, and Oscar J. Goff, 23, were charged with theft by deception and uttering a forged document — which is done by first bleaching actual, bills of small denominations and then reprinting them as 100s, including by superimposing the likeness of Benjamin Franklin, the $100 bill's resolute denizen, onto, in this case, the fiver, Sarnicki said.

Police said Goff first attempted to buy $25.35 of merchandize with the ersatz C-note. The cashier, though, held up the bill to a light source and noticed that the hologram’s image had shifted from Franklin’s visage to that of Lincoln’s, Sarnicki said.

The cashier refused to accept the bill and turned it over to a loss prevention officer, he said.

As Goff paid for the goods with the genuine article, Sarnicki said, store security was watching Johnson try to purchase a watch at the jewelry counter with a similarly bogus $100 bill.

That clerk also refused the illegal tender, police said. Undeterred, Johnson went to another register and tried to buy a $100 gift card. That cashier refused the transaction and seized the bill.

Police caught up with the pair in the store’s parking lot, but not before seeing one of the two try to kick one of the bills under a parked car, Sarnicki said.

Linden police and the U.S. Secret Service are conducting a joint investigation into the origin of the bleached bills, which Sarnicki said appear to be multiplying.

“They’re looking to get the most amount of change back,” he said of the modest buys counterfeiters are likely to attempt — which result in a relative boon of return change. “But they don’t want to make such a small purchase that it raises a red flag.”

All three bills, each with the same serial number, were confiscated, Sarnicki said.


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N.Y. rabbi sentenced to 46 months in N.J. money laundering sting

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The Brooklyn resident admitted last year that he took money he thought was criminal proceeds from a man who later turned out to be a government cooperator

mordchai-fish.jpgRabbi Mordchai Fish arrives at the federal courthouse in Trenton earlier today. He was sentenced to 46 months for money laundering.

TRENTON — A New York rabbi has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy involving religious charities.

Mordchai Fish was among more than 40 people arrested three years ago in a large-scale money laundering and political corruption sting in New Jersey.

The Brooklyn resident admitted last year that he took money he thought was criminal proceeds from a man who later turned out to be a government cooperator. He pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy last year.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says Fish laundered about $900,000 between January 2008 and July 2009 by receiving checks and giving back cash minus a 10 percent commission.

Fish was one of five rabbis arrested for money laundering. All have pleaded guilty.

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Monmouth County names new acting prosecutor

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Christopher Gramiccioni is promoted from first assistant prosecutor to replace Peter Warshaw Jr.

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FREEHOLD — Monmouth County has a new top law enforcement official.

Christopher Gramiccioni took over as acting county prosecutor this week. He succeeds Peter Warshaw Jr., who stepped down after the state Senate approved his nomination as a Superior Court judge.

The 40-year-old Gramiccioni had been the county's first assistant prosecutor, serving since February 2011. Before that, he was an assistant U.S. attorney and was commissioned as an officer in the Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps.

Richard E. Incremona will take over as the county's first assistant prosecutor. He had been one of the county's two deputy first assistant prosecutors and was its director of investigations.

Kevin M. Clark will remain in his post as deputy first assistant prosecutor, and Assistant Prosecutor Marc LeMieux was named the director of investigations.

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Spotswood man accidentally calls 9-1-1, police find half pound of marijuana in his bedroom

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Police believe the man accidentally rolled over on his phone while asleep, inadvertently calling the emergency number

spotswood-police.jpgSpotswood police say they found a half pound of marijuana on a man after he accidentally called 911.

SPOTSWOOD – An intoxicated man accidentally called 9-1-1 from his cell phone early Sunday morning, and when police responded, they arrested him for possession of half a pound of marijuana and other drugs that were laying out in his bedroom.

The Manalapan Road caller had hung up immediately upon calling, but police responded to the residence as part of their standard procedure, they said. They confirmed there was no emergency at the residence by speaking to the owners of the house.

However, they wanted to know how 9-1-1 had been called. The officers found the couple’s son, William G. Rizzolo Jr., 34, intoxicated in his bedroom, according to Spotswood Police Capt. Michael Zarro. In Rizzolo's room they found a duffel bag open containing half a pound of marijuana and unprescribed Suboxone – a drug used to treat opiate withdrawal.

Police believe Rizzolo accidentally called the emergency number 9-1-1 by accidentally rolling over on his bed while asleep, inadvertently dialing the number, Zarro said.

Rizzolo was arrested and charged with marijuana possession and also intent to distribute. He was taken to the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center, where bail was set at $3,000, Zarro said.

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2 teenagers face charges after fleeing police at South Brunswick shopping center

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Teens were charged with conspiracy to commit burglary

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Two teenagers face charges after a police officer saw the gloved pair walking around a South Brunswick shopping center at 2:35 a.m. Monday, police said.

When Franklin police Sgt. Kenneth Schwarz drove into the parking lot and approached the Radio Shack store on Route 27 near Henderson Road, the two boys quickly split up, running in opposite directions, police said.

Additional officers rushed to the scene and apprehended one suspect, identified as a 17-year-old from Franklin, who as found hiding behind a nearby Walgreens store on Route 27, said South Brunswick police Sgt. James Ryan.

Ryan said the second suspect, Elmer Rodriguez, 18, of Franklin is being sought on a charge of conspiracy to commit burglary, Ryan said. He said the other teenager, whose name was withheld because of his age, was also charged with conspiracy.


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