June 2014

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Walmart truck driver Kevin Roper pleaded not guilty in the automobile crash that left one man dead and three others injured Saturday morning, including actor and comedian Tracy Morgan.

UPDATE (6/12): The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office has released a corrected version of the press release, indicating the original one had "erronously reported the date in which three men were assaulted."

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The county's acting prosecutor Andrew Carey and city police director Anthony Caputo announced yesterday that "a New Brunswick man was arrested and charged with the murder of another city resident and wounding two other men with a broken bottle."

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On Monday, Shaka Burrito opened its doors to the public as the latest and most unique entry in a long line of New Brunswick burrito restaurants.

Settling into the ground floor of 120 Albany Street, Shaka features a menu inspired by the popular fare at global surfing hotspots like the Hawaiian islands and Batu Karas, Indonesia.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Multi-national pharma giant Johnson & Johnson, along with at least four other companies, were fined a total of 19 million yuan ($3.04 million) for allegedly fixing prices in China’s eyeglass and contact lens markets, according to Bidnessetc.com's Hannah Ishmael.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Rutgers Athletics Director Julie Hermann told the press last week that she wants to make the Rutgers football experience more like Disney World, as Rutgers prepares to join the Big Ten athletic conference officially on July 1.

FRANKLIN, NJ—Howard Whitmore, a longtime and valued component of New Jersey’s non-equity theater network has made another strong contribution with his version of Cole Porter’s nautical musical comedy of mistaken identity, lovable Gangsters, drunk Wall Street heavyweights and burgeoning romances.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—According to a press release from the New Brunswick Police Department, at approximately 2:15am this morning, New Brunswick police responded to a reported stabbing that occurred in the area of French Street and Bayard Street.

The victim, who has been identified as 27-year-old Cheniz Lopez, of Bound Brook, New Jersey, received several stab wounds on the left side of his body as well as lacerations on his face.