SOUTH AMBOY, NJ—In 1991, five-year-old Timothy Wiltsey went missing from a carnival, sparking a national search for him until the remains of his body were found in woods near an office complex where his mother once worked.
Now, on what would have been Timothy's 29th birthday, Wiltsey's mother Michelle Lodzinski was arrested in Florida for the murder, raising questions about the role previous prosecutors played in the case.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—City officials have broken a promise to find a larger venue for tonight's Planning Board meeting on a controversial development project planned for Mine Street.
The plans, which have been changed since the last time they were presented, call for a 52-unit apartment building on land that was once home to the Rutgers University Catholic Center.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–A seven-year veteran of the city's police force has been treated and released from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital following a harrowing experience.
Officer Keven M. Hendricks was identified as the victim of the alleged "assault by auto," having been dragged from a vehicle by 24-year-old Somerset resident Donnell Cook for roughly 50 feet.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Fire Director Robert Rawls ascended through the ranks of the New Brunswick Fire Department to become its leader in 2006, despite a serious red flag that would have kept most people out of higher office.
Six days before Christmas in 1989, while Rawls was a firefighter, he was involved in an incident and later convicted of shoplifting and two counts of simple assault.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A 17-year-old New Brunswick resident was recently granted a dream trip to visit the Walt Disney World theme parks by the Sunshine Foundation, which answers the dreams of children living with life-long chronic illnesses.
Zaire, who has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and developmental delays, took the trip with his grandmother and caregiver, Beverly Marshall, as well as his nurse from Bayada Home Health Care and other family members.
HELMETTA, NJ—Richard Recine resigned from the Helmetta police force this week, after a bizarre ordeal where he and the town's Police Director Robert Manney forced a citizen to leave a public building.
A video of the incident has sparked a controversy that put the tiniest town in Middlesex County in the national spotlight, attracting attention from online media outlets and outrage about the cross-over between politics and policework.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—An unidentified city police officer was injured after being dragged 50 feet by a motor vehicle shortly after 2:30am this morning.
Police arrested 24-year-old Donnell Cook after a chase that ended in a crash with a parked vehicle, and left the officer in Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital.
"The officer sustained multiple broken bones, abrasions and internal injuries as a result of a motor vehicle incident," reads the official press release.
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