WOODBRIDGE, NJ—According to 48-year-old comedian Carlo Bellario, he was just an actor filming an independent movie and holding a harmless prop.
The plot of the movie was fictional: "A group of DEA agents go undercover as security for a city casino where they uncover ties between Colombian drug dealers and an underground narcotics operation by casino security."
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–The Global Village Learning Center at Rutgers’ Jameson Dormitory Complex is nearing completion as it approaches its fall 2016 expected opening.
Located at 35 Nichol Avenue, this two-story, 20,000 square foot building will serve the dual role of providing expanded classroom space and accommodating 37 students in dormitories.
EXIT 12, NJ—During the early morning hours of July 18, police found a parked car on or near the New Jersey Turnpike that contained the body of Pablo Caamano, a 33-year-old man from Bayonne who authorities say had been stabbed to death by a woman that he knew.
Authorities believe that 32-year-old Amarlis Calderon, a pedestrian who Caamano had picked up in Woodbridge, was responsible for the murder.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—One of the city's nine Board of Education members abruptly resigned on July 19, taking some observers by surprise.
Franchesca Fowler, an attorney first appointed to the board in May 2012, announced her resignation from the board and left within the first few minutes of their public meeting.
"With a heavy heart today, I am resigning from the Board of Education. I want to thank my fellow board members for their guidance and support in my decision to resign," began Fowler.
UPDATE (7/26): NBPD announced that it identified and arrested three suspects in this case, including the two men who allegedly robbed the victim and "the driver of the getaway vehicle."
Dauri Cabrera, a 19-year-old man from New Brunswick, was arrested over the weekend of July 23 and charged with armed robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A woman affiliated with Rutgers University suffered "minor injuries" when she refused to comply with an armed robber who approached her on Comstock Street, according to a Rutgers University crime alert.
The New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) are now investigating the incident, along with another knifepoint robbery that occurred just a few minutes later on the other side of the city.
MIDDLESEX, NJ–After over a decade of negotiation, remediation, and construction, “The Lofts” redevelopment project has completed its first phase, culminating in 78 residences along Lincoln Boulevard near the border between Middlesex Borough and Piscataway.
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