NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Un residente de la ciudad fue declarado culpable de acechar y matar a su ex novia de 24 años de edad, Alicia Martinez-Izaguirr, cuando ella iba para su trabajo en la mañana del 24 de junio de 2015.
Giver Quiroz-Vásquez fue declarado culpable de la muerte después de un juicio por jurado y se enfrentará entre 30 años en la cárcel o cadena perpetua cuando sea sentenciado el 18 de enero por el juez del Tribunal Superior Pedro J. Jiménez, Jr.
HIGHLAND PARK, NJ—Residents are demanding an independent investigation after police videos raised new contradictions with the story that County Prosecutor Andrew Carey has propagated about the death of Daniel Nagahama.
Nagahama, a 28-year-old Edison resident, passed away at a New Brunswick hospital just three hours after officers with the Highland Park Police Department (HPPD) deployed pepper spray against him during a rough arrest on June 2, 2016.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Los contribuyentes de ciudades tan lejos como Pompton Lakes comparten una creciente carga financiera de varios millones de dólares para financiar un equipo de abogados que representan al alcalde y la cúpula de la policía en dos casos graves de New Brunswick.
En 2012, cuatro agentes de policía afroamericanos presentaron demandas alegando que eran discriminados por sus jefes corruptos.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—On October 16, art historian and curator Thomas Sokolowski officially began his position as the new director of Rutgers University's Zimmerli Art Museum.
Sokolowski earns a $205,000 salary and replaces Marti Mayo, who has led the art museum as "interim" director since 2014, according to NJ.com's Adam Clark.
HIGHLAND PARK, NJ—Documents released in response to a lawsuit against the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO) reveal inconsistencies in their official story of a man who died hours after police interacted with him last year.
This much is clear: Police found 28-year-old Daniel Nagahama alive, but the young man's life came to an early end just hours after his run-in with cops led him to be taken to a hospital in the Hub City.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) is investigating a seemingly random act of criminal sexual contact inside one of the school's dormitories.
The alleged crime took place on Friday, October 13 at approximately 4:30 PM inside Mettler Hall, located on the university's flagship "College Avenue Campus" in New Brunswick's Sixth Ward.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–After dropping off a child from the youth program she ran, a local woman found herself doing one thing during a traffic stop this summer: waiting.
“I was waiting for some sort of explanation. I thought I must have a taillight out or I must have been speeding. I figured it was routine,” said Laura Eppinger, formerly a program associate for the Rutgers-affiliated New Brunswick 4-H youth club.
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