NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Spencer Robbins, a municipal court judge in three Middlesex County municipalities surrendered to two counts of voter fraud at the county court in New Brunswick on March 4.

According to the Middlesex Prosecutor’s Office, Robbins’ admission to this third-degree offense comes on the heels of an extensive investigation into the activities of the central New Jersey jurist.

In 2011, the Middlesex County Board of Elections determined he had inapproprately voted in two elections that he should not have been allowed to.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—The city's longtime Mayor James Cahill has hired a new public information officer who will take over for embattled spokesman Russell Marchetta on Monday.

Marchetta will be transferred to a newly-created position: Assistant Business Administrator.

Jennifer Bradshaw, a Rutgers alumna who lives in Highland Park, will take over the spokesperson job.  She served as the editor of New Brunswick's Patch.com news website since it launched in 2011.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—A potential new hire at Rutgers has become the topic of controversy at the school, due to a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted an undergraduate student at his current job.

Peter Ludlow, a candidate for a professor position in Rutgers' prestigious philosophy department and a current professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, has been accused in a February 2014 lawsuit filed against the university.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—In front of a crowded courtroom, at least a half-dozen television cameras were trained on Timothy Puskas, a 38-year-old man who authorities say is a killer.

Puskas was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated assault in an unrelated case, and charged with first-degree murder yesterday in the murder of a college student who was found dead in a stranger's backyard.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Around 1:40pm this afternoon, a large portion of a bar building collapsed onto the sidewalk near the intersection of Seaman Street and Commercial Avenue.

D'Gala, located at 156 Commercial Avenue, was closed this afternoon and city officials were on scene assessing the damage.

A neighbor who frequently complains about the bar's impact on surrounding properties said that, as a huge chunk of stucco siding fell off the building, it sounded like a high-speed car accident.

UPDATE (7:05pm): This article has been updated to include comments from NJTransit.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—One person was killed after being struck by a train at the New Brunswick train station shortly before 5pm.

"According to eyewitness reports, the subject was leaning in the path of the oncoming train," said William Smith, an NJTransit spokesperson.

Four more people standing on the platform were injured as the train struck the person, who was identified only as an adult male. 

UPDATE (10:24pm): This story has been updated to include more information about the previous charges against the accused.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Authorities announced this afternoon that a suspect who was already in custody has been charged with the murder of William McCaw, a college student found dead in a Hartwell Street backyard more than a month ago.