Local police arrested a man twice in one day amid a bizarre series of events that ended with cops chasing him down for the alleged theft of a police officer’s personal vehicle from the police department’s underground parking deck.
Charlie is the founder and editor of New Brunswick Today, and the winner of the Awbrey Award for Community-Oriented Local Journalism. He is a proud Rutgers University journalism graduate, a community organizer, and a former independent candidate for mayor of New Brunswick.
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