Woodbridge, Edison High Schools Evacuated in Rash of Central NJ Bomb Threats

No devices were found at Woodbridge or Edison High Schools, but for Edison students, it was the second time in as many days that a threatening letter was attached to the door of the building.

In a rash of bomb threats plaguing central New Jersey schools, Woodbridge High School students were evacuated from the building after the school received a phone threat. Students were briskly escorted out of the building at approximately 11:30 am as police swarmed over the school The Woodbridge bomb threat was apparently one of several that had hit central New Jersey schools today, including Scotch Plains and Edison High School. There, school officials had gotten a threatening letter attached to one of the door buildings, saying a bomb was going to detonate at 7:30 am, according to Edison Police Lieutenant Sal Filannino. In Edison, it was the second letter in as many days. Yesterday, another letter attached to a different door at Edison …

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Iselin Man Charged in FedEx Driver's Death

James T. Cunningham, 72, has been charged with the February 22 death of a FedEx driver struck and killed in the Colonia section of Woodbridge.

The driver of a van that struck and killed a FedEx driver who was delivering packages last week has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the driver's death. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Woodbridge Police Director Robert Hubner jointly announced that James T. Cunningham, 72, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, was charged with the death of William Convery III on February 22. Officials say that Cunningham crashed his vehicle into the rear of Convery's truck. At the time, Convery had parked his truck to make a delivery in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, near the intersection of New Dover Road and Fairview Avenue at approximately 9:33 am. Cunningham's crash of his 2005 Dodge Caravan into Convery's …

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UPDATE: 'He Was Just Doing His Job'; FedEx Driver Struck & Killed in Colonia Accident

A Fedex driver was struck and killed by a van this morning in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township. The driver who hit him was taken by helicopter to a New Brunswick trauma center

Woodbridge police confirmed that the driver of a FedEx truck was struck and killed by a van this morning in the Colonia section of Woodbridge. "He was just doing his job" when he was hit by the male driver of a minivan, said Woodbridge Police Captain Roy Hoppock. Even though the FedEx driver was hit, it was the driver of the other vehicle who was airlifted by a Medevac helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Hoppock said. That driver, who hit the FedEx employee, suffered injuries that required his immediate transportation to Robert Wood Johnson Trauma Center in New Brunswick. He was airlifted there by Medevac. The FedEx driver was 40 years old, an abclocal.com report said. The accident happened at …

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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy Con Artist Spent Weeks Fooling Shelter Officials

Victims of Hurricane Sandy weren't the only ones taken in by David Scott Ruddy. A shelter survivor was the one who turned Ruddy in after officials ignored her pleas.

When David Scott Ruddy was arrested in Woodbridge for allegedly flimflamming Hurricane Sandy victims out of $50,000 in FEMA funds, there was one person who not only knew who he was, but had been calling and warning officials about him for months. That was Kathleen Marchitto, who met Ruddy first at a shelter put up at an Old Bridge school, and then later when she and other hurricane victims were moved to the Red Cross shelter set up at Livingston College of Rutgers University in Piscataway. Marchitto, whose South River apartment was flooded during the October hurricane, was at the Livingston College shelter for three weeks, and for the entire time she was there, Ruddy was there. "I knew there was something about him I didn't like. He was …

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Paul Heyman

2:47 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013

mr pubic lice as usual your lack of understanding of the constitution is laughable.   more ›

UPDATE: Missing Avenel Girl, Found in Rahway, Was a Runaway

Marhama Saidhatimi, 13, has been found safe after running away from home, police said.

The 13-year-old girl who was missing early yesterday morning was found last night in Rahway. Marhama Saidhatimi of the Avenel section of Woodbridge turned up in the city about a mile from her home, said Sgt. Vincent Fazio of the Woodbridge Police Department. The girl wasn't abducted; she had run away from home, Fazio said. Saidhatimi was last seen at 4 am on Monday, October 15. Her family woke up later that morning and discovered she was gone. The girl rang the doorbell of a home on Martin Street in Rahway, the city's police department told mycentraljersey, and appeared to be lost. That was about 10:35 pm Monday night, Fazio said. Woodbridge police came to pick up the girl and transported her to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. …

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Hostage-Taking Shoplifter Shot and Killed at Woodbridge Sears

A reported shoplifter who took a hostage was killed at Sears in Woodbridge Center late this afternoon.

A would-be shoplifter who was shot and killed today by an off-duty policeman at Sears in Woodbridge Center caused over a dozen Woodbridge police cars to fly to the mall and seal off the crime scene today. The alleged shoplifter, who was reportedly caught by store security on the second floor of the Sears store, fought back when he was apprehended around 5 p.m., a mall source said. The shoplifter then grabbed a nearby female shopper and held her at knifepoint. An off-duty police officer who was shopping in the store allegedly shot and killed the shoplifter, the source said. News12 later reported that the off-duty officer was a Woodbridge police officer. The hostage was unharmed. By 5:30 p.m., at least a dozen marked and unmarked Woodbridge …

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