TRENTON, N.J. – A Middlesex woman admitted defrauding the United States Department of the Treasury of $940,000 in income tax return checks. Rosemary Valerio, 32, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton federal court to…
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Authorities identify dead body
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Authorities identified Ramon Lugo, whose dead body was discovered on Monday, in a wooded area in Perth Amboy. Police and investigators from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office reportedly found the 35-year-old man’s body near the Perth Amboy train tracks, in the…
Perth Amboy awash in corpses
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Police Chief Benjamin Ruiz said that recovering a dead body in Perth Amboy “is not a common occurrence” but the city has been flooded with cadavers since shortly before the current mayor took office. Ruiz claimed it is a rarity…
Carteret house destroyed by fire
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CARTERET – A fire destroyed a house early this morning in Carteret after it broke out at a home on Frederick Street around 5:30 a.m. Firefighters from Woodbridge assisted in containing the fire after a man walking his dog alerted the sleeping residents inside that he…
Body found in Perth Amboy
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Police and investigators from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office reportedly found a dead body near the Perth Amboy train tracks, in the vicinity of Washington Street. Attempts to get information from Perth Amboy Police Chief Benjamin Ruiz and Mayor Wilda Diaz were unsuccessful.…
Perth Amboy Board of Education president responds to Mayor Wilda Diaz
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by Obdulia Gonzalez This is my direct response to the open letter addressed to Perth Amboy parents by Mayor Wilda Diaz, which was published by the Home News Tribune on Oct. 9 in an effort to influence the upcoming Nov. 4,…
Annual Trinity Church “Dine Around the World” Dinner
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Trinity Episcopal Church will hold its annual “Dine Around the World” dinner on Saturday, October 25 from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. at 650 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge. Take a delicious journey around the world, tasting food from 12 authentic food stations, with…
Man was sentenced to prison for distributing child pornography
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Middlesex County man was sentenced to prison for distributing child pornography over the Internet. He was investigated and prosecuted by the New Jersey State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice. Roberto Arreola-Ramirez, 33, of New Brunswick, was sentenced to…
Middlesex County bank robber pleads guilty
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Peter Greer, 40, of New Brunswick, pleaded guilty this week before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court to an information charging him with two counts of bank robbery. According to documents filed in this case and…
Middlesex County man admits to two bank robberies
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Peter Greer, 40, of New Brunswick, pleaded guilty this week before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court to an information charging him with two counts of bank robbery. According to documents filed in this case and…