Road rage triggers wild street brawl — NJ Top News
Here are the top New Jersey news stories for Monday:
⬛ Old Bridge, NJ police shoot man stabbing woman at hotel
OLD BRIDGE — Authorities are investigating an early morning police-involved shooting at a hotel in Middlesex County.
The shooting happened at the Hampton Inn on Spring Valley Road in Old Bridge sometime before 3 a.m. Sunday, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.
Police were called to a disturbance at the hotel.
Officers found a man stabbing a woman when they arrived, authorities said.
⬛ Brawlers pull gun, screwdriver in NJ road rage fight, police say
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — Four men are accused of getting into a violent road rage brawl on a busy road in broad daylight this past week.
Police said that two vehicles were involved in a minor crash near the intersection of Blackwood Clementon Road and Emerson Drive in Gloucester Township around 2 p.m. Thursday. There were two men in each car.
Two men in one of the vehicles got out and confronted the other two. The group then started to fight in the middle of the road, Gloucester Township police said.
⬛ NJ Homeland Security: The biggest threats to 'soft targets'
Individuals who've gone rogue are a much bigger threat to your safety right now than foreign terror groups, according to the latest threat assessment from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.
Noting that ongoing problems overseas and the upcoming presidential election have the potential to put the public at an even greater risk this year, the threat assessment calls out homegrown violent extremists and white racially motivated extremists as the most prominent threats facing New Jersey in 2024.
⬛ NJ businessman agrees to cooperate in Menendez's corruption case
A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, admitting that he gave the senator's wife a car to influence him and agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that calls for him to testify in the corruption case against the powerful Democrat.
Jose Uribe, of Clifton, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to seven charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery from 2018 to 2023, honest services wire fraud, obstruction of justice and tax evasion.
⬛ Death of toddler at Newark, NJ home under investigation
NEWARK — Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old child at a home in the seat of Essex County.
Detectives with the Major Crimes Task Force within the Essex County Prosecutor's Office are handling the investigation, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens.
Newark police were called to a residence on the 100 block of South Orange Avenue around 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Stephens said.
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