Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Samuel Medway scheduled to appear in August before municipal judge in Bernardsville.
Samuel J. Medway, arrested and charged with a disorderly persons offense following last Thursday's three-hour standoff with a SWAT team and other authoritiies, is scheduled to appear in Bernardsville municipal court on Aug. 6, according to a court employee in the borough hall. Medway is scheduled at appear at 10:30 a.m. on that date before Municipal Judge Robert Schaul, the employee said. Medway, 44, was arrested following the standoff, during which police initially believed he may have been holding another person hostage at his home on Anderson Hill Road in Bernardsville, authorities said. He later was found to be alone, according to authorities. Medway was facing charges of obstruction of justice and a disorderly person offense, Capt. …
Monday, June 11, 2012
Jail employee says Bernardsville man posted bail, paid $1,400 toward $93,000 child support bill.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
A Bernardsville man who was involved in a more than three-hour standoff with police and SWAT team members last week was released on bail over the weekeend, a spokesman at the Somerset County Jail Monday. According to the spokesman, Samuel Medway, 44, arrested last Thursday following a standoff with authorities posted bail and was released Saturday at 1:26 a.m. The jail spokesman said Medway also paid $1,400 toward a $93,432.01 bill in back child support payments that authorities attempted to serve a warrant for Thursday night that sparked the standoff. The Somerset County Prosecutor's office had referred questions about whether Medway had been released on Monday to jail officials. Bail had been set at $2,500 for a disorderly persons charge…
Friday, June 8, 2012
Bernardsville resident turned himself over to negotiators on Thursday night.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
A Bernardsville man who was arrested last year for allegedly selling an Uzi to an undercover detective has been identified as the individual involved in a more than three-hour standoff with police and SWAT team members Thursday night, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. According to a statement released Friday by Bernardsville and county officials, Samuel J. Medway, 44, was arrested following the standoff. Medway now faces charges of obstruction of justice and a disorderly person offense, Capt. Jack Bennett, of the proseuctor's office, said Friday afternoon. He said Medway was in Somerset County Jail as of Friday at 5 p.m., after bail was set at $2,500, with no 10 percent option by Judge Robert F. Shaul in Bernardsville. After …
Investigation continues, with more information expected soon from county prosecutor's office.
There were no injuries and no hostages during Thursday night's three-hour standoff between a Bernardsville man and authorities, including SWAT team members, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. The man, whose identity has not been released, barricaded himself in a home on Anderson Hill Road Thursday night. A portion of that main artery between Old Army Road and Seney Drive was evacuated and closed off while the incident unfolded. After the incident started shortly before 7 p.m., when Bernardsville police arrived, it was unknown to authorities whether the man was alone inside the home. The situation ended without a major incident that was visible from a block away. Teams of SWAT members, including the Somerset County SWAT …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
SWAT team members negotiated with man who had barricaded himself in Bernardsville home.
A man who reportedly barricaded himself in a Bernardsville home was in custody late Thursday night following a more than three-hour standoff with police and Somerset County SWAT team members, police said. Bernardsville Police Chief Kevin Valentine said authorities had a man in custody Thursday night at about 11 p.m. The man's identity was not immediately released. "We have one suspect in custody," Valentine said from police headquarters. "There is no cause for alarm—the citizens are secure." While the man was reportedly barricaded in the Anderson Hill Road home, area residents were evacuated. They returned to their homes and traffic began flowing again late Thursday night on the main road between Bernardsville and Mendham Township. The …
Raj
3:13 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2012
THIS WAS A HUGE WAIST OF TAX PAYERS MONEY! I have known this man for several years and he is an upstanding person. He is very polite and professional and he used to be a Vice President and Trust officer at a major bank before it was taken over. You do not get to such a high level by being unstable! I have seen him with his two young children and he is a very caring and loving father. The papers … more ›