Saturday, January 5, 2013
26-year-old Manuel Antonio Guevara was last seen alive on Dec. 26. His body was recovered from Watchung Lake Friday morning.
The body of a 26-year-old missing North Plainfield man was found in Watchung Lake Friday morning. The cause of Manuel Antonio Guevara's death has not yet been determined, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Guevara's body was recovered from the lake by divers with the Somerset County Dive Team at 8 a.m. according to a press release sent Friday by Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano, Chief of Detectives Stuart A. Buckman and Watchung Borough Police Chief Timothy Wenzel. Authorities searched for Guevara throughout the day on Thursday in the area and partially drained the lake. The man's body was found about 20 feet from the shoreline, the prosecutor's office said. Guevara was last seen at about 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 26 …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The case is being handled by Hunterdon authorities.
The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office is not filing charges against a 29-year-old man who was taken into custody after fleeing the scene of an accident on Route 78 Wednesday. Jack Bennett, with the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, said the case is being completely handled by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office and the New Jersey State Police. State Police did not have additional information on the case as of Thursday afternoon. Daryl Haluszczak, of Flemington, was charged Wednesday with unlawful possession of weapons and possession of weapons for an unlawful purpose after he allegedly took weapons from a Hunterdon County house. Officials from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said Haluszczak then crashed his vehicle on …
Then-25-year-old disappeared in 1973, and his remains were matched to DNA samples in 2011.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Crime Stoppers of Somerset County Inc. is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information concerning the 1973 disappearance and murder of Bound Brook resident Joseph Dziowgo, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano. According to Soriano, on May 10, 1973, Bridgewater Township Police received a report that then 25-year-old Dziowgo, living on Drake Street in Bound Brook, was missing. In May 2010, Soriano said, Somerset County Prosecutor's Office detectives spoke to Dziowgo's family about a DNA initiative through the University of North Texas. After obtaining consent from the family, Soriano said, they got a DNA sample from family members to attempt to locate the missing man. Then, in September 2010 Soriano said, …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Finderne Avenue man charged with possession with intent to distribute.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
A Bridgewater man was found to be in possession of $2,600 worth of heroin and was charged with, among other things, possession with the intent to distribute, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano. Ian Nunez, 31, of Finderne Avenue, was arrested after detectives witnessed him pick up a quantity of the drug in Newark and return it to his home on Wednesday, Soriano said. Detectives from the prosecutor's organized crime and narcotics task force had received information that Nunez would be traveling to Newark to pick up the heroin, Soriano said. Detectives established surveillance of his home on Wednesday and observed him drive from his residence to Newark, and then back to his home at approximately 8 p.m, according to the…
Friday, August 31, 2012
Des Gachons, found guilty of practicing unlicensed medicine, was given two years probation.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
A Warren man who the Somerset Prosecutor's Office said practiced laser hair removal in the township, as well as Watchung, without a license and who undercover detectives found with drugs such as Botox and codeine, has forfeited his right to practice medicine in New Jersey. Gilles Peyrot Des Gachons was sentenced on Friday to two years probation after he pleaded guilty on June 14 to charges of unlicensed practice of medicine, third degree; and two counts of possession with intent to distribute a prescription legend drug, third degree, Somerset Prosecutor Geffrey D. Soriano said. Des Gachons will not be able to apply for a medical license in the state as a condition of his probation, according to Soriano. Des Gachons has also been sued by …
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Authorities said tip that he would be at hotel with large quantity of marijuana led to bust.
A 21-year-old Warren man was caught with about 1 pound of marijuana worth $5,500 in a township hotel parking lot Wednesday night, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Colin Heinle, 21, of Roberts Road, was charged with third-degree possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Authorities received a tip that a man named "Colin" would be driving a black Hyundai with a large quantity of marijuana near a Warren hotel, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Detectives Stuart A. Buckman and Warren Township Chief of Police Russell Leffert said. The Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force detectives and Warren Township Police set up surveillance in the area…
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Two New Brunswick residents arrested, $1,200 worth of drugs seized on Potomac Drive.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Two New Brunswick residents were arrested Wednesday night for allegedly trying to make a heroin deal in the Potomac Drive neighborhood in Bernards Township, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Alexander Pawlyk, 26, and Cara Zetterstrom, 24, were each charged with third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute. The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force received a tip that Pawlyk would be in possession of heroin and would be driving a blue Jaguar in the area of Potomac Drive Wednesday evening, according to a statement released Thursday by the prosecutor's office. The task force and members of the Bernards Township Police Department set up surveillance of …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Somerville and Easton, Pa., residents accused of selling bags near Cliff Street and park.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Two men have been charged with the distribution and possession of what authorities called a "large quantity" of heroin, after allegedly arranging to sell an undercover agent hundreds of bags of the substance in the Cliff Street area of Somerville on Tuesday afternoon. Jedrick Dennis, 32, of West Cliff Street in Somerville, and of Joseph Manna, 32, of Freedom Terrace in Easton, were arrested following an investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office and Somerville Police Department. Authorities also said they seized heroin with an estimated street value of $6,000. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said an undercover agent allegedly made arrangements with Dennis to purchase the heroin and negotiated the sale while …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
One, a Bernardsville resident, allegedly was found with the pills in a Bridgewater hotel.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
A Bedminster resident was arrested on drug charges Wednesday after she allegedly was found with illegal pills in a Bridgewater hotel, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office. Nicole Morgan, 29, of Bedminster, was charged with third-degree possession of Oxycodone after police said they found her with a bottle of 25 of the pills inside her purse while she was in her hotel room in Bridgewater, the prosecutor's office said. According to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano, an investigation by members of the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force led to search warrants obtained for a Bedminster condo on Village Green Road and for Morgan and Branchburg resident Alyssa Barkhorn. Soriano …
Friday, July 13, 2012
Martinsville resident found with approximately $90,000 worth of pot.
A 44-year-old man was found with more than 30 marijuana plants—with an estimated street value of $90,000—growing in his Martinsville home and in a nearby park, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Michael Maslo was charged with second-degree manufacturing marijuana, second-degree possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in a park zone, third-degree possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to a statement released Friday, Bernards Township Police detectives set up surveillance Wednesday morning in the area of Mountain Park. The detectives observed Maslo exit his Long Road residence and was seen tending to marijuana plants growing in the park, the prosecutor's office …
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10:52 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
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