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PLAINFIELD -- The Bound Brook woman who was first reported missing earlier this week was located Thursday in Plainfield, where she was found safe and unharmed, authorities said today. Rebecca Maybin-Brazil’s live-in boyfriend on Monday told authorities that the 36-year-old woman had not returned to their home on Thompson Avenue, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said. Detectives from the... Full story »

UNION -- A Newark woman who admitted to stealing more than $200,000 from a gynecologist in Union while she worked as his office manager was sentenced today to six years in state prison. Ana Carla Oliveira, a 37-year-old mother of two, will be jailed because she was unable to make full restitution. Authorities said she regularly deposited insurance checks into... Full story »

BELLEVILLE -- Belleville police are investigating a fire that destroyed an SUV early today. Fire investigator Ralph Chimento said that just after 2 a.m. today, a New Street resident called 911 to report that his car was on fire in his driveway. Firefighters arrived to find the 2008 Toyota RAV4 consumed by a fire that appeared to start on the... Full story »

Two of the three teenagers accused of kidnapping and attacking a 19-year-old from Westfield with a stun gun were sentenced today to probation, as part of a deal with prosecutors. Matthew D'Andrea and Eric Grow, both 18-year-olds from Westfield, were each originally charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession, and D'Andrea with kidnapping in the July 18 attack. The... Full story »

SUMMIT — Public hearings on Overlook Hospital’s proposed rooftop helipad will stretch into the new year, concerned neighbors were told last week. A helicopter flyover scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, will be followed by public hearings on Nov. 30 and Dec. 21, Zoning Board of Adjustment Chairman George McLean told concerned residents on Monday, Nov. 2, when neighbors and their... Full story »

ROSELLE PARK - A 48-year old Union woman was pronounced dead after she was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident last night, police said. Cynthia C. Lukas was struck by what police described as a dark sedan in the intersection of Westfield Avenue and Locust Street in Roselle Park at 6:45 p.m., according to Det. Sgt. Manuel Jimenez... Full story »

STATEN ISLAND -- Two New Jersey men were arrested this week and face larceny charges for allegedly skimming more than $30,000 from an armored truck route they were supposed to be guarding in New York City, according to a report in the Staten Island Advance. Luis Vazquez, 31 of Elizabeth, was arrested on Wednesday and Axel Rodriguez, 23 of Hopelawn... Full story »

A former Trenton lobbyist, ordered by a court to avoid contact with state Democratic chairman and Assemblyman Joseph Cryan and his family, wants her guilty plea in that case withdrawn, because she claims she was not a stalker but rather had a three-year-long affair with Cryan. Karen Golding, 40, of West Orange, whose sentencing is pending in the case, also... Full story »

RAHWAY -- The Riverwalk townhomes were meant to bring new development, new homeowners, infrastructure and parks to the city of Rahway. But then as the economy slowed, only about two-thirds of the townhouses were sold, and the developer allegedly shirked tax bills and reneged on building promised street work. Now the city wants to foreclose on the unsold townhouses, but... Full story »

SUMMIT -- High-density housing may now be built on a strip of Broad Street in Summit that houses a car dealership and municipal parking lot after the city council rezoned the property this week. For years, the city’s council and planning board wrangled with the controversial ordinance, dubbed Gateway II because it is the second to focus on entrances to... Full story »

ROSELLE -- A teenager pleaded guilty today to burglary, although he was originally charged with breaking into the first-floor bedroom of a sleeping 17-year-old schoolmate and trying to sexually assault her. As part of a deal with prosecutors, Victor Anderson, 19, will serve less than a year in jail and be placed on probation. Anderson, with a youthful face and... Full story »

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Authorities arrested 11 people and confiscated more than $10,000 worth of crystal meth, following an investigation that spanned several counties and stretched into Eastern Pennsylvania. Two of the defendants were accused of being the primary suppliers in a crime network that consistently distributed the drugs to individuals throughout Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex and Union counties, said Chief Dan Hurley, spokesman for... Full story »

HILLSIDE -- Police arrested a man who burglarized a Williamson Avenue home and then left a trail of stolen goods as he fled the scene Wednesday, authorities said. Angelo R. Richardson, 53, of Seymour Avenue in Newark, broke a rear window to get into the home, according to a news release by Detective Lt. Vincent Ricciardi. At 1:23 p.m. township... Full story »