Thursday, October 4, 2012
Blaze at two-family home caused multiple injuries.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
A Bound Brook woman was sentenced to seven years of prison on Thursday for setting a 2011 fire that injured multiple people at a two-family home, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano Said. Yanilda Rosario, 40, had pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to charges of six counts of aggravated arson and one count of aggravated assault. In exchange for the plea, the prosecution recommended that she serve seven years in state prison with 85 percent of the term to be served without parole in accordance with the No Early Release Act. Judge Julie M. Marino sentenced Rosario in accordance with the plea agreement. Rosario was arrested Sept. 18, 2011 after an investigation revealed that she started a fire that injured a 45-year-old male and led to the …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The charges are in connection with a fire they allegedly set in a vacant Thompson Avenue house.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Two Somerset County men have been indicted on arson charges in connection with a fire they allegedly set in a vacant house on Thompson Avenue May 2, according to an article in the Messenger Gazette. Lance Chillemi, 24, of Bridgewater, and James Gavazzi, 24, of North Plainfield, were charged May 2 with arson after police responded to the fire in the early hours of May 2. According to the article, court documents filed at the Somerset County Court House report that both men have been indicted on charges of aggravated arson and burglary, while Chillemi has also been indicted on charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Chillemi posted his $50,000 cash bail May 3 and was released, the article said, while…
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Prosecutor: Bridgewater man assaulted police officer while being arrested.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
A Bridgewater man was charged with aggravated arson and assaulting a police officer Wednesday in connection with a fire he allegedly intentionally set with another male in a house on Thompson Avenue early Wednesday morning. Lance Chillemi, 24, of Bridgewater, was charged with aggravated arson, aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and criminal mischief. James Gavazzi, 24, of North Plainfield, was charged with aggravated arson in the incident. According to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano, police responded to Thompson Avenue for a fire in progress Wednesday at about 1:30 a.m., and saw an active fire and someone in the basement of the house. A few moments later, police also saw an individual run away from the …
Tim
12:54 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012
Really guys? You light a fire and then hang around after. Then, you walk down the same street of the house that you just lit on fire. Bravo gentelman. You just won the award for being complete morons. I hope you were both on drugs or drunk, then you at least have some sort of explanation. more ›