He said he could not work or bend down. In reality, he was taking ski trips to Utah and Italy while collecting Social Security disability.
The man's dog, which was alive when he was rescued from the burning home Tuesday, has also died.
She and her fiance were driving two separate cars, and they both crashed March 8 on Rt. 18. She died of her injuries.
Someone died, and a dog was pulled from the burning home Tuesday morning in Keyport:
It is unknown what caused a taxi driver to veer off the road and hit a man walking at 6:20 a.m. last Wednesday. The man died.
His Ford F-150 truck collided with a tractor trailer Friday in Sayreville, said police in that town.
A Keyport man was found to be in possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), police in that town announced Tuesday.
Prosecutors say he killed his wife in the kitchen while their four daughters, ages 13, 11, 3 and 11 months, hid in the bedroom.
Cars parked in Edgemere Heights were broken into early Tuesday morning in Matawan, said police.
Her dental office in South River was raided by police last Thursday:
At 8:44 p.m. Jan. 16, two men robbed the Delta gas station on Main Street, and sprayed the attendant with pepper spray.
Sayreville Police are investigating a robbery similar to one in South River, where a computer repair shop was robbed at gunpoint Jan. 2.
The vice president of an industrial manufacturing company located in Aberdeen Twp. is accused of more than $1 million in corporate theft.
He admitted he sent the underage girl sex toys and costumes, and paid her a nominal fee for the photos and videos she sent him.
This happened Jan. 16 at the Delta gas station on Main Street in Sayreville.
He posed as a 17-year-old boy on Snapchat, said the Middlesex County Prosecutor.
A woman who owns a 110-foot boat stuck in a creek in Sayreville filed criminal trespassing charges against a man who explored it.
A Sayreville Police patrolman was on routine patrol when he encountered a theft in progress at Enterprise on Rt. 9 on January 9.
It is still unknown what caused a massive fire to break out before dawn Sunday morning at Raceway Park in Old Bridge.
A 16-year-old Sayreville teen boy is accused of shooting a 17-year-old East Brunswick teen Friday night, killing him.
Police say three officers had to jump out of the way of being hit by his car, and he purposely rammed his car into several police cars.
He was hit at 1:25 a.m. Saturday on Rt. 9 south in front of Quality Chevrolet in Old Bridge.
An Old Bridge man was one of 12 men arrested by the county prosecutor in December, and charged with luring of a child online.
Martine Taylor's license was suspended at the time, and his blood alcohol concentration was .182, said police. The legal limit is .08.
There will be a DWI checkpoint in Old Bridge Monday night, Dec. 22.
Old Bridge Police Chief Thomas Montagna gives an update on Rt. 9, the area's most lethal roadway:
An Aberdeen man accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls used to work in the Aberdeen school district, where he was a track coach:
There have also been accusations made in Aberdeen, which Aberdeen Police are currently investigating, said police.
A Union Beach woman currently serving a 100-year prison sentence for killing her two children is now asking for a new trial.
On Nov. 9, a Keyport man was fatally stabbed outside the T.G.I. Fridays​ in Linden, and the Union County Prosecutor released suspect photos.
The crash occurred early Wednesday on the Garden State Parkway south express lanes, police said.
The two young men were extremely cold, as they had been stuck in the Raritan Bay marsh for hours, said a fire chief:
South Amboy Police said they received a 911 call at 6:13 p.m. Sunday that a boat was lost in the marsh, and two teenage boys were aboard:
Police say a Keyport man was fatally stabbed in a fight outside the Linden TGI Friday's Sunday night:
This happened Tuesday night at a home on Yellowstone Drive in Old Bridge.
He had just been involved in a collision Monday morning on the Turnpike, and gotten out of his car when he was hit, said State Police.
A man's body was found Tuesday afternoon next to a building on Ernston Road in Sayreville, said the Middlesex County Prosecutor.
The Acciardi family that owns XXXV Club (Club 35) go-go bar in Sayreville was sentenced Tuesday.
This happened in Fair Lawn in March. Police say the homeowner tried to stop the men from driving off in his cars and was nearly hit.
Old Bridge Police say this man is currently being sought for writing graffiti​ in public restrooms throughout town.