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Pablo Cicero, of Edison, is charged with murder and attempted murder for the killing of Brandon Andrews-Cruz and for wounding a South Plainfield woman whom he knew, police said.

Thomas Kaiser, charged in connection with the explosion of a device in a Manville park, discarded explosives at his South Plainfield home in 2019 which led to the cancellation of the Labor Day parade.

Police said a signal cannon, a device designed to create a large boom and smoke when lit, sent shrapnel into several vehicles and homes near a Manville park.

Two young men from South Plainfield have been arrested in connection with several incidents at stores along Route 22, police announced.

Middlesex County Prosecutor Yvonne Ciccione said police were called to a South Plainfield home Tuesday for a 2-year-old who was not breathing.

First responders were called to the South Plainfield home Saturday night and were told the boy was not breathing.

Om Brahmbhatt, 23, has been accused of shooting and killing three members of his household — Dilipkumar, Bindu, and Yashkumar Brahmbhatt.

Police were investigating after two males and a female were all dead — they said it was not a random act of violence.

A nursing home resident has been charged with reckless manslaughter, after hitting a 91-year-old woman and causing a fatal brain bleed.

Herman Walker, 91, died two weeks after being assaulted by a roommate at a Westfield facility. Clara Sutkowski, also 91, died three days after being struck by a fellow resident at a South Plainfield facility.