Thursday, December 6, 2012
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, …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Elizabeth 19-year-old was teasing friend when he got pulled under water Sunday.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — It began as just a joke with a friend, and turned tragic when a 19-year-old was pulled from the Raritan River Sunday afternoon. After about 15 minutes underwater, first responders pulled Elizabeth resident Pedro Rosa from the Raritan River, just west of Milltown Road on Sunday at about 4:20 p.m., police said. First responders initially revived Rosa on the scene, where he was found without a pulse and not breathing. He was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he died Sunday night at 10:35 p.m. Bridgewater Township Police Officer Mark Zaslavsky was one of the first on the scene and administered the CPR that revived the teenager. "I felt really great that we were able to bring him back, and I went …
Elizabeth teen was initially revived after being pulled out of Raritan River Sunday.
A 19-year-old man who was pulled from the Raritan River Sunday afternoon died Sunday night, Bridgewater Police Chief Richard Borden said. Pedro Rosa, of Elizabeth, was revived after being pulled from the river just west of Milltown Road. Rosa was found without a pulse and not breathing, police said. He was revived on the scene and transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he died Monday morning, Borden said. Bridgewater Township Police Officer Mark Zaslavsky was the point officer, leading the resuscitation efforts. According to North Branch Fire Co. Deputy Chief Dave Hickson, he was dispatched to the Branchburg side of the river for a drowning victim around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, but when he arrived on the scene minutes later…
Jane Doe
9:58 pm on Sunday, July 29, 2012
This is truly a tragedy. However, the most over-used and inappropriate phrase that ALWAYS comes up in such stories is "... so that this can never happen again." This is life, people. Wherever there is water, there will eventually be a drowning - even in a bathtub. Wherever people go up higher than ground level, someone will eventually fall and die - even down a flight of stairs. Wherever people … more ›