PATCH.COM REPORTED ON THURSDAY EVENING THAT A NEWARK WOMAN WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER SHOOTING TWO SIBLINGS DURING AN ARMED ROBBERY. ACCORDING TO THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTORS' OFFICE, THE ROBBERY HAPPENED NEAR SOUTH 17TH STREET AND 19TH AVENUE ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025. PROSECUTORS SAID 43-YEAR-OLD TIA ROULHAC APPROACHED 41-YEAR-OLD KOLLIE KROMAH AND 39-YEAR-OLD MOSES KROMAH’S VEHICLE WITH A HANDGUN AND DEMANDED THE BROTHER'S JACKET. AFTER HE HANDED IT OVER, ROULHAC SHOT HIM IN THE NECK AND HIS SISTER IN THE CHEST. AUTHORITIES SAID SHE LEFT THE SCENE BUT LATER RETURNED AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF WITH THE SAME HANDGUN. ALL THREE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. A JURY FOUND ROULHAC GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, ROBBERY, AND MULTIPLE WEAPONS OFFENSES. SHE IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED ON JANUARY 15TH 2027.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF A NEW BRIDGE CONNECTING NEWARK AND BAYONNE ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE WILL BE COMPLETED AROUND 2031 AT A GROUNDBREAKING ON THURSDAY. GOVERNOR MIKIE SHERRILL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS WERE AT THE EVENT DISCUSSING THE PROJECT. THE NEW BRIDGE WILL BE A SINGLE-SPAN, CABLE-STAY BRIDGE WITH PLANS FOR FOUR LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. IT’LL BE BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD CROSSING THAT WILL BE DISMANTLED RIGHT AFTER THE NEW ONE’S COMPLETION. ACCORDING TO TURNPIKE AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KRIS KOLLURI, THE PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED BY BONDS THAT ARE REPAID BY TOLLS FOR THE STRUCTURE’S $6.8 BILLION PRICE. KOLLURI ALSO STATED THAT THE DESIGN AND PREP WORK FOR THE BRIDGE WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE BRIDGE PROPER WOULD BE AWARDED IN MARCH.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT TRAIN SERVICE WAS SUSPENDED ON THREE NJ TRANSIT LINES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THE NEWARK DRAWBRIDGE BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. ACCORDING TO NJ TRANSIT, SERVICE WAS SUSPENDED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN NEWARK BROAD STREET AND HOBOKEN. THE DISRUPTION AFFECTED THE MORRIS AND ESSEX LINE, GLADSTONE BRANCH AND MONTCLAIR-BOONTON LINE. RAIL TICKETS AND PASSES WERE BEING ACCEPTED ON NJ TRANSIT AND PRIVATE CARRIER BUSES, NJ TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL AND SELECT PATH CONNECTIONS. AS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S REPORT, NJ TRANSIT HAD NOT ANNOUNCED WHEN NORMAL SERVICES WOULD RESUME.