Road Rage Driver Fires Gun At Car On Route 22 In Somerset County: Prosecutor

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — A Green Brook woman was charged with attempted murder after police say she fired multiple gunshots at another car during a road rage incident on Route 22.

Juliette A. Piscopo, 26, of Green Brook was charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, announced Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.

On Feb. 2 at around 9:06 p.m., North Plainfield Police Officers responded to a 911 call of a vehicle being hit by gunfire during a road rage incident.

Officers met with the victim, a North Plainfield resident, who reported that while driving east on North Avenue and Madison Avenue in Dunellen at around 8:45 p.m., a dark-colored Mercedes-Benz tried to merge into the victim’s lane of travel, eventually passing the victim and another vehicle from the right shoulder of the road, said McDonald.

The Mercedes-Benz then got behind the victim’s vehicle and began to follow it for about 15 minutes into North Plainfield, said McDonald.

While driving west on Route 22 in North Plainfield, the victim reported that the Mercedes-Benz pulled up alongside the vehicle and fired multiple rounds shattering the victim’s front driver-side window, the front passenger side window, perforating the fuel cap on the driver’s side and shattering the rear passenger side window before fleeing the area, said McDonald.

The victim reported being unharmed from the incident.

Piscopo was identified as the driver of the Mercedes-Benz following an investigation by detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and Crime Scene Investigation Unit along with North Plainfield detectives.

On March 12, Piscopo turned herself in to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Piscopo was processed and lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing in this matter.

Anyone with information relating to this incident is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the North Plainfield Police Department at (908) 769-2900 or via the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos. STOPit can be downloaded to your smart phone for free at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ.

Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports, and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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