Crime & Safety
Woodbridge Warehouse Beating Friday Night, Police Say
A Carteret man was arrested over the weekend after police say he nearly beat a man to death in an industrial section of Avenel Friday night.

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Carteret man was arrested over the weekend after police say he nearly beat a man to death in an industrial section of Woodbridge.
Shabbaaz Virk, 26, of Carteret was arrested and charged with aggravated assault in the second degree following a verbal argument that turned physical in the parking lot at 3 Terminal Way, an industrial business area in the Avenel section of Woodbridge. That's 3 Terminal Way pictured in a Google Earth screenshot.
Police responded to a 911 call on Friday, August 11 and the victim, a 28-year old man from Bellerose, New York, was then taken to University Hospital in Newark. He is currently listed in serious critical condition.
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