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New Jersey State Police - 2005 News Releases (450 words) |
 | The State Grand Jury indictment results from a December, 2004 incident in Bridgeton City after the defendant disobeyed the trooper's order, fled the scene of a motor vehicle stop, and resisted arrest by assaulting the trooper. |
 | The State Grand Jury indictment charged Parker Allen Custis, 32, State Highway 77, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, hindering apprehension or prosecution, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS). |
 | The State Grand Jury indictment was handed-up to Mercer County Superior Court Judge Linda R. Feinberg on Feb. 2. |
| New Jersey Median Barrier History (990 words) |
 | The New Jersey Median Barrier is the tapered concrete barrier that is used in many narrow highway medians, to prevent vehicle crossovers into oncoming traffic. |
 | The state highway department observed the accident results of its barrier installations, and evolved the shape of the barrier. |
 | Both New Jersey and California continued experimenting in the early 1960s, and the New Jersey barrier was widely adopted by California; they installed 132 miles by 1972 and 680 miles by 1988. |