Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

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                                *News Release*           Date: March 26, 2010
 
 

       

 

 

 

 

CORRECTION

 

Please note that a news release sent this afternoon on James A. Clement used an incorrect phone number for the Woodbridge Police Department. The correct number is:

 

 (732) 634-7700

 

Here is a corrected version of the news release:

 

 

Fords man found dead in his home

 

 

          Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure and Woodbridge Police Chief William Trenery today announced that authorities are actively investigating the death of an 82-year-old man, who was beaten and robbed in his home in the Fords section of the township.

 

          James A. Clement, of 621 King Georges Post Road in Fords, was pronounced dead in his home at 8:36 p.m. on March 25, 2010, after police went to the house to check on him.

 

Police were dispatched to Mr. Clement’s single-family house after an unidentified friend of the victim called police at 7:12 p.m., concerned about being unable to contact him during the day.

 

          An autopsy performed today by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office showed that Mr. Clement died from multiple blunt force injuries and that the death was a homicide.

 

          An investigation by Detective Tim Laughery of the Woodbridge Police Department and Investigator Scott Crocco of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Officer determined that Mr. Clement was robbed during the homicide.

 

Mr. Clement, who lived alone, was found dead on the floor of his home.

 

The investigation has yet to determine whether the incident was a random act.

 

The investigation is on-going. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Laughery of the Woodbridge Police Department at (732) 634-7700, or Investigator Crocco of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4471.