{"id":1842629,"date":"2023-02-10T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842629"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:50:42","slug":"nj-gop-councilman-was-murdered-over-employment-disciplinary-actions-prosecutors-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-gop-councilman-was-murdered-over-employment-disciplinary-actions-prosecutors-office-says\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ GOP Councilman Was Murdered Over \u2018Employment Disciplinary Actions,\u2019 Prosecutor\u2019s Office Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnj-gop-councilman-was-murdered-over-employment-disciplinary-actions-prosecutors-office-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Russell Heller, a GOP Councilman in Milford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey<\/a>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/second-nj-gop-councilman-shot-to-death-one-week-after-eunice-dwumfour-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shot fatally<\/a> earlier this week over a prior workplace dispute, the Somerset County Prosecutor\u2019s Office said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Heller, 51 years old, was found dead in the PSE&#038;G parking lot on Wednesday morning. Heller worked as a senior distributor supervisor. Roughly three hours after discovering Heller, police found and identified the lifeless body of 58-year-old Gary Curtis, one of Heller\u2019s former coworkers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigation has revealed that the motive for the homicide in which Mr. Curtis fatally shot Mr. Heller was due to prior employment disciplinary actions between subordinate and supervisor,\u201d the prosecutor\u2019s office said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/somerset\/2023\/02\/family-of-former-pseg-employee-accused-in-workplace-murder-suicide-beyond-shocked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> NJ.com<\/p>\n<p>Authorities claim that Curtis used a legal-owned handgun to kill Heller. Then he fled the scene and drove to Bridgewater, where his car was shot. Curtis was reportedly fired from PSE&#038;G last year. His family said that they heard him talk about problems at work and mention that Heller was his supervisor. However, he never explained why he was fired.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis\u2019 family members were \u201cbeyond shocked\u201d He said he would resort violence to get his way, and described his actions as \u201cout of character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never knew him to be a person who would ever be pushed to a point where he would carry out something that he did,\u201d Robert Williams, his cousin, said it. \u201cWe\u2019re just beyond shocked. We\u2019re sad for everyone who is involved in this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 58 year-old suspect in the murder filed a harassment complaint with Equal Opportunity Employment Commission 2021 or 2022. But, she claimed that PS&#038;G had already resolved it. \u201cnothing\u201d Williams says that it is possible to deal with it.<\/p>\n<p>The quick revelations about the case from the prosecutor\u2019s office in Somerset County are a stark contrast to the New Jersey prosecutor\u2019s office investigating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-jersey-gop-councilwoman-gunned-down-in-her-car-police-looking-for-suspect-motive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slaying<\/a> of GOP Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, which occurred exactly one week prior to Heller\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have yet to make any arrests or reveal any information about any suspect, weapon or motive, more than a week after Dwumfour was hit as many as fourteen times as she pulled up to Sayreville.<\/p>\n<p>The Middlesex County Prosecutor\u2019s Office has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prosecutors-office-seeks-to-block-records-on-gop-councilwomans-murder-from-going-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asked<\/a> an injunction to block news outlets from obtaining important information about Dwumfour\u2019s murder, arguing that releasing any information to the public about the councilwoman\u2019s death would hinder law enforcement\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Heller, a GOP councilman in Milford, New Jersey, was fatally shot earlier this week over a prior workplace dispute, the Somerset County Prosecutor\u2019s Office said Friday. Heller, 51, was found dead Wednesday morning in the parking lot of PSE&amp;G, a local energy company where he worked as a senior distribution supervisor. 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