MyCentralJersey.com
PLAINFIELD - After being arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, a city man has been returned to New Jersey to face charges he murdered a city man on Christmas Eve.
Oscar E. Rodriguez, 24, is charged with first-degree murder and second-degree desecration of human remains in connection with the death of David Chacon, 42, on West Front Street, said acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo.
Shortly after 10 a.m. Christmas Eve, Plainfield police responded to a call reporting charred human remains found in an outdoor area near the 800 block of West Front Street, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Peter Benza, who is prosecuting the case.