In a story related to one we published in February, former Road Middle School Teacher Dan Corvino was indicted yesterday. Corvino, 31, of Theresa Street in Ewing, was indicted on one count of official misconduct, one count of aggravated criminal sexual contact and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Corvino allegedly used a web camera linked to his computer to send the images of him touching his private parts to a 14-year-old female student via the internet. He was later fired from his position at Pond Road Middle School.

If convicted, Corvino could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. Assistant Prosecutor Robin Scheiner presented the case to the grand jury. Corvino is free on $100,000 bail.

Source nj.com

Citing family needs and responsibilities at his new job, Tim McGough will resign from township council effective August 30, 2008. McGough’s term was set to expire on June 30, 2011. Anyone interested in running for the vacancy can fill out a petition at the Township Clerk’s office, 1 Washington Blvd., 2nd Floor, Suite 6. The petition deadline is September 11, 2008 at 4 p.m. The election will be held on November 4, 2008 from 6 am to 8 pm. Information packets and petitions will be available on Friday, August 15th . In order to obtain petitions, you must call the Township Clerk’s Office at 918-0002 and give your full name, home address, and phone number.

If you hear the sounds of sirens and helicopters next Friday, don’t panic! Robbinsville High School will be hosting a mass casualty drill beginning at 8am. The drill, similar to one run in Ewing back in May, will involve over 100 participants from local, county, state, and private agencies as they simulate a plane crash near the high school with a debris field, a high number of injuries, some fatalities, as well as the elements of collecting and distributing accurate information. According to Mayor Fried, “Since we are home to the Trenton-Robbinsville Airport, this is a scenario that could happen, and we will be ready. I’m proud of our first responders for taking the initiative to organize this.”

A multitude of agencies will be participating in the drill including State Police helicopters, canine units from Robbinsville Police, Fire and EMS, Hightstown EMS, Mercer County’s Office of Emergency Management, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, and Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) from Robbinsville and West Windsor and Hamilton.

The drill will also enable Mercer County to test its Mobile Communications Vehicle which is outfitted with a roof-mounted video camera and permits all responders to operate on one frequency, known as interoperability. The vehicle which was acquired in March of this year.

Students from the high schools drama club and other township employees will participle as accident victims.