By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Somerset County announced the arrest of Juliette A. Piscopo, 26, of Greenbrook, for an attempted murder that occurred on Route 22 West in North Plainfield on the evening of Sunday, February 2, stemming from a road rage incident.
Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald stated that on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at approximately 9:06 p.m., officers from the North Plainfield Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call of a vehicle being struck by gunfire during a road rage incident. 
Upon arrival, officers met with the victim, a North Plainfield resident, who reported that while driving eastbound on North Avenue and Madison Avenue in Dunellen at approximately 8:45 p.m., a dark-colored Mercedes-Benz attempted to merge into the victim’s lane of travel, eventually passing the victim and another vehicle from the right shoulder of the road, SCPO officials say.
The Mercedes-Benz then got behind the victim’s vehicle and began to follow it for approximately fifteen minutes into North Plainfield, Prosecutor McDonald stated.
According to Somerset County officials, while traveling west on Route 22 in North Plainfield, the victim reported that the Mercedes-Benz pulled up alongside the vehicle and fired multiple rounds, shattering the victim’s front driver-side window, the front passenger side window, perforating the fuel cap on the driver’s side, and shattering the rear passenger side window before fleeing the area.
Somerset County officials said the victim reported being unharmed from the incident.
Detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the North Plainfield Police Department responded to investigate, SCPO officials said.
Prosecutor McDonald said an investigation was conducted by detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and Crime Scene Investigation Unit, along with detectives from the North Plainfield Police Department.
As a result of this investigation, detectives were able to identify Juliette A. Piscopo as the driver of the Mercedes-Benz, SCPO officials say.
As a result of this investigation, Prosecutor McDonald stated Juliette A. Piscopo was charged with 1st-degree Attempted Murder, 2nd-degree Possession of a Firearm for an Unlawful Purpose, and 2nd-degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun.
According to Somerset County officials, on Wednesday, March 12, Defendant Piscopo turned herself in to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Defendant Piscopo was processed and lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing in this matter, SCPO officials stated.