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tack on a 19-year-old student over the span of twoweeks, according to authorities. Peele, Barnwell,Gross and Stephenson are charged with aggravatedassault, riot, and conspiracy to commit a riot, accord-ing to authorities.

“The students involved are currently suspendedfrom our program,” Hermann said. “We continue tomonitor the situation. We will have no further com-ment as this is a pending legal matter.”

Rutgers coach Kyle Flood and Rutgers PresidentRobert Barchi declined to offer further comment, butFlood was asked last week after suspending five play-ers for a violation of team curfew if there is a program-wide discipline problem.

Five Rutgers football players were arrested andfour were charged Thursday with assaulting a groupof individuals, including one student whose jaw wasbroken, during an unprovoked attack that occurred inApril, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Careyand director of the New Brunswick Police DepartmentAnthony A. Caputo said.

Andre Boggs, 20, Ruhann Peele, 22, Nadir Barnwell,20, Rahzonn Gross, 20, and Delon Stephenson, 22, allwere suspended from the team by Athletics DirectorJulie Hermann.

In all, Rutgers football players or former Rutgersfootball players were involved in three separate al-leged home invasions and an alleged unprovoked at-

5 Rutgers football players arrested

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Officials: Four led unprovoked attack on group, breaking student’s jaw

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LAKEWOOD The surprise cancellation of dozens ofbus routes got the new school year off to an aggravat-ing start Thursday for the parents of hundreds of chil-dren left without bus service.

A total of 57 routes serving 36 area schools, all butthree of them private, were scratched at the 11th hourbecause no bus companies would bid on them, SchoolsSuperintendent Laura A. Winters said.

Winters said the companies either had a shortage ofbuses or deemed the routes to have too few students tobe profitable. The district’s bus consultant, Gus Kaka-vas, blamed the problem on the leaders of the town-ship’s Orthodox Jewish private religious schools, whohe said dragged their feet about negotiating a courtesybusing deal. Those leaders could not be reached forcomment.

The school district plans to re-bid the routes onSept. 17, Kakavas said. In the meantime, affected fam-ilies are eligible to receive compensatory transporta-tion stipends, Winters said.

But that’s little solace for parents like Shawna Wy-

Hundreds of kidswithout busing

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Hundreds of private school students are not receiving bus service because no one bid on their routes.

Lack of bids forcescancellation of 57 busroutes in Lakewood SHANNON MULLEN @MULLENAPP

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Liliana Perez waits outside Calvary Academy to pick up hertwo children and others.

“I’m very upset. I don’t understand

what’s happening to Lakewood.”

LILIANA PEREZ, PARENT

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