A linebacker on the Rutgers University football team was accused Tuesday of involvement in a plot to murder two members of a friend's family.
Izaia Bullock, 22, a junior at the university from Linden, faces two counts of first-degree attempted murder and two counts of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey and Rutgers police chief Kenneth Cop announced the charges in a news release Tuesday.
They said the charges came after determining that on Monday, "Bullock initiated a plot to murder the family members of an acquaintance."
The targets, who are not affiliated with Rutgers, were not injured, a spokeswoman said.