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FTPD Issues Tips To Prevent Home Burglaries

FTPD Issues Tips To Prevent Home Burglaries

With home burglaries becoming a statewide issue, the Franklin Township Police Department has issued a series of tips to help township residents stay safe. To help minimize the risk of burglary, the FTPD suggests the following measures: Additionally, the FTPD recommends teh following security upgrades: Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather said that the police department […]

Township Residents Victims Of Fraud

Township Residents Victims Of Fraud

Two township residents reported earlier this month that they were victims of fraud totaling of $43,000. In the first report, made December 7, a resident told police that four different people gained access to his bank account and removed $13,000 from it through wire transfers. The resident said he believed the suspects were able to […]

Township Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Fatal 2022 Crash

Township Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Fatal 2022 Crash

A 21-year-old township man has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison for a 2022 crash that left one person dead and injured others. Samuel Villar was sentenced on December 3 in state Superior Court in New Brunswick, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Villar pleaded guilty on June […]

Police Investigate Shooting, Car Crash On Matilda Avenue

Police Investigate Shooting, Car Crash On Matilda Avenue

Police are investigating an October 24 shooting that led to a car crashing into a Matilda Avenue business. The driver of the car, a BMW 328I, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital for treatment, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police were dispatched to the area […]

‘Suspicious Package’ Shuts Down Municipal Complex

‘Suspicious Package’ Shuts Down Municipal Complex

UPDATE: Police have released a few more details about the incident. Police said that at about 4 p.m. on October 19, a man walked into police headquarters looking for help in opening a box he had received from a stranger. The man told police that he believed there was a large amount of cash and […]

Township Resident’s Car Shot On Easton Avenue

Township Resident’s Car Shot On Easton Avenue

A 25-year-old New Brunswick man faces attempted murder and other charges after he shot a township resident’s car while allegedly trying to shoot another person. The incident, which happened on September 13, began when the township resident was driving his car on Easton Avenue near Girard Avenue when, he told police, he heard a loud […]

Township Residents Scammed Out Of Thousands Of Dollars

Township Residents Scammed Out Of Thousands Of Dollars

Two township residents were scammed out of a total of $39,000 in separate incidents in late September, police said. In the first incident, which was reported on September 24, a township resident told police that they were duped out of $9,000. A person calling himself “Marty Jackson” convinced the victim to give him $9,000 in […]

South Bound Brook Man Charged With Township Car Burglaries, Among Others

South Bound Brook Man Charged With Township Car Burglaries, Among Others

A 53-year-old South Bound Brook man faces multiple charges connected with a rash of burglaries and thefts in August and September, including some in Franklin Township. The man was charged with numerous car burglaries, thefts and credit card fraud, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Numerous reported car burglaries which […]

Township Man Charged With Sexual Assault

Township Man Charged With Sexual Assault

A 42-year-old township man faces sexual assault charges stemming from an alleged September 11 incident. A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted by the man early in the morning of Sept. 11, and that she knew her assailant, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The woman was interviewed […]

New Activity In Investigation Of 1982 Murder

New Activity In Investigation Of 1982 Murder

The investigation into the longest unsolved murder in Somerset County recently took a new twist with the exhumation of the remains of the 15-year-old victim. Sharon Thor was killed in October of 1982 after she was seen getting into a car with two males in front of her John E. Busch Avenue home. Her disappearance […]