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Police: Live Grenade Found In Home Was Inert

A number of homes on Drake Road were evacuated April 12 after a live hand grenade was found in one of them. Police said the grenade was later found to be inert and not in danger of exploding. Police said they received a call at about 9:42 a.m. from a man who said he was […]

Police: Township Woman’s Knife Wounds Were Self-Inflicted

A township woman who was reported to be bleeding from her arm was found by police to have inflicted the wounds herself. Police received a 9-1-1 call shortly after 10 a.m. April 8, reporting that a woman was seen walking near Hamilton Street and Franklin Boulevard, bleeding from her arm. Police responded and found the […]

Franklin Park Woman Arrested On Drug-Related Charges At County Courthouse

Franklin Park Woman Arrested On Drug-Related Charges At County Courthouse

A township woman was arrested late last month at the Somerset County Courthouse, Somerville, after Sheriff’s Officers found empty heroin folds and prescription medicine in her purse. Beatriz Rivera of Franklin Park was charged on  March 27 with 3rd-Degree possession of a controlled, dangrous substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, a disorderly persons offense, according […]

Drugs, Guns Seized, 27 People Arrested After Multi-County Drug Sting

Drugs, Guns Seized, 27 People Arrested After Multi-County Drug Sting

More than $3,000 in heroin and an assortment of weapons were recovered in a multi-county drug sting that resulted in the arrests of 27 people. The five-month investigation targeted heroin distribution in and around Franklin Township and New Brunswick, according to a release on the operation from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The investigation revealed […]

Golf Course’s Vending Machines Damaged, Burglarized

More than $5,000 worth of damage was done to two soda vending machines at Quail Brook Golf Course, New Brunswick Road, police said. A golf course employee told police that sometime between April 1 and 2, two machines were damaged and soda and cash were stolen. Police said one of the machines looked as though […]

Township Police Participate In Anti-Texting, Talking While Driving Crackdown

The township police department is one of 10 Somerset County departments to receive a $5,000 grant to aid in its participation in the “U Drive. U Text. U Pay” crackdown on distracted driving. The effort, which was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, runs through April 21. Statewide, 60 police departments received $300,000, […]

Township Police Play ‘Integral’ Role In Apprehending Suspected House Burglar

Township Police Play ‘Integral’ Role In Apprehending Suspected House Burglar

Township police played an unspecified but “integral” role in the April 1 arrest of an Edison man who authorities said burglarized homes in Middlesex and Bergen counties. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano said in a release that Herbbie Sheffield, 46, was arrested in Old Bridge by members of the Somerset County Burglary Task Force […]

UPDATE: Reward Offered In Violent Assault Of Franklin High School Senior

UPDATE: Reward Offered In Violent Assault Of Franklin High School Senior

An 18-year-old Franklin High School senior who was “violently assaulted” early in the morning of April 26 remains in critical condition, officials said. A $2,500 reward is being offered by Crime Stoppers of Somerset County for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person responsible for the attack on the 18-year-old woman, according to […]

Lumberton Man Convicted Of Robbing Township Electronics Store

A Lumberton man was convicted March 27 of 1st Degree Armed Robbery in connection with an October 2011 robbery at a township Radio Shack store. Michael Mitchell, 31, was convicted after a trial in state Superior Court, Somerville, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. In the release, authorities said Mitchell […]

St. Matthias School Evacuated After Written Bomb Threat Found

A “limited number” of St. Matthias School students were evacuated for a short time March 10 after a written bomb threat was found on a door of a 4th grade classroom, police said. Police said the threat was found by a teacher at the John F. Kennedy Boulevard school shortly after 8 a.m. The not […]