Updated: Police Seek Public’s Help In Locating Missing Township Woman
Update: Bertha Dyer has been found in Philadelphia and reunited with her family, police said. “I would like to thank of the agencies involved for their tireless efforts in this case,” township Chief of Police Lawrence Roberts said in a release. “I am thankful that Ms. Dyer was found safely and reunited with her family.” […]
Township Boy Dies From Injuries In Amwell Road Accident
Update: A GoFundMe campaign has been created to help the family. Donations can be made by clicking here. Superintendent of Schools John Ravally has issued the following statement: “On behalf of the Franklin Township Board of Education and the entire school community, our deepest condolences are extended to the Russoniello family. We will continue to […]
Township Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old
A 45-year-old township man faces charges that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old in June. Felipe Dasilva was arrested Aug. 17 after an investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit and the Franklin Township Police Department, according to a press release from the prosecutor’s office. Township police were notified on Aug. 11 […]
Police: Perth Amboy Duo Charged With Bilking Township Business Of More Than $89,000
A Perth Amboy woman was arrested Aug. 17 on a charge that she cheated a township business out of more than $89,000. Veronica Cardozo-Cabrera, 37, was charged with 2nd Degree Theft by Deception in the scheme, in which authorities said she fraudulently credited the credit cards of relatives and friends while working at Forever Collectibles on Cottontail Lane. […]
Police Log: Aug. 10 – 16, 2016
8/10 Sometime in the overnight hours an unknown actor entered an unlocked vehicle on Runyon Ave and took an iPod valued at $125. Sometime in the overnight hours an unknown actor entered an unlocked vehicle on Pine Grove Avenue and took a cell phone charger valued at $20. Following a motor vehicle stop on Ray […]
Township Man Indicted In ‘Operation Busted Script’ Drug Ring Investigation
A 34-year-old Somerset man was one of eight people in the state indicted Aug. 16 and charged with running a “pill mill” that distributed “tens of thousands” of high-dose pills of oxycodone. Donn Rush was indicted with six other people from Somerset, Middlesex and Burlington counties and a Warren-based doctor in what the state Attorney general’s Office […]
Police: Three Car Collision Closes Cedar Grove Lane
Three people were injured and Cedar Grove Lane as closed for about one hour during the evening of Aug. 14 after a three-car collision. Police said that at shortly after 5 p.m., a 2001 Nissan Altima driven by Jeffrey Georgiana, 55, of Somerset was traveling north on Cedar Grove Lane when it collided with a 2007 […]
FTPD Police Log: Aug. 3–9, 2016
Aug. 3 During the daytime hours a residence on Church Street was burglarized by an unknown actor. There were no signs of forced entry. Approximately $3000 in electronics and other property was taken. During the morning hours an unknown actor broke the window of a vehicle parked on Easton Avenue. The approximate value of the […]
Township Police, 7-Eleven Rewarding Youths For Good Deeds
Up to 300 township youths who are spotted doing good deeds by Franklin Township police will be rewarded with a free Slurpee drink. The FTPD is participating in the 21st annual Operation Chill by 7-Eleven, a national community service program. The coupons are used to “enhance relations with the young people of their cities […]
Rutgers’ BLM Chapter Starts Online Petition Demanding Identities Of FTPD Officers Involved In Grant Shooting
The Rutgers University chapter of Black Lives Matter Aug. 9 launched an online petition demanding that the names of the officers involved in the April 9 Diahlo Grant shooting be made public. “Black Lives Matter Rutgers and the Grant family demand that the Andrew Carey, the Middlesex County prosecutor, release the names of the officers,” […]
