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Mount Laurel Woman Escapes Serious Injury In Amwell Road Crash

Mount Laurel Woman Escapes Serious Injury In Amwell Road Crash

Township police are investigating a one-car accident on Amwell Road that left a Mount Laurel woman injured. Police said that at about 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 26, a 2007 Dodge Charger driven westbound on the road by Adelaide Slobert, 63, crossed the center line into the eastbound lane, left the road and struck a ditch before overturning. […]

Somerset Man Indicted On Multiple Federal Bribery, Immigration Charges

Somerset Man Indicted On Multiple Federal Bribery, Immigration Charges

A Somerset man who was a former deportation officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement was indicted Feb. 22 by a federal Grand Jury on multiple bribery and immigration-related charges. Arnaldo Echevarria, 38, was charged with seven counts of accepting bribes, one count of harboring an undocumented immigrant and one count of making false statements to immigration authorities, […]

North Brunswick Man Busted For Selling Drugs In Township

North Brunswick Man Busted For Selling Drugs In Township

A North Brunswick man was arrested on drug-related charges Feb. 12 after he allegedly made several drug sales to an undercover detective in the parking lot of a township restaurant. Juan Jose’ Morales-Bustos, 28, was arrested in the parking lot of an unnamed Route 27 restaurant after allegedly selling an undercover detective assigned to the […]

Three-Auto Crash Seriously Injures Monroe Man

Three-Auto Crash Seriously Injures Monroe Man

A Monroe man suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after being involved in a three-vehicle crash on South Middlebush Road on Feb. 16. South Middlebush Road was closed for about four hours during the investigation. The man, Robert Held, 76, was transported to an area hospital after the crash, in which his Nissan Altima crossed over from […]

New Brunswick Man Escapes Serious Injury After Being Shot

New Brunswick Man Escapes Serious Injury After Being Shot

A 26-year-old New Brunswick man escaped serious injury Feb. 15 after he was shot several times in his hands and torso on Ambrose Street, authorities said. Township police and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office are asking for the public’s help in locating the person who shot the unidentified man. A press release from the prosecutor’s […]

Updated: Three Injured In Car Accident That Sent One Vehicle Into Canal

Updated: Three Injured In Car Accident That Sent One Vehicle Into Canal

Update: William Shaw has been charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving and two counts of having open containers of alcohol within a motor vehicle, according to township police. Original Story: Three people were injured in an automobile accident Feb. 6 that closed part of Easton Avenue for more than five hours. Erik […]

Three Township Residents Charged With Gun Offense In Manville

Three Township Residents Charged With Gun Offense In Manville

Three township residents – one a juvenile – were arrested Feb. 2 after a loaded handgun was found in a car they were driving in Manville. Rashiene Rochester and Malcolm Allen, both 22, and a juvenile were arrested in the Marketplace at Manville shopping center, according to a release on the incident from the Somerset […]

Robbery At Rutgers Plaza Results In Two Arrests, Including Township Man

Robbery At Rutgers Plaza Results In Two Arrests, Including Township Man

Two men – one a township resident – were charged Feb. 1 in connection with the robbery of a woman outside of Office Depot, in Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue. Police said that Andre Quinn, 22, of Somerset and Bradley St. Clair, 22, of Dunellen, were arrested on Irvington Avenue a short time after the […]

Police Arrest Three Men On Drug-Related Charges In Separate Incidents

Police Arrest Three Men On Drug-Related Charges In Separate Incidents

Three men, including one from the township, were arrested Jan 12 on drug-related charges in separate incidents, according to authorities. All the arrests were as the result of tips to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force. The arrests netted drugs with a combined street value of more than $5,000, according to police. […]

Police Investigating Two Late December Shootings; No Injuries

Police Investigating Two Late December Shootings; No Injuries

Township police detectives are investigating two shootings that occurred within two weeks of each other late last month. No one was reported injured in either of the shootings, which left bullets in two homes. At 4:31 p.m. on Dec. 17, the FTPD received a 9-1-1 call reporting shots fired in the area of Victor Street, police […]