Tip Leads To Arrest Of Township Residents On Drug Charges
A tip to Somerset County authorities led to the June 30 arrest of three township residents and the seizure from them of more than $1,000 in drugs. Jessica Simmonds, 22; Chris Gardner, 24 and Shane Gardner, 23, were arrested as a result of a tip to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics […]
Police Investigating Shooting Death Of Willingboro Man
Township police and county detectives are investigating the shooting death June 30 of a 35-year-old Willingboro man near a Route 27 apartment complex. Police said Francis Vandy was found lying on Hempstead Drive, near the Hempstead Gardens apartment complex, shortly after 8 p.m., dead of an apparent gunshot wound to his head. Detectives are attempting […]
Township Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Of Police Officers
A 27-year-old Somerset man faces 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty June 29 to a number of charges connected to the attempted murder of four township police officers. Archie Ashley pleaded guilty to four counts of 1st Degree Attempted Murder, 1st Degree Disarming a Law Enforcement Officer, 2nd Degree Possession of a Weapon for […]
FR&A Photo Gallery: FHS Graduation 2015
Franklin High School’s Class of 2015 graduated June 26 at the Sun Bank Arena in Trenton, amid all the pomp and ciumstance – and beach balls – you would imagine. The FR&A was there, and here we present some scenes from the day.
Updated Story: Bridgewater Teen To Be Tried As Adult In Homicide Of Somerset Woman
Update: Jason Molina, 16, of Bridgewater, will be tried as an adult in the May stabbing death of a 23-year-old Somerset woman. Superior Court Judge James F. Hyland, sitting in Family Court in New Brunswick, ruled June 19 that Molina may be tried as an adult in the fatal stabbing of Christine Huh in a […]
Police: Highland Park Man, Youth, Charged With Robbing Food Delivery Person
A 31-year-old Highland Park man and an unidentified youth face charges stemming from the alleged June 12 holdup of a food delivery person with a fake handgun. Police said Ernest James of Highland Park and the youth confronted a food delivery person at about 9:37 p.m. on Canterbury Circle. The juvenile, police said, was wearing […]
Township Delegation Raises $3,500 In Law Enforcement Torch Run
About 30 township police officers, dispatchers and fire inspectors took part June 12 in a leg of the 2015 Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics. “This is probably the most we’ve had come out,” said township police Det. Kevin Fitzharris, the township’s organizer for the event. The run is held by law enforcement groups […]
(Updated) Police Have Description Of Man And Vehicle In Bicyclist Hit-And-Run
Update 2: Police now have descriptions of the driver and car involved in the hit-and-run of a Kingston man on his bicycle. Police said they are looking for a white male, about 35 to 40 years old, with short blond hair and a goatee. The man was driving a small, red-over-black pickup truck with a […]
Police Log: June 2 – June 9, 2015
June 2 Fredy Lopez Melo of Plainfield was cited for driving without a license after the car he was driving ran off Canal Road, into a ditch and overturned. Lopez Melo said he overcorrected when he felt his ties leaving the road. § Kelvis Frias of Somerset was cited for careless driving after his car […]
Hamilton Street Shooting Under Investigation; Victim In Stable Condition
[wpgmappity id=”19″] A 19-year-old man is in stable condition after having been shot in his midsection during the evening of June 9. The man was found near Sidney Place and Hamilton Street at about 9:26 p.m., according to a press release on the incident from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police responded to the area […]
