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Updated Story: Bridgewater Teen To Be Tried As Adult In Homicide Of Somerset Woman

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

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

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

(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

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

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 […]

Police: Ambrose Street Residents Assaulted, Robbed During Home Invasion

Police: Ambrose Street Residents Assaulted, Robbed During Home Invasion

Four Ambrose Street residents were assaulted and robbed in their home June 1 by a trio of men brandishing weapons, police said. The residents, who were not identified, told police that they were pistol-whipped by three men who forced themselves into the home. The victims told police that their assailants were brandishing two handguns and […]

Updated: Funeral For State Trooper Killed In Car Crash Set For St. Matthias Church

Updated: Funeral For State Trooper Killed In Car Crash Set For St. Matthias Church

Update: JFK Boulevard will be closed to all but funeral traffic during parts of June 3 and 4, according to township police: On June 3, the road will be closed between New Brunswick Road and Hamilton Street from 1-9 p.m. On June 4, the road will be closed in the same area from 7 a.m. […]

Township Detectives Receive Valor Awards From SomCo 200 Club

Township Detectives Receive Valor Awards From SomCo 200 Club

Six township police detectives were among the local and state police honored with 2015 Valor Awards May 20 by the 200 Club of Somerset County. The program, now in its 42 year, seeks to honor first responders for their service in the p[revious year, and awards scholarships to the children of active Somerset County law enforcement […]

Police: Missing Woman Found Dead In Car In Rutgers Plaza

Police: Missing Woman Found Dead In Car In Rutgers Plaza

A 78-year-old woman suffering from dementia was found dead in her car in the Rutgers Plaza parking lot May 7, police said. A Silver Alert had earlier that day been issued for the woman, Anita Cupo, who was last seen in South Bound Brook. Township Police Sgt. Philip Rizzo said in an email that police […]