Crime

The township Police Department has not yet finished its research into whether it would be feasible to equip officers with body worn cameras. Police Chief Lawrence Roberts has said he is taking a slow approach to the program, mainly to make sure it’s financially feasible, in light of the “back end” costs associated with such a program.

Jan. 3 Someone removed a porcelain horse from the living room of a Bob Franks Way resident. The statue was valued at $100. Jan. 6

Dec. 27 Mohammad Emad of Somerset was cited for driving an unregistered vehicle after he was involved in a collision at Easton Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Emad said he was traveling through the intersection when his car collided with one driven by Carol Parker of Somerset. Parker said she had the green light. Jeffrey Wells of Plainsboro was …

A 19-year-old township man has been charged with the Jan. 4 attempted burglary of a Cheshire Court home. Edward A. Rowe Jr. was charged with 3rd Degree Attempted Burglary and Criminal Mischief, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

Update: A 31-year-old man was injured in a shooting on Dewald Avenue the evening of Jan. 3, according to teh Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The man, who was not identified, was found outside a Dewald Ave home with a non-life-threatening gunshot to one leg, according to a press release from the prosecutor.

Dec. 20 Conrado Yson of Monmouth Junction was cited for careless driving after he was involved in an auto accident that resulted in his car striking a bank on Route 27.  Yson’s car was leaving the parking lot of the Kendall Park Post Office, turning left on Rt. 27, when it struck a car driven by Mike Komaromi of North …

A two-car Christmas Day crash on Route 27 sent four people – including two children – to an area hospital, police said. Police said that shortly after 4 p.m., a 2009 Honda Civic driven by Jennifer Peralta, 30, of New Brunswick, collided with a Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by Tracy Gaines, 54, of Somerset, at the intersection of Henry Street.

Dec. 12 Xbox accessories valued at $710 were stolen from a Skipton Place home. Stolen were an Xbox One, valued at $450; two Xbox One controllers, valued at $50 each; an Xbox video game, valued at $50, and a pair of virtual reality goggles valued at $100. Dec. 15

Dec. 8 Someone stole a Goodyear tire valued at $300 from a People’s Line Road home. A 2006 Honda Accord parked off Easton Avenue was burglarized. Four men “dined and dashed” at the Somerset Diner, Easton Avenue. The men skipped on a $42 tab. A Reler Lane resident told police that early in the morning, she heard someone jiggling the …