Crime News

PLANE CRASH ROUTE – A closeup of the left spiral path of a small plane before it crashed in the Six Mile Run on March 30. Air traffic controllers made three attempts in about 35 seconds to contact the pilot of a small plane that crashed in the township last month, but the pilot did not respond, according to a …

FATAL FLIGHT PATH – A close up of the final spiral of a plane piloted by a Lawrenceville man that crashed in a wooded portion of Six Mile Run State Park, off Hilltop Lane. A 61-year-old Lawrenceville man was identified by authorities March 31 as the person who was killed March 30 when the single-engine plane he was piloting crashed …

3/16/25 A Somerset resident was the victim of criminal mischief between 3/15/25 and 3/16/25 in the area of Churchill Avenue. The unknown suspect(s) damaged two of the victim’s vehicles by deflating the driver’s side tires by an unknown means.  There was no approximate value for the damaged tires given. The suspect(s) is unknown, and the investigation is ongoing.  3/17/25 A …

PLANE CRASH INVESTIGATION – First responders gathered along Hilltop Lane March 30 in the investigation of a single-engine plane crash that killed its pilot. A small plane on its way to North Carolina from Princeton crashed in a wooded area off Hilltop Lane March 30, killing a person believed to be the pilot, authorities said. The pilot, who was not identified …

A 34-year-old Somerset man is in custody after he was found with more than 300 videos depicting the sexual abuse or exploitation of a child, police said. The March 7 arrest of the man came after an investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Unit, following a tip passed on by the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes …

Three men were arrested in February and charged with committing house burglaries in Franklin and Hillsborough in late 2024. Arrested were a 42-year-old Bridgewater man, a 35-year-old Manville man, and a 30-year-old Elizabeth man, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The men face a variety of charges, including 2nd Degree Burglary, 2nd Degree Theft, and …

Daniel Matthews. (SCPO) A 45-year-old Brooklyn, NY man faces life in prison after his March 3 conviction for the 2023 murder of a township man. Jurors found Daniel Matthews guilty of 1st Degree Murder, 1st Degree Robbery, 2nd Degree Conspiracy to Disturb Human Remains, 2nd Degree Disturbing Human Remains, and two counts of 3rd Degree Hindering Apprehension after a two-week …

The 26-year-old mother of a 4-year-old boy police say was killed last year in a township hotel has been charged with the child’s murder. The woman, a Linden resident, was arrested on February 24 in Woodbridge, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The woman was charged with 1st Degree Murder and 2nd Degree Endangering the …

CRASH AFTERMATH — Debris from an accident at Starbucks on Cedar Grove Lane. Photo: Jamie Kroponsky-Sternfels. A 74-year-old township woman mistakenly pushed the accelerator rather than the brake on her car, sending the auto into a front window at Starbucks on Cedar Grove Lane on February 21. The woman, who was not identified, was not injured, police said. Police said …

A 36-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested recently on charges that he killed his 4-year-old son in a township hotel in 2024. The man was charged with 1st Degree Murder and 2nd Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police were called to the hotel at about 3:24 p.m. on …