Crime News

A number of catalytic converters were stolen from township residents’ cars during mid-February, Franklin Township Police said. The bulk of the thefts were reported on February 14, according to police. The thefts reported are as follows: February 14 A Somerset resident was the victim of a catalytic converter theft during the early morning hours in the area of Hillcrest Ave. …

A 53-year-old township woman was scammed out of more than $300,000 late last year in what police call a cryptocurrency scam. The woman, whose name was redacted from a copy of the Incident Report obtained by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate through an Open Public Records Act request, told township police that she lost the money on four occasions in …

A South Brunswick man used a cab as his getaway car after allegedly robbing a Route 27 bank branch on February 9, police said on February 13. The 46-year-old man allegedly received an unspecified amount of cash from a bank teller after passing the teller a note demanding $5,000, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. …

MURDER MOTIVE IS REVEALED – David Curtis, the man who police say killed his former PSE&G supervisor on February 8, died by suicide in this car parked in a Bridgewater commuter lot. “Disciplinary action” led to the February 8 fatal shooting of a PSE&G supervisor by a man who formerly was his subordinate, authorities said on February 10. The assailant, …

A 77-year-old township man was injured February 10 when his car drove into an apartment building on Ari Drive, police said. Police received a 9-1-1 call about the accident at about 10:16 a.m., according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Callers said there was an odor of gas around the building. The driver was taken to …

Police said a Milford man was shot and killed in the PSEG parking lot on Weston Canal Road the morning of February 8. A 51-year-old PSE&G employee was killed February 8 outside his car in the facility’s Weston Canal Road parking lot by a man who police said later took his own life in Bridgewater. Police said that Russell D. …

A 27-year-old Henry Street man was charged with sexual assault on January 25, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The Prosecutor’s Office’s press release offered no indication as to why the arrest’s announcement was delayed by nearly two weeks. The alleged assault took place on June 19-20, 2022, according to the release. The victim told police that she had …

Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather speaking at the January 24 Township Council meeting. The death of a 29-year-old Memphis man, allegedly by five Memphis police officers, has “hurt us all,” Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather said in a statement released on January 27. In the lengthy statement, Maeweather expresses condolences for Tyre Nichols’ family and details …

So-called “porch pirates” – people who steal delivered packages from people’s porches – were busy in the township during the waning days of 2022, police said. Here are the reported cases, furnished by the Franklin Township Police Department: December 19 A Township resident was the victim of a package theft during the afternoon hours in the area of Sunflower Rd. …

There were a rash of car thefts and burglaries to autos in the township during the last two weeks of the year, according to police. Here are the incidents, as reported by police: December 18 A township resident’s vehicle was stolen while it was left running outside of an auto business on Somerset St. during the afternoon hours. Two black …