Crime News

A 40-year-old township resident who served as a club basketball coach was charged March 25 with endangering the welfare of a minor. The charge against the man, who police said was formerly a coach with the Central Jersey Havoc Basketball Club but left to form his own team, is a Second Degree crime, according to a press release from the …

A 43-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged with the murder of a 60-year-old township man in a North Brunswick motel. North Brunswick police responding to an emergency call for an unresponsive man at noon on March 20 at the Farrington Inn found the Somerset man, who showed signs of physical injury, according to a press release from the Middlesex …

A 20-year-old Texas man was hit with multiple charges March 15 after he allegedly tried to break into an automated teller machine with a truck at an Elizabeth Avenue bank. Police said they received a 9-1-1 call about the attempted theft at about 3:11 a.m. The responding officer tried to top the truck, and the people inside fled, according to …

A 22-year-old California man is awaiting extradition to Somerset County after having been arrested for sexual assault on a minor. The alleged victim, a 14-year-old Somerset County girl, told detectives that she had sexual intercourse with the man on two occasions when he visited her in December 2020, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. According …

Trying to avoid a law enforcement vehicle check resulted ina township man being arrested on weapons and drug charges on February 9, police said. The 29-year-old man allegedly turned out his vehicle’s lights several times and ultimately abandoned his car in an attempt to avoid members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force Street Crimes …

A 25-year-old Somerset man faces multiple gun-related charges after a motor vehicle stop on January 8. Police were conducting a “Quality of Life” investigation along Millstone Road, which included a motor vehicle stop on Spruce Street, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. During the investigation, police found a loaded 9mm Ruger P95 handgun in a …

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in investigating a shooting that occurred in the evening of January 3. This is the second shooting incident in the township in two days. A New Brunswick man was shot to death outside a Cedar Grove Lane hotel on January 1. Township police, responding to a “shots fired” 9-1-1 call at around 8:49 p.m., …

Police are asking for the public’s help in looking for the person who shot a man outside of a township hotel on New Year’s Day. Township police responding to a 9-1-1 call at about 2:31 a.m. at a Cedar Grove Lane hotel January 1 found a New Brunswick man, suffering from a gunshot wound, outside the building, according to a …

Two men have been charged with the November 2 murder of a 34-year-old Franklin Park resident, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 30-year-old Edison man was arrested on December 22 and a 30-year-old Augusta, Ga. man was arrested on December 30, according to the release. The Edison man was arrested in a shopping area …

A 28-year-old Somerset man was among two who were charged in August with the July murder of a township man. The man was arrested on August 25, after a two-month investigation into the shooting death of 27-year-old Raphael Edwards of Village Drive, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police also arrested a 29-year-old New Brunswick …