Township police are investigating a gunfire report on Franklin Boulevard. Police received a call about gunfire on Franklin Boulevard between Matilda and Baier avenues at around 1:15 a.m. September 1. Responding police reported that “evidence” of several gunshot rounds was found at the scene. There were no reported injuries, police said. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to …
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A 31-year-old Bound Brook man suffered a serious head injury August 15 after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on the Manville Causeway, near Weston Canal Road. Police said they received a 9-1-1 call about the crash at 7:36 p.m. Responding officers from the Franklin Township, Manville, and South Bound Brook police departments, and the Somerset County …
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CRASH AFTERMATH – The remains of a 2007 Audi Q7 after it was involved in an early morning crash on August 27 on Route 27/Somerset Street. A former Edison police officer was sentenced August 14 to two concurrent 15-year prison terms for a 2023 crash on Somerset Street which killed two people, including a township man. Township resident Amitoj Oberoi …
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Yahmir Brown. A 19-year-old township man has been sentenced to five years in state prison for a November 2022 assault, officials said. Yahmir Brown was sentenced on July 1 for 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Brown was found guilty of the charge on May 10, following a week-long trial, according …
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Four township residents reported in May that their cars’ catalytic converters had been stolen. Township police released the information on July 24. Sometime between May 22 and May 23, someone cut the catalytic converter from a car parked in the area of Victor Street. The converter’s value was estimated at $2,300. Also between May 22 and May 23, the catalytic …
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(Note: Police released this information on July 24.) 05/19/2024 Franklin Township Police received a complaint of a male shooting a crossbow in a parking lot in the area of Jacques Lane. Officers responded to the area, contacted the involved party and advised him of the dangers of shooting a crossbow in that area. The male understood the concerns raised and …
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There were no reported injuries during a July 10 fire in a commercial building on Schoolhouse Road, police reported. Police responded to the fire at about 5:08 p.m. after receiving many calls about the blaze, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. No one was reported inside the building during the fire, and no injuries were …
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DEADLY CRASH AFTERMATH – The mangled remains of a car in which two people were killed after a crash on Route 27 on August 27, 2023 sits where it came to rest in front of the R&J Glamour Salon. (File photo.) A 30-year-old Somerset man faces up to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty June 18 to two …
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A township resident told police on May 3 that they had been swindled out of more than $107,000. The person told police that they met the suspect, possibly an Asian woman, on a dating website. The suspect presented herself a a Bitcoin investor, police said, and was able to convince the township resident to send multiple deposits totaling $107,700 to …
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Police have identified the victim of a June 1 motorcycle accident as a 43-year-old Franklin resident. The man was identified as Derrell Montgomery, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Police received a call about the crash, at Easton Avenue and DeMott Lane, at 12:17 a.m., according to the release. Montgomery was pronounced dead at 1:01 …
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