Crime News

Approximately $3,200 in jewelry was stolen from a resident of The Park at Franklin apartments in one of two break-ins on April 5, police said. Both apartments in the John F. Kennedy Boulevard complex were entered by someone forcing open the front doors, Franklin Township Police spokesman Lt. Phil Rizzo said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …

New Jersey’s Attorney General Grubir S. Grewal. Photo:Office of Attorney General / Tim Larsen. Franklin Township and three other Somerset County towns reported one bias incident each in 2016, according to a report released by the state Attorney General’s Office. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

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A 17-year-old township youth faces weapon and narcotics charges after he was found with a loaded handgun and drug paraphernalia in Franklin Middle school. The youth was part of the school district’s “Road to Success” alternative high school program, which is run out of the middle school. The program is geared to help those students having difficulty in high school …

Township Clerk Ann Marie McCarthy returned to work on March 9 after the Somerset County Prosecutor dropped insurance fraud and theft by deception charges against her. (File photo). Township Clerk Ann Marie McCarthy returned to her job March 9 after the Somerset County Prosecutor dropped insurance fraud charges against her. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

Police were called to Franklin Middle School on March 6 after a bullet was found by a student in the school’s gym. The discovery by a Franklin Middle School student of a bullet in the school gym March 6 led to a lock down and search by township police. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

Questions remain unanswered in the Feb. 23 arrest in Franklin High School of a 17-year-old township youth who was allegedly found with a loaded gun in school. According to a Feb. 27 press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, the youth was found to have a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in his backpack. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …

Township resident Kent Kollmer was arrested Feb. 23 on charges related to child pornography. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 70-year-old township man and retired math teacher has been released from Somerset County Jail following his Feb. 23 arrest on child pornography related charges. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

Authorities are investigating information received by township police Feb. 23 which prompted an increased police presence at Franklin High School. The matter is the subject of an “ongoing juvenile investigation” by the FTPD and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office detectives, SCPO spokesman Jack Bennett said in an email. “No additional information to be released at this time.” Don’t Miss Out! No …

A wrecker pulls a car abandoned behind a Marcy Street home Jan. 27. Two men were arrested and a third is still at large in connection with a Jan. 27 incident that began with a robbery in Green Brook and ended with an attempted carjacking and an abandoned getaway vehicle in the township. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …