A 68-year-old Franklin Park man was reported in critical condition Oct. 22 after he was involved in an auto accident on Hamilton Street. Police said the man, who was not identified, was driving a 2001 Ford Expedition along Hamiton Street, near Sydney Place at around 11:53 a.m. when he apparently suffered a medical emergency. The car left the road and …
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Three Somerset residents were arrested Oct. 11 and charged with robbing a man on Townsend Court. Ibrahim Sesay, 22; Jovano A. Clarke, 22 and Maahya S. Walker, 20, were arrested following a motor vehicle stop at Beekman Road and Route 27, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. …
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Five people were injured – and two had to be extracted – in a late-night automobile accident Oct. 1 on Route 27. Police said that shortly before 10 p.m., Miguel Salazar-Maediola, 30, of Fort Lee, was driving a 2002 GMC Denali north on Rt. 27 when he attempted to make a left turn onto Village Drive. The Denali was stuck by a 2003 GMC …
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A 26-year-old township man was among two who admitted their roles in a “pay to stay” scheme unraveled by a federal sting. Harpreet Sachdeva, 26, of Somerset, and Sanjeev Sukhija, 35, of North Brunswick, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to separate informations charging them each with one count of conspiracy to commit …
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A 38-year-old township man has been charged with sex crimes and computer theft in two towns. Thomas Canales was arrested at his home on Sept. 1 during an investigation by Detective Bill Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department, Detective Dominick DeCarlo of the Edison Police Department and Detective Mark Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, according to a …
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A 22-year-old township resident was convicted of drug-related charges after a 2-day trial in Somerville. Jose Lozada-Rojas was found guilty of 2nd Degree Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance after trial in state Superior Court, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. According to police, Lozada-Rojas on July 16, 2015 met with an undercover detective in the …
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Police are investigating a suspected suicide near a strip shopping center on Easton Avenue. At 10:11 p.m., police received a call of an unresponsive man in a parked car in the parking lot of 1830 Easton Ave., according to a press release from township police. Police found a 30-year-old man locked in the car, unconscious and unresponsive. Police said that …
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Update 3: Isaiah “Ike” J. Bell was arrested the morning of Sept. 14 in a Staten Island, NY apartment, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Somerset County detectives, along with detectives from New York City’s 120th Precinct and detectives from the Staten Island Warrant Squad, arrested Bell without incident at about 9:45 a.m. Bell was …
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Update: Bertha Dyer has been found in Philadelphia and reunited with her family, police said. “I would like to thank of the agencies involved for their tireless efforts in this case,” township Chief of Police Lawrence Roberts said in a release. “I am thankful that Ms. Dyer was found safely and reunited with her family.” Original Story: Township police are …
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Update: A GoFundMe campaign has been created to help the family. Donations can be made by clicking here. Superintendent of Schools John Ravally has issued the following statement: “On behalf of the Franklin Township Board of Education and the entire school community, our deepest condolences are extended to the Russoniello family. We will continue to offer whatever support we can …
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