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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Thomas Canales, 38, has been charged with sex and computer crimes in Middlesex County. Photo: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. A 38-year-old township man has been charged with sex crimes and computer theft in two towns. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We …
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Jose Lozado-Rojas. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 22-year-old township resident was convicted of drug-related charges after a 2-day trial in Somerville. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can …
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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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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Isaiah J. Bell was arrested Sept. 14 in a Staten Island, NY apartment. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …
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Township police are seeking the public’s help in locating this woman. Photo: Franklin Township Police. Update: Bertha Dyer has been found in Philadelphia and reunited with her family, police said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent …
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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: Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving …
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Felipe Dasilva. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 45-year-old township man faces charges that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old in June. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only do …
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Veronica Cardozo-Cabrera. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A Perth Amboy woman was arrested Aug. 17 on a charge that she cheated a township business out of more than $89,000. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving …
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A 34-year-old Somerset man was one of eight people in the state indicted Aug. 16 and charged with running a “pill mill” that distributed “tens of thousands” of high-dose pills of oxycodone. Donn Rush was indicted with six other people from Somerset, Middlesex and Burlington counties and a Warren-based doctor in what the state Attorney general’s Office has dubbed “Operation Busted Script.” …
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