Crime News

More than $10,000 in cash and jewelry was stolen from a Holland Drive home on Oct. 13. Police said the home’s owner told them he left at 8 a.m. and returned at 7:30 p.m. to find the items missing. Taken were $5,000 in cash, $5,000 in jewelry, a Yoga laptop computer valued at $900, an XBOX 360 value at $150, …

[wpgmappity id=”20″] Township police are looking for five men who assaulted an Eden Street resident after stealing his two recreational vehicles. Searches for the men on Oct. 10 and 11 by township police and the State Police Aviation Bureau were unsuccessful. The 19-year-old victim, whom police did not identify, reported on Oct. 10 that the two vehicles, a 2007 Yamaha all-terrain vehicle …

Three people – including a township woman – face drug-related charges after a package delivered to a township home was found to contain about $500,000 worth of cocaine. One of the defendants also faces eluding charges after he allegedly led police on a short car chase, ending after a prosecutor’s office vehicle was struck on Park Street. Jessica Rodgriguez, 25, …

Sept. 22 Jeffrey Corcoran of Helmetta was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one driven by Kevin Wyre of Plainfield on Route 27.  Corcoran said Wyre stopped suddenly, and he could not stop in time. Wyre said he had stopped for a pedestrian. Sept. 23 A Lenovo laptop computer valued at $500 and head phones valued at $100 were …

A township man who in July pleaded guilty to several gun- and theft-related charges was sentenced Sept. 4 to five years in state prison. Police said Dylan Nguyen pled guilty to charges of 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, 4th Degree Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine, 4th Degree Possession of Hollow Point Bullets and 3rd Degree Theft by …

A Hillsborough woman and two New Brunswick residents arrested Sept. 25 near Van Cleef Road face several drug- and gun-related charges, police said. Dynesha Jackson, 22, of Hillsborough and Adrienne Woodard, 22 and Lashawn Boyd, 19, both of New Brunswick, were charged after the car in which they were riding was stopped near Van Cleef Road by detectives from the …

County health officials are warning residents to be cautious after a rabid raccoon was found in the township. The raccoon was captured on Sept. 19 in the area of Hamilton Street/Amwell Road, according to a press release from the Somerset County Department of Health. The raccoon, which appeared to be sick, had come in contact with a dog in that area, according …

Update: Township fire officials cannot state a cause for the fire, but say that it is not suspicious, according to township police Sgt. Philip Rizzo. Rizzo said that it is possible a lit candle was left unattended, but, he said, the homeowner believes that they were all extinguished before they left. Original Story: Township fire officials are investigating a Sept. …

An Andover man was cited for careless driving Sept. 16 after the truck he was driving pulled down some power wires and a utility pole on Clyde Road. The accident sparked a fire and caused scattered power outages in the area. Police said Kevin Miller was driving a 2005 Peterbuilt truck, hauling a roll-off Dumpster, on Clyde Rd. when an …

Three fire fighters and one employee were injured Sept. 9 in a multi-alarm electrical fire that left Huntingdon Life Sciences on Mettlers Road in Somerset temporarily condemned. Two fire fighters suffered heat exhaustion and one fire fighter suffered a head and neck injury when a portion of a ceiling fell on him, according to a press release on the fire …