Crime News

A Nov. 8 fire at a township business which was caused by pressurized gas was quickly extinguished by township firefighters. A release from township police said that police were notified of a fire alarm at 2:31 p.m. at Veeco on Elizabeth Avenue. The information was that there was a chemical fire in building, according to the release. The fire was …

A morning fire in a Route 27 auto repair shop has closed part of the state highway and sent the shop’s owner to the hospital. The 68-year-old owner of Classic Motors, Franklin Park – who police did not name – was taken to an area hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, police said. Police said the fire started at about …

A six-vehicle crash on Oct. 29 closed part of Easton Avenue for two hours and sent one person to the hospital, police said. The crash,which happened during the morning rush hour, involved a tractor-trailer, police said. Police received numerous calls about the crash at about 7:19 a.m., according to a press release about the incident. Arriving officers shut down Easton Ave. between …

Packages left on stoops and porches were stolen from a number of homes in the township on Oct. 21 and 22. On Oct. 21, An Amethyst Way resident reported that a package containing goods worth $195 was stolen from their front door. In the package were a pair of boots valued at $40, a pair of shoes valued at $50, …

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 …