Crime News

Franklin High School’s Class of 2015 graduated June 26 at the Sun Bank Arena in Trenton, amid all the pomp and ciumstance – and beach balls – you would imagine. The FR&A was there, and here we present some scenes from the day.    

Update: Jason Molina, 16, of Bridgewater, will be tried as an adult in the May stabbing death of a 23-year-old Somerset woman. Superior Court Judge James F. Hyland, sitting in Family Court in New Brunswick, ruled June 19 that Molina may be tried as an adult in the fatal stabbing of Christine Huh in a New Brunswick apartment. Molina was …

A 31-year-old Highland Park man and an unidentified youth face charges stemming from the alleged June 12 holdup of a food delivery person with a fake handgun. Police said Ernest James of Highland Park and the youth confronted a food delivery person at about 9:37 p.m. on Canterbury Circle. The juvenile, police said, was wearing a mask and carrying what …

Update 2: Police now have descriptions of the driver and car involved in the hit-and-run of a Kingston man on his bicycle. Police said they are looking for a white male, about 35 to 40 years old, with short blond hair and a goatee. The man was driving a small, red-over-black pickup truck with a Chevrolet emblem on the tailgate. …

[wpgmappity id=”19″] A 19-year-old man is in stable condition after having been shot in his midsection during the evening of June 9. The man was found near Sidney Place and Hamilton Street at about 9:26 p.m., according to a press release on the incident from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police responded to the area on a report of shots …

Four Ambrose Street residents were assaulted and robbed in their home June 1 by a trio of men brandishing weapons, police said. The residents, who were not identified, told police that they were pistol-whipped by three men who forced themselves into the home. The victims told police that their assailants were brandishing two handguns and one shotgun. The men said …

A 78-year-old woman suffering from dementia was found dead in her car in the Rutgers Plaza parking lot May 7, police said. A Silver Alert had earlier that day been issued for the woman, Anita Cupo, who was last seen in South Bound Brook. Township Police Sgt. Philip Rizzo said in an email that police received a 9-1-1 call stating …

Updated: On May 8, Fennes pleaded not guilty to the charges in state superior Court, Somerville. Fennes remains in custody in the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, in lieu of $100,000 bail. Original Story: A former 1st Grade teacher at Cedar Hill Preparatory School on Cedar Grove Lane faces charges that he sexually assaulted one of his former students. Jason Fennes, …

A 37-year-old Somerset resident was killed early in the morning of May 5 when his vehicle apparently left the road and crashed into the Delaware River, according to New York State Police. State troopers reported that Stephen J. Maikisch, III, was found dead in his 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The release said that troopers based in Deposit, NY responded to a 5:38 …

Update: The man killed in the collapse has been identified as Selvin Antulio Lopez-Castillo of Plainfield. Police said OSHA has determined that the workers “failed to meet proper trench safety requirements and a lack of shoring,” and a stop-work order has been issued until the investigation is complete. A contractor working on a new house on Neuville Drive died May …