Township Police Chief Lawrence Roberts asked for the public’s help in further cutting the township’s crime rate. Major crime in the township is on the decline, state police statistics show. Still, the statistics show, the township’s crime rate remains among the highest in Somerset County. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
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Maria Ducos, Officer Deyo Swartz, Maria Santiago and Officer Nicholas Gambino (left to right) meet on Spruce Street on April 17. To the rest of the world, they’re police officers, but to Maria Ducos, they’re more than that. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …
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One man was suffered smoke inhalation April 17 in an early-morning fire in a Reler Lane apartment. The unidentified 35-year-old man was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for treatment, 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 …
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Three adults and a child were injured April 11 in a house fire on Willow Avenue. Photo: Franklin Township Police Department. Three adults and one child were treated for smoke inhalation April 11 after a fire broke out in a Willow Avenue home. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …
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A township man who is a deportation officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been charged with harboring an illegal alien and making false statements to authorities. Arnaldo Echevarria, 37, was scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court the afternoon of April 9. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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Paul Monteiro. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office A 29-year-old Rhode Island man remains in the Somerset County Jail two days after he was arrested in a township motel with a 14-year-old girl who had been reported missing. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …
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Jahmmel Cephas of Franklin Park was arrested March 20 in Georgia for the murder of a Perth Amboy man. Photo: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. A 32-year-old township man wanted for the murder of a Perth Amboy resident was arrested March 20 in Georgia, authorities said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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A 19-year-old Somerset teen was shot in the leg March 16 after a group of three men opened fire on him and nine others near Naaman Williams Park on Matilda Avenue, police said. Police are not releasing the identity of the victim, who was shot in the back left thigh at about 7:20 p.m. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …
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Update: The victim has been identified as 60-year-old David J. Haynes of Princeton Junction, police said. Original story: The driver of an SUV was killed March 16 when their SUV crashed into a tree on Canal Road, police said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …
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