An 11-year-old Martin Street resident sustained cuts to his face and an injury to one leg after he was hit Oct. 16 while waiting for his school bus. Police said the boy was waiting for his bus on Norma Avenue when he tried to cross the street. As he did so, he said, he was struck by a car. The …
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A 19-year-old township resident who suffered stab wounds in an Oct. 13 altercation with a New Brunswick teenager has been charged in the youth’s murder. Dequan S. Rogers of Alcorne Street was charged Oct. 14 with 1st Degree Murder, 2nd Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. Bail was set by the Superior Court Judge Yolanda Ciccone at $500,000, cash …
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A 19-year-old township resident who suffered stab wounds in an Oct. 13 altercation with a New Brunswick teenager has been charged in the youth’s murder. Dequan S. Rogers of Alcorne Street was charged Oct. 14 with 1st Degree Murder, 2nd Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. Bail was set by the Superior Court …
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(Editor’s Note: Charges against Subramanian were dropped by Virginia authorities.) A Somerset man wanted in Virginia on charges that he and his girlfriend kidnapped and terrorized a man was arrested Oct. 3 by Somerset County Sheriff’s Officers. Pramod Subramanian, 29, was arrested on Emerson Road without incident, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office. According to a report published …
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Gregory Lane was the scene of an attempted and a successful thft of car wheels on Oct. 5. One resident reported that she felt something was not right with her car as she was backing it out of her parking spot. The victim said she checked to see what was wrong, and noticed that her two front wheele were missing …
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More than $5,000 in jewelry and electronics was stolen Oct. 3 from a Gallop lane home, police said. Police said the victim reported the burglary took place between 6:30 a.m. and 2:10 p.m. Stolen were various rings, watches, earrings and a bracelet valued at $3,000, two laptop computers, valud at $1,100 each and a Nintendo WII game console valued at …
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An 18-year-old township resident has been arrested for the Sept. 27 shooting of a man on Hamilton Street, police said. Lorenzo Hill of Stothoff Street was arrested on Sept. 29, police said. Hill has been charged with 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault, 2nd Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. After hearing shots …
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A 29-year-old township woman escaped with non-life threatening injuries Sept. 23 after she was hit by two different autos on Route 27. Police said Kernita A. Caines was crossing Rt. 27 just north of Reler Lane when she was hit by a 2008 Acura MDX driven by Sam John, 33, of North Brunswick. The impact knocked Caines into the northbound lane of …
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A 29-year-old Manville man and his 7-year-old son drowned early in the morning of Sept.. 21 when the car in which they were riding plunged into the Delaware & Raritan Canal, police said. Police said Jorge Luis Florez-Martinez was driving a 2006 Avalanche SUV along Weston Canal Road at about 2:55 a.m. when he failed to make a turn, struck …
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A pregnant Somerset woman was driving from her baby shower Sept. 16 when a balloon from the shower blocked her view of the road, causing her car to hit a tree, flip and trap her, police said. Police said Sushma Vemulapalli, 28, was driving down Pierce Street in the early evening when the balloon floated to the front of the car …
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