Several car break-ins over the weekend have prompted renewed calls by township police for residents to lock their cars. A message sent out by the township on Aug. 11 noted that township and area police departments have seen an up-tick in car burglaries over the past several weeks. “In the majority of these cases the vehicles were left unsecured by …

A 21-year-old Somerset man remains in custody in Somerset County Jail, Somerville, after he was arrested on drug-related charges. Tobias G. Vestal of Townsend Court was charged with 3rd Degree Possession of a CDS with Intent to Distribute and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a Disorderly Persons offense, after police said they found 4 ounces of marijuana in his pockets. Vestal was placed …

Four township residents reported July 28 that their unlocked cars had been ransacked and, in two cases, documents stolen, police said. Residents of Dina Lane, Holland Drive, Brook Street and Coventry Lane told police that someone entered their cars and ransacked the interiors. The Coventry lane resident told police that the person stole her car insurance card, while the Brook …

More than $23,000 in items were stolen from a Delar Parkway homeowner, police said. Police said the victim, who was not identified, reported on July 27 that the items were stolen from their home sometime between July 23 and July 26. Among the items stolen was a Spectro photo meter valued at $10,000, copper piping valued at $5,000, a gold …

An employee at the Franklin Park Car Wash on Route 27 lost part of a finger July 26 while cleaning a car, police said. Police said the 38-year-old employee, who was not identified, was cleaning the left front wheel rim on a 2005 Hyundai XG3 when his left middle finger got caught in the rim. Township officer Greg Wilson said the man’s finger …

A township doctor’s medical license has been revoked over charges that he prescribed “narcotic painkillers that put his patients at risk of addiction, and of continuing to prescribe increasing dosages to patients despite clear evidence that they were abusing drugs,” according to a release from the state Attorney General’s Office. Dr. Ali G. Mansour, who has an office on DeMott Lane, …

Township police are investigating the armed robbery of a cab driver on Hempstead Drive. Police Sgt. Philip Rizzo said that just after midnight on July 18, police received a call from a cabby who said he’d been robbed. The cab driver, who was not identified by police, said that he drove three young males to a Hempstead Drive address. When …

A 74-year-old Somerset man was killed early July 14 when his car crashed into a tree on Route 518, police said. Police said Augustus Browne was traveling west on Rt. 518 when his car crossed the center line, left the road and hit a tree head-on. Police received a 9-1-1 call about the accident at approximately 4:47 a.m., according to …

The Good Fortune Supermarket on Route 27 remained closed July 8 after an electrical cord coming in contact with a lobster tank sparked an early morning fire. When township Officer Patrick Clyne responded to a fire alarm call at the supermarket at about 4:46 a.m., he saw heavy smoke coming through the store’s front doors, he reported. Franklin Park Fire …

A Somerset veterinary clinic helped police capture two people now charged with the theft of a township resident’s pet dog, as well as jewelry and electronics. Charly J. Garcia, 20, and Michele Andrade, 19, both of New Brunswick, face multiple charges for the alleged theft of “Pepper,” a Schnauzer/Poodle mix, from her Hunt Road home on June 24, according to a press …