Crime News

Two Princeton residents face gun charges after their June 20 arrests at a Route 27 apartment complex. Kelly Ambrose, 31 and Elizabeth DeFrank, 48, were each charged with two counts of 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

N.J. State Police Lt. David Yusko, bomb commander for the State Police Bomb Squad, left, and two township police officers examine a mortar shell brought to police headquarters on June 20. A 70-mm mortar shell that could date back to as long ago as World War I was taken for disposal June 20 from the front of police headquarters by …

Brandon Cox Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office A South Brunswick man was arrested on June 17 on charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a township girl over a 13-month period. 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 are the only truly independent …

The 71-year-old township resident who suffered serious head injuries June 17 after she was struck by a car while riding her bike has died, police said. Police said Judith Schrope died later in the day. She was riding her bicycle on Weston Road when she was hit, police said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

A former township woman has been convicted on multiple charges in connection with a 2012 attack on her then-husband that left the man permanently scarred, and partially deaf and blind. Mauvette D. Mattadeen, 43, was found guilty of 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault and 3rd Degree Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes after a two-week trial in Superior Court, Somerville, according to …

Police are investigating the June 7 theft of a donation jar that held about $400 earmarked for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Police were called at about 1:30 p.m. to the K-Mart in Rutgers Plaza, Easton Avenue, where they were told that a man described as being white and wearing a blue shirt and tan shorts stole a plastic jar …

Jerrold May. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. An 18-year-old Piscataway man who police said robbed a township woman’s purse, then later showed up at her house and stole her car by crashing it through her garage, has been arrested. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

A 55-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged in connection with a theft from a Hamilton Street dry cleaner, police said. Clarence Davis was charged with 3rd Degree Theft, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

Winston Wilson of Linden was indicted for attempted murder, among other charges. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 24-year-old Linden man arrested last month for brutally beating and stabbing a township woman was indicted May 29 on several counts, including attempted murder. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …

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