Crime News

Two Somerset men remain incarcerated at the Middlesex County Jail, New Brunswick, on robbery charges stemming from an alleged Jan. 4 home invasion. The two were among three men arrested as they allegedly fled from the scene, police said. Juan K. Dunlap, 31 and Rick R. Barley, 54, were charged with Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Possession of a …

The two brothers accused of murdering a 28-year-old New Brunswick resident have been arrested, police said. Police said that Zaire Cromedy, 21, of Langley Place, New Brunswick surrendered to detectives at the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office in Somerville at about 5 p.m. His brother, Antwan Cromedy, 28, of Vosseller Avenue, Bound Brook, was arrested at his home at about 12:10 …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0mA7CkG4Cc The 28-year-old New Brunswick man killed Dec. 29 at a Somerset Street barber shop was an up-and-coming rapper known as E-9. Eric Andrews Jr. – who also went by the name E’An – was shot shortly before 6 p.m., police said. Police discovered his body outside the Nu Trendz Hair Studio, 563 Somerset St., after responding to a 911 …

A 49-year-old New Brunswick man was killed Dec. 28 in a head-on car accident that shut down Franklin Boulevard for four hours. Police said Mark Byrd was unresponsive when they arrived at the scene of the accident shortly after 5 p.m. Byrd’s car, a 1997 Mitsubishi Galant, had collided with a 2006 Toyota Sienna driven by Tracey Araque, 45, of …

[wpgmappity id=”9″]   A 63-year-old Somerset man was killed Dec. 23 when he was struck by a car while crossing Route 27, police said. Tajudeen Basha was crossing the street, near Holland Drive, at about 8:30 p.m. when he was struck by a car driven by Jean Ambrose, 81, also of Somerset, police said. Police said Basha was unconscious and …

A 25-year-old Somerset woman was arrested Dec. 12 after police said she accepted delivery of a package containing more than $72,000 worth of marijuana. Police said Latoya Drew of Hamilton Street accepted the package, delivered by a United States Postal Service Inspector, at about 11:30 a.m. Authorities had established surveillance on Drew’s home after receiving a tip that an unknown …

A 58-year-old Somerset man was indicted Dec. 13 by a Somerset County Grand Jury on a charge that he stole more than $85,000 from the Federation of Gujarati Associations in North America. Girishcha Patel was arrested on Sept. 21 and charged with 2nd-Degree theft, according to an October 22 release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police said Patel was …

The wintry weather of Dec. 8 caused 17 traffic accidents in the township, according to township police spokesman Sgt. Phil Rizzo. Here’s a sampling: Shirley Thomas of Somerset told police that she was driving on Veronica Avenue when she lost control of her car on the slippery road and hit a tree. Police said Thomas was driving too fast for …

The township Police Department recently received a $4,400 grant to aid in its participation in this year’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” anti-drunk driving campaign. The department was one of 144 in the state to receive the grants for the program, which runs from Dec. 6 through Jan. 2, 2014. The grants come from the state Attorney General’s Office …

A Village Drive resident reported Nov. 29 that someone broke into their storage unit and stole and broke Christmas items. The resident told police the burglary happened sometime during November. The storage unit is located in the building’s laundry room, police said. Stolen were a Thomas Kincaid train set, valued at $1,000, and an artificial Christmas tree valued at $100. …