The Franklin Township Police Department led the Township’s annual observance of National Night Out August 1 in the Municipal Complex parking lots. This is the 39th year that National Night Out has been observed in the country. The event got its start in 1984 in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pa. The township’s version included tours of the police headquarters, Touch-a-Truck …
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GRIEVING MOTHER – Najmah Shah, the mother of a 6-year-old township girl killed on a school bus earlier this month, speaks to the Board of Education at its July 27 meeting. The mother of a 6-year-old girl killed on a school bus earlier this month had two questions for the Board of Education at its July 27 meeting. Najmah Nash …
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TRAGIC LOSS – The family of 6-year-old Fajr Atiya Williams is asking for the community’s help in meeting funeral and other expenses. (Photo: GoFundMe.) The family of the 6-year-old disabled girl who was killed July 17 on a Montauk school bus has created a GoFundMe account to help with funeral and other costs. Najmah Nash, the child’s mother, created the …
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Updates: The New Brunswick woman charged in the death of Fajr Atiya Williams was released on July 25 after her detention hearing. Superior Court Judge Christopher Edwards ordered the woman released with the conditions that she have no contact with children or with the girl’s parents. Montauk president John Mensch issued the following statement on the incident: “We at Montauk …
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07/02/2023 A 34-year-old Newark man was arrested by the New Jersey State Police for an outstanding warrant out of our jurisdiction. The FTPD took custody of the defendant and transported him to Somerset County Jail after processing. A Fredericksburg, VA resident was the victim of a burglary during the overnight hours at a local hotel. The unknown suspect(s) smashed the …
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A 68-year-old North Brunswick resident died on June 26 as a result of an accident earlier that day at Route 27 and Bennington Parkway. Franklin Township Police received a 9-1-1 call about that accident at about 11:22 a.m., according to a press release from the department. Responding officers found a 2016 Toyota Corolla had crashed into a utility pole. Police …
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GRIFF SENTENCED – Matthew Rennie and Ranait Griff, left to right. Griff was recently sentenced on a charge of Failure to Report Child Abuse. (Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.) A former Rutgers Preparatory School coach who admitted failing to report the abuse of a Rutgers Prep student by another coach was sentenced on June 22 to probation and barred from …
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KILLED IN CRASH – Former Franklin High School track standout Mario Heslop, seen here competing in the 2019 Tournament of Champions meet at the high school, was killed June 19 in a car accident that is still under investigation. Mario Heslop, a 2019 Franklin High School graduate and track star, was killed June 19 in a three-car accident on Hamilton …
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A 39-year-old township man has been charged with attempted murder after police said he fired a gun at another driver in a road rage incident on Easton Avenue. At about 4:50 p.m. May 5, a township resident was driving on Easton, near the Route 287 intersection, when the defendant tried to merge into the other driver’s lane, according to a …
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Three juveniles – two from Franklin and one from New Brunswick – have been charged in connection with the May 11 murder of a North Brunswick cabbie in the township. A township 14-year-old and 13-year-old and New Brunswick 13-year-old were charged on May 12 and were transported to the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center in North Brunswick to await a …
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