Crime

A 77-year-old township man was injured February 10 when his car drove into an apartment building on Ari Drive, police said. Police received a 9-1-1 call about the accident at about 10:16 a.m., according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Callers said there was an odor of gas around the building. The driver was taken to …

Police said a Milford man was shot and killed in the PSEG parking lot on Weston Canal Road the morning of February 8. A 51-year-old PSE&G employee was killed February 8 outside his car in the facility’s Weston Canal Road parking lot by a man who police said later took his own life in Bridgewater. Police said that Russell D. …

A 27-year-old Henry Street man was charged with sexual assault on January 25, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The Prosecutor’s Office’s press release offered no indication as to why the arrest’s announcement was delayed by nearly two weeks. The alleged assault took place on June 19-20, 2022, according to the release. The victim told police that she had …

A number of auto owners reported that their cars’ catalytic converters were stolen between January 22 and January 30, police said. The theft reports are as follows: January 24 An Edison resident was the victim of a catalytic converter theft during the early morning hours in the area of Atlantic Rd. Three unknown males were captured on camera exiting a …

Namik Sercan, the school’s Chief Education Officer, told parents in a social media post that they would try to have more information on the school’s status over the weekend. (File photo.) A 38-year-old Watchung resident suffered multiple injuries February 2 after falling into an elevator shaft at Central Jersey College Prep charter school on Mettlers Road. Police received a 9-1-1 …

The public is invited to weigh in on the Franklin Township Police Department’s effort to once again be accredited through the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police. Accreditation by the NJSACP “results in greater accountability within the agency, reduced risk and liability exposure, stronger defense against civil lawsuits, increased community advocacy, and more confidence in the agency’s ability …

Julian Khater.(LinkedIn) A 33-year-old Franklin High School graduate was sentenced January 27 to 80 months in jail for what prosecutors said was his part in the January 6, 2021 mace attack leading to the death of a U.S. Capitol Police Officer. Julian Elie Khater, most recently of Pennsylvania, received his sentence in a federal court in Washington, D.C. Khater pleaded …

Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather speaking at the January 24 Township Council meeting. The death of a 29-year-old Memphis man, allegedly by five Memphis police officers, has “hurt us all,” Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather said in a statement released on January 27. In the lengthy statement, Maeweather expresses condolences for Tyre Nichols’ family and details …

So-called “porch pirates” – people who steal delivered packages from people’s porches – were busy in the township during the waning days of 2022, police said. Here are the reported cases, furnished by the Franklin Township Police Department: December 19 A Township resident was the victim of a package theft during the afternoon hours in the area of Sunflower Rd. …

There were a rash of car thefts and burglaries to autos in the township during the last two weeks of the year, according to police. Here are the incidents, as reported by police: December 18 A township resident’s vehicle was stolen while it was left running outside of an auto business on Somerset St. during the afternoon hours. Two black …