Submitted by the Franklin Township Police Department. 06/05/2022 A 38-year-old Queens, NY man was arrested for suspicion of DWI during a motor crash investigation. He was later released on his own recognizance. 06/06/2022 A Princeton resident reported a burglary to her unlocked vehicle when it was parked outside of a RT 27 business on 05/28/2022 during the afternoon hours. Various …
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A 41-year-old Somerset man has been indicted on five counts for allegedly taking lewd photographs of a young girl at a Red Bank car dealership. The man is charged with 1st Degree Manufacturing of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, 2nd Degree Manufacturing of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, 3rd Degree Invasion of Privacy, and two counts of 3rd Degree Endangering the Welfare …
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Police are looking for this woman. (Photos: FTPD) UPDATE: Police say Dover has been found, safe. A ”member of the community” saw a post about the search for her on the Township’s social media site and notified authorities, police said. Dover was found at an undisclosed location in Newark, police said. Police are searching for a missing endangered 29-year-old township …
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A 43-year-old Bridgewater man was killed June 6 when the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a Ford pickup truck on Canal Road at Elm Street, police said. Police said that Luis Ruiz was driving his 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on Canal at about 8:20 p.m. when he collided with the truck, driven southbound on the road by Octaviano …
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A township police officer was suspended without pay May 26 following the filing of criminal charges against him connected to the death of a motorcyclist. Officer Lawrence Stiscia, a resident of the Asbury section of Franklin Township in Warren County, was charged May 26 with Second Degree Death by Auto in connection with an accident which occurred on Route 31 …
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FTPD Sgt. Greg Price, Quailbook employees Nick Pisani and Tom Russo, Johnny Stokes, FTPD Sgt. Dan Lyons and FTPD Officer Jelani Lanier at their reunion on Quailbrook Golf Course. Johnny Stokes will never forget the day that wanting to avoid traffic on Route 287 saved his life. The Fords resident was at Quailbrook Golf course on August 23, 2021, and …
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Update 2: An arrest in the assault has been made. Police on August 10 charged a 38-year-old Raritan man with this assault, as well as an assault in Bridgewater. The man was arrested on Aug. 4 after he was allegedly caught masturbating in front of children near a bridge in Raritan Borough. Police said they found a bicycle matching a …
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Tayyab A. Ware of Augusta, Ga. and Todd Smith of Edison, left to right, were sentenced May 10 for the murder of a Franklin Park resident. (Photos: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.) Two men were sentenced to state prison on May 10 for their role in the 2020 murder of a township man. Tayyab A. Ware, 31, of Augusta, Ga. was …
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Left to right, Romero, Gnecco, Volz, and Allen. (Photos: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office). Four township residents were sentenced to a combined 67 years in prison for their roles in the sexual assault of one of their 7-year-old children, authorities said on May 6. The four – Marina/Matthew Volz, 32; Ashley/Adam Romero, 28; Sean Allen, 54, and Dulcinea Gnecco, 21 pled …
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A Cedar Grove Lane homeowner was injured and an undisclosed amount of cash stolen early in the morning of April 30 after a home invasion by three armed men, police said. Township police received a 9-1-1 call at about 12:34 a.m. April 30 from the homeowner, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The homeowner told …
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