Crime

Township police are investigating a gunfire report on Franklin Boulevard. Police received a call about gunfire on Franklin Boulevard between Matilda and Baier avenues at around 1:15 a.m. September 1. Responding police reported that “evidence” of several gunshot rounds was found at the scene. There were no reported injuries, police said. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to …

ACCIDENT SCENE – Police say a 2024 Honda Civic driven by a Skillman man struck this guardrail before becoming airborne and plunging into the D&R Canal on August 24. A 31-year-old man from the Skillman section of Montgomery was partially identified as the person killed on August 24 when his car struck a barrier at Canal and Grouser roads before …

An unidentified man was killed when his car went off the road on Canal Road and into the Delaware & Raritan Canal, according to Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman, Chief Frank Roman. The car was discovered by two kayakers who were heading south from Amwell Road in the D&R Canal, according to one of them, Alan Lamb. Lamb said his …

A 31-year-old Bound Brook man suffered a serious head injury August 15 after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on the Manville Causeway, near Weston Canal Road. Police said they received a 9-1-1 call about the crash at 7:36 p.m. Responding officers from the Franklin Township, Manville, and South Bound Brook police departments, and the Somerset County …

CRASH AFTERMATH – The remains of a 2007 Audi Q7 after it was involved in an early morning crash on August 27 on Route 27/Somerset Street. A former Edison police officer was sentenced August 14 to two concurrent 15-year prison terms for a 2023 crash on Somerset Street which killed two people, including a township man. Township resident Amitoj Oberoi …

Yahmir Brown. A 19-year-old township man has been sentenced to five years in state prison for a November 2022 assault, officials said. Yahmir Brown was sentenced on July 1 for 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Brown was found guilty of the charge on May 10, following a week-long trial, according …

Four township residents reported in May that their cars’ catalytic converters had been stolen. Township police released the information on July 24. Sometime between May 22 and May 23, someone cut the catalytic converter from a car parked in the area of Victor Street. The converter’s value was estimated at $2,300. Also between May 22 and May 23, the catalytic …

(Note: Police released this information on July 24.) 05/19/2024 Franklin Township Police received a complaint of a male shooting a crossbow in a parking lot in the area of Jacques Lane. Officers responded to the area, contacted the involved party and advised him of the dangers of shooting a crossbow in that area. The male understood the concerns raised and …

LIBRARY ACCIDENT – The aftermath of a July 9 incident at the Franklin Township Library’s Main Branch. (Reporter photo.) One person was injured on July 9 when some shelving collapsed at the Franklin Township Library’s main branch on DeMott Lane. The person, who was not identified, was treated by EMTs but declined to be taken to a hospital, said January …

There were no reported injuries during a July 10 fire in a commercial building on Schoolhouse Road, police reported. Police responded to the fire at about 5:08 p.m. after receiving many calls about the blaze, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. No one was reported inside the building during the fire, and no injuries were …