Crime

Four people – including two children and a township police officer – were injured December 23 after a car hit a tree on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, near Berger Street. Police said the car’s driver, a 38-year-old township woman, and her two children, aged 9 and 11 years, were pulled to safety from the car by police before the vehicle …

Township police are investigating a rash of catalytic converter thefts that were reported on December 16 and 17. On December 16: A township resident reported that two people stole the catalytic converter from his car while it was parked on Phillips Road. The two suspects escaped in a white Audi SUV. A township resident reported his car’s catalytic converter while …

Submitted by Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald and Somerset County Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor announced law enforcement officials from Somerset and Hunterdon Counties will be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign.  BeginningDecember 2, …

Three township residents were scammed out of a total of $31,000, as reported to police at the end of November and beginning of December. On November 30, a township woman reported that she was scammed out of $26,000 in what policed said was a cryptocurrency scam. The woman told police that she had been contacted through her LinkedIn account by …

A 36-year-old Millstone man has been charged with the August 22 robbery of a bank on Route 27, following a three-month investigation by local, state and federal authorities. In addition, three members of the man’s family have been charged with hindering apprehension, police said. Township police received a call at about 2:08 p.m. on August 22 that a Route 27 …

Arturo Tlapa. (Photo: GoFundMe.) A 19-year-old township man faces multiple charges – including First Degree Aggravated Manslaughter – in connection with the death of a Freehold man after a November 9 car crash in Old Bridge. The township man and a Marlboro police officer were involved in a car chase at the time of the accident, according to a statement …

A 24-year-old New York man was charged September 29 with murder and related offenses in connection with the killing of a 20-year-old township man. Police responded to a 12:28 p.m. 9-1-1 call to a Eugene Avenue residence, where they found J’Corey Breedy with a stab wound to his abdomen. Police and responding EMT personnel initiated life-saving measures and transported Breedy …

September 18, 2022 – September 24, 2022 09/18/2022 A business on Easton Avenue reported a theft of $38.00 worth of gas during the early afternoon hours. The suspect, described as a black female, drove away after payment was requested by the gas attendant. She told the employee to remove the $38.00 from his paycheck prior to fleeing.  A suspect, described …

09/11/2022 A Somerville man was arrested by North Brunswick PD for two outstanding warrants out of our jurisdiction. Franklin Township PD assumed custody of the defendant and transported him to Somerset County Jail without incident.  A Piscataway resident reported a burglary to her vehicle while it was parked overnight at a local hotel. The unknown suspect(s) ransacked the vehicle and …

A town hall to discuss township public safety issues is set for 7 p.m. September 22 in the Township Council chambers in the Municipal Building, 475 DeMott Lane. The event is presented by Councilman Carl Wright (D-Ward 4). Featured speakers are scheduled to be Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather and Somerset County Sheriff Darrin Russo. Doors open at 6:30 …