August 21, 2022 – August 27, 2022 08/21/2022 A 32-year-old Long Branch man was arrested for obstructing the administration of law, hindering apprehension, defiant trespassing, and resisting arrest during a suspicious person investigation at a business located on Somerset Street. He was transported to Somerset County Jail. A 39-year-old Somerset man was issued a summons for disorderly conduct after using …

A woman prays after leaving flowers on the property of the family whose toddler died in a car parked in the driveway on August 30. UPDATE: Police said the initial call of a child in cardiac arrest was made at about 2:21 p.m. from a fire radio. A neighbor of the child’s family is a firefighter. When police arrived the …

An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from Chase Bank on Route 27 in Franklin Park on August 22 by a man who escaped on a motorcycle, authorities said. Township police were notified about the robbery at about 2:08 p.m., according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. WItnesses said a man entered the bank and demanded …

08/15/2022 Criminal mischief was observed by patrol in a township park. A trash can was sprayed with graffiti by an unknown suspect(s). Repairs were estimated to be under $500.00. A 74-year-old Somerset woman was arrested for outstanding warrants out of North Brunswick and Howell during a motor vehicle stop. She was processed and released with a pending court appearance.  A …

A 39-year-old Douglasville, Georgia man faces charges of attempted murder and kidnapping after an August 21 incident at a township hotel, in which he allegedly held a woman and her two children at gunpoint before shooting her when she tried to escape. Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a shooting at the unnamed Worlds Fair Drive hotel at about 1:25 …

Electrical fires blaze along power lines at the Village Plaza early in the morning of August 17. Power lines on utility poles near a border of the Village Plaza were set ablaze early in the morning of August 17 during a short thunderstorm. The lines were located at the edge of a grassy field that separates the Village Plaza from …

Three armed robberies of township businesses in a week are under investigation by local and county authorities. Armed robberies occurred on August 6, 9 and 10, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Undisclosed amounts of cash were taken in two of the robberies, according to the release. There was no cash taken in the third, …

A 32-year-old Somerset man remains in the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, on several charges, including attempted murder. The man was charged July 27 after allegedly trying to stab a man on Easton Avenue. Police said the incident began in the evening of July 22 when the two men were involved in an altercation at an unnamed Easton Avenue gas station. …

Firefighters at the scene of a fire that displaced two families on Victor Street July 23. (Photo: East Franklin Fire Department.) Careless disposal of a cigarette was the reported cause behind a July 23 fire that left two Victor Street families looking for alternative shelter. The fire, which also burned grass behind the residence, damaged several other homes as well, …

Police credited a window break tool such as this with helping to save a township woman on July 23. (Photo: FTPD.) A 23-year-old township woman managed to extricate herself from her car when it drove into the Delaware & Raritan Canal July 21 through the use of a “window break tool,” according to police. The woman, Sara Goyal, was treated …