Crime

A 20-year-old Texas man was hit with multiple charges March 15 after he allegedly tried to break into an automated teller machine with a truck at an Elizabeth Avenue bank. Police said they received a 9-1-1 call about the attempted theft at about 3:11 a.m. The responding officer tried to top the truck, and the people inside fled, according to …

Julian Khater (LinkedIn). A 32-year-old man with township ties was one of two men charged March 14 in connection with the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Julian Elie Khater of State College, Pa., was arrested as he stepped off a plane at Newark International Airport, according to the FBI. Khater and a West Virginia man, George Pierre Tanios, …

A 28-year-old New Brunswick man was killed late in the evening on March 12 after a car collision at Route 27 and Franklin Boulevard, police said. Police said that at approximately 11 p.m., Rafelo Peralta was traveling south on Franklin Boulevard when his Toyota Scion collided with a Ford F-150 pickup, driven by Jose Velez-Fernandez, 31, also of New Brunswick. …

A 22-year-old California man is awaiting extradition to Somerset County after having been arrested for sexual assault on a minor. The alleged victim, a 14-year-old Somerset County girl, told detectives that she had sexual intercourse with the man on two occasions when he visited her in December 2020, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. According …

A 2-year-old boy was killed February 20 after he was struck by a pickup truck on his property, police said. Police said a 60-year-old man was backing the pickup to leave the residence at about 8:46 a.m. when the boy was struck. Responding police initiated life-saving measures until they were relieved by EMS personnel, police said. The boy was taken …

Trying to avoid a law enforcement vehicle check resulted ina township man being arrested on weapons and drug charges on February 9, police said. The 29-year-old man allegedly turned out his vehicle’s lights several times and ultimately abandoned his car in an attempt to avoid members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force Street Crimes …

A 34-year-old New Brunswick man was charged on January 17 with the murder of Thomas Segun, 62, of Somerset, police said. Police responding to a Hamilton Street multi-use building found Segun in a common stairwell of the building, suffering from stab wounds to his upper body, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Segun was pronounced …

Update 2: Police filed a third charge, 2nd Degree Sexual Assault, after a woman told police that she was assaulted by the doctor during a June 2020 medical appointment. Update: Police filed an additional charge against the doctor, 4th Degree Sexual Contact, after a woman told them that she was sexually assaulted by the doctor during a medical exam in …

A 25-year-old Somerset man faces multiple gun-related charges after a motor vehicle stop on January 8. Police were conducting a “Quality of Life” investigation along Millstone Road, which included a motor vehicle stop on Spruce Street, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. During the investigation, police found a loaded 9mm Ruger P95 handgun in a …

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in investigating a shooting that occurred in the evening of January 3. This is the second shooting incident in the township in two days. A New Brunswick man was shot to death outside a Cedar Grove Lane hotel on January 1. Township police, responding to a “shots fired” 9-1-1 call at around 8:49 p.m., …