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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Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather speaks to the Township Council about township crime statistics at the April 12 meeting. The overall incidence of major crimes decreased by about 12 percent from 2020 to 2021, although there were small increases in some categories, according to statistics compiled by the Franklin Township Police Department. The total number of major crimes dropped from …
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A 37-year-old Hillsborough man died by an apparent suicide early in the morning of March 27, Franklin Township police said on March 29. The unidentified man was parked in Colonial Park at the time, according to the FTPD’s press release. Police were called at about 7:44 a.m. about a “suspicious vehicle” parked in the park, according to the release. Arriving …
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Eight township residents were among 24 people arrested on drug-related charges following a seven-month investigation County law enforcement officials dubbed “Fire and Ice.” Ten of those charged were arrested on February 16, 10 were arrested on March 2 and two remain at large, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Twenty search warrants executed on the …
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A township firefighter suffered breathing difficulties fighting a fire in a vacant Girard Avenue house on February 28. The fire was deemed to be not suspicious, and its cause and origin are under investigation, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Police received a 9-1-1 call about a smoke condition in the Girard and Hillcrest avenues …
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