Crime

Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred on Barker Road on December 30. There were no injuries in the shooting, just property damage, said Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Det. Frank Roman. “We can confirm that there was a shooting with no injuries, just property damage,” Roman said in an email. “The matter is actively being investigated by …

UPDATE: A Somerset County Grand Jury handed down indictments for the four Rubin family members and their two employees, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said on December 20. The Grand Jury charged David Rubin, Lisa Rubin, Sherylee Rubin, Batsheva Rubin-Rivera, Andre Watts and Dunia Patricia Hernandez with second degree operating an organized retail theft enterprise, second degree receiving stolen property, …

Police are investigating a December 17 accident on Amwell Road that left one man dead. Police said that the man, who was not identified pending notification of his next of kin, was trying to cross Amwell Road, near Doria Road, at around 9:35 p.m. when he was hit by a person driving a Kia Sorento. Responding officers found the man …

Somerset County law enforcement officials will once again participate in the annual “Drive Sober of Get Pulled Over” campaign now through January 1, 2020. During that time, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated, according to a joint press release issued by the Somerset and …

Township residents will have a chance to weigh in on the performance of the FTPD on December 17. A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police will arrive at the department that day to begin the re-accreditation process, according to a press release from the department. The assessors will “examine all aspects of the …

One man was killed November 14 in an early afternoon fire in a Hempstead Drive apartment, authorities said. The fire is currently under investigation, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Police received a call about the fire at about 1:37 p.m., according to the release. The unidentified occupant of the apartment was taken to a …

Kassin Coffey A 31-year-old North Brunswick man has been arrested in connection with a Nov. 4 shooting on Somerset Street. Kasin A. Coffey was charged on Nov. 8 with 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the shooting, which left a 25-year-old New Brunswick man with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Nov. 12 press …

A 25-year-old New Brunswick man was shot in the morning of Nov. 4 on Somerset Street, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The man took himself to an area hospital for treatment, and his wound is not considered life-threatening, according to the release. At about 9:22 a.m., Franklin Township Police officers on patrol in the …

State Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during the Oct. 31 “Operation Open Door” press conference at the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office in Somerville. Four township men were among 19 alleged child predators caught in a multi-agency law enforcement sting, authorities said Oct. 31. The men were caught in “Operation Open Door,” a sting led by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, …

Monserrat Noyola-Narvaez. Photo: Ava Danielsen. A 20-year-old township woman who was found shot in her car on Oct. 22 died two days later from her injuries, authorities said. Police found Monserrat Noyola-Narvaez unconscious behind the wheel of her car on Phillips Road, near Matilda Avenue, shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 22. Once officers realized she had been shot, she …