A 26-year-old Franklin man has been charged with murdering another township man in New Brunswick and then dumping his body near Pine Grove Manor School. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office announced the July 5 arrest of Abubakaar “Diddy” King in a press release on July 6. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …
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The area on Phillips Road in which a dead body was found on July 1. Update: Authorities have identified the dead man as 26-year-old Darren Fordham, Jr. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the …
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Christopher Williams. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 22-year-old township man has been arrested on attempted murder and weapons charges in connection with a June 23 shooting on Reler Avenue. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent …
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Sampson G. Smith Intermediate School students were placed under a “shelter in place” order for about two hours May 30 after a bullet was found on a hallway floor. At 12:25 p.m., a Franklin Township Police officer patrolling the school as part of the district’s new safety initiative was told by school officials that they had found a single, small-caliber …
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Township police are seeking the public’s help in finding who is responsible for an attack on a driver on Willow Avenue. Police received a 9-1-1 call at about 12:30 a.m. May 27 from a woman who reported that someone had thrown a rock through her car’s window. The woman, who was not identified, told police that someone had put a …
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A 77-year-old Piscataway man apparently escaped injury May 24 after he slipped and fell into the Delaware & Raritan Canal in East Millstone. Township police received a report of a man in the water near Amwell Road and Market Street at about 11:15 a.m., according to a press release from the FTPD. Arriving police and firefighters from the Franklin Township …
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Dain Smith. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 22-year-old South Brunswick man stands charged with 2nd Degree Robbery after he allegedly punched a 70-year-old man and stole his gold chain in Franklin Park. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the …
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A 40-year-old township man was sentenced on May 11 to more than 17 years in state prison after his convictions on seven counts of sexual crimes. Thomas Canales was sentenced by state Superior Court Judge Colleen Flynn, sitting in New Brunswick, to 17 1/2 years in state prison. He will have to serve 85 percent of 16 years of that …
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Authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating the suspect in a May 8 stabbing in the Hempstead Drive area. Township police received a 9-1-1 call at about 9:57 p.m. of shots fired in the area, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …
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FTPD Sgt. Mark Reiner takes off with Team Franklin in the 2018 Police Unity TOur. The front of township police headquarters was once again the starting point for several hundred law enforcement officers who set off on the 2018 Police Unity Tour early in the morning of May 10. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …
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