Crime

A township woman was cited for careless driving Nov. 2 after her car skidded off a road and landed in a lake. Police said Courtney Smith, 21, was driving her 2007 Toyota Matrix on Van Cleef Road around 10 p.m. when she entered a curve and the car started hydroplaning. The car hit the curb, struck a sign and the stopped …

A township man is free on $150,000 bail after his arrest on a charge that he convinced hundreds of senior citizens to submit to unnecessary genetic testing and defrauded Medicare out of more than $1 million, collecting thousands in commissions along the way. Seth Rehfuss, 41, was arrested the morning of Dec. 2 at his Somerset home, according to a press …

The body of a former Elizabeth Avenue School assistant principal was found Nov. 22 more than 300 feet below the cliffs of the State Line Lookout area in the Palisades, police said. Police recovered the body of John Norton, 35, of Palisades, early in the morning, after resuming a search from the prior day that had to be called off because of …

Late-night patrons of Planet Fitness on Easton Avenue were evacuated Nov. 17 when an employee detected an unknown odor. The employee called police at about 10:11 p.m., reporting the odor and smoke, police said. The employee evacuated the members as firefighters from Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department arrived. Firefighters were on the scene less than half an hour before clearing it. …

Nov. 10 A Bobcat mini digger valued at $17,000 was stolen from Groundscare Landscaping of Somerville while it was parked on Pierce Street. § A 2002 Kawasaki KX500 dirt bike, valued at $3,000, was stolen from a Marigold Lane garage. § Mbalu Mansaray of Somerset was cited for careless driving after her car collided with one on Somerset Street driven …

A Clinton Street family was burned out of their home the night of Nov. 10 by what fire officials are calling an electrical fire. Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a fire shortly after 11 p.m., according to a press release on the fire. Officers found the single-family home completely engulfed in flames, according to the release. The occupants – …

A Nov. 8 fire at a township business which was caused by pressurized gas was quickly extinguished by township firefighters. A release from township police said that police were notified of a fire alarm at 2:31 p.m. at Veeco on Elizabeth Avenue. The information was that there was a chemical fire in building, according to the release. The fire was …

A morning fire in a Route 27 auto repair shop has closed part of the state highway and sent the shop’s owner to the hospital. The 68-year-old owner of Classic Motors, Franklin Park – who police did not name – was taken to an area hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, police said. Police said the fire started at about …

Oct. 27 Ryan Williams of Manasquan was cited for careless driving after his car collided on New Brunswick Road with a car driven by Ariana Gass of Somerset. Williams was pulling out of Cedar Grove Center and said he did not see Gass’s car. § Elizaveta Cregar of North Plainfield was cited for careless driving after the car she was …

A six-vehicle crash on Oct. 29 closed part of Easton Avenue for two hours and sent one person to the hospital, police said. The crash,which happened during the morning rush hour, involved a tractor-trailer, police said. Police received numerous calls about the crash at about 7:19 a.m., according to a press release about the incident. Arriving officers shut down Easton Ave. between …