Crime

No one was injured in a fire March 2 that destroyed a Somerset Run home. The unidentified occupant of the home escaped and will be staying with family members, according to a press release from township police.

Feb. 21 Halakkuma Patel of Lawrenceville was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one driven by Tarra Wilson-Torrise of Jackson. Wilson-Torrise said she was entering the Pleasant Plains and Claremont roads intersection, then stopped for traffic when her car was hit. Sihan Cheng of Somerset was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way after her car collided with …

The 20-year-old township man wanted for a January Dewald Avenue shooting has surrendered, authorities said March 1. Jaki Hooks-Lewis turned himself in at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 while at his lawyer’s office in Newark, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

Township police are investigating two luring incidents that occurred in the last two weeks – the latest on Feb. 24 – involving Franklin Middle School students. Police said the students, a 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, reported to the school’s Resource Officer that they were approached while walking home from school by a man driving a black pick-up truck …

Feb. 14 Natalia Novickij of of Monroe was cited for making an improper turn after her car collided with one on Route 27 driven by Azim Ahmad of North Brunswick. Novickij had pulled over to the shoulder of the road, then made a left to go across the lanes of traffic in front of Ahmad’s car. Lining Zhu of New …

Feb. 8 Someone entered a Jill Court home by cutting a screen. Nothing was taken. Andrew Bradley of Pennsylvania was driving on Cortelyous Road when his car was struck by one driven on Whitehall Lane by Laennese Wade of New Brunswick. Wade said she thought the road was clear. Feb. 9

A 31-year-old Bronx man faces child pornography charges after he allegedly asked an 8-year-old township girl to send him nude pictures of herself. Efrain A. Martinez was arrested in his Bronx home on Feb. 10, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

The father of the man police say shot a person Jan. 3 on Dewald Avenue turned himself in to authorities. Jason Lewis, 43, turned himself in to authorities at the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, on Feb. 10, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

Feb. 2 Someone broke into a cafe on Executive Drive and stole $1,800 from a locked refrigerator. Someone reported that a package containing a computer fan valued at $13 was stolen Jan. 24 from the porch of their William Street home. A person stole $1,199 worth of Mucinex, Advil and Motrin and reusable bags valued at $2 from an Easton …

An anonymous Facebook threat seen Feb. 5 against a Franklin High School administrator was deemed by investigators to not be credible, police and school district officials said. A school district official said the threat against the unidentified administrator was seen the evening of Feb. 5. Although police determined that the threat was not credible, there was an increased police presence …