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Three Ocean Township Residents Busted For Prostitution In Township Hotel

A tip to township police led to the Dec. 15 arrests of three Ocean County residents on charges relating to prostitution. Christopher Soubasis, 51 and Deidre Pietrowski, 44, both of Point Pleasant, and Rebecca Ehrhardt, 34, Toms River, were arrested by township police after setting up surveillance at a local hotel, according to a release on the arrests from the …

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Police Charge New Brunswick Man With Sexual Assault In Township

A 45-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged with the sexual assault of a woman in the township. Fernando Nunez-Genao was charged with 2nd Degree sexual assault in connection with the Dec. 4 incident, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The 19-year-old victim reported the assault to township police, according to the release. Nunez-Genao and …

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Police Seek Public’s Help In Finding Suspected Shooter

Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspected shooter of a Bordentown resident on Franklin Boulevard. The 44-year-old man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital, after he had taken himself to the facility, according to a press release on the incident from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police responded to the area at about 4 …

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Bound Brook Man Arrested After Pulling Knife On Township Policeman

A Bound Brook man faces a variety of charges after he pulled a knife on a township police officer Dec. 2 during a traffic stop on DeMott Lane. Terrence Foendoe, 38, remains in the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, in lieu of $20,000 bail with a 10 percent option, according to papers filed with Superior Court in Somerville. According to the papers, Foendoe …

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Police, Business Team Up To Help Autistic Teen

A Franklin youth struggling with Autism will be able to better communicate, thanks to township police and a local business. Zion Miller, a 16-year-old resident who is non-verbal because of his condition, had many times run away from home. His mother, Kimora Miller, said she believes he did that because he was frustrated at not being able to communicate with her …

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Police Cite Township Driver After Car Leaves Road, Ends Up In Lake

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 …

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Township Man Charged By Feds With Medicare Fraud

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 …

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Former Elizabeth Avenue School Administrator Found Dead In Palisades

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 …

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Smoke, Odor Clear Planet Fitness Gym

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. …

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Police Log: Nov. 10 – Nov. 17, 2015

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 …

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