A Kingsbridge Road man suffered a broken leg and ankle and extensive bruising after he was pinned under his van for about 45 minutes on Dec. 18, according to a press release from the FTPD. Police received a 9-1-1 call at about 10:34 p.m. of a man lying on Kingsbridge and screaming, according to the release. Don’t Miss Out! No other …
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A Franklin Boulevard home was badly damaged and its owner displaced Dec. 17 after a fire started on the home’s stove. The home’s 78-year-old owner and a 60-year-old aide – neither of whom were identified – escaped the blaze unharmed, police said in a release about the incident. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …
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Edward O’Rourke. Photo: NJ Attorney General’s Office. The former licensed operator of the New Brunswick water system – from which the township buys drinking water – plead guilty Dec. 17 to lying “hundreds of times” about the results of water tests. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …
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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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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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
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A Bound Brook man was arrested Dec. 2 after he pulled a knife on Franklin Township Police Lt. Darrin Russo, shown here in a file photo, after Russo stopped him on DeMott Lane. 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. Don’t …
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Kimora Miller, front row, right, speaks to the press about the help her son received from township police and a local business. Also pictured, front row, left to right are Jim O’Neil of Electronic Enterprise, Officer Rich Hartnett and Zion Miller. Photo: Franklin Township Police. A Franklin youth struggling with Autism will be able to better communicate, thanks to township police …
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Township police cited the driver of this car for careless driving. Photo: Franklin Township Police. A township woman was cited for careless driving Nov. 2 after her car skidded off a road and landed in a lake. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …
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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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