Crime

A township employee was fired Feb. 23 as a result of his refusal to take a breath test following a weekend accident with a township plow. Police said that Raymond T. Genovese, 36, of Somerset, a public works employee at the time, was charged with driving while intoxicated and several other motor vehicle offenses Feb. 21 after being involved in an accident …

Township police say they have solved about 20 cases of criminal mischief occurring over the past several months with the apprehension of three people on Feb. 19. Stephen Weingart, 20, of Skillman and Tony Fresolone, 19, of Kendall Park were charged with criminal mischief after they allegedly damaged a mailbox on Old Georgetown Road, police said. A 17-year-old South Brunswick resident …

Feb. 5 $1,000 worth of plumbing supplies were stolen from a trailer on School House Road. § A Ray Street resident reported that a package of assorted clothing and cosmetics, valued at $225, was stolen from their doorstep. § Feb. 6 A snow blower valued at $559 was stolen from a resident in the Avalon apartments on Easton Avenue. § …

  A 32-year-old township man has been charged by Middlesex County authorities with the Valentine’s Day murder of a Perth Amboy resident. Jahmmel Chephas of Franklin Park was charged by the Middlesex County Proseuctor’s Office with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and illegal possession of a weapon in connection with the early morning shooting of Richard Pryce, 31, …

One person was seriously injured Feb. 10 in a head-on crash on Franklin Boulevard that shut part of the road down for two hours during the afternoon commute. Police said that Ryan J. Shaughnessy, no age or hometown given, was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after the accident, which occurred at about 4:28 p.m. Shaughnessy …

A Somerset man already serving a jail sentence for sexual abuse of children in Pennsylvania faces additional charges after police allegedly found in his home nearly 500 surreptitiously recorded video clips of children using a bathroom and shower at a rental cabin. Kenneth Dale Schiff, 51, is currently in state prison in Camp Hill, Pa. on charges of sexual abuse of children …

Jan. 29 A 2001 BMW caught fire in a Route 518 driveway. Police said the fire started in the engine compartment. Griggstown and Little Rocky Hill fire departments responded. § Saba Irfan-Muhammad of Somerset was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one on Easton Avenue, driven by Amanda Kaveney of Raritan. Irfan-Muhammad said sun glare prevented her from …

A 23-year-old Somerset man was arrested Jan. 28 on drug and weapons charges after a joint investigation by township police and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police said Kenneth James of Lenox Place was found with $1,200 worth of marijuana, $300 worth of Ecstasy and $400 worth of methamphetamines as well as a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 caliber revolver loaded with …

Jan. 22 Joseph Pantoja of New Brunswick was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended a school bus on Landing Lane, driven by Martha Zumbana of South River. § Dominador Mandapat of Somerset was backing out of his driveway when his car struck a school bus driven on Cortelyous Lane by Ninoska Alvarez-Bonilla of New Brunswick. § Carole McLaughlin of Avenel …

Jan. 16 Someone broke out the front door window on a Baier Avenue home. § Ellen Palmer of Hempstead Drive told police that someone hit her car while it was parked outside her apartment. The other car fled the scene. § Cars driven by Natalee Gilbert of Somerset and Mansour Zakaria of Old Bridge collided in the intersection of Franklin Boulevard …