Crime

Dec. 1 Dorothy Wright of North Brunswick was cited for careless driving and failure to observe traffic lanes after her car was involved in an accident on Clyde Road with a car driven by Joyce Roach of Somerset. Police said Wright’s car crossed over the center line. § Norman Vail of Woodstown was cited for careless driving and failure to …

A 30-year-old township man faces multiple charges in an October accident in which a Rutgers University student was struck and seriously injured while crossing Easton Avenue in New Brunswick. Michael Schenck was charged Dec. 15 with aggravated assault, assault by auto and driving while intoxicated in the accident which left Holmdel resident Timothy McDonnell, 20, in serious condition, according to as …

Tips to keep residents safe from fire and crime were offered Dec. 16 at a public forum hosted by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) at the township municipal building. Featured speakers were township police Sgt. Phil Rizzo and John Hauss, the township’s Director of Fire Prevention. Rizzo gave the approximately 20 residents in attendance practical tips on what hey could …

A 22-year-old New Brunswick man was arrested Dec. 8 on weapons-related charges after a traffic stop in the township. Najee Croom of Wright Street was a passenger in a car that was stopped at the corner of Hamilton Street and Millstone Road, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police saw a 1998 Ford Taurus driving …

An electrical fire at the Hempstead Gardens Apartments on Hempstead Drive forced three families out of their homes on Dec. 7, police said. The fire was reported at about 3:45 p.m., according to a press release from the township police department. When officers arrived, they discovered that two apartment units were engulfed in flames, according to the release. Police immediately …

A 20-year-old township man suspected of severely injuring his one-month-old daughter remains in the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, on $75,000 bail, authorities said. William Figueroa of the Franklin Park section was arrested the morning of Dec. 5 after township police responded to a 9-1-1 call of an injured baby. The child, who is Figueroa’s biological daughter, police said, “sustained a contusion …

Township police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 17-year-old resident who may have run away from home. Myriam Rodriguez was last seen on Nov. 5 when she left Franklin High School at the end of the school day, according to a release from township police. She is believed to be in the New Brunswick area. Rodriguez is …

A 47-year-old Franklin Park man was killed Nov. 12 when his car was struck by a garbage truck that had crossed the center line on South Middlebush Road. William H. Herman was driving his 2014 Hyundai Elantra south on South Middlebush, exiting the curve after the the Amwell Road intersection, when his car was struck head-on by a truck driven …

Nov. 6 A Ralph Street resident told police that someone stole $35 out of her purse. § Someone stole $300 worth of jewelry, a $50 jewelry box and a $50 poker set from a Holland Drive home. Police said the burglar entered the home through an unlocked bedroom window. § Two Samsung cell phones, valued at a total of $258, …

A lawsuit filed in Bergen County that involves township police and a former Municipal Court Judge has been moved to Somerset County, according to a published report. A report appearing in the Cliffview Pilot, an online news site covering Bergen County, says that state Superior Court Assignment Judge Peter Doyne recently ruled that a civil suit against officials in several …