Nearly three dozen township youth this week are getting a taste of what life is like in a police academy. They’re discovering that it can be loud and tiring, but is always challenging. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the …
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Four Somerset residents face defiant trespass charges after they were found July 13 having sex in a closed-off portion of a township hotel. Police said that Satchel Edeen, 18; Alec Smith, 18; Rose Williams, 22 and Brielle Conover-Kueck, 22, were found after staff at the Hotel Somerset called 9-1-1 to report trespassers. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …
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Franklin Township Police Officers Deyo Swartz and Steven Ellmyer (left to right) have been assigned to a Neighborhood Police Team patrolling the Hamilton Street Business District. A two-man “Neighborhood Police Team” has been created to patrol the Hamilton Street business district. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …
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June 30 Omola Akande of Somerset was cited for failure to stop after her car collided with one driven on Clyde Road by James Miller of Milford. Akande was making a left turn from Bennetts Lane to Clyde Road when the accident happened. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
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Divendra Bihm, left and Dashawn Carreker. Photos: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Update: Deshawn Carreker turned himself in to a Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office detective on July 13, according to authorities. Carreker was remanded to the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, in lieu of $150,000 cash bail. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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A 42-year-old Trenton man was injured July 7 when he fell from a tree on Canal Road. The man works for a tree cutting service and was working at the time, police said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the …
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Laquita Cooper. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 27-year-old township woman remains in the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, facing charges that she committed four armed robberies in Franklin and New Brunswick. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly …
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A tip to Somerset County authorities led to the June 30 arrest of three township residents and the seizure from them of more than $1,000 in drugs. Jessica Simmonds, 22; Chris Gardner, 24 and Shane Gardner, 23, were arrested as a result of a tip to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force, according to a …
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A Willingboro man was found shot to death on Hempstead Drive, near the Hempstead Gardens apartment complex, police said. Photo: Hempstead Gardens. Township police and county detectives are investigating the shooting death June 30 of a 35-year-old Willingboro man near a Route 27 apartment complex. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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Archie Ashley of Somerset pleaded guilty to a number of charges connected to the attempted murder of several township police officers in 2013. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 27-year-old Somerset man faces 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty June 29 to a number of charges connected to the attempted murder of four township police officers. Don’t Miss Out! …
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