Crime

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 Clinton Street family was burned out of their home the night of Nov. 10 by what fire officials are calling an electrical fire. Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a fire shortly after 11 p.m., according to a press release on the fire.

A Nov. 8 fire at a township business which was caused by pressurized gas was quickly extinguished by township firefighters. A release from township police said that police were notified of a fire alarm at 2:31 p.m. at Veeco on Elizabeth Avenue. The information was that there was a chemical fire in building, according to the release.

A morning fire in a Route 27 auto repair shop has closed part of the state highway and sent the shop’s owner to the hospital. The 68-year-old owner of Classic Motors, Franklin Park – who police did not name – was taken to an area hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, police said.

Oct. 27 Ryan Williams of Manasquan was cited for careless driving after his car collided on New Brunswick Road with a car driven by Ariana Gass of Somerset. Williams was pulling out of Cedar Grove Center and said he did not see Gass’s car.

A six-vehicle crash on Oct. 29 closed part of Easton Avenue for two hours and sent one person to the hospital, police said. The crash,which happened during the morning rush hour, involved a tractor-trailer, police said.

Packages left on stoops and porches were stolen from a number of homes in the township on Oct. 21 and 22. On Oct. 21, An Amethyst Way resident reported that a package containing goods worth $195 was stolen from their front door.

Oct. 20 Rafal Kaczmarek of Somerset was cited for driving an unregistered vehicle after the car he was driving on Easton Avenue rear-ended one driven by Uma Balasubramanian of Somerset.

Oct. 13 Yudelka Rodriguez of North Brunswick was cited for careless driving after the car she was driving rear-ended one driven on Route 27 by Christopher Chiricosta of Somerset.

More than $10,000 in cash and jewelry was stolen from a Holland Drive home on Oct. 13. Police said the home’s owner told them he left at 8 a.m. and returned at 7:30 p.m. to find the items missing.