Update: Jason Molina, 16, of Bridgewater, will be tried as an adult in the May stabbing death of a 23-year-old Somerset woman. Superior Court Judge James F. Hyland, sitting in Family Court in New Brunswick, ruled June 19 that Molina may be tried as an adult in the fatal stabbing of Christine Huh in a New Brunswick apartment. Don’t Miss …
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Ernest James. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 31-year-old Highland Park man and an unidentified youth face charges stemming from the alleged June 12 holdup of a food delivery person with a fake handgun. 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 …
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Township police, dispatchers and fire inspectors before they began their leg of the 2015 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. About 30 township police officers, dispatchers and fire inspectors took part June 12 in a leg of the 2015 Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …
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Update 2: Police now have descriptions of the driver and car involved in the hit-and-run of a Kingston man on his bicycle. Police said they are looking for a white male, about 35 to 40 years old, with short blond hair and a goatee. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …
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June 2 Fredy Lopez Melo of Plainfield was cited for driving without a license after the car he was driving ran off Canal Road, into a ditch and overturned. Lopez Melo said he overcorrected when he felt his ties leaving the road. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …
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[wpgmappity id=”19″] A 19-year-old man is in stable condition after having been shot in his midsection during the evening of June 9. 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 independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can …
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Four Ambrose Street residents were assaulted and robbed in their home June 1 by a trio of men brandishing weapons, police said. The residents, who were not identified, told police that they were pistol-whipped by three men who forced themselves into the home. The victims told police that their assailants were brandishing two handguns and one shotgun. Don’t Miss Out! …
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NJ State Trooper Anthony Raspa. Photo: New Jersey State Police. Update: JFK Boulevard will be closed to all but funeral traffic during parts of June 3 and 4, according to township police: On June 3, the road will be closed between New Brunswick Road and Hamilton Street from 1-9 p.m. On June 4, the road will be closed in the …
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Six township police detectives were honored at the 2015 200 Club of Somerset County Valor Awards ceremony May 20. Pictured left to right are: Det. Brandon Domotor, Det. Sgt. Ken Schwarz, Det. Ken Daly, state Sen. Christopher Bateman, Chief Lawrence Roberts, Deputy Chief Richard Grammar, Det. Ordel Taylor, Det. Emma Bascom. Photo: Franklin Township Police. Six township police detectives were among …
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Anita Cupa, 78, was found dead in her car parked in the Rutgers Plaza parking lot. Photo: New Jersey State Police. A 78-year-old woman suffering from dementia was found dead in her car in the Rutgers Plaza parking lot May 7, police said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
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