Township police officer Robert Brown found himself in a fight for his life on Aug. 13, 2013 when a burglary suspect nearly shot and killed him. The two were involved in a violent struggle at the rear of St. Matthias Church on John F. Kennedy Boulevard after Brown stopped the man, later identified as Archie L. Ashley, because Ashley fit …
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May 16 An Almond Drive resident went to his car to find that someone had stolen its rims and tires, leaving the car on two wooden logs, police said. The items were valued at $1,400. § Someone threw a boulder through the windshield of a car owned by a Hawthorne Drive resident. The damage was valued at $300. § Bowling …
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A gold colored BMX bicycle belonging to a Hamilton Street resident was reported stolen. The bike was valued at $87. § A car driven by Robert Griggs of Kendall Park was stopped in traffic in the parking lot of 3331 Route 27 when it was struck in the rear by a car driven by Sandeep Dharmavaramkottan of Franklin Park. Dharmavaramkottan …
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UPDATED: Lt. Darrin Russo sent along this picture of Team Franklin after they finished the tour. Several hundred police officers from around the country – including 16 from Franklin Township – set off early in the morning of May 10 on the annual Police Unity Tour bike ride to Washington, D.C. The tour is a fundraiser …
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May 2 A car owned by Brigitt Stokes of Holly Street was struck early in the morning while it was parked outside her home, she told police. The driver of the other car fled the scene. § Cars driven by neil Orkin of Hillsborough and Miguel Zara of Somerset collided on Franklin Boulevard, when Orkin’s car was crossing the road …
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Two employees of Access Bio, Clyde Road, were taken to an area hospital for evaluation after they and others were sickened by the fumes from an epoxy coating, police said. Police were called to the business shortly after 2:30 a.m. May 7 on a report of workers falling ill, according to a release from police Sgt. Phil Rizzo. When they …
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The 52-year-old-man who apparently shot himself in Naaman Williams Park was a Middlesex County Correctional Officer, police said. The body of the 52-year-old man with a gunshot would to his chest was found by a passer-by in Naaman Williams Park early in the morning of April 29, police said. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said in a release that the …
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A 24-year-old Linden man arrested for brutally stabbing and beating a township woman with a barbell last weekend remains in Somerset County Jail on $500,000 cash bail. Winston Wilson Jr., also known as “Jesus,” was charged with 1st Degree Attempted Murder, 1st Degree Robbery, two counts of 3rd Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. …
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The two brothers charged with murdering a New Brunswick man in a Somerset hair salon have been indicted by a Somerset County Grand Jury. Zaire Cromedy, 21, of New Brunswick and Antwan Cromedy, 29, of Bound Brook, were indicted April 24 on charges of 1st Degree Murder, 2nd Degree Possession of a Firearm for an Unlawful Purpose and 2nd Degree …
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Township police received a 911 call of a brush fire at Middlebush Park, DeMott Lane, at a bout 1:58 p.m. April 23, according to Police Department spokesman Sgt. Philip Rizzo. Rizzo said the fire was quickly extinguished with no reported injuries. There was no word on what caused the fire. Firefighters from several companies, including Middlebush and Elizabeth Avenue, responded. …
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