Crime

More than $5,000 worth of damage was done to two soda vending machines at Quail Brook Golf Course, New Brunswick Road, police said. A golf course employee told police that sometime between April 1 and 2, two machines were damaged and soda and cash were stolen. Police said one of the machines looked as though it had been pried open …

March 29 A 2007 Dodge Caravan owned by Amigo Medical Transport of North Brunswick was stolen and later recovered. Police said the victim, who was not identified, said the van was parked on Somerset Street shortly after midnight. The victim did not know the van was stolen until he was contacted by North Brunswick police, telling him the van had …

The township police department is one of 10 Somerset County departments to receive a $5,000 grant to aid in its participation in the “U Drive. U Text. U Pay” crackdown on distracted driving. The effort, which was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, runs through April 21. Statewide, 60 police departments received $300,000, according to a press release …

Township police played an unspecified but “integral” role in the April 1 arrest of an Edison man who authorities said burglarized homes in Middlesex and Bergen counties. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano said in a release that Herbbie Sheffield, 46, was arrested in Old Bridge by members of the Somerset County Burglary Task Force after he was found in …

An 18-year-old Franklin High School senior who was “violently assaulted” early in the morning of April 26 remains in critical condition, officials said. A $2,500 reward is being offered by Crime Stoppers of Somerset County for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person responsible for the attack on the 18-year-old woman, according to a release from the Somerset …

A Lumberton man was convicted March 27 of 1st Degree Armed Robbery in connection with an October 2011 robbery at a township Radio Shack store. Michael Mitchell, 31, was convicted after a trial in state Superior Court, Somerville, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. In the release, authorities said Mitchell and an accomplice, Emendo Bowers, …

A contingent of 18 bicyclists from the Franklin Township Police Department will join about 1,200 others May 10 as they leave the township police headquarters for a three-day ride to raise money for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. The ride, called the Police Unity Tour, will wind through Pennsylvania and Maryland before ending at the monument …

Franklin High School students who may be interested in police work can get a taste of the training during a 5-day “Police Youth Week” program at the Somerset County Police Academy in Hillsborough. The program, open to all Somerset County high school students – including those who will be entering high school and graduating seniors – is set for 9 …

A “limited number” of St. Matthias School students were evacuated for a short time March 10 after a written bomb threat was found on a door of a 4th grade classroom, police said. Police said the threat was found by a teacher at the John F. Kennedy Boulevard school shortly after 8 a.m. The not said that a bomb was …

A Franklin Greens apartment resident reported March 1 that someone stole a metal table from their patio. Police said the apartment is located on the first floor of building facing John F. Kennedy Boulevard. The 40-inch table, valued at $150, was described as being made of brown metal with a glass top. The owner said they last saw it on …