Crime

June 4 Lawrence Stackhouse of Green Brook was cited for failing to ride his bicycle on the road after he was hit by a car turning from Easton to Girard avenues. Chirag Patel of Flanders told police that he was making the turn when “all of a sudden” Stackhouse was in the intersection. Stackhouse initially said he was not hurt, …

Police are investigating the June 7 theft of a donation jar that held about $400 earmarked for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Police were called at about 1:30 p.m. to the K-Mart in Rutgers Plaza, Easton Avenue, where they were told that a man described as being white and wearing a blue shirt and tan shorts stole a plastic jar …

June 2 A car owned by Erin Flogarty of South Bound Brook was struck while it was parked in the Shop Rite parking lot on Elizabeth Avenue. The other driver left the scene, 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 …

Jerrold May. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. An 18-year-old Piscataway man who police said robbed a township woman’s purse, then later showed up at her house and stole her car by crashing it through her garage, has been arrested. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

A 55-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged in connection with a theft from a Hamilton Street dry cleaner, police said. Clarence Davis was charged with 3rd Degree Theft, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

Franklin Township Police Officer Robert Brown gets the torch handoff to start the squad’s leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run. A team from the Franklin Township Police Department joined up with members of the South Brunswick Police Department on May 30 to run a leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics. Don’t Miss Out! No …

Winston Wilson of Linden was indicted for attempted murder, among other charges. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 24-year-old Linden man arrested last month for brutally beating and stabbing a township woman was indicted May 29 on several counts, including attempted murder. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …

A car owned by Jorge Serrano of Lakeland, Fl. was parked on Grosser Place when it was struck by the plow on a sanitation truck driven by Scott Marcjie of Middlesex. Marchie told police he thought he had room between Serrano’s car and another to pass. § Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

Four new township police officers were sworn in at the May 27 Township Council meeting. All of the officers have prior experience, a decision that Police Chief Lawrence Roberts said was made to save the cost of sending new recruits to the Somerset County Police Academy. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

May 22 A car driven by Kendall Sasser of Franklin Park scraped a post near a gas pump at a Route 27 gas station. Police said he turned too closely to the pump. 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 …