Crime

Cars driven by Carlos Aguilar-Gutierrez of Easton, Pa. and Kelsey Ayers of East Brunswick side-swiped each other while driving on Cortelyous Lane. Both drivers told police the other was driving in the center of the road. § Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Anthony Strachan-Butler of Somerset was cited Oct. 28 for careless driving after the car he was driving rear-ended another one, driven on Easton Avenue by Alan Olegario of Piscataway. Strachan-Butler told police he was trying to change lanes when the collision occurred. § Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

The annual Halloween curfew is in effect for the township. That means that children under the age of 18 years cannot be out in pubic between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. 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 …

Donna WaltersPhoto courtesy Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Two Minetta Drive women were arrested Oct. 25 on drug related charges after police found more than $17,000 worth of marijuana in the basement of their home. 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 …

Adrian HerreraPhoto courtesy NJ State Police A Somerset man remains in the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, North Brunswick, on a money laundering charge in connection with a Pennsylvania robbery. 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 …

Huahao “Howard” Chang of Somerset was one of 14 men arrested over the past month on charges related to sharing child pornography.Photo courtesy of the state Attorney General’s Office. A 30-year-old Somerset man was among 14 arrested over the last month as part of a joint state and federal child pornography operation. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …

One person was injured Oct. 27 in an early morning fire that displaced two families. Police said the fire at the Matilda Avenue two-family home was reported at about 3:25 a.m. 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 …

Brent Scott of Land O Lakes, Fl. was cited Oct. 18 for careless driving, using a cell phone while driving and failure to stop at a stop sign after he was involved in a collision Atrium Drive and Davidson Avenue. Scott said he was driving on Atrium while checking his phone. He told police his car went through the stop …

Karthikey Palamalai of Dayton was cited Oct. 16 for careless driving after the car he was driving rear-ended one driven by Karen Pecorella of Somerset on Elizabeth Avenue. Palamalai told police his foot slipped off the brake pedal. § Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

More than $800 worth of power tools were stolen from a Cedar Grove Lane landscaping company sometime over the past week, police said. Cedar Hill Landscaping’s John Jahno told police that a weed whacker and two attachments – a pole saw and a hedge trimmer – were stolen from the business. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …