Police News

A 31-year-old Somerset man was killed October 15 after he was involved in a head-on car collision at Amwell and South Middlebush roads. The man, Alex Folnagy, was the only occupant of the white Nissan Altima he was driving, police said. Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting the accident at about 7:24 a.m., according to a press release from the …

There were no reported injuries in an October 3 fire at a Winston Drive Home. Fire fighters were dispatched to the single-family home at about 5:35 p.m., according to a fire official. The home’s owners reported the fire, which initial investigation showed started in the home’s attic, according to the fire official. The residents were in the home and were …

Township police are investigating a lewdness incident that occurred in the late afternoon of September 24 on the Delaware & Raritan towpath. Police said that at about 4:15 p.m., a 69-year-old woman sat down on a bench along the towpath, north of Route 518, which was already occupied by a young man. The woman told police that after a few …

Township police are investigating a gunfire report on Franklin Boulevard. Police received a call about gunfire on Franklin Boulevard between Matilda and Baier avenues at around 1:15 a.m. September 1. Responding police reported that “evidence” of several gunshot rounds was found at the scene. There were no reported injuries, police said. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to …

ACCIDENT SCENE – Police say a 2024 Honda Civic driven by a Skillman man struck this guardrail before becoming airborne and plunging into the D&R Canal on August 24. A 31-year-old man from the Skillman section of Montgomery was partially identified as the person killed on August 24 when his car struck a barrier at Canal and Grouser roads before …

An unidentified man was killed when his car went off the road on Canal Road and into the Delaware & Raritan Canal, according to Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman, Chief Frank Roman. The car was discovered by two kayakers who were heading south from Amwell Road in the D&R Canal, according to one of them, Alan Lamb. Lamb said his …

LIBRARY ACCIDENT – The aftermath of a July 9 incident at the Franklin Township Library’s Main Branch. (Reporter photo.) One person was injured on July 9 when some shelving collapsed at the Franklin Township Library’s main branch on DeMott Lane. The person, who was not identified, was treated by EMTs but declined to be taken to a hospital, said January …

SWEARING IN – Fr. Simon El Hajj, Rabbi Eli Garfinkel and Rev. Jamin Powell, left to right in white shirts, are sworn in to their FTPD Chaplaincy positions at the June 25 Township Council meeting. Three of the five Chaplains in the Franklin Township Police Department’s “revamped” Chaplaincy program were sworn in at the June 25 Township Council meeting. Rabbi …

READY TO RUN – FTPD officers and supporters gather before the 7-mile leg of the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for NJ Special Olympics. A team of Franklin Township Police Department officers took part June 7 in the 41st annual Law Enforcement Torch Run fundraiser, helping to raise more than $50,000 for the organization. The group of 13 officers took …

READY TO ROLL – Somerset County Sheriff Darren Russo (pointing) and Mayor Phil Kramer (right) talk before the 2024 Police Unity Tour set off for Washington, D.C. Four Franklin Township police officers were among nearly 400 men and women in blue who assembled in front of the Public Safety Building on DeMott Lane on a very rainy May 10 in …