Police are investigating the Nov. 14 shooting of two Franklin Township residents as they sat in a car on Winston Drive. Both unidentified men, aged 23 and 24 years, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to a press release on the incident from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. As part of their investigation, authorities are trying to determine whether two handguns found …
Read More »Police Log: Nov. 9-13
Nov. 9 A Carriage Trail resident told police that someone entered her home and stole her purse, and the $11 cash in it. Nov. 10 A man was seen looking into parked cars early in the morning on Whittier Avenue. Surveillance video showed the man was about 5’5″ to 6′ tall, and was wearing a large dark, puffy coat and …
Read More »Subaru ‘Share The Love’ Campaign Returns To Flemington Subaru
Submitted by Flemington Car & Truck Country. FLEMINGTON – Flemington Subaru, part of the Flemington Car and Truck Country Family of Brands, is proud to announce the return of Subaru of America’s Share the Love campaign. Beginning November 16 and continuing through January 2, 2018, with every purchase or lease of a new Subaru, customers will have the opportunity to …
Read More »Advanced Dental Arts Buys Back Candy For Troops
More than 40 pounds of candy will soon be on its way to United States’ troops serving overseas, thanks to the efforts of a township dentist. For the fifth consecutive year, Dr. Joseph Haddad of Advanced Dental Arts, 738 Easton Ave., conducted a Halloween candy buy-back. His offer was $2 for each pound of candy brought to his office on …
Read More »FTPD Sergeant Accused In Road Rage Incident With Off-Duty Cop Released From Jail
The man a Franklin Township Police sergeant allegedly pulled a gun on and pursued in a car in southern New Jersey was an off-duty police officer. That was just one of the revelations Nov. 8 during a pre-trial detention hearing for the township officer, Sgt. Teddy Cerra. Cerra was arrested on multiple charges by State Police Nov. 1 after he …
Read More »Hillsborough Man Charged With Two Township Bank Robberies
A Hillsborough man remains in the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, facing charges that he robbed two township banks over the last three months. Quintin D. Watson, 50, was arrested at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the parking lot of an unnamed Hillsborough restaurant in connection with bank robberies that took place in September and November, according to a press release …
Read More »Township Police Sergeant, Firearms Dealer, Arrested On Multiple Charges In Burlington County
A Franklin Township Police sergeant remained in the Burlington County Jail in Mt. Holly Nov. 5, following his arrest by State Police on multiple charges. Sgt. Teddy Cerra, 42, of Southampton, was charged on Nov. 1 with a weapons offense, robbery, aggravated assault and driving while intoxicated after an altercation with another driver on Red Lion Road in Southampton, according …
Read More »‘Suspicious Man’ Reported At Franklin Middle School
Township police are “actively investigating” reports of a “suspicious person” on the perimeter of Franklin Middle School. A Nov. 3 message from the township to FMS parents via NIXLE said that the man has been sighted over the past several days in the mornings and afternoons. FTPD Lt. Phil Rizzo said that no children were approached by the man. The …
Read More »Police Seek Help In Identifying Alleged Township Bank Robber
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of robbing an Elizabeth Avenue bank on Nov. 1. Township police responded to an alarm activation at the Chase Bank at about 6 p.m., according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Bank employees told police that a man handed a bank teller a note announcing …
Read More »Township Senior Citizen In Critical Condition After Being Struck By Car
A 74-year-old township woman is in critical condition at a local hospital after being struck by a car while crossing John F. Kennedy Boulevard on Oct. 31. Police said Hendrika Houben of Somerset was struck by a 2012 Nissan Maxima driven by by Nada Gilbert, 28, also of Somerset, as Gilbert was making a left turn from New Brunswick Road …
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