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Township Woman Suffers Potential Life-Threatening Injuries In Auto Accident

A 74-year-old township woman suffered possible life-threatening injuries and two other people were injured in a March 9 auto accident at the intersection of Arden Street and Girard Avenue. Police said Priscilla Roberson, 74, of Somerset, had to be “heavily extracted” from her 1993 Volvo after the early afternoon accident, which, police said, was apparently caused when Roberson drove through …

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Police Log: Feb. 28 – March 6, 2017

Feb. 28 Louis Ord of Somerset was cited for careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident after his car struck a parked car in the basement parking lot of Harrison Towers. Ord was trying to park at the time. Ord told police that he was tired and wanted to go to sleep; he said he and the other …

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Township Man Among Four To Be Sentenced For Theft From Parking Authority

Four former employees of the New Brunswick Parking Authority – including a township man – will be placed on probation for stealing more than $500 from the authority in 2016. Karran Buchan, 19, of Somerset, was among the men who pleaded guilty to a count each of 3rd Degree Conspiracy to Commit Theft, according to a press release from the …

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Police: No Injuries In Fire That Left Somerset Run Home Uninhabitable

No one was injured in a fire March 2 that destroyed a Somerset Run home. The unidentified occupant of the home escaped and will be staying with family members, according to a press release from township police. Police arrived at the Windfall Lane home to find it fully engulfed in flames after receiving a 9-1-1 call about the fire at …

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Police Log: Feb. 22 – 28, 2017

Feb. 21 Halakkuma Patel of Lawrenceville was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one driven by Tarra Wilson-Torrise of Jackson. Wilson-Torrise said she was entering the Pleasant Plains and Claremont roads intersection, then stopped for traffic when her car was hit. Sihan Cheng of Somerset was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way after her car collided with …

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Alleged Dewald Avenue Shooter Surrenders To Police

The 20-year-old township man wanted for a January Dewald Avenue shooting has surrendered, authorities said March 1. Jaki Hooks-Lewis turned himself in at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 while at his lawyer’s office in Newark, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Hooks-Lewis was charged with 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault after he allegedly shot a man outside …

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Police Investigating Two Luring Incidents Near Franklin Middle School

Township police are investigating two luring incidents that occurred in the last two weeks – the latest on Feb. 24 – involving Franklin Middle School students. Police said the students, a 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, reported to the school’s Resource Officer that they were approached while walking home from school by a man driving a black pick-up truck …

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Police Log: Feb. 14 – Feb. 22 , 2017

Feb. 14 Natalia Novickij of of Monroe was cited for making an improper turn after her car collided with one on Route 27 driven by Azim Ahmad of North Brunswick. Novickij had pulled over to the shoulder of the road, then made a left to go across the lanes of traffic in front of Ahmad’s car. Lining Zhu of New …

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Police Log: Feb. 8 – Feb. 14, 2017

Feb. 8 Someone entered a Jill Court home by cutting a screen. Nothing was taken. Andrew Bradley of Pennsylvania was driving on Cortelyous Road when his car was struck by one driven on Whitehall Lane by Laennese Wade of New Brunswick. Wade said she thought the road was clear. Feb. 9 The mailbox of a Garden Avenue home was damaged. …

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Bronx Man Faces Child Porn Charges After ‘Sexually Explicit’ Communications With Township Girl

A 31-year-old Bronx man faces child pornography charges after he allegedly asked an 8-year-old township girl to send him nude pictures of herself. Efrain A. Martinez was arrested in his Bronx home on Feb. 10, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. On Jan. 21, according to the release, township police received a tip that the …

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