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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Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a Somerset Run home. Photos: Franklin Township Police Department. No one was injured in a fire March 2 that destroyed a Somerset Run 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 …
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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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Jaki Hooks-Lewis. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The 20-year-old township man wanted for a January Dewald Avenue shooting has surrendered, authorities said March 1. 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 media serving the Eight Villages. But …
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Police are investigating two luring incidents in the last two weeks involving Franklin Middle School students. Township police are investigating two luring incidents that occurred in the last two weeks – the latest on Feb. 24 – involving Franklin Middle School students. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …
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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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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 Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …
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Efrain A. Martinez. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. 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. 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 …
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The father of the man police say shot a person Jan. 3 on Dewald Avenue turned himself in to authorities. Jason Lewis, 43, turned himself in to authorities at the Somerset County Jail, Somerville, on Feb. 10, 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 …
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Regal Bank will purchase the Elizabeth Avenue branch of New Millennium Bank, the institutions announced Feb. 13. According to a press release about the deal, it is anticipated that Regal will assume about $32 million in deposits from New Millennium, a figure subject to the actual value of deposits at the time of closing. The remainder of the branch’s deposits, …
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