Police & Fire

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - An Emergency Servic

es Training Drill involving several first responder agencies will be held at Duke Farms Sept. 26th between 4:30-9 p.m.

John Sheridan, director of the township's Office of Emergency Management said there will be several emergency vehicles present at the property and emphasized it is only a training exercise.

The drill is the first of its kind to ...

TRENTON, NJ – A 54-year-old Hillsborough man is one of 24 suspects arrested in “Operation Open House,” a sting set up by law enforcement officials to capture alleged child predators using social media to lure underage girls and boys for sexual activity, according to state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal.

The sting was set-up at a residence in Toms River. The underage ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - All information on this Police blotter was provided by Hillsborough police. Those facing charges are considered innocent unless proven guilty in Hillsborough Municipal Court. All defendants charged by police were processed and released pending a court appearance.

Aug. 4, 2018 - Michele Neri, 24, of Middlesex was arrested for Possession of Marijuana after being ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A tractor trailer turning on to Route 206 early Friday morning collided with a car, injuring the driver.

Kevin King Jr., 38, a Raritan resident suffered unspecified injuries and was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick,

He was driving southbound on Route 206 at 4:44 a.m. when he was struck by a tractor trailer driven by Richard Foy of ...

SOMERSET, NJ - A raging fire completely gutted a South Middlebush Road house early Thursday morning, police said.

Police and fire units responded just before 5 a.m. Thursday morning to find the house fully engulfed in flames.

Firefighters from Middlebush Fire Department, Elizabeth Avenue Fire Department, Little Rocky Hill Fire Department, Franklin Park Fire Department, Millstone Valley Fire ...

BOUND BROOK, NJ – Police say a Bound Brook man engaged in a sexual act with a six-year-old child back in 2016. 

Manuel A. Rodriguez, 51, of East Main Street, has been charged with 2nd Degree Sexual Assault and 3rd Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child ...

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Two suspects wanted in connection with the Aug. 19 murder of  a North Plainfield man have been captured in Texas while trying to flee to Mexico, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

Nelson Salomon Aquilar-Lopez, 20 and Gicsy Baleria Galindo-Acosta, 22, both of West Front Street, Plainfield, were arrested in Texas near the Louisiana ...

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ –  A third suspect wanted in connection with the murder of  Nelson Noe Garcia-Lopez during a fight on Grove Street on Aug. 19 has surrendered to police, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

Patricio M. Piruch-Nekta,  25, Clinton Place, Plainfield, turned himself in to North Plainfield police at headquarters  on ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A 28-year-old woman was killed Sunday after she was struck by a vehicle while walking on Route 22 at the intersection of Country Club Road, according to township police.

Shivangi Sharma was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville.

Police responded to the reported accident scene at 11:43 p.m.

The operator of the vehicle was identified as ...

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ –  Three Plainfield men have been arrested in connection with the murder of  Nelson Noe Garcia-Lopez during a fight on Grove Street on Aug. 19, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

Garcia-Lopez, 24,  was the intended target of the assault but authorities have not released a motive. After conducting dozens of ...