Police & Fire Top Stories
By STEVE LENOX
September 25, 2024
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office recently released body worn camera (BWC) footage of a March 31, 2024 incident in Hightstown showing the response of Borough Officers Daniel Abbatemarco and Kenneth Larsen saving the life of a choking infant. The footage, a statement said, ...
WAYNE, NJ – Porch pirates are likely never going away. These people steal your delivered packages right outside your front door. Sadly, given the success of this kind of theft, there is now competition among thieves to steal your goods. Police believe that it was one group of package thieves who ...
BRIDGEWATER – Members of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office visited the campus of Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School (SCVTHS) recently to distribute backpacks and school supplies to students.The donation of notebooks, pens, pencils, and other items – and a way to carry them - ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ. - A Somerset County Jury has convicted a Plainfield man of third-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, third-degree resisting arrest, and disorderly persons offense for inflicting bodily injury with a deadly weapon stemming from an April 13, 2022 incident on Route ...
MANVILLE, NJ – A fatal motorcycle accident on South Main Street is under investigation.Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said the accident occured at 5:32 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 near the intersection with Roosevelt Avenue. The victim has been identified as Kevin Duwane Williams, 47, of Belle ...
MANVILLE, NJ – A fatal motorcycle accident on South Main Street is under investigation.Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said the accident occured at 5:32 p.m. Sunday near the intersection with Roosevelt Avenue. The victim was identified as a 47-year-old man from Belle Mead-Griggstown.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J.- The Hillsborough Police Department hosted the township'ssecond National Night Out this past Tuesday at Mountain View Park. The event, originallyscheduled on Aug, 6th, was called off due to inclement weather. Nearly a month later, the weather was cooperative, with kids ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The township fire department is hiring experienced firefighters for full-time positions to supplement its three companies of volunteer firefighters.Starting salary is $50,100.Applications must be picked up in person at the newly-opened Hilsborough Fire District headquarters, 48 ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office is asking for help from the public locating its Fugitive of the Month:
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Scaffolds have been erected on West Main Street in front of the buildings damaged in a fire June 3 that also destroyed apartments on the upper two floors. displacing more than one dozen occupants who were forced to find new housing. The scaffolding is in preparation for the ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ - Police divers have recovered the body of a 31-year-old man submerged in a car that had crashed through a guard rail alongside the Delaware-Raritan Canal on Saturday afternoon according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. Police were called by a kayaker who ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Township police officers are looking forward to hanging out with members of the community they serve on Tuesday, Sept. 10 when they host the rescheduled Night Out celebration at Mountainview Park, which was postponed by inclement weather earlier this month. The National Night ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - As students and educators of the Hillsborough High School prepare to return to their classrooms, AT EASE Foundation is donating a lifesaving device to keep them safer. The nonprofit organization will present an Emergency Response Locker to school officials at 9 a.m. on ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is working alongside Somerset Law Enforcement agencies for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over high-visibility enforcement campaign. The goal is to deter impaired driving and prevent the ...
SOMERSET, NJ - The Franklin Township Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Francis Taylor, a 67-year-old black male, last seen on August 10, 2024, according to a township alert. Taylor, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds, was last seen driving a 2011 ...
SOMERSET, NJ - Stage House Tavern, a beloved local restaurant, has partnered with the Franklin Police Department once again for a unique program called "Cooking with Cops." Last week a handful of high school students completed the culinary program at Stage House Tavern. "It’s a very rewarding ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office seeks the public's help in tracking down August. 2024 Fugitive of tghe Month James E. Schoenknecht. wanted for 2 Counts of 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun and 1 Count of 4th Degree Possession of Prohibited Weapon or Device in ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Police Department's National Night Out festivities at Mountainview Park, scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 6th, have been postponed due to reports of inclement weather. The Police Department hopes to reschedule for early September, but no dates are confirmed at this time. Please ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Officials expect it will be at least another ten days before demolition begins on the King Tut Egyptian restaurant at 6 Man St., one of several buildings damaged in a 4-alarm fire two months ago that closed several businesses and displaced residents who lived in apartments on the ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Five suspects from Newark have been arrested and charged with multiple residential burglaries and car thefts that began last year in several Somerset County towns, according to Prosecutor John P. McDonald, who said that the thieves left behind other vehicles reported stolen at ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A Somerville man has been arrested and charged with spray-painting anti-Muslim graffiti on the exterior of the Al Fatah Center in Bridgewater. The graffiti, according to police, contained a derogatory and anti-Muslim remark against Islam’s Prophet Mohammad. Julian A. Dale, ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Two suspects from Queens, New York face several charges in connection with car burglaries at the Sourland Mountain Preserve parking lot, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, who announced the arrests in conjunction with other similar incidents in Bernards ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Township Police will host a two-hour celebratory observance of National Night Out at Mountain View Park Aug. 6 beginning at 6 p.m. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. The first ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Borough resident Allan Lopez Arrieta, aka Allana Arrieta, 30, faces criminal charges for the distribution of Child Sexual Abuse material, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified the Somerset County ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Less than two months after K9 therapy dog Marco joined the Somerville Police Department, a second therapy dog, Liam, is joining the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office in Somerville. Liam and Marco are the only K9 therapy dogs working for police agencies in Somerset ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The following information was provided by the Hicksborough Police Department:06/01/2024 Katie Velasquez age 30 of Somerville was arrested for DWI while on a traffic stop on Route 206. She was processed and released with a HTMC court date.06/01/2024 Cruz Sergio Augusto age 25 of ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office is seeking help from the public in locating Dave Adamovic, wanted in connection with the attempted sexual assault of a child in Bound Brook.
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - A suspect has been charged with sexual assault against two young boys, ages 7 and 9, inside a bathroom at a local church on two separate occasions. according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. Pierre Joseph, 68, a Plainfield resident, is charged with two ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and North Plainfield Chief of Police William Parenti have announced the arrest of George Wohar, Jr., 62, North Plainfield, in relation to the ...
BRANCHBURG, NJ - Former Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano, who retired in 2019 after a 50-year career in law enforcement, died Wednesday, June 26. He was 81. A former resident of Raritan, Provenzano and his wife Lou Ann moved to Tuckerton after his retirement. His law enforcement ...