Police & Fire
By RICHARD K. REIN
April 16, 2025
Princeton, NJ – Chances are slim that any readers of TAPinto Princeton Community News are looking for a job as a police officer. But chances are better that someone reading this might know someone who would be interested. In that case, it’s worth noting that the Princeton Police Department is now ...
Princeton, NJ – As TAPinto Princeton’s monthly crash reports make clear, there are any number of ways for you to launch your car into another car, a fixed along the road, or – worst case – a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a bicyclist taking their rightful place in the roadway.Those crash reports are ...
Princeton, NJ — March was a tragic month for Princeton. Not only did one pedestrian – Hin Chin, 74 – die after being struck by a teenage driver on March 11, but another pedestrian, who had been struck on January 24, also died.This now brings Princeton’s pedestrian fatality count to seven since ...
Princeton, NJ – If it’s coffee with a cop, then it might also be coffee and a donut with a cop. But not necessarily. Squad 1 of the Princeton Police Department is teaming up with Bagel Nook for a community policing event – coffee and bagels with the police – on Friday, April 4, from 8 to 10 a.m. at ...
Somerset, NJ - A small aircraft crash in Franklin Township claimed the life of a Lawrenceville man on Sunday, March 30, prompting a multi-agency investigation led by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), according to a statement from the Franklin Township Police Department.According to ...
Princeton, NJ – What’s with the cars catching on fire? On March 12 Princeton Police were alerted to a 2010 Ford Ranger on fire in the parking lot in the 200 block of Nassau Street. Patrols attempted to extinguish the fire but it continued to grow. The vehicle was heavily damaged by the fire and ...
Princeton, NJ – We are beginning to run out of catchy phrases to lead off our stories about Princeton residents getting fleeced by scam artists. At the end of February, after we learned of residents being targeted by Bitcoin scammers two weeks in a row, we observed that “those who do not learn from ...
Princeton, NJ -- You now need two hands to keep track of the number of pedestrians killed by motorists on Princeton streets.On March 14, three days after being struck by a car while walking on the sidewalk near the Princeton Public Library, Hin Chin, 74, died of his injuries – the sixth pedestrian ...
Princeton, NJ – The crash of a motor vehicle into a pedestrian on Tuesday afternoon, March 11, began the way many crashes begin – with a driver making a left hand turn across an oncoming traffic lane. In this case, according to a police statement released on March 12, a 17-year-old driver, ...
Princeton, NJ — In our monthly traffic reports, we summarize the crash investigation documents prepared by the Princeton Police Department. Unless otherwise indicated, those involved in the crashes did not need immediate medical attention.Our quick summary for this month: In February, there were 56 ...
Editor’s note: Shortly after this police blotter report was posted, at around 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, the Police Department responded to a serious motor vehicle accident on Sylvia Beach Way, just outside the rear entrance to the Princeton Public Library. A male victim was taken by ambulance ...
Princeton, NJ – The application process has opened for Princeton residents interested in attending this spring’s Citizen Police Academy. The Princeton Police Department’s eight-week Police Academy will show residents how the police department operates and responds to incidents within the community.
Princeton, NJ – On the eve of Matthew Hertgen’s next appearance in court to face charges that he murdered his younger brother, Joseph, on February 22, more details are surfacing about the activities that evening in the family’s apartment in the Michelle Mews section of the Residences at Palmer ...
Princeton, NJ – Cunning criminals trying to deceive or swindle Princeton residents struck again in the past week or so. A Bitcoin scam was foiled but a con job using Zelle paid off for the criminal – so far, at least. On March 4, a Nassau Street businessperson reported that an unknown person ...
Princeton, NJ -- Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, or so they say.A week ago, we reported the story of a Princeton resident who had been told by a person purporting to be a representative of the PNC Bank fraud department that she should deposit a total of $40,800 in U.S.
Editor's note: Since TAPinto Princeton published the article below on February 25, some news sites have continued to pound the story. The lurid reports, including most recently a reference to a prison cell suicide attempt, all have two things in common: 1.) They are based on anonymous sources, and ...
Princeton, NJ – A Witherspoon Street resident, identified as Oliver Diaz Pulex, 24, was arrested Friday, February 21, and charged with one count of second-degree distribution of child sexual abuse material and one count of third-degree possession of child sexual abuse material, according to Mercer ...
Princeton, NJ – What would you do if you suddenly had to get your hands on – metaphorically speaking -- $40,800 worth of Bitcoin in order to make a payment to an account that demanded payment in the form of Bitcoin?We wouldn’t have had a clue before we received this week’s report from the Princeton ...
Princeton, NJ – In November of last year, Princeton police reported several incidents of anti-Zionist/pro-Palestinian graffiti carved into wet cement on sidewalks under repair on Christopher Drive, off Rosedale Road in the Ettl Farm neighborhood. On February 5, police were alerted to a similar ...
Princeton, NJ – A 39-year-old Princeton man was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and possession of hollow-point ammunition following a verbal altercation at a North Harrison Street business on Monday, February 10, at approximately 9:32 a.m.Police reported that they received a 9-1-1 call ...
Princeton, NJ — In our monthly traffic reports, we summarize the crash investigation documents prepared by the Princeton Police Department. Unless otherwise indicated, those involved in these crashes did not need immediate medical attention. The December, 2024, crash report can be found here.Our ...
Princeton, NJ – Lots of great investment managers have made their way through Princeton, and they have all had their bad days as well as their good days. A Prospect Avenue resident, probably not one of those great investment managers, apparently had one of those bad days sometime in January – a day ...
Princeton, NJ – A community advisory has been issued by Princeton Police following the report of a suspicious incident on Monday, February 3, on Guyot Path, the pedestrian shortcut from Jefferson Road to Witherspoon Street.Police reported that they are actively investigating a suspicious incident ...
Princeton, NJ – A 31-year-old Philadelphia resident and a juvenile companion were apprehended, and three other suspects were on the loose – last seen on Olden Lane near the Institute for Advanced Study -- after a shoplifting incident at a Hulfish Street store on Wednesday, January 29, at about ...
Princeton, NJ – Last week we reported on a Princeton couple who were eyewitnesses to a “grab and go” shoplifting event at a retail store on Hulfish Street. The couple asked police what the public should do if a crime unfolds in front of them. The answer: Be observant, but don’t try to be a ...
Princeton, NJ – Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14, a Princeton couple made their first visit to a relatively new clothing store on Hulfish Street. As they were looking at merchandise, three women and one man entered the store and suddenly began sliding clothing from the table displays ...
Princeton, NJ -- The Traffic Safety Bureau, along with the Princeton Police Department’s Patrol Bureau, will have directed enforcement on the following streets for the month of January: • Central Business District (bicycles/ scooters prohibited on sidewalks)• Witherspoon ...
Princeton, NJ -- In the second of our monthly traffic reports, we summarize the crash investigation reports prepared by the Princeton Police Department.The quick summary: In December, 2024, 69 motor vehicle crashes were reported in Princeton, up from 61 in November. Two pedestrians were hit by cars ...
Princeton, NJ – Old-fashioned burglar alarms are still at work these days and two attempted residential break-ins appear to have been foiled by them. Police report that on Christmas Day, December 25, at 5:23 p.m. they responded to an activated burglar alarm on Farrand Drive. A check of the ...
East Windsor, NJ — The convenience store slogan “Gottahava Wawa” took on new meaning for a hotel guest on Route 33. A guest at the hotel ended up being arrested on December 23 after he allegedly made 17 calls to 9-1-1, insisting that East Windsor police chauffeur him to a nearby Wawa store in ...