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Monday, nov 25
Police & Fire
Suspicious Somerset County Fire Under Investigation
Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at a vacant Somerset County home. Firefighters from the Country Hills Fire Company, Green Knoll Fire Department -- along with the North Branch fire chief -- responded to the Burnt Mill Road home in Branchburg around 6:20 a.m., thanks to a 9-1-1 call, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor said. Last week, a fire broke out another unoccupied Somerset County home, formerly a retreat for New Jersey celebrities. Investigat…
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New Brunswick Man Charged With Causing OD Death Of Somerset County Woman
A New Brunswick man is accused of providing a woman with the cocktail of drugs including fentanyl and cocaine that killed her last January, authorities said Wednesday. Lashawn D. Boyd, 24, met up with the 37-year-old Bedminster woman for a drug deal on Jan. 19, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Bedminster Township Police Chief Karl Rock said. The next day, the woman died of a heart attack, Rock and Fodor said. An autopsy revealed the cause was adverse effects of cocaine, fentanyl and sertraline …
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Fire That Destroyed Historic NJ Retreat For Celebrities Under Investigation
Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out at a historic Somerset County home once a retreat for New Jersey celebrities. Fire companies from several towns responded to 751 River Road in Hillsborough around 4 a.m. after 9-1-1 calls came in Thursday, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The home -- which was being renovated -- was nothing but a pile of rubble after firefighters extinguished the two-alarm blaze. No injuries were reported. Investigators from the Somerset County Fire Investigation Unit (FIU), along with detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor…
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: Authorities Seek Somerset County Fugitive In Suspected Drug Deal, Pursuit
Authorities in Somerset County are seeking a man who they say sped away from police after being caught in a drug deal. Saul Weaver III, 48, of Hampton, is wanted on a charge of eluding police following Tuesday's incident, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release with other law enforcement agencies. Members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force, along with Franklin Township police, were doing a "quality of life" check in Diane Court when they saw a man later identified as Weaver conducting a "suspected narcotic…
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Authorities: Somerset Couple Busted With $50K Of Cocaine After Postal Workers Intercept Package
A Somerset County couple was found with ½ kilo of cocaine after the U.S. Postal Service intercepted a suspicious package shipped to their house, authorities said Wednesday. Jorge Diaz, 32, and Grethel Guevara, 29, became targets of an investigation when the U.S. Postal Service identified a suspicious package to their Hillcrest Avenue home in Somerset earlier this month, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson announced in a joint release. Somerset County Sheriff’s Officer K-9 “Basilone” conducted an exterior sniff of the parcel, indicating a positive result for the presence of …
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Videos Show Suspects -- One With Distinct Walk -- Wanted In Somerset County Homicide
Authorities on Thursday released a pair of videos depicting suspects and a vehicle wanted in a Somerset County homicide investigation. Police responded to Village Drive in Franklin Park found Raphael Edwards with gunshot wounds around 11:50 p.m. July 7, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Edwards, 27, later died and the incident was ruled a homicide, Robertson said in a joint release with local officials. The surveillance videos released Thursday show two people and a vehicle of interest. One person of interest appears to have a distinct walk and the vehicle of inte…
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Authorities: Man Robbed At Knifepoint In Hillsborough Home Invasion, 2 Jailed
Two men were being held in the Somerset County Jail in connection with a knifepoint home invasion, authorities said. A man at a Bloomingdale Drive home called 9-1-1 around 2:45 p.m. June 17, to report the incident, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a release with local police. The victim told detectives from the Hillsborough Police Department and Somerset County Prosecutor's Office that the suspects broke into his home, assaulted him then robbed him, Robertson said. An investigation found Ahmad "Lucky" Campbell, 20, of South Bound Brook, threatened the victi…
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? Vandals Spray-Paint Number '13,' Bubble Letters On Branchburg Business
Authorities are seeking the public's help seeking vandals who spray-painted graffiti onto a Branchburg business. The number "13" along with undecipherable bubble letters sprayed onto a Route 202 business were reported to police around 2:20 p.m. Monday, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor said. Experts in the graffiti field said the writing not determined to be gang affiliated. The matter is still under investigation. Anyone with information relating to this incident to co…
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Pedestrian Struck And Killed By Car In Franklin
A man attempting to cross the street in Franklin Tuesday night was killed when he was struck by a car, police said. The man, whose identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin, was struck by an eastbound Kia Sorrento driven by a Somerset resisdent shortly before 10 p.m. The fatal crash occurred on Amwell Road near Doria Road. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team at (908) 231-7100, or Officer Jose Jaime of the Fr…
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Wrong-Way Bedminster Crash Leaves 3 Bayonne Teens Critical
Three 18-year-olds from Bayonne were hospitalized in critical condition following a wrong-way crash in Central Jersey over the weekend, authorities said. A 2002 Toyota Corolla driven by one of them was speeding north on the southbound side of Rattlesnake Bridge Road near I-78 in Bedminster when it struck a concrete bridge abutment shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office and Bedminster police said. All three occupants had to be extricated, they said. Investigators were still trying to determine what happened and why. Anyone who might have witnessed the inci…
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