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Authorities: Man Fired Nearly 30 Shots Each Into Pair Of Somerset County Homes
A 20-year-old man was arrested months after firing nearly 30 shots each into a pair of occupied Somerset County homes. Kevin Lewis, of Somerset, was being held in the Somerset County Jail Monday on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and weapons offenses, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. No injuries were reported when Lewis fired 27 shots into an occupied Barker Road home in Franklin Township around 4:30 a.m., Dec. 30, 2019, Robertson said. The 70-year-old victim was treated and released from an area hospital with non-life threatening inj…
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: $2,500 Offered In Somerset County Shooting
The Somerset County Crime Stoppers are offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the arrest of individuals responsible for killing a 27-year-old man in Franklin Township last week. Officers responding to Village Drive on reports of a shooting on found Raphael Edwards, who had suffered a gunshot wound, around 11:50 p.m. on July 7, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release. Officers and other first responders immediately began administering lifesaving measures before Edwards, of Franklin Park, was transported to an area trauma center, Robertson …
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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…
Franklin Township, NJ
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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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Man Accused In Franklin Killing Hit Woman With Gun: Prosecutor
A New Brunswick man charged in a killing at a Franklin Township park in May now faces additional charges for an attack that took place shortly before the murder, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Najee K. Croom, 27, has been charged with murder and weapons offenses in thr fatal shooting of David D. Anderson in Naaman Williams Park around 11 p.m. May 18. Several people were in the park at the time, authorities said. The prosecutor's office said Tuesday that they have since learned that about an hour before Anderson was killed, Croom used a gun to hit a woman in the fa…
