A 9-year-old male student at the Hun School was struck by a bus as he attempted to cross Russell Road on Nov. 2. The bus had just begun to move forward eastbound in the opposite lane as the boy ran directly in front of it and was struck, police said...
Category - Police & Fire
Attorney General: Shooting by police justified in Princeton Panera standoff
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office today issued the findings of an investigation into the fatal shooting of a Lawrenceville man during a standoff with police on March 20 at the Princeton Panera on Nassau Street. State investigators said...
Fusion House owner, two other Lawrence residents charged in human trafficking, prostitution, and money laundering scheme
Three Lawrence residents, including the principal owner of the Fusion House on Brunswick Pike, have been arrested after a two-year investigation into money laundering, tax evasion, prostitution and human trafficking. Search warrants were executed on...
Serial bank robber suspect caught after North Brunswick heist yesterday
A Hillsborough man has been arrested in connection with multiple bank robberies in Central New Jersey. Mark Elbaum, 52, allegedly robbed the Valley National Bank on Route 27 in North Brunswick yesterday less than an hour after he allegedly attempted...
Attempted robbery at Santander Bank in West Windsor
Just after 10 a.m. on Monday, a man entered the Santander Bank at 44 Princeton-Hightstown Road and attempted to rob the bank. Police have not shared any details about what happened inside the bank or whether the suspect was carrying a weapon. After...
Police: Student at Hopewell Valley High School assaults staff members and officer
A 15-year-old student at Hopewell Valley Central High School allegedly assaulted multiple staff members on Thursday afternoon and then punched a police officer in the face, police said. Just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, police were dispatched to the...
14-year-old boy struck by vehicle while crossing Clarksville Road Tuesday
A 14-year-old boy sustained serious injuries when he was struck by a vehicle while he was running in West Windsor on Oct. 16. At about 8:50 p.m., police were dispatched to Clarksville Road at the Windsor Athletic Center after someone reported the...
Police seek public’s help locating missing Princeton senior
Police in Princeton are asking for the public’s help locating a missing person. Roper Road resident Doris Young, 77, has been missing since 11 a.m. on Sept. 11. She left her home in a 2006 Mercedes Benz R350 SUV with the license plate L86EHG...
Attempted child luring on Prospect Avenue reported to police
On the first day of school Wednesday, police in Princeton received a report from a resident that someone attempted to lure a child on Prospect Avenue. A 10-year-old girl was walking home from a friend’s house at about 3 p.m. when she saw a red...
Update: Motorcyclist killed in Route 1 crash early Monday identified
Just after midnight on Monday, a motorcyclist died after being struck by a Volkswagen Jetta as he was crossing Route 1 at Franklin Corner Road. Walter Harris, Jr., 58, of Hamilton was traveling on Bakers Basin Road and crossing Route to Franklin...
Owner of Hamilton farm charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty
The owner of a 14-acre farm on Uncle Pete’s Road in Hamilton has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after investigators allegedly found dead ducks and chickens, ill chickens, and animals covered in feces on the...
Mercer County emergency dispatch receives spate of false “swatting” calls
Dispatchers for Mercer County’s emergency communications have received a series of false 9-1-1 calls, commonly known as swatting calls. The calls have been reported to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Swatting calls trigger the...
Car and home burglaries on the rise in the Princeton area
Police in municipalities in the Princeton area are reporting an increase in home and car burglaries. West Windsor Last weekend, there were several burglaries in the Sherbrook Estates development in West Windsor, police said. The burglaries occurred...
Police identify Lake Carnegie drowning victim
Police in Princeton have released the name of the man who drowned last Friday in Lake Carnegie. Talven Page, 23, was a Trenton resident who worked as a security officer for a private company who loved the Twilight saga and spending time with his...
Man drowns in Lake Carnegie Friday afternoon
A man drowned in Lake Carnegie around 3 p.m. on Friday, police said. His name is not being released until family members have been notified. At 2:52 p.m., a person called 9-1-1 to report that a man had jumped into Lake Carnegie off of the dock near...
Police: Suspicious package that fell from the sky was a weather device
A white package attached to a parachute dropped from the sky and landed in a solar panel field off New Road in Kendall Park on Tuesday morning. Employees at the solar field contacted the South Brunswick Police Department, said the package was making...
Two Princeton employees placed on leave while police look into sales of municipal computers
Two employees in the office of information technology for the municipality of Princeton have been placed on leave while police investigate allegations that they sold used municipal computers online and possibly profited personally from the sales...
Police in Lawrence asking for public’s help to locate missing Princeton woman
The Lawrence Township Police Department is attempting to locate Maryjo Rosati, 47. Rosati was displaced from her residence and had been staying at local motels in Lawrence Township, police said. She has threatened to harm herself in the past...
Police arrest three people for allegedly selling drugs in Princeton
Undercover detectives bought marijuana and acid several times over the course of a month as part of an investigation into a drug distribution network in Princeton. Three men were arrested after the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force and the...
Burglaries on the rise in West Windsor
For the past few months, West Windsor Township has seen an uptick in residential burglaries, police say. Police are cautioning residents to make sure their homes and vehicles are secured. In recent burglaries, some homes were secured, while others...
Home in Hopewell Borough uninhabitable after fire
A fire damaged a home in Hopewell Borough on Friday morning. No injuries were reported. The home is uninhabitable due to fire, smoke and water damage. The Hopewell Township Police Department, along with the Hopewell Fire Department, responded to...
Hopewell Police respond to multiple home burglaries, car burglaries on the rise in South Brunswick
Hopewell Valley The Hopewell Township Police Department has responded to multiple residential burglaries over the past two weeks, officials said. On July 4, a Wyckoff Drive resident reported that while he was away on vacation, a home surveillance...
