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...
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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...
Two firefighters hurt battling fire in Western Section of Princeton
Two firefighters were injured early Tuesday as they battled a three-alarm fire on the 100 block of Hodge Road. One firefighter suffered from respiratory issues and the other cut a finger fighting the blaze. The $2.5 million home was vacant at the...
Fire rips through roofs of townhomes on Sergeant Street in Princeton
A fire severely damaged at least four townhouses on Sergeant Street in Princeton early Saturday morning, eyewitnesses say. The three-alarm fire broke out at 27 Sergeant Street at about 5 a.m. No one was injured. Markham Square, designed by architect...
Officials: Security was increased at Art All Night before shooting
In a reversal of previous statements, law enforcement officials now say they stepped up the police presence at Art All Night last weekend after rumor circulated on social media on Saturday that there could be violence at the event. Mercer County...
Princeton officials deposed for police officers’ lawsuit against town and former chief
Several Princeton officials and former officials have been deposed in recent weeks for a five-year-old lawsuit involving seven former Princeton Police officers and former chief David Dudeck, several sources told Planet Princeton. The lawsuit against...
Death, fire under investigation in Hamilton
A woman was found dead at the scene of an apartment fire early Saturday morning in Hamilton, law enforcement officials said. At about 3 a.m. on Sunday, Hamilton police responded to a fire at an apartment complex on the 200 block of Reeves Avenue...
County prosecutor drops remaining charges against ‘NJ Weedman’
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday afternoon that all remaining charges against Ed Forchion, better known as NJ Weedman, have been dismissed “After a review of the defendant’s pending cases, we feel the downgrade and...
Police investigating two deaths in Robbinsville
Robbinsville police were called to a residence on Robbinsville-Edinburgh Road on Monday afternoon, June 4, and discovered two dead people in the home. A preliminary investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force suggests that the deaths were...
