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...
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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...
Police: Man grabbed woman’s buttocks in parking lot in downtown Princeton
A woman was walking to work in downtown just before 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, when she was groped by a man in the rear parking lot behind the Santander Bank on Nassau Street. The man allegedly grabbed the woman’s buttocks with both hands...
Police identify Belle Mead teen who died in Hillsborough crash
A 19-year-old Belle Mead resident died in a crash in Hillsborough early Saturday morning, police said. Chase Coram was driving a 2015 Toyota Scion FRS heading south on Willow Road about a tenth of a mile south of Kilmer Road just before 6 a.m. on...
Teen dies in West Windsor crash
An 18-year-old resident of East Windsor died Sunday morning in West Windsor after crashing a car into a tree, police said. The crash was the second fatal crash in the greater Princeton area this weekend involving a teen and a tree. A 19-year-old...
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