Mercer County Narcotics Task Force investigation shuts down heroin mill in Trenton

Mercer County Narcotics Task Force investigation shuts down heroin mill in Trenton

A four-month investigation by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force dubbed Operation Johnny Be Good ended this week with three arrests and the seizure of $35,000 in cash and $200,000 in raw heroin, law enforcement officials said. On Monday, April 24, the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force concluded an undercover operation into a heroin distribution…

Woman murdered in Hopewell Township on Tuesday

Woman murdered in Hopewell Township on Tuesday

A woman was murdered in a home on Washington Crossing-Pennington Road in Hopewell Township on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said. Police received a call from the homeowner just after 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Hopewell Township Police Department responded to the residence on the 400 block of…

Vandals spray-paint obscene graffiti, racial slur on Princeton buildings

Vandals spray-paint obscene graffiti, racial slur on Princeton buildings

Residents, shoppers and employees at local businesses were surprised when they went to park in the metered lot just off Park Place on Saturday morning in downtown Princeton and were greeted with obscene graffiti. Vandals spray-painted the n-word, expletives and a penis on the backs and sides of a few buildings that abut the Park Place…

Princeton Police looking for ladies’ restroom peeper

Princeton Police looking for ladies’ restroom peeper

Police in Princeton are trying to identify a man who allegedly followed a female patron into the women’s restroom at Triumph Brewery on Friday night, April 23, just before 11:30 p.m. The man allegedly followed the woman into the women’s restroom, where he peeked at her through the crack in the stall door as she…

Princeton police blotter: Woman groped in tree street neighborhood

A woman reported that on April 12 at about 7 p.m., she was inappropriately touched by a man near the intersection of Spruce Spruce Street and Moore Street. After groping the victim from behind, the suspect fled from the scene on Spruce Street. The suspect was described as a Hispanic male. He was about 5’8″ tall…

Automated license plate reader leads Hopewell Police to kidnapping and armed robbery suspects

Automated license plate reader leads Hopewell Police to kidnapping and armed robbery suspects

Two men were driving a stolen truck along Route 31 in Pennington just before 2:30 a.m. on March 20 while an officer from Hopewell Township Police was on patrol in a marked car equipped with an automated license plate reader. The license plate reader scanned the plate of a southbound 2014 Ford F450 truck and…

Princeton Police Blotter: Marijuana at John Witherspoon Middle School, warrant arrests

On the Evening of March 10, three teens were allegedly in possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and alcohol at an event at John Witherspoon Middle School. Police responded to the school after receiving a report about a juvenile who was believed to be in possession of marijuana. Upon arrival, police said they discovered that three…

Mercer County ranks first in NJ for child support arrests

Mercer County ranks first in NJ for child support arrests

Mercer County led the state’s 21 counties in the number of people the sheriff’s department arrested and the amount of money that was collected related to child support in 2016. The Mercer County Sheriff’s office arrested more than 300 people and collected more than $104,000 for distribution by the NJ Family Support Payment Center of Mercer…

Princeton Police: Driver who struck and killed pedestrian in September thought he hit a deer

Princeton Police: Driver who struck and killed pedestrian in September thought he hit a deer

A Virginia man driving through Princeton on the night of Sept. 15 thought he hit a deer in the roadway on Mercer Street near Hale Drive. He called police to report that he had struck the deer, not realizing he had hit and killed a 69-year-old woman from China who was visiting her daughter. Xufeng…

Pedestrian and driver die in two car crashes in Lawrence Friday night and early Saturday

Pedestrian and driver die in two car crashes in Lawrence Friday night and early Saturday

A pedestrian died after he was hit by a car while crossing Route 1 near Toys R Us just after 10 p.m. on Friday, March 3. Kenneth Voropay, 63, of Trenton was struck by a driver who was heading southbound as he attempted to cross the center median between the southbound and northbound lanes. Voropay was transported…

Princeton animal control officer arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting boy at Pa. park
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Princeton animal control officer arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting boy at Pa. park

Princeton Animal Control Officer Saul Nathan Barson was arrested by the Solebury Township Police Department for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old boy in a park earlier this month. The Solebury Township Police Department received information regarding a sexual assault that occurred on Feb. 3 at the Pat Livezey Park in Solebury Township, Pa. The investigation revealed…

South Brunswick Police investigating carjacking at Route 1 hotel parking lot

South Brunswick Police investigating carjacking at Route 1 hotel parking lot

Just after 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a guest at the Sonesta ES Suites on Route 1 in South Brunswick was sitting in his Honda Civic, warming his car up when he was approached by two men. One man holding a gun knocked on the driver’s side window and demanded that the driver exit the vehicle….

School bus driver dies after crashing into tree in West Windsor

School bus driver dies after crashing into tree in West Windsor

A 73-year-old school bus driver from Monroe veered off the road and struck a tree on Zaitz Farm Road in West Windsor Wednesday afternoon. He was taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton in Plainsboro, where he was pronounced dead. The school bus driver may have had a medical issue that caused the vehicle…

Driver dies after veering off road and crashing in area of truck debris on Route 1

Driver dies after veering off road and crashing in area of truck debris on Route 1

A tractor-trailer traveling north on Route 1 left debris on the northbound lanes and then a man in Dodge van who was driving in the area of the debris veered off the road and struck several trees, West Windsor Police said. The incident took place about a half a mile north of Quakerbridge Road just…

Lawrence Police identify victim in Princeton Pike crash

Lawrence Police identify victim in Princeton Pike crash

The Lawrence Police Department has identified Maddie Everett, 76, of Lawrenceville as the victim in the fatal crash on Princeton Pike that occurred Monday morning. The second driver in the crash, Henry Hoffler, 47, of Trenton is in stable condition and suffered injuries to his head and ribs. At about 6:45 a.m. Monday, the Lawrence…

One person dead after Princeton Pike crash

One person dead after Princeton Pike crash

One driver died in a crash Monday morning on Princeton Pike just north of Lewisville Road, and a second driver was hospitalized, police said. At about 6:45 a.m., the Lawrence Township Police Department received several 911 calls reporting a two car motor vehicle crash along Princeton Pike. The two vehicles involved were found off the…

Police in South Brunswick stop crime spree with help from public

Police in South Brunswick stop crime spree with help from public

Thanks to observant neighbors, three suspects were arrested after they allegedly burglarized a home in the Kendall Park area of South Brunswick on Friday afternoon. At about 12:20 pm., resident Maria Doherty saw a suspect break a rear window and enter into a neighbor’s home on Cambridge Road. She told her husband, Thomas Doherty, who…