Franklin (Somerset)

Amitoj Oberoi, of Somerset, is charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, stemming from the deaths of two passengers Sunday in Somerset. Oberoi was off-duty as an Edison police officer.

Four people including a Manville woman, 75, an East Newark man, 52, and two men in the 20s are dead after two crashes in Franklin (Somerset) and Manville.

A father lost his balance and fell back into the Millstone River after getting his three children out of the water when they became distressed.

Bus monitor Amanda Davila faces manslaughter and other charges after a four point harness tightened around the neck of Fajr Atiya Williams as the bus drove over multiple bumps in the road.

The girl was in a wheelchair riding to a summer program at a school in Franklin Township Monday morning when the van she was riding inside hit several bumps in the roadway causing the safety harness to tighten around her neck.

A former Rutgers Preparatory School teacher was sentenced on June 22, 2023 for not reporting a sexual relationship between a student and a coach.

Medical personnel started administering life-saving measures to the 23-year-old when they arrived on the scene in Franklin Township.

Rogelio Calyeca Postrero, of Raritan, has pleaded guilty to a charge from the Middlesex County sex assault in 2021. He still faces charges for trail rapes in Bridgewater and Franklin.

Gerald Chapman of Franklin (Somerset County) is charged with attempted murder for shooting at a driver on Easton Ave on May 5, prosecutors say.

The taxi had crashed into a parked vehicle in the driveway of a residence on Sydney Place in Franklin Township.