News for Franklin, NJ. The township of Franklin is the most populous municipality in Somerset County and the 22nd most populous in New Jersey with more than 62,300 residents. The mayor in 2021 is Phillip Kramer.
Franklin (Somerset)
Cops: Man in all black robbed bank on Rt. 27 in Somerset County
The incident occurred at around 2 p.m. on Monday.
Cops: Woman, kids held at gunpoint in Somerset County hotel room
Police say the woman was shot when she tried to escape.
String of armed robberies under investigation in Franklin, NJ
Somerset County investigators are looking into three armed robberies between Aug. 6 and Aug. 10 in Franklin at a hotel, convenience store, and gas station.
Man charged with rapes in Somerset County parks
Rogelio Calyeca Postrero was picked up on Thursday after a report of a man masterbating in public. Police then linked the Raritan resident to sexual assaults in Bridgewater and Franklin.
Franklin, NJ man charged with attempted murder in stabbing
Matthew Hall, of Franklin, is charged with attempted murder for stabbing a man after a verbal dispute at a gas station, Somerset County prosecutors say.
Teen charged with terrorizing bullied NJ student's funeral
An online memorial service for Emily Murillo, of South Brunswick, was disrupted by someone who made threats and shouted insults.
Police find endangered NJ woman, 29, who was missing over a week
Shekinah Dover, of Franklin, was reported missing by her mother on May 30. She was found in Newark on Tuesday night.
$2,500 reward follows police sketch in Franklin trail sex assault
A man with a heavy build, said to be in his 30s, was being sought in connection with a sex assault reported by a female runner on Monday evening in Somerset County.
Woman sexually assaulted while jogging park trail in Franklin, NJ
The attack was reported along a stretch of the Delaware & Raritan Canal park trail in Somerset County. The man fled on a bicycle; police are looking into any similarities with reported assaults last year.
4 adults sentenced for creating 'family-owned trans' child porn
The defendants were operating what they described as a "family-owned transgender pornography production studio specializing in amateur, BDSM and taboo fetish content" at the home they had shared in Somerset County.