July 15, 2020 LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–The Lawrence Township Fire Department was dispatched to 12 Lannigan Drive at 2:36 pm for a well involved house fire. Mutual fire departments from Hamilton Township, Ewing Township and Plainsboro responded to extinguish the fire. Firefighters were able to save pets from the inferno. No injuries were reported. Photos…

June 5, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)– New Jersey State Police Troopers joined the Trenton Fire Department, Trenton Police Department, Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora and Restoring Hearts Ministry for a pop-up barbecue in Trenton, N.J. on Saturday, June 5, 2021. New Jersey State Police Troopers joined the Trenton Fire Department, Trenton Police Department, Trenton Mayor Reed…

See related MidJersey.News story here: Latest Stabbing Brings Trenton’s Homicide Death Toll To 27 September 2, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Homicide Task Force has made an arrest in the Shamira Williams stabbing homicide on Laurel Place, August 25, 2020.  Irvin Hayes, 33, was arrested last night in Trenton.  He’s charged with murder and…

September 16, 2022 FREEHOLD, NJ (MONMOUTH)–A 27-year veteran of the Freehold Township Police Department has admitted to illegally accessing information from a law-enforcement computer database for personal use, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Friday.   Lt. John Todd, 58, pleaded guilty to a count of third-degree Computer Theft during a Friday morning hearing…

October 21, 2020 By: Tyler Eckel ALLENTOWN-ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MONMOUTH-MERCER)–Last night October 20, the Robbinsville Township Police reported a driver, driving erratically in Robbinsville. RTPD tried to stop the vehicle and after a short pursuit Robbinsville Police broke off the chase. In Allentown, at 9:37 pm, Patrolman Daniel Dascoli attempted to initiate a motor vehicle stop…

Trenton, N.J. – Mayor W. Reed Gusciora announced that effective today, June 9, 2021, Sheilah A. Coley will no longer be the Director of the Trenton Police Department. “Director Coley dutifully served the City of Trenton during its most trying times,” said Mayor Gusciora. “Police departments are rightfully under public scrutiny like never before, and social…

September 7, 2022 BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, NJ (OCEAN)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that a collaborative, multi-agency investigation conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Barnegat Township Police Department, New Jersey State Police Cold Case Unit, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, has conclusively identified John Pelletier, formerly of…

July 14, 2021 SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–On Saturday, July 10th, at 1:00 p.m., South Brunswick Police received a 911 call from a Green Shadow Lane resident reporting  that she found her husband face down and unconscious in their swimming pool. Family members said the 49 year old man went into the backyard to clean their…

June 23, 2022 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Around 1:50 p.m. Hamilton Township Fire Department and RWJ EMS were detailed to the 100 Block of North Hamilton Avenue near Norcross Circle for “domestic entrapment” Upon arrival it was determined that a trench collapsed, and a person was stuck in soil. A Hamilton Township Public Works vacuum truck…

July 14, 2021 CRANBURY TOWNSHIP, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Around 8:14 a.m. firefighters from Hightstown, Cranbury and Monroe Township were dispatched to the NJ Turnpike in the area of mile post 71 south bound for a truck fire. Smoke could be seen for miles and additional tankers were called to the scene. The south bound outer roadway was…