By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
Neighboring Montgomery Township will provide animal control services to Princeton through the summer, while Princeton’s regular animal control officer is suspended awaiting a trial in July on sex crimes against a minor., The Princeton Council on Monday approved a six-month contract capped at $36,000 for the town to have 25 hours a week of coverage, with the agreement from April 1 to Sept.30., Regular animal control officer Saul “Nate” Barson has been suspended without pay since Feb.20, the date of his arrest, from his $53,398-a-year-job., Barson, 29, is accused of sex crimes involving a 13-year-old-Pennsylvania boy whom he had met over the Internet and then allegedly had a sex with in, in a park in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, on Feb.3. He is scheduled to go on trial July 13, in Bucks County.
