Tag: South Brunswick Police Department

  • Man allegedly tried to lure child in South Brunswick

    Man allegedly tried to lure child in South Brunswick

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka announced on Nov. 29 that detectives apprehended a suspect involved in an attempted child luring that took place on Nov. 27. Police were called at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 27 to a cul-de-sac off Davidson Mill Road for a report a man in a white van…

  • Youth minister from Hillsborough convicted of sexual contact with teen in South Brunswick

    Youth minister from Hillsborough convicted of sexual contact with teen in South Brunswick

    A former youth minister at a church in Franklin Township was convicted of endangering the welfare of a child and having criminal sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl. Shawn Butler, 52, of Hillsborough, was found guilty by a jury on Nov. 16 and will be sentenced on Feb. 11 by Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Paone…

  • South Brunswick police seek surveillance footage from areas in Kendall Park

    South Brunswick police seek surveillance footage from areas in Kendall Park

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick police are investigating multiple car burglaries that occurred in the Kendall Park section of town on Nov. 12. Officer Matthew Hagood responded to a residence on Eleanor Drive for a car burglary around 5:08 a.m., according to information provided by the South Brunswick Police Department. The resident advised Hagood…

  • South Brunswick seniors warned of ‘diversion’ burglaries

    South Brunswick seniors warned of ‘diversion’ burglaries

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick and the surrounding area have recently been experiencing what police are calling “distraction” or “diversion” burglaries. Officer James Kraivec responded to a residence in the Charleston Place development for a distraction burglary around 1:24 p.m. on Nov. 10. The 84-year-old resident reported that at noon, two individuals had knocked…

  • Police seek information on Route 27 crash involving tractor trailer

    Police seek information on Route 27 crash involving tractor trailer

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick police are investigating a hit-and-run accident where a traffic light was struck by a tractor trailer on Nov. 10. Around 6:30 a.m., Officer Jason Gassman responded to the intersection of Route 27 and Heathcote Road. The impact of the crash caused the traffic light to fall onto a local…

  • Morning crash, fire cause delays on Route 130 in South Brunswick

    Morning crash, fire cause delays on Route 130 in South Brunswick

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A motor vehicle crash and fire tied up rush hour on Route 130 on Oct. 23. At 8:10 a.m., a 2018 Ford Fusion driven by a 23-year-old Piscataway man was headed south on Route 130 at the intersection of Melrich Road. The man reportedly attempted to make a left across Route 130 north, according…

  • Four pets die in mobile home fire in South Brunswick

    Four pets die in mobile home fire in South Brunswick

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – At 4 a.m., today, Oct. 24, South Brunswick police were dispatched to the Brookside Mobile Home Park for an active fire. As officers arrived, they discovered the fire had spread to an additional mobile home. All of the occupants from those trailers were able to get out safely prior to police arrival, according…

  • South Brunswick, Bordentown police seek fugitive accuses of burglarizing convenience store

    South Brunswick, Bordentown police seek fugitive accuses of burglarizing convenience store

    Police are seeking a suspect in connection to a recent burglary to a local convenience store. Officer Mathew Haagood of the South Brunswick Police Department (SBPD) was dispatched to the Stop & Go Food Store in the Kendall Park section of town for a burglar alarm around 4 a.m. on Oct. 9. Haagood reportedly discovered…

  • South Brunswick police, U.S. marshals apprehend murder suspect

    South Brunswick police, U.S. marshals apprehend murder suspect

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 30-year-old man was apprehended on Sept. 23 in South Brunswick and charged with the September shooting death of Jibri Chisolm, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported. Stephan P. Green of Bond Street, Trenton, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree possession of a weapon for…