A Ewing man was arrested on Oct. 29 for allegedly impersonating a police officer. John Williams, also known as Johnny Fields, was arrested by members of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit. Williams, 60, was out on probation for a prior charge of impersonating a police officer. During a routine search of his vehicle,…
Emergency workers performed CPR on someone who had attempted to hang themselves on the roof of a dorm at Princeton University Friday afternoon. The incident response and “CPR in progress” could be heard on police scanners. School officials would only confirm that at about 3:15 p.m. Friday, Princeton University Department of Public Safety officers and…
A Princeton resident was hospitalized following a two-car accident on Cleveland Lane at Elm Road late Friday morning, police said. Roxanne Waldner, 46, was transported to the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro for upper body pain after she was rescued from her car. Waldner became trapped in her Hyundai Elantra after she was…
A man was traveling southbound along Dublin Road in Hopewell Township in a Honda Civic at about 2:45 p.m. today when he disregarded a stop sign and struck a Mercury Sable that was traveling westbound along Route 546, police said. The Mercury Sable was driven by a 19-year-old Hopewell Township woman. The woman was transported…
The Princeton Police Department has received a report that a man exposed himself on the towpath near the Princeton University campus and Lake Carnegie this morning, Oct. 23. A student reported that at about 11:45 a.m. she observed a man who exposed himself to her while she was on the towpath between Washington Road and…
A 73-year-old blind man with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing from Lawrence Square Village yesterday afternoon was found in a wooded area at the apartment complex almost 24 hours later. Roland Acceus, who disappeared just after 2 p.m. Thursday, was found this afternoon. He was located in the wooded area of Lawrence Square Village during…
A gas main was struck by a contractor this morning on Hardy Drive in Princeton. Just before 10 a.m., Princeton Police, the Princeton Fire Department and the Princeton First Aid & Rescue were dispatched after the leak was reported. PSE&G also responded to the scene and arrived at 9:55 a.m. A 2-inch gas main was…
The Princeton Police Department and the Princeton Public Schools will host a community forum this month on the bogus phone threats known as “swatting.” The forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29 at the John Witherspoon Middle School. Since the start of the school year, four threats have been called in to…
Police investigated a bomb threat that was called in to the Johnson Park School in Princeton this morning, Oct. 20. No bomb was found and the threat was deemed not credible. The bomb threat is the fourth threat called in to a school in the Princeton Public Schools district since the start of the new…
The Princeton Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a female shoplifting suspect who entered the Nearly New Shop at 234 Nassau Street just before noon on Sept. 25. The woman allegedly stole $54 worth of clothing. She has frequented the store in the past and may live in the Princeton area, police…
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a truck in the lot of Argix Direct warehouse at 100 Middlesex Center Boulevard in South Brunswick at about 6:30 a.m. today. Officers and paramedics arrived to find the victim, Linwood Moore age 55 of Monroe Township on the ground in the lot. Moore had been struck by a…
A former Princeton University student who was arrested after picking up a packages containing drugs that were shipped to him at the campus mailroom has been sentenced to five years in prison. Julian Edgren, 21, pleaded guilty to multiple drug possession and distribution charges earlier this year. The Princeton High graduate will begin serving his sentence…
Students and faculty at Princeton High School were allowed to return to the school at about 1:45 p.m. today after police searched the school for a bomb, and that determined the school was safe and a threat phoned into the school was bogus. The main office at Princeton High School received a telephone call just…
Police have arrested an Elizabeth man for several recent bike thefts at the Princeton Junction Train Station. Ronnie Marsh, 55, has been arrested for allegedly stealing 10 bikes from the parking racks at the station. Marsh had previously been arrested in 2011 for stealing bicycles at the station. He was aso arrested for similar thefts…
At about 1:25 p.m. on Sept. 16, The Hopewell Township Police Department responded to East Prospect Street in Hopewell Borough for a report of a suspicious vehicle. The Hopewell Elementary School was placed on a building freeze due to the close proximity of the vehicle to the school. Police personnel remained with school administration as…
Five 18-year-olds suffered minor injuries when a van they were in was struck by a car on Route 31 in Pennington Tuesday night, Sept. 8. Just after 9 p.m. the Hopewell Township Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Pennington Road and Denow Road. Divya Seshadri, 21, of Dayton, was…
On July 16, police and emergency responders in Hopewell were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash on Route 31, south of Route 612. A Honda Accord and a Volvo S60 collided. The Honda Accord was driven by Harry Foster, 76, of Ewing, Foster was extricated from his vehicle and was transported to Capital Health Regional…
