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Meet the Somerset County 4-H award recipients for 2024
Somerset County 4-H has named its 2024 award recipients. Outstanding Member recipients must have completed their junior year of high school and be active in the Somerset County 4-H program. Benbow has been working with 4-H for nine years, holding multiple officer positions and becoming the first recipient of the...
SUV driver killed in crash on I-287
A 67-year-old driver was killed in a crash Friday evening on Interstate 287 in Somerset County, officials said. Mohammad Saleem was driving an SUV north near milepost 12 in Franklin Township shortly after 7 p.m. when he veered off the road and struck a guardrail, State Police said Thursday. Saleem,...
2 sought in knifepoint robbery at Somerset County business
BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP, NJ (Somerset County) – The Bridgewater Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects wanted for a knifepoint robbery. Police responded to a business in the township on Friday, July 12 for a report of a robbery in progress. A further investigation revealed...
Somerset County man accused of distributing sexual abuse material
SOMERVILLE, NJ (Somerset County) – A Somerset County man has been charged in relation to the distribution of child sexual abuse material, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. Allan Lopez Arrieta, 30, of Somerville, also known as Allana Arrieta, was charged with second-degree distribution of images depicting...
Police make separate NJ child pornography arrests, days apart
Law enforcement in two different New Jersey counties have announced separate child pornography arrests, days apart. A 55-year-old Willingboro man was taken into custody at his home on Tuesday. Arthur Pitt was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. On Friday, Somerset County...
NJ man suffers severe burns while making fireworks at home
HILLSBOROUGH — A Somerset County man suffered second-degree burns when chemicals he was mixing for a homemade firework exploded early Saturday morning. Hillsborough police and first responders from several neighboring towns responded to a residence on Three Bridges Road at approximately 4 a.m. They said the man, who has...
Thousands still without power days after severe storm in Central Jersey
Thousands of customers are still without power three days after violent storms swept across a narrow band of Central Jersey Tuesday evening. Jersey Central Power and Light was reporting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday that there are 2,789 customers without power in Central Jersey. There are 1,809 outages in Hunterdon County,...
Property in this N.J. county sold in 18 days. See full list.
Homes in Somerset County sold within 18 days of hitting the market in June, according to Realtor.com. In a dozen New Jersey counties, homes sold in less than 25, days with Morris, Union, Essex, Burlington, Passaic, Middlesex, and Bergen topping the list. Homes took the longest to sell in Cape...
N.J. man embezzled $1.2M from company he worked for, cops say
A Somerset County man has been accused of embezzling more than $1.2 million from the company he worked for over a four-year period, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Sang Park, 44, of Belle Mead was charged with two counts of second-degree theft by deception and arrested at his...
Somerville Resident Charged with Possession, Distribution of Child Porn
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Borough resident Allan Lopez Arrieta, aka Allana Arrieta, 30, faces criminal charges for the distribution of Child Sexual Abuse material, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office of several tips involving the upload and/or distribution of images of Child Sexual Abuse Material via online messaging applications, according to McDonald; an investigation was initiated by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations/Computer Crimes Unit. The investigation confirmed that the online messaging applications containing these images of Child Sexual Abuse Material were...
N.J. man shared images of child pornography using messaging apps, police say
A Somerset County man was charged with distributing child pornography after county authorities were contacted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children with several tips about uploads of child sexual abuse material, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald announced Friday. Allan Lopez Arrieta, 30, of Somerville, also known...
Somerville Resident Tampered With Evidence In Child Porn Bust: Prosecutor
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office involving the uploading of child sexual abuse material by Allana Arrieta, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said. A search was conducted at Arrieta's Somerville home where they were were placed under arrest, McDonald said alongside Somerset...
Somerset County Wins National Award for “Farm to Frame” Agriculture & Arts Program
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Somerset County’s “Farm to Frame” program which combined agriculture and art has won a National Association of Counties (NACo) 2024 Achievement Award at its national conference in Hillsborough County, Fla. More than 30 artists from throughout the Garden State created works of art based on local farms, highlighting the beauty and importance of Somerset County’s preserved farmland and agricultural industry.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER “Our farmers are integral to Somerset County’s healthy environment and economic vitality, and the artists who participated in the Farm to Frame program captured them perfectly,” said...
SCLSNJ’s Peapack and Gladstone Branch to Temporarily Close for Renovations
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ - The Somerset County Library System of New Jersey’s (SCLSNJ) Peapack and Gladstone branch will be temporarily closing for renovation beginning 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Updates about the renovation will be shared as the project progresses. "While we'll miss connecting with our community in the short term, we are eagerly awaiting the moment we can welcome everyone back to a beautifully refreshed space in just a few months,” said Nicole C. Pascoe, branch manager. “In the meantime, we are actively working to schedule programs in various other community spaces starting this September. We are...
NJ man suffers severe burns while making fireworks at home
HILLSBOROUGH — A Somerset County man suffered second-degree burns when chemicals he was mixing for a homemade firework exploded early Saturday morning. Hillsborough police and first responders from several neighboring towns responded to a residence on Three Bridges Road at approximately 4 a.m. They said the man, who has...
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