CRIME & SAFETY
Death of Woman at Raritan Public Library Deemed Not Suspicious
RARITAN, NJ - Raritan Borough Police are investigating the death of a 44-year-old woman after she was found April 20 at 9:45 a.m. bleeding in the bathroom of the Raritan Borough Public Library, on East Somerset Street. According to Sgt. Everett Holt, the Somerville woman was found suffering from several self-inflicted wounds to her arms.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Officers started lifesaving measures, Holt said, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital BLS and ALS units also responded to the scene to assist. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Holt said a preliminary report deemed the woman's death to be non-suspicious. The Northern NJ Regional Medical Examiner's Office will perform an autopsy at a later date. Raritan Borough Police reminded the public that if they or someone they know is suffering from crisis, they can call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Grand Jury Indicts Two Men for Local Man's Murder
SOMERVILLE, NJ - A Somerset County Grand Jury has indicted Daniel Matthews, 44, of Brooklyn, and Andrew Mumby, 47, of New Brunswick for the December 29, 2023, murder of Franklin resident Artis Young, 46, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. Matthews and Mumby were indicted on charges of 1st degree murder, 1st degree felony murder, 2nd degree conspiracy to disturb human remains, 2nd degree disturbing human remains and two counts of 3rd degree hindering apprehension. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Both men have been in custody at the Somerset County Jail since their arrests. McDonald provided the following account in...
David Shroitman Indicted In Maryrose Fealey's Death
On Thursday, April 25, David C. Shroitman was indicted for the Jan. 30 murder of 27-year-old Mary Rose Fealey in Somerville, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald announced. Fealey, a Somerville resident, was found by Somerville police responding to a 911 call, outside a residential complex on North Bridge Street She...
Police called to McDonald's after man threatens employees
Shamokin Dam, Pa. — Police say they were called to the Shamokin Dam McDonald's after a man threatened to slit the throat of an employee. Andrew Augustus Vanucci, 31, of Hampton, N.J., now faces charges for the alleged threats he made shortly after 10:30 p.m. April 15 at the restaurant on North Susquehanna Trail. Vanucci walked into the restaurant that night and began yelling at a female employee and allegedly...
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