Top 10 June Stories: Seniors Graduate, New Police Chief Selected, Boy Abducted

A 15-year-old male was charged after setting a fire in the closet of the master bedroom at a Conover Road house Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

Firefighters had to cut through a damaged sport utility vehicle Friday afternoon to free the driver after the SUV she was driving and a car were involved in a crash in East Windsor, a fire official said.

Authorities are seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing 5-year-old boy who authorities say was abducted by his maternal grandfather in West Windsor Township Friday night. 

The man charged with kidnapping his five-year-old grandson from a West Windsor apartment complex posted a YouTube video six months ago asking for help to keep his grandson from child services.

A gunshot was fired while two robbers attempted to steal a man’s car at the Deerfield Apartment complex Wednesday night, according to Hightstown Police.

Three passengers robbed a taxi driver at gunpoint Monday night at the Windsor Castle apartments in East Windsor, police said.

Parents, friends and family members gathered Thursday night for Hightstown High School’s 98th annual commencement at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton.

One man was severely burned, and another suffered minor burns while were performing maintenance on an air conditioning unit at a Pebble Road house Wednesday, police said.

Hightstown’s mayor said Monday that council members were not being transparent by introducing two resolutions about the future of Borough Hall at the start of a past meeting, and questioned whether open public meeting laws were violated when the resolutions were drafted.

Less than two months after East Windsor’s police chief announced his retirement, the Township appointed his replacement, selecting Lt. James Monahan as the new chief effective July 1. 

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