Crime & Safety

Man Known To Visit Somerville Area Named Fugitive Of The Week

Peter Brown, whose last known address is 211 Plainfield Ave., in Piscataway, is also known to frequent the Somerville area.

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — A Piscataway man has been named as Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Fugitive of the Week.

Peter Brown, whose last known address is 211 Plainfield Ave., in Piscataway, is also known to frequent the Somerville area.

Brown is described as a black man, 6’ tall, weighing 200 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

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Brown is wanted on a warrant issued on Jan. 11 for a violation of probation for the original charge of third-degree possession of controlled dangerous substance(CDS).

Anyone with information pertaining to his whereabouts should contact Somerset County Communications at 908-526-2500 and ask for the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office On-call fugitive supervisor or make an anonymous report via the STOPit app. The STOPit app is free to download on the Google Play or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ.

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(Image via Somerset County Prosecutor's Office: Peter Brown)

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