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Hillsborough house fire arson, attempted murder trial begins
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HILLSBOROUGH - Patrick Hammond could not and did not start the fire that damaged his girlfriend s Starview Drive house in December 2018, his defense attorney argued in opening remarks in his trial on aggravated arson and attempted murder charges.
Patrick Hammond, 36, has been charged with with setting the Dec. 30, 2018 fire as a result of a tumultuous relationship with his on again, off again, relationship, Somerset County Assistant Prosecutor Frank Kolodzieski said before Superior Court Judge Michael Rogers in the bench trial without a jury.
But Marcia Munoz, the public defender representing Hammond, said experts concluded the cause of the fire is undetermined and an accidental cause could not be ruled out.
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SOMERVILLE – A Hillsborough man will remain in the Somerset County Jail after he was charged with attempted murder in a shooting at a Franklin hotel on New Year s Day.
Nahshawn Thomas, 20, is also facing a weapons charge in connection with the incident at the Somerset Lofts Hotel on Cedar Grove Lane. Superior Court Judge Anthony Picheca ruled Wednesday that Thomas will be detained in the county jail until the charges are resolved.
According to Somerset County Assistant Prosecutor Amanda Frankel, Thomas and the unidentified victim, a New Brunswick man who is a college football player, had been involved in an argument inside the hotel and had agreed to settle the dispute in the hotel s courtyard.