Assault at MAPLE AVE on 07/24/2025 1:22 AM

Type: Assault

Date: 07/24/2025 1:22 AM

Description: DOM (DOMESTIC -INACTIVE). Call #: PA 2025-913775. Disclaimer: This is from the Pennsylvania State Police calls for service. Information is subject to change.

Address: MAPLE AVE, SOUTH NEWTON TWP,

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Smith

Name

Brenwanda Smith

Missing Age

24

Est. Current Age

52

Last Seen

Philadelphia, PA on 02/18/1997

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: African American Gender: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 4'9" - 5'0" Weight: 135 - 145 lbs

Case Number

MP2903

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Butler

Name

Gary Butler

Age

25

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On February 26, 1996, twenty-five year old Manville resident, Gary Butler was found dead in a retention pond on North Main St in Manville near the border of Bridgewater and the Raritan River. The cause of death as reported by the Regional Medical Examiners Office was multiple blunt force trauma. The investigation revealed that the victim had been at Perhach’s Bar on Main St. In Manville earlier in the evening on February 25th shooting pool with several of the bar’s regular patrons. After leaving the bar sometime after midnight he walked a friend home and then returned to the Chester House where he rented a room on the second floor. Sometime between 2:00 a.M. And 6:00 a.M. The victim managed to travel to the town of Bound Brook. The investigation reveals that Butler was apparently returning to Manville from Bound Brook when he was assaulted.

Agency

Somerset County Prosecutors

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