Child reportedly assaulted with crowbar at home

Heard on: Phillipsburg / Easton Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Physical domestic at (number withheld) Mercer Street.

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Our caller advised they saw somebody hitting a child with a crowbar.

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Child appeared to be (number withheld) or (number withheld) years old, wearing a bright green shirt.

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They could hear the kids screaming and could hear the metal hitting the ground afterwards.

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Still gathering information on this.

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County 27, you can cancel checks.

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I'm heading down to Mercer.

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Received.

00:40

County 6 is on Mercer.

00:46

Received. Should be (number withheld) Mercer between River and Fox.

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Only other info I have so far, the father was the one apparently hitting the child.

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He was bald wearing a dark shirt.

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Our caller

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on this is going to be anonymous.

01:14

They're advising it's a two-unit house.

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The windows should be open with the lights on.

5/12/2026 05:44 PM

Family Offense

Fox St, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, units were dispatched for a reported physical domestic after an anonymous caller said an adult (described as the child’s father) was hitting a young child with a crowbar at a residence near Mercer St (between River and Fox) in Phillipsburg. The child was described as about 4–5 years old wearing a bright green shirt. Details were still being gathered.