Crime

June 9 Srikanth Raj of Plainsboro was cited for careless driving after he lost control of his car on South Middlebush Road and struck a fence. § William Davis of Somerset was cited for careless driving after police said he made a left turn onto Route 27, in front of a car driven by louis Gerber-Varga of North Brunswick. Gerber-Varga …

A former township woman has been convicted on multiple charges in connection with a 2012 attack on her then-husband that left the man permanently scarred, and partially deaf and blind. Mauvette D. Mattadeen, 43, was found guilty of 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault and 3rd Degree Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes after a two-week trial in Superior Court, Somerville, according to …

June 4 Lawrence Stackhouse of Green Brook was cited for failing to ride his bicycle on the road after he was hit by a car turning from Easton to Girard avenues. Chirag Patel of Flanders told police that he was making the turn when “all of a sudden” Stackhouse was in the intersection. Stackhouse initially said he was not hurt, …

Police are investigating the June 7 theft of a donation jar that held about $400 earmarked for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Police were called at about 1:30 p.m. to the K-Mart in Rutgers Plaza, Easton Avenue, where they were told that a man described as being white and wearing a blue shirt and tan shorts stole a plastic jar …

June 2 A car owned by Erin Flogarty of South Bound Brook was struck while it was parked in the Shop Rite parking lot on Elizabeth Avenue. The other driver left the scene, police said. § Joanne Murray of East Brunswick was cited for careless driving after her car struck one driven by Aayda Copprue of Plainsboro on Route 27. Murray …

An 18-year-old Piscataway man who police said robbed a township woman’s purse, then later showed up at her house and stole her car by crashing it through her garage, has been arrested. Police said Jerrold May was arrested at about 5:54 p.m. June 3 in Franklin, after he was seen by police driving a car stolen on May 23 from a …

A 55-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged in connection with a theft from a Hamilton Street dry cleaner, police said. Clarence Davis was charged with 3rd Degree Theft, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Franklin Police received a report of a theft from the business on May 31, according to the report. The business …

A team from the Franklin Township Police Department joined up with members of the South Brunswick Police Department on May 30 to run a leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics. Started in 1981, the torch run has raised more than $461 million for the Special Olympics, according to its Web site. Franklin’s team was spearheaded …

A 24-year-old Linden man arrested last month for brutally beating and stabbing a township woman was indicted May 29 on several counts, including attempted murder. In a release, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said a Grand Jury charged Winston Wilson with 1st Degree attempted murder, 1st Degree robbery, two counts of 3rd Degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and …

A car owned by Jorge Serrano of Lakeland, Fl. was parked on Grosser Place when it was struck by the plow on a sanitation truck driven by Scott Marcjie of Middlesex. Marchie told police he thought he had room between Serrano’s car and another to pass. § Deneice Kinhgorn of Somerset was cited for careless driving after she told police …