May 16 An Almond Drive resident went to his car to find that someone had stolen its rims and tires, leaving the car on two wooden logs, police said. The items were valued at $1,400. § Someone threw a boulder through the windshield of a car owned by a Hawthorne Drive resident. The damage was valued at $300. § Bowling …
Read More »Police Log: May 9 – May 12, 2014
A gold colored BMX bicycle belonging to a Hamilton Street resident was reported stolen. The bike was valued at $87. § A car driven by Robert Griggs of Kendall Park was stopped in traffic in the parking lot of 3331 Route 27 when it was struck in the rear by a car driven by Sandeep Dharmavaramkottan of Franklin Park. Dharmavaramkottan …
Read More »Police Log: May 2 – 6, 2014
May 2 A car owned by Brigitt Stokes of Holly Street was struck early in the morning while it was parked outside her home, she told police. The driver of the other car fled the scene. § Cars driven by neil Orkin of Hillsborough and Miguel Zara of Somerset collided on Franklin Boulevard, when Orkin’s car was crossing the road …
Read More »Police Log: March 29 – April 2, 2014
March 29 A 2007 Dodge Caravan owned by Amigo Medical Transport of North Brunswick was stolen and later recovered. Police said the victim, who was not identified, said the van was parked on Somerset Street shortly after midnight. The victim did not know the van was stolen until he was contacted by North Brunswick police, telling him the van had …
Read More »Police Log: Feb. 28 – March 1, 2014
Feb. 28 Mitalben Modi of Somerset was driving down Easton Avenue, past Culver Street, she told police, when she had a coughing fit, causing her car to rear-end an auto driven by Manas Das, also of Somerset. § Orlando Austin of Middlesex told police that he was driving down Elizabeth Avenue when he saw a deer enter the road, so …
Read More »Police Log: Feb. 24, 2014
Cars driven by Hedwig Kayden and Timothy Danzey, both of Somerset, in the K-Mart parking lot off Easton Avenue collided. Each driver blamed the other. § Virginia Coughlan of Somerset was driving down Winston Drive when she veered to the right to avoid an oncoming car. In doing so, her car struck a parked auto owned by Leon Arias-Solano of …
Read More »Police Log: Feb. 21 – 23, 2014
Feb. 21 Christopher Randazza of Somerset was backing his pickup truck out of a parking space at Walgreen’s on Hamilton Street when it struck a parked car leased by Rosemary Montes of Edison. § Deborah Machado of New Brunswick told police that she was driving down Millstone Road when she stopped shortly before reaching Somerset Street. She said she put …
Read More »Police Log: Feb. 17, 2014
Maria Delvillar of Perth Amboy was cited for careless driving after the bus she was driving struck a car driven by Ashley Robinson of Somerset. Robinson said she was stopped at Layne Road and Leupp Lane when Delvillar’s bus turned left onto Layne and struck her car. § Lauren Lopez of Garwood was driving down Cottontail Lane when, police said, …
Read More »Police Log: Feb. 14 – Feb. 16, 2014
Feb. 14, 2014 A car driven by Russell Potts Jr. of Hillsborough was stopped in the left-turn lane on John F. Kennedy Boulevard at Easton Avenue when it was struck in the rear by a car driven by Lynnea Wesley-Dickson of Pine Island, NY. Wesley-Dickson said she could not stop in time because of the icy road. § A car …
Read More »Police Log: Jan. 28 – Jan. 29, 2014
Jan. 28 Damiano DiFlorio of Princeton was cited for careless driving after his car ran off the road on Route 27 and landed on its side in a ditch. DiFlorio told police that he was trying to pass a stopped bus on the right when his car’s tires caught the snow and he car left the road. § Farah Hussain …
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