Police Log

Dec. 30, 2014 Jenny Naranjo of Bridgewater was cited for careless driving after she was involved in an accident with a car driven by Victor Sinchi-Saldana of Bound Brook on Weston Canal Road. Police said Naranjo tried to pass the other car on the right when the two collided. § Judith Mitzner of Somerset was trying to park her car in …

Dec. 22 Suzy Ismail of Somerset told police she was driving down Route 27 when she felt her steering wheel pull to the right. She said she tried to straighten out the wheel, but could not and her car hit the guardrail. § A car owned by Alon Jackson of Somerset was struck while it was parked on High Street. The …

Dec. 15 Husnija Mehmedagic of Somerset was cited for failing to keep to the right and Marco Lopez of Somerset was cited for driving an uninsured vehicle after they were involved in an accident on Hillcrest Avenue. The cars’ driver’s side mirrors touched as they passed each other. § Freddy Myers of Somerset was driving down John F. Kennedy Boulevard …

Dec. 1 Dorothy Wright of North Brunswick was cited for careless driving and failure to observe traffic lanes after her car was involved in an accident on Clyde Road with a car driven by Joyce Roach of Somerset. Police said Wright’s car crossed over the center line. § Norman Vail of Woodstown was cited for careless driving and failure to …

Nov. 6 A Ralph Street resident told police that someone stole $35 out of her purse. § Someone stole $300 worth of jewelry, a $50 jewelry box and a $50 poker set from a Holland Drive home. Police said the burglar entered the home through an unlocked bedroom window. § Two Samsung cell phones, valued at a total of $258, …

Oct. 24 The owner of a store on Hamilton Street reported that someone stole $204 worth of alcohol on Aug. 12. The victim said four bottles of Johnnie Walker Black had been taken. § Dana DeStefano of Franklin Parkwas driving down Cedar Grove Lane when a deer ran in front of her car. She said she could not avoid hitting the …

Oct. 15 A car driven by Amadeo Torres-Torres of New Brunswick struck a dislodged manhole cover on Route 27, damaging the front and rear axles of his car. § Someone driving down Amwell Road at about 4 a.m. left the road, then hit a mailbox, a garbage can and a sewer pipe before driving away, police said. § Anantkumar Pandya …

Sept. 29 Dominique Yates of New Brunswick was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one on Easton Avenue driven by Rebekah Livengood of Edison. Livengood said she was slowing for traffic when her car was hit. § Monique Washington of South Plainfield was cited for driving an uninsured vehicle after her car was involved in an accident in …

Sept. 25 A McGuffy Road resident reported that his work laptop had been stolen from his unlocked car. The laptop was valued at $300. § Sept. 26 Donna Seminara of Kendall Park told police that her car was stopped for a red light at the South Middlebush/Amwell road intersection when it was struck in the rear by a car driven …

Sept. 18 A MacBook Air laptop worth $1,000 and $40 in cash was stolen from a car owned by a Jonathan Place resident. The owner said he thought the car was unlocked. Sept. 19 Durairaj Pachamuthu of Monmouth Junction was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended a car driven by Rupesh Narkar of Newprt News, Va. on South …