Police Log

Aug. 4 Christina Meleo of Franklin Park was cited for careless driving after her car ran off the road on South Middlebush Drive and struck a street sign and utility pole. Meleo told police that she had bent down to grab a hair clip that fell on the floor of her car when she lost control of her car. § …

July 30 Ismael Turcios of Elizabeth was cited for careless driving after his car struck a car driven by Myashia Clark of Somerset on Hamilton Street. Turcios was attempting a left turn from A&J Tire store when the accident occurred. § Jean-Paul Assaff of Marlton told police that he was driving in the right lane of Easton Avenue when a …

July 25 Cars driven by Jacquelin Perrine of Kendall Park and Emma Singh of Monmouth Junction collided while they were both backing out of parking spaces in the Route 27 Stop n Shop lot. July 26 A car driven by Devang Marfatia of Warrington, Pa. was turning right from Cedar Grove Lane into the Jain Center’s parking lot when it …

July 23 Kairy Quinonez of Carteret was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one driven on Route 27 by Lauren Lubas of North Brunswick. Lubas said she was stopped in traffic when her car was hit, Quinonez said Lubas slammed on her brakes, leaving no time to avoid the accident. § Nancy Pressman-Levy of Highland Park was cited …

July 18 Two bottles of Snapple, a toothbrush and a package of Tyson Wings, valued at $10.31, were stolen from Rite Aid Pharmacy on Hamilton Street. A store employee told police that three women were seen placing the items in a white purse. The women were not apprehended. § A car driven by Ahmed Amer of Highland Park was slowing …

July 5 Derrick Anderson of Yardville was cited for careless driving after his car ran off Mettlars Road and hit a utility pole. Anderson told police that all he remembered was taking his eyes off the road to scratch his leg, and all of a sudden, his car was heading off the road. The car flipped over twice after the …

July 2 Thomas A. Romano of Scotch Plains told police that his car struck a parked car owned by Hector Perez of Plainfield as Romano was backing out of a parking spot in a Memorial Drive lot. § John Cardoso of  Union was backing his car out of a spot on Hamilton Street when his vehicle hit a parked car …

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 …

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, …

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 …