Police Log

Nov. 26, 2013 Danielle Jackson of New Providence was cited for careless driving after the car she was driving rear-ended one driven by Jacquelin Espinosa of Somerset. Espinosa told police her car was stopped in the Easton Avenue/John F. Kennedy Boulevard jughandle when it was hit. § Wai Cheah of South Bound Brook was cited for careless driving after his …

Nov. 23, 2013 Jie Cui of Princeton told police that she was driving down Route 518 when suddenly a piece of debris flew at her windshield. She said she swerved to the right to avoid it, but hit a mailbox at 18 Rt. 518.  Police said they could find no debris in the road. § Peter Malkin of Somerset told …

Kimberly Briganti of Raritan Borough told police she was driving down Easton Avenue when the car ahead of hers, driven by Emma Holbrook of North Plainfield, stopped suddenly. Briganti said she could not avoid hitting the rear of Holbrook’s car. The impact sent Holbrook’s car into one ahead of hers, driven by Ruth Betzer of Somerset. Betzer said a car …

Nov. 18 Donna Zsoldos of North Brunswick was driving down Route 27, near Route 518, when a deer suddenly ran out in front of her car. Zsoldos told police she could not avoid hitting the animal. § Katherine Gangi of Manalapan was cited for careless driving after the car she was driving rear-ended one driven by Monica Gaydos of Piscataway. …

Nov. 15 Maureen Ogallo of North Brunswick told police that as she was driving down Hamilton Street, intense sun glare prevented her from seeing that the car ahead of hers, driven by Michaelle LaPointe, also of North Brunswick, was slowing. Ogallo’s car rear-ended LaPointe’s. § Ralph Monge of Lakewood was cited for careless driving, failure to report an accident and …

John Croom of Lancaster, Pa. told police he was driving down John F. Kennedy Boulevard when a deer suddenly ran in front of his car, striking the front bumper. The deer then ran off. § Lilly Mattappallil of East Hanover told police she was stopped in traffic on Easton Avenue when her car was rear-ended by one driven by Jajikanth …

Nov. 11 Marwan Eid of East Brunswick told police that he’d parked his car on Dahmer Road the night before, and when he returned to it several hours later, noticed that someone had struck it on the driver’s side. § Vanessa Vargas of Bound Brook was cited fro driving without a license after her car was involved in an accident …

Someone broke a side window at Delta Auto Repair & Service, Hamilton Street, on the night of Nov. 7, police said. No entry was gained into the building. § Armando Garcia of New Brunswick was cited Nov. 8 for careless driving and driving without a license after he was involved in an accident with a car driven by Willie Lemons …

Kumar Boppana of Somerset was cited Nov. 6 for careless driving and driving with an obstructed windshield after his car was involved in an accident with one driven by Meet Desai, also of Somerset. Desai told police his car was stopped in traffic on Westminster Road when it was rear-ended by Boppana’s. Boppana told police that he could not see …

Valerio Rodriguez of Somerset was cited for careless driving Nov. 1 after he was involved in a collision with a car driven by Pamela Attanasio, also of Somerset. Attanasio told police that Rodriguez’ school bus made a left turn from Hamilton to Berry streets, directly in front of hers. § A leaf blower valued at $1,000 was stolen Nov. 1 …