Police Log

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. §

May 22 A car driven by Kendall Sasser of Franklin Park scraped a post near a gas pump at a Route 27 gas station. Police said he turned too closely to the pump.

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.

A gold colored BMX bicycle belonging to a Hamilton Street resident was reported stolen. The bike was valued at $87. §