Police Log

June 2 Fredy Lopez Melo of Plainfield was cited for driving without a license after the car he was driving ran off Canal Road, into a ditch and overturned. Lopez Melo said he overcorrected when he felt his ties leaving the road. § Kelvis Frias of Somerset was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one on Route 27 …

March 24 More than $4,000 in jewelry was reported stolen from a Mettlers Road resident. Police said someone broke into the house through a rear window and stole a man’s gold wedding band valued at $1,000, a man’s diamond and sapphire ring valued at $1,000, a woman’s gold wedding band valued at $1,000 and men’s watches valued at $1,200. § …

Feb. 5 $1,000 worth of plumbing supplies were stolen from a trailer on School House Road. § A Ray Street resident reported that a package of assorted clothing and cosmetics, valued at $225, was stolen from their doorstep. § Feb. 6 A snow blower valued at $559 was stolen from a resident in the Avalon apartments on Easton Avenue. § …

Jan. 29 A 2001 BMW caught fire in a Route 518 driveway. Police said the fire started in the engine compartment. Griggstown and Little Rocky Hill fire departments responded. § Saba Irfan-Muhammad of Somerset was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one on Easton Avenue, driven by Amanda Kaveney of Raritan. Irfan-Muhammad said sun glare prevented her from …

Jan. 22 Joseph Pantoja of New Brunswick was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended a school bus on Landing Lane, driven by Martha Zumbana of South River. § Dominador Mandapat of Somerset was backing out of his driveway when his car struck a school bus driven on Cortelyous Lane by Ninoska Alvarez-Bonilla of New Brunswick. § Carole McLaughlin of Avenel …

Jan. 16 Someone broke out the front door window on a Baier Avenue home. § Ellen Palmer of Hempstead Drive told police that someone hit her car while it was parked outside her apartment. The other car fled the scene. § Cars driven by Natalee Gilbert of Somerset and Mansour Zakaria of Old Bridge collided in the intersection of Franklin Boulevard …

Jan. 12 Police arrested Janea Averette, 41, of Somerset on outstanding warrants after responding to a suspicious person call on DeKalb Street. Police said Averette had a $17,175 warrant out from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department for contempt of court and a $839 warrant from Bridgewater municipal court. § Steven Mychalczuk of Hillsborough was driving down Mettlers Road when a …

Jan. 6 Sandra Barboza of Elizabeth was cited for careless driving after the car she was driving rear-ended one driven by Karim Carnegie of Newark, who was stopping for a police officer at a school crosswalk. § Jairam Muthreja of Somerset was cited for careless driving after the car he was driving rear-ended one on Easton Avenue driven by Neetu …

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 …