Police Log

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 …

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. § Deneice Kinhgorn of Somerset was cited for careless driving after she told police …

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. § Herinson Rodriguez of New Brunswick was cited for driving without a license, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident after the car he was …