Police Log: Feb. 22 – 28, 2017

Feb. 21

• Halakkuma Patel of Lawrenceville was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one driven by Tarra Wilson-Torrise of Jackson. Wilson-Torrise said she was entering the Pleasant Plains and Claremont roads intersection, then stopped for traffic when her car was hit.
• Sihan Cheng of Somerset was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way after her car collided with a car driven by Steeve Vargas of Somerville. Vargas was driving down Schoolhouse Road when Cheng’s car pulled out of a parking lot. Cheng said she thought she had enough time.

Feb. 22

• A Martin Street resident told police that he had his 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer warming up out side his home when it was stolen.
• An Apple iPod valued at $200 and $200 worth of costume jewelry was stolen from a Holland Drive home. Police said the burglar broke the lock on a kitchen window and cut through the screen to get in.
• An iPhone valued at $600 was stolen from a car parked on Union Street.
• A car driven on Weston Canal Road by Suzette Troland of Piscataway was rear-ended by a car driven by Robert Feldman of Staten Island while both cars were slowing for a red light.
• Jose Lopez-Menjivar of Bound Brook was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one driven on Easton Avenue by Moung Chen of East Brunswick while both cars were slowing for traffic.
• Jouliana Matta of East Brunswick said she was driving down Easton Avenue when the car in front of hers abruptly changed lanes, and she saw that the car now ahead of hers had stopped. Matta said she could not stop in time to avoid hitting the car, driven by Benjamin Tiede of Basking Ridge. The impact pushed Tiede’s car into the rear of one driven by Elizabeth Zibawa of Somerset, which in turn was pushed into the rear of one driven by William Helper of Parsippany.
• Sharon Cook-Bigby of Sayreville was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one driven on Easton Avenue by Wendy Bonilla of New Brunswick.
• Sherish Ajmal of North Brunswick was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one driven on Franklin Boulevard by Weixing Zong of Belle Mead.
• Shantel Lee of Somerset was attempting a left turn from Somerset Street into a parking lot when her car collided with one driven by Alterian Howell of Hamilton. Lee was cited for careless driving.

Feb. 23