Police Log: March 15 – March 21, 2017

March 15

• Abdul Hunter, 27, of Carteret, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.
• Bogdan Oleksuk of Somerset was driving down Easton Avenue when a deer jumped the concrete median and ran in front of his car. Oleksuk’s car hit the deer, then came to a stop. A car driven by Patrick Nurthen of Ocean rear-ended Oleksuk’s car. A car driven by Carol Hubner of East Brunswick rear-ended Nurthen’s car, and a car driven by David Fink of Spotswood rear-ended Hubner’s.
• Kodjovi Afanyihoun of North Brunswick was cited for failure to observe traffic signals after his car went through a red light at Franklin Boulevard and Hamilton Street and was hit by a car driven by Matthew Knaus of Jersey City. Knaus’ car then struck a stopped car driven by Dale Caldwell of New Brunswick. Afanyihoun said his brakes did not work. Caldwell was cited for driving an unregistered vehicle.
• Shanyea McRae of Roselle was cited for careless driving after her car slid into the intersection of Davidson Avenue and New Brunswick Road and collided with a car driven by Joseph Thomas of Franklin Park. Police said McRae was driving too fast for the road conditions.
• Kristen Hagemann of Rocky Hill was cited for careless driving after her car rear-ended one driven on Pierce Street by Patrick McCabe of New York.

March 16

• Someone entered an Exeter Court home through an unlocked door and took a house key.
• Michael Nickerson, 48, of New Brunswick, was arrested at the Middlesex County Jail on an outstanding township warrant.

March 17