Police Log: May 16 – May 23, 2017

May 16

• Yi Shu of Connecticut was cited for careless driving after the car she was driving rear-ended one on Franklin Boulevard driven by Hetal Patel of Pennsylvania. Patel told police that she had slowed for a cat running across the road when her car was hit.
• Tara Kanetkar of Somerset was cited for careless driving after she did not stop for a stop sign at Grouser and Van Cleef roads, and her car collided with one driven by Simone Kraemer of Princeton.

May 17

• A radio/navigation/DVD system valued at $1,000, a cordless drill valued at $275 and its charger, valued at $95, and personal papers were stolen from a car parked on Stirrup Way.
• Karthikey Ramasubramanian and Sripriya Karthikeyan were taken to a local hospital for medical treatment after they fell off the motorcycle they were riding on Canal Road. Ramasubramanian said he lost control of the motorcycle after he hit a rock in the road.
• A car driven by James Caratozzolo was turning left from Easton Avenue to Reeve Street when it collided with a car on Easton driven by Waldemar Szpura of Bayonne. Szpura said Caratozzolo’s car pulled in front of his.
• A car driven on Somerset Street by Christine Southerland of New Brunswick and a U-Haul truck driven by Robert Ruszala of Edison collided while Ruszala was attempting to turn left into a driveway.
• Allyson Bruce of Bridgewater was cited for driving with a suspended license and Shamyoon Rajmohan of Cliffwood was cited for careless driving and improper passing after cars driven by the two collided on Davidson Avenue. Bruce was making a left turn into a driveway at the time of the accident.
• Valeriano Bautista-Hernandez of North Brunswick was cited for careless driving and driving without a license after his car sideswiped a car on Easton Avenue driven by Daniel Tetteh of Paterson.  Bautista-Hernandez said he thought he had room while switching lanes.
• Jennifer Cheek of Somerset was cited for driving while on the suspended list after her car rear-ended one on Elizabeth Avenue, driven by Shrutipen Patel of Middlesex.

May 18