Union St. reported that a Sirius Satellite
radio was stolen from his
daughters vehicle sometime overnight. The owner was unsure if the
vehicle was left
locked or unlocked. Value of the stolen radio is $150.00.
August 8 1:50 pm
An E. Union St. resident reports the theft of his sons scooter
overnight. The scooter was
left on the front porch of the victims home and was noticed to be
missing the following
day. The scooter was left unsecured and is valued at $100.00.
August 9 6:10 pm
A Reeder Avenue resident called police reporting the theft of his
yard lamp overnight.
The lamp is valued at $90.00. However, recovered at the scene was the
scooter reported
stolen the previous day.
These series of thefts have prompted police to urge all residents to
secure their vehicles at
night and secure any and all property that can easily be removed and
stolen.
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August 8 4:06 pm
Police observed an individual walking on Farnsworth Avenue, leave the
sidewalk, walk
between two parked vehicles into the path of an oncoming vehicle. The
vehicle had to
brake hard in order not to strike the pedestrian. At this time the
suspect was observed to
throw his arms in the air and yell obscenities at the driver. A
pedestrian stop was now
conducted and the subject began screaming profanities at the police
and refused to quiet
down. Arrested for disorderly conduct was 18 year old Juan Guerrero
of Bordentown
City. A search incident to arrest revealed Mr. Guerrero to possess a
glass smoking pipe
containing the burnt residue of suspected marijuana. Mr. Guerrero was
now charged also
with possession of drug paraphernalia, given a court date for later
this month and
released.
Arresting officer Ptl. Vincent Bernotas.
August 8 8:45 pm
Police observed an individual at the comer of Farnsworth Ave. and
Park St. at the bus
stop bench urinating. Police approached that individual and
questioned him about what
he was doing.. The subject stated he had urinated on himself and
someone else had
urinated on the ground in front of him. On the ground at the feet of
the subject was a
white plastic bag containing an open container of beer and a empty
liquor bottle. After
giving police a false name the subject began running with police in
pursuit. Upon
catching him he continued to flair his arms kicking at officers and
striking one officer in
the face. Arrested was 46 year old John Couch of Trenton, NJ. Mr.
Coach was taken to
Memorial Hospital in Mt. Holly when he stated he wanted medical
attention. While
enroute to the hospital Mr. Couch continued to unbuckle his
restraints giving ambulance
personnel a hard time. Even at the hospital Mr. Couch had to be
strapped down to the
bed. After being treated for a sprained wrist Mr. Couch again became
combative,
attempting to leave the hospital while still cuffed to the hospital
bed. Upon leaving the
hospital Mr. Couch was taken to Burlington County Jail. Mr. Couch was
charged with
assault on police, resisting arrest, (fighting, giving police false
name) Bail set at
$15,000.00. (Mr. Couch was also issued complaints on local ordinances
of open
container of alcohol and urinating in public.) Mr. Couch was also
found to have two
Outstanding warrants, one out of Trenton and another out of
Bridgeton., NJ. Mr. Couch
is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
Arresting officers Det/Sgt. Shaun Lafferty, Ptl. Dan Anderson and
Ptl. Jason Archer.
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August 2 1:53 am
Police were behind a vehicle noted to be unable to stay in a travel
line of traffic on Rt.
130 South. Drifting onto the shoulder of the highway then onto the
white painted lines of
both the travel lane and passing lane that vehicle then suddenly
without using signals
pulled into the driveway of a local business. The vehicle was stopped
and the driver
subsequently charged with driving while intoxicated. Arrested and
charged with driving
while intoxicated, reckless driving, failure to maintain a lane and
failure to give proper
signal was Frank Polo Jr. of Hamilton Twp., age 63. Mr. Polo was
released to a family
member with a court date later this month.
Arresting officer Det/Sgt. Shaun Lafferty.