DATE: 05/07/12                     CASE:12HB03924

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: TARA FLETCHER

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 25

ACCUSED LIVES IN: 698 WEST SHORE TRAIL SPARTA NJ

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. SADOWSKI

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CDS

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: HEROIN

PARAPHERNALIA: NONE

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: FLETCHER WAS BROUGHT THE HOPATCONG POLICE DEPARTMENT UNCONSCIOUS, BLUE IN THE FACE AND BARELY BREATHING. OFFICER SADOWSKI DID RESCUE BREATHING WITH A BAG VALVE MASK CONNECTED TO HIS OXYGEN BOTTLE.  THE HOPATCONG AMBULANCE SQUAD AND MEDICS ARRIVED.  WHEN NARCAN WAS ADMINISTERED TO FLETCHER BY MEDICS SHE BECAME CONSCIOUS . SHE WAS LATER CHARGED WITH BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CDS. 

DATE: 05/05/12                     CASE: 12HB03863

TIME: 14:12

WHERE IT HAPPENED: 101 POCONO TRAIL HOPATCONG

NAME OF ACCUSED: TERRELL ROBINSON

AGE OF ACCUSED: 28

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: 101 POCONO TRAIL HOPATCONG

WEAPONS USED: METAL MOP/BROOM HANDLE

OFFICER (S) INVESTIGATING:OFFICER MANCUSO, SGT. MAGRINI, PTL. MANCUSO AND SGT. HOUTZ

DATE OF ARREST: 05/05/12

TIME OF ARREST: 14:15

WHERE ARRESTED: ON THE STREET

CHARGES: POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR AN UNLAWFUL PURPOSE, RESISTING ARREST,  CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND TWO COUNTS OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: NO

VICTIM: SGT. MAGRINI AND SGT. HOUTZ FOR THE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER MANCUSO RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF 101 POCONO TRAIL FOR A FIGHT IN THE STREET.  WHEN HE ARRIVED HE SAW ABOUT 8 PEOPLE FIGHTING.HE CALLED FOR BACKUP AND OTHER PATROLS ARRIVED.  TWO MEN WERE PHYSICALLY FIGHTING AND WERE PULLED APART BY OFFICER MANCUSO.  THEY WERE TERRELL ROBINSON AND TAREEK HEMINGWAY OF 212 CHADWICK AVE APT 1B NEWARK NJ AGE 18.  OFFICER MANCUSO ARRESTED HEMINGWAY FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PUT HIM IN THE PATROL CAR.  SGT. HOUTZ AND SGT. MAGRINI WERE DEALING WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE STILL AGITATED.  ROBINSON CAME FROM HIS HOUSE WITH A METAL MOP HANDLE.  HE RAN INTO THE STEET HOLDING IT UP OVER HIS HEAD AS TO STRIKE SOMEONE.  SGT. MAGRINI DREW HIS SERVICE WEAPON AND ORDERED ROBINSON TO DROP THE WEAPON NUMEROUS TIMES.  ROBINSON  COMPLIED.  HE WAS ARRESTED BUT RESISTED GETTING HANDCUFFED BY SGT. MAGRINI AND SGT. HOUTZ BY REFUSING TO GIVE THEM HIS HANDS.  IN THE SCUFFEL BOTH OFFICERS DAMAGED THEIR UNIFORM PANTS. ROBINSON AND HEMINGWAY WERE ARRESTED, TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED AND LATER RELEASED.

DATE: 05/01/12                     CASE: 12HB03702

TIME: 10:25

WHERE IT HAPPENED: MEDICINE SHOP

NAME OF ACCUSED: MATTHEW FEDROFF

AGE OF ACCUSED: 32

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: 110 US HIGHWAY 46 ROOM 9

OFFICER (S) INVESTIGATING:PTL. SUTPHEN

DATE OF ARREST: 05/01/12

TIME OF ARREST: 10:30

WHERE ARRESTED: RITE AID PLAZA

CHARGES: TWO COUNTS OF FRAUD 4^TH DEGREES AND POSSESSION OF CDS OBTAINED BY FRAUD 3^RD DEGREE        

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: YES, $15,000.00

VICTIM: MEDICINE SHOP, RITE AID PHARMACY AND DOCTOR RUIZ

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER SUTPHEN RECEIVED A CALL THAT A DOCTOR CALLED IN A PRESCRIPTION  FOR FEDROOF THAT DID NOT SOUND RIGHT TO THE PHARMACIST.  OFFICER SUTPHEN CALLED THE DOCTOR WHO SAID HE DID NOT CALL IN THE PRESCRIPTION FOR FEDROFF.  PATROLS WAITED FOR FEDROFF TO PICK UP THE FRAUDULANT PRESCRIPTION FOR ALPRAZOLAM. AFTER HE LEFT THE PHARMACY HE WAS STOPPED BY PATROLS .  HE WAS ARRESTED FOR CALLING IN AS A DOCTOR IN ORDER TO GET CDS.  HE WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS,  PROCESSED, CHARGED AND TAKEN TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF BAIL.

 DATE: 04/30/12           CASE:12HB03687       

TIME: 20:08       

LOCATION: 333 TULSA TRAIL HOPATCONG

WHO LIVES THERE: CAROL GOMEZ  

WAS ANYONE INSIDE:GOMEZ AND TWO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS

WAS ANYONE INJURED: NO

WAS ANYONE KILLED:  NO

ANY PETS INJURED OR KILLED: NO

WHAT FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED: HOPATCONG

WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE: ELECTRICAL CORD

WHERE DID IT START: IN THE CRAWL SPACE

IS ARSON SUSPECTED: NO

HOW LONG UNTIL FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL: WITHIN MINUTES

WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE: DAMAGE TO THE CRAWL SPACE

OTHER INFORMATION:  OFFICER KRAUS WAS GOING TO SERVE A WARRANT ON TULSA TRAIL.  AS HE WAS DRIVING HE OBSERVED FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE CRAWL SPACE AT 333 TULSA TRAIL. THE FLAMES WERE APPROXIMATELY 8-10 FEET HIGH. THEY WERE GOING UP THE SIDING ON THE HOUSE.  OFFICER KRAUS RAN TO THE FRONT DOOR.  OFFICER MANCUSO WHO WAS FOLLOWING KRAUS KNOCKED THE FIRE DOWN WITH THE PATROL CAR FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  OFFICER KRAUS FOUND THAT THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE.  THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.  DETECTIVE LUCIANI AND FIRE MARSHAL COOK ARRIVED AND INVESTIGATED.  A FAMILY MEMBER  STATED THAT HE RAN OVER AN ELECTRICAL CORD WHILE MOWING THE LAWN.  THIS CORD RAN INTO THE CRAWL SPACE. HE TOOK THE CORD AND PUT IN THE THE CRAWL SPACE.  IT WAS STILL PLUGGED IN. WHEN HE WENT INSIDE  THE HOUSE THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON.  THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPE  HE TURNED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER BACK ON.  JUST PRIOR TO OFFICER KRAUS ALERTING THEM THE LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING.

DATE: 04/26/12                     CASE:12HB03552

TIME OF STOP: 11:59         

ROADWAY: HOPATCHUNG AND CHINCOPEE        

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: DANIEL LANE      

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 21

ACCUSED LIVES IN: CHINCOPPE AVE HOPATCONG

STOPPED BY: PTL. SUTPHEN

REASON FOR THE STOP: REPORT OF A DRIVER SLUMPED OVER THE WHEEL

FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS FAILED: YES

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: DWI, TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE I I NARCOTIC, DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING, CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA.

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER SUTPHEN RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF HOPATCHUNG AND CHINCOPEE AVE FOR A DRIVER SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL.  UPON ARRIVAL OFFICER SUTPHEN FOUND LANE SLUMPED OVER WITH HIS VEHILCE IN DRIVE AND HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE.  AFTER WAKING LANE UP OFFICER SUTPHEN FOUND HIM TO BE INTOXICATED BUT NOT FROM ALCOHOL.  DRE (DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT) SGT. ANTONELLO GAVE LANE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS WHICH HE FAILED.  LANE  POSSESSED MORPHINE SULFATE AND HYDROCODONE WHICH HE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR. HE ALSO POSSESSED A STRAW WITH WHITE POWDER RESIDUE IN IT.  HE WAS ARRESTED, BROUGHT TO HEADQUARTERS PROCESSED, CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED TO A FAMILY MEMBER.

Press release by Lt. Kmetz #34 (973)398-5000

DATE: 04/27/12                 CASE:12HB03550

TIME: 10:25AM

LOCATION: QUICK CHEK LAKESIDE BLVD HOPATCONG

WHAT VALUE: APPROXIMATELY  $289.00

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. LOTITO

DETECTIVE INVESTIGATING: DETECTIVE TRACEY AND THE SUSSEX COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE.

NAME OF ACCUSED: STEVEN MCCABE OF PINE STREET BUDD LAKE NJ AGE 29 AND BRIAN HOWELL OF ALFRED WAY HOPATCONG AGE  24.

DATE OF ARREST: 04/27/12

TIME OF ARREST: 14:30

WHERE ARRESTED: PATERSON NJ

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES: FOR MCCABE:  ROBBERY 2^ND DEGREE, THEFT 4^TH DEGREE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BY STRIKING A GAS ATTENDENT WITH HIS VEHICLE  WHILE FLEEING THE SCENE OF A CRIME 2^ND DEGREE.  FOR HOWELL: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ROBBERY  2^ND DEGREE, ASSAULT BY AUTO 4^TH DEGREE LEAVING THE SCENE  OF A ACCIDENT WITH INJURY 3^RD DEGREE, RECKLESS DRIVING, FAILURE TO REPORT AN ACCIDENT, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED AND DRIVING WITH A CRACKED WINDSHIELD.  

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: YES,  $75,000.00 EACH

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: BRIAN HOWELL DROVE INTO THE  QUICK CHEK PARKING LOT WITH STEVEN MCCABE AND ANOTHER PASSENGER.  THE THIRD PASSENGER WENT INTO THE STORE AND WAS NOT A PART OF THE ROBBERY.  MCCABE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND APPROACHED A GAS ATTENDENT ON THE SIDE OF QUICK CHEK. THE ATTENDANT WAS COUNTING HIS CASH AS HE WAS WALKING.  MCCABE FORCEFULLY GRABBED THE CASH OUT OF THE ATTENDANTS HAND.  MCCABE GOT INTO THE VEHICLE AND HOWELL DROVE AROUND THE REAR OF QUICK CHEK AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  THE VICTIM ATTENDANT YELLED AND ANOTHER ATTENDANT RAN TO TRY AND GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCUSED'S VEHICLE.   AS THE ATTENDANT WAS RUNNING, THE ACCUSED VEHICLE DROVE BETWEEN THE PUMP ISLANDS STRIKING THIS SECOND  ATTENDANT.  THE ATTENDANT WENT ONTO THE HOOD OF THE CAR, SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD AND WAS THROWN ONTO THE PAVEMENT.  THE VEHICLE THEN SPED OFF MAKING A RIGHT ONTO LAKESIDE BLVD. THE ATTENDENT SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY.  HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND LATER RELEASED.  MCCABE AND HOWELL DROVE TO PATERSON WITH A  SMASHED WINDSHIELD CREATED BY THE ATTENDANTS BODY.  ONCE IN PATERSON THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE PATERSON POLICE WHO WERE ALERTED BY US THAT THE ACCUSED WERE GOING THERE.  INSIDE THE VEHICLE DETECTIVE TRACEY FOUND 40 EMPTY BAGS OF HEROIN AND A NEEDLE.  THE ACCUSED WILL BE CHARGED WITH THE POSSESSION OF CDS.  BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE BROUGHT TO HEADQUARTERS FROM PATERSON.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HEADQUARTERS AS EVIDENCE. BAIL WAS SET  AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL.  

DWI:

DATE: 04/21/12                     CASE:12HB03415

TIME OF STOP: 23:12

ROADWAY: LAKESIDE BLVD

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: JENNIFER ALLEN

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 23

ACCUSED LIVES IN: SKIDMORE TRAIL HOPATCONG

STOPPED BY: OFFICER KRAUS

REASON FOR THE STOP: FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, DWI, FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT,  RECKLESS DRIVING AND UNAPPROVED EQUIPMENT (CARDBOARD ON THE BACK WINDOW)

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER KRAUS WAS BEHIND THIS VEHICLE WHICH KEPT DRIFTING INTO THE ONCOMING LANE.  HE ACTIVATED HIS EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON LAKESIDE BLVD AT HOLIDAY DRIVE. THE VEHICLE DROVE TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE HOPATCONG PLAZA BEFORE IT PULLED OVER.  A HIGH RISK MOTOR VEHICLE STOP WAS CONDUCTED BECAUSE OF HER REFUSAL TO STOP.  ALLEN LATER TOLD THE POLICE SHE WAS SCARED TO STOP BECAUSE IT WAS HER BOYFRIENDS TRUCK.  IT WAS APPARENT ALLEN WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED.  AFTER FAILING THE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS SHE WAS ARRESTED, TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED, CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED TO A FRIEND.

DATE: 04/20/12                     CASE:12HB03363

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: JASON OLAVARRIA OF SANTA FE TRAIL HOPATCONG AGE 22 AND MANUEL FIGUEROA OF MONROE TRAIL HOPATCONG AGE 18

ARRESTED BY: PTL.  BIANCULLI

WHERE ARRESTED: SQUIRE FIELD

WHERE WAS THE CDS FOUND: OLAVARRIA TRIED TO THROW IT WHEN HE SAW THE POLICE

DATE OF ARREST: 04/20/12

TIME OF ARREST: 23:19

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: FOR OLAVARRIA; POSSESSION OF CDS.  FOR FIGUEROA POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDERAGE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: NO

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER BIANCULLI WAS CHECKING THE PARKS ON PATROL.  HE DROVE INTO SQUIRE FIELD AND OBSERVED THREE PEOPLE IN THE PARK AFTER HOURS.  HE SAW OLAVARRIA THROW SOMETHING.  THE THREE BEGAN TO JOG AWAY. OFFICER BINACULLI STOPPED THEM AND FOUND THE BAG OF MARIJUANA THAT OLAVARRIA THREW.  HE ALSO FOUND THAT FIGUEROA HAD A 24OZ CAN OF KEYSTONE ICE BEER ON HIM WHILE UNDERAGE.  BOTH WERE ARRESTED, TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED, CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED.

DATE: 04/20/12                     CASE:12HB03355

TIME OF STOP: 22:46

ROADWAY: LOOKOUT TRAIL

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: MYRON MCCONNELL

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 25

ACCUSED LIVES IN: VILLAGE GREEN  BUDD LAKE NJ

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF CDS

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: NON

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER KRAUS SAW SEVERAL VEHICLES BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON NORTH WESTERN WAY.  HE FOUND A GROUP OF PEOPLE SITTING AT A PICNIC TABLE ON LOOKOUT TRAIL.  AS HE APPROACHED TO ASK THEM ABOUT THE VEHICLES HE COULD SMELL THE STRONG ODOR OF BURNT MARIJUANA IN THE AREA. THE PEOPLE BECAME VERBALLY ABUSIVE.  OFFICER KRAUS THEN CALLED FOR BACKUP.  WHEN OTHER OFFICERS ARRIVED THE VERBAL ABUSE CONTINUED.  THE PEOPLE WERE PATTED DOWN FOR WEAPONS DUE TO THEIR BEHAVIOR.  MCCONNELL HAD A BAG OF MARIJUANA IN HIS POCKET.  HE WAS ARRESTED, TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED AND LATER RELEASED.  THE VEHICLES WERE REMOVED FROM THE ROADWAY.  

DATE: 04/12/12                     CASE:12HB02983

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: JUSTIN FASTIGGI, AGE:26 OF WILDWOOD SHORES  HOPATCONG AND STEPHEN PROCACCI  AGE: 24 OF PAPAKATING ROAD HOPATCONG

OFFICER INVESTIGATING:PTL. SUTPHEN, PTL SNYDER

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF CDS

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: OXYCODONE AND MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: YES GLASS SMOKING PIPE FOUND ON FASTIGGI

ANY OTHER INFORMATION:  OFFICER SUTPHEN SAW THE TWO WALKING ON RIVER STYX ROAD.  ONE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE WARRANTS.  OFFICER SUTPHEN RAN THEM FOR WARRANTS AND FOUND ONE FOR PROCACCI OUT OF MT. OLIVE.  BOTH HAD A STRONG ODOR OF BURNT MARIJUANA ON THEM.  DURING A SEACH PROCACCI HAD A SMALL BAG OF MARIJUANA.  FASTIGGI GAVE OFFICER SNYDER A GLASS MARIJUANA PIPE.  HE ALSO HAD A LEATHER CASE WITH OXYCODONE IN IT WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION.  BOTH WERE ARRESTED, TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS PROCESSED, CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED.  PROCACCI WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CDS. FASTIGGI WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CDS, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION.

POSSESSION OF CDS DELIVERED BY MAIL:

DATE: 04/17/12                     CASE:12HB03180

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: JASON RUGGIERO

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: COOLIDGE TRAIL HOPATCONG

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 33

ARRESTED BY: PTL. SUTPHEN WITH ASSISTANCE OF POSTAL INSPECTORS

WHERE ARRESTED: AT HIS HOUSE

WHERE WAS THE CDS FOUND: IT WAS MAILED TO HIM

DATE OF ARREST: 04/17/12

TIME OF ARREST: 13:29

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR DISTRIBUTION

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: NO

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: THE UNITED STATES POSTAL INSPECTORS CAME INTO HEADQUARTERS WITH A PACKAGE THAT THEIR DRUG K-9 HIT ON.  THIS PACKAGE WAS DELIVERED FROM CALIFORNIA TO RUGGIERO'S HOUSE ON COOLIDGE TRAIL.  THE POSTAL INSPECTOR DELIVERED THE PACKAGE  WITH HOPATCONG POLICE OFFICERS WAITING NEARBY. RUGGIERO SIGNED FOR THE PACAKAGE.  RUGGIERO WAS THEN INFORMED OF WHAT WAS SUSPECTED TO BE IN THE PACKAGE.  RUGGIERO ALLOWED THE INSPECTOR TO OPEN IT IN FRONT OF HIM. WHEN THE MARIJUANA WAS FOUND HOPATCONG POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED RUGGIERO.  HE WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED AND LATER RELEASED.

DATE: 04/17/12                     CASE:12HB03164

TIME OF STOP: 00:59

ROADWAY: WILLS AVE

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: LACIE BROYER

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 30

ACCUSED LIVES IN: STANHOPE ROAD SPARTA NJ

STOPPED BY: PTL. KRAUS

REASON FOR THE STOP: FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT

FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS FAILED: YES

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING, AND FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER KRAUS WAS BEHIND THIS VEHILCE ON WILLS AVE.  HE SAW IT GOING OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES SEVERAL TIMES.  WHEN HE STOPPED IT HE FOUND THE DRIVER TO BE LACIE BROYER.  OFFICER KRAUS FOUND BROYER TO BE INTOXICATED HOWEVER, NOT FROM ALCOHOL.  OFFICER KRAUS WHO IS A DRE (DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT) HAD BROYER PERFORM FIELD SOBRIETY TEST.  BROYER WAS ARRESTED AFTER SHE FAILED THE TESTS. BROYER HAD TAKEN XANAX AND OTHER ANTI-DEPRESSANT DRUGS EARLIER. SHE WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED, CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED TO A FAMILY MEMBER.

DATE: 04/12/12                     CASE:12HB02968

TIME OF STOP: 01:12

ROADWAY: VILLA NOVA PARKING LOT

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: CHRISTOPHER LAHEY

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 29

ACCUSED LIVES IN: LAKESIDE BLVD HOPATCONG

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. MANCUSO

REASON FOR THE STOP: SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: SMOKING CONTAINER TO HOLD THE MARIJUANA AND A SLOT FOR THE PIPE THAT RESEMBLED A REAL CIGARETTE

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER MANCUSO SAWA VEHICLE PARKED IN THE LIQUOR FACTORY WHEN IT WAS CLOSED.  NO ONE WAS IN IT.  AT THE VILLA NOVA APARTMENTS NEXT TO THE LIQUOR FACTORY  HE SAW A VEHICLE RUNNING.  WHEN HE WALKED OVER CHRISTOPHER LAHEY GOT OUT AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY.  OFFICER MANCUSO STOPPED HIM.  THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF BURNT MARIJUANA.  NEXT TO THE VEHICLE WAS A PIPE THAT WAS COLORED LIKE A REAL CIGARETTE THAT WAS STILL WARM. INSIDE THE CAR THERE WAS STILL MARIJUANA SMOKE. LAHEY HAD THE MARIJUANA CONTAINER IN HIS POCKET.  HE WAS ARRESTED, PROCESSED, CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED.

DATE: 04/16/12                     CASE: 12HB03129

TIME: 00:23

WHERE IT HAPPENED:  WILLS AVE

NAME OF ACCUSED: TANYA MCKEVITT

AGE OF ACCUSED: 20

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: BARTON LANE HOPATCONG

OFFICER (S) INVESTIGATING:PTL. BIANCULLI

DATE OF ARREST: 04/16/12

TIME OF ARREST: 00:23

WHERE ARRESTED:  WILLS AVE

CHARGES: OBSTRUCTION, DWI, REFUSAL TO PROVIDE SAMPLES OF HER BREATH, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, RECKLESS DRIVING AND FAILURETO KEEP RIGHT

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: $978.00 WARRANT OUT OF ROXBURY BUT THEY SENT OVER A ROR (RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZNANCE)

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER BIANCULLI SAW THE VEHICLE GOING OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ON BROOKLYN ROAD.  OFFICER BIANCULLI TURNED AROUND TO STOP THIS VEHICLE.  THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF.  OFFICER BIANCULLI CAUGHT UP TO THE VEHICLE ON WILLS AVE JUST PAST UNGER AVE. THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF IT'S LIGHTS AND PULLED INTO A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. WHEN IT DID THE DRIVER WHO WAS TANYA MCKEVITT STRUCK THE HOMEOWNERS VEHICLE.  THE DRIVER WAS GIVEN FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS FOR DWI AND FAILED.  SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION AND DWI.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS AND PROCESSED.  SHE WAS LATER RELEASED.

DATE: 04/07/12                     CASE:12HB02804

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: DELBERT FLOOD FOR HOSTING THE RAVE. SEE BELOW FOR THE ACCUSED PERSONS WHO POSSESSED CDS

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: MAXIM DRIVE HOPATCONG

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 19

ARRESTED BY: PTL. BIANCULLI

WHERE ARRESTED: WILDWOOD SHORES CLUB HOUSE ON WOODLAND AVE

WHERE WAS THE CDS FOUND: ON THE INDIVIDUALS

DATE OF ARREST: 04/07/12

TIME OF ARREST: 00:30

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: FOR FLOOD: UNLAWFUL NOISE, SOUND PRODUCING DEVICE RESTRICTIONS AND MAINTAINING A NUISANCE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA, COCAINE AND ECSTACY

PARAPHERNALIA: NONE

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: SGT. MAGRINI, PATROLMEN KRAUS, MANCUSO AND BIANCULLI RESPONDED TO THE CLUBHOUSE AT WILDWOOD SHORES FOR A NOISE COMPLAINT.  UPON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND APPROXIMATELY 200 YOUNG ADULTS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.  THEY FIRST THOUGHT THE BUILDING WAS ON FIRE DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM IT.  HOWEVER,  IT TURNED OUT TO BE A FOGGING MACHINE INSIDE. WHEN THE OFFICERS APPROACHED ABOUT 20 PEOPLE RAN FROM THEM.  INSIDE THE BUILDING THEY FOUND A RAVE PARTY WAS TAKING PLACE. (A VIDEO IS POSTED ON YOU TUBE UNDER "HOPATCONG RAVE DIRTY TALK & GUESTS"). THE OFFICER FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO PERMIT FOR SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN SUCH A SMALL BUILDING.  DELBERT FLOOD HAD PUT OUT THE INVITATION TO HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY OVER FACEBOOK AND OTHER PAGES INVITING DJ'S AND RAVE FOLLOWERS.  ACCORDING TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE OVER 4,000 PEOPLE WERE REACHED.  OVER 200 REPLIED THEY WERE COMING.  LESS THAN A HANDFULL WERE FROM HOPATCONG.  THE OFFICERS HAD THE LIGHTS TURNED ON AND EVERYONE WAS SEATED AGAINST THE WALLS.  THEY FOUND MANY BAGS WITH POWDER IN THEM AND BAGS OF MARIJUANA ON THE FLOOR, IN THE BATHROOMS THEY FOUND MORE POWDER AND BOTTLES WITH SODA MIXED WITH ALCOHOL.  THE BAGS FOUND WITH POWDER ARE SUSPECTED TO BE ECSTASY. THREE PEOPLE WERE FOUND WITH CDS ON THEM.  THEY ARE: NICHOLAS BALEVSKI AGE 19 OF WILLIAM STREET LINCOLN PARK NJ.  HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.  JUSTIN HOLMES AGE 21 OF CYPRESS AVE LINCOLN PARK NJ WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND POSSESSION OF ECSTACY.  NICHOLAS CARMEAN AGE 21 OF MARION ST PATERSON NJ WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.  THE PARENTS OF ALL THE JUVENILES WERE CONTACTED AND EITHER ALLOWED SOMEONE TO BRING THEM HOME OR RESPONDED TO THE CLUB HOUSE.  THE ADULTS WERE CHECKED FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND THOSE THAT WEREN'T WERE ALLOWED TO DRIVE.  THE ASSOCIATION OF WILDWOOD SHORES WAS CONTACTED.  THEY ADVISED THAT THEY RENTED IT TO A MEMBER FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY.  THAT MEMBER ALLOWED FLOOD TO USE IT FOR HIS PARTY.  POLICE INFORMED HOPATCONG FIRE MARSHAL COOK WHO WATCHED THE VIDEO ON YOU TUBE OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.  HE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THE USE OF THE BUILDING.  

DATE: 04/05/12                 CASE:12HB02762

TIME: 22:24

LOCATION: MILDRED AVE

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. BARTA

NAME OF ACCUSED: 9 JUVENILES

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: HOPATCONG

AGE OF ACCUSED: 4 (15) 2(16) 3(17)

DATE OF ARREST: 04/05/12

TIME OF ARREST: 22:30

WHERE ARRESTED: MILDRED AVE AND IN THE WOODS

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES: POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDERAGE AND CURFEW

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER BARTA NOTICED A YOUNG MALE WALKING OUT OF THE WOODS ON MILDRED AVE.  THROUGH QUESTIONING, OFFICER BARTA FOUND THAT THERE WERE OTHER JUVENILES DRINKING IN THE WOODS.  WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OFFICER CIRRI, OFFICER SADOWSKI AND OFFICER ELLARD (FROM STANHOPE PD)  THEY FOUND OTHER JUVENILES THAT WERE IN THE WOODS.  THE  ACCUSED WERE TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED.  THEY WERE CHARGED AND RELEASED .

DATE:            04/04/12                      CASE:12HB02725

TIME: 20:59

WHERE IT HAPPENED: 469 RIVER STYX ROAD HOPATCONG

NAME OF ACCUSED: FREDRIK GREAKER

AGE OF ACCUSED: 67

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: 469 RIVER STYX  RD HOPATCONG

WEAPONS USED: YEAR 1918 ENFIELD RIFLE

OFFICER (S) INVESTIGATING:PTL. SADOWSKI, DET. LUCIANI

DATE OF ARREST: 04/04/12

TIME OF ARREST: 21:15

WHERE ARRESTED: 469 RIVER STYX  RD HOPATCONG

CHARGES: POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR UNLAWFUL PURPOSE 2^ND DEGREE CRIME, CERTAIN PERSONS NOT TO POSSESS WEAPONS 2^ND DEGREE CRIME, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3^RD DEGREE CRIME AND TERRORISTIC THREATS 3^RD DEGREE CRIME

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: $50,000.00

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: PATROLS RESPONDED TO 469 RIVER STYX ROAD FOR A REPORT OF A DISPUTE WITH A GUN.  UPON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND FREDRIK GREAKER SITTING CALMLY IN A CHAIR. FROM THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT GREAKER HAD AN ARGUMENT IN HIS APARTMENT WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.  HE TOOK OUT A 1918 ENFIELD RIFLE  FROM THE CLOSET THAT WAS LOADED WITH 8 ROUNDS OF .303 CALIBRE ROUNDS.  HE FIRED ONE ROUND 4 FEET ABOVE HIS BED WHILE THE VICTIM WAS ON THE BED. THE ROUND WENT THROUGH THE WALL  OUTSIDE AND HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. THE SPENT CASING WAS FOUND  STILL CHAMBERED IN THE RIFLE WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE CLOSET.    GREAKER WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS  CHARGED AND BROUGHT TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF BAIL.

DATE: 03/29/12                     CASE:12HB02501

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: WOLF SCHINZIL JR

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: ALFRED WAY HOPATCONG

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 20

ARRESTED BY: PTL. LOTITO

WHERE ARRESTED: IN HIS HOME

WHERE WAS THE CDS FOUND: BY HIM

DATE OF ARREST: 03/29/12

TIME OF ARREST: 21:00

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION/UNDER THE USE OF CDS, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA , POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA AND POSSESSION OF A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: HEROIN AND MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: A SYRINGE

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER LOTITO RESPONDED TO ALFRED WAY ON A REPORT OF A OVERDOSE.  WHEN HE ARRIVED HE FOUND SCHINZIL SLUMPED OVER .  HE WOKE SCHINZIL UP AND FOUND THAT SCHINZIL HAD INJECTED 2 BAGS OF HEROIN INTO HIS ARM.  LOTITO FOUND THE NEEDLE BY SCHINZEL.  HE ALSO FOUND A SMALL METAL PILL CONTAINER WITH MARIJUANA IN IT.  SCHINZEL WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE HOPATCONG FIRST AID SQUAD.  WHEN HE WAS RELEASED HE WAS PROCESSED AND CHARGED.  HE WAS LATER  RLEASED PENDING COURT.

DATE: 03/28/12                     CASE:12HB02475

TIME OF STOP: 23:57

ROADWAY: LAKESIDE BLVD

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: SHAWN LYNCH

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 46

ACCUSED LIVES IN: BROOKLYN STANHOPE ROAD HOPATCONG

STOPPED BY: PT. SNYDER

REASON FOR THE STOP: FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING, FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT AND MAINTENANCE OF LAMPS

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER SNYDER WAS BEHIND LYNCH'S VEHICLE ON LAKESIDE BLVD.  OFFICER SNYDER SAW THE VEHICLE GOING OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES.  THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN THE QUICK CHEK PARKING LOT.  THE DRIVER WAS GIVEN FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS  AND FAILED.  LYNCH WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS FOR PROCESSING.  AFTER GIVING TWO SAMPLES OF HIS BREATH HE WAS CHARGED , PROCESSED AND RELEASED TO A  FAMILY MEMBER.

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DATE: 03/25/12             CASE:12HB02335

TIME: 03:12

LOCATION: QUICK CHEK

WHAT WAS TAKEN: A CANDY BAR

VALUED AT: $1.79

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. SUTPHEN

NAME OF ACCUSED: DANA MARTINEZ

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: TUFTS TRAIL HOPATCONG

AGE OF ACCUSED: 21

DATE OF ARREST: 03/25/12

TIME OF ARREST: 03:15

WHERE ARRESTED: HEADQUARTERS

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES: SHOPLIFTING

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: NO

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: AN EMPLOYEE AT QUICK CHEK CALLED TO REPORT A POSSIBLE SHOPLIFTER.  A MALE AND FEMALE WERE IN THE STORE.  THE MALE ASKED WHAT IS A GOOD CANDY BAR. THE EMPLOYEE SHOWED HIM. THE MALE THEN GAVE THE CANDY BAR  TO THE FEMALE.  A SHORT TIME LATER A CUSTOMER SAW THE FEMALE LEAVE THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.  OFFICER SUTPHEN TRACKED DOWN WHO THE FEMALE WAS.  HE CALLED MARTINEZ INTO HEADQUARTERS.  SHE TOLD HIM HER MALE FRIEND HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH THE CASHIER AND SHE LEFT WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE CANDY BAR.  SHE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED, FINGERPRINTED AND CHARGED .

DATE: 03/16/12                     CASE:12HB02032

TIME OF STOP: 23:52

ROADWAY: LAKESIDE BLVD AND BROOKLYN MTN ROAD

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: DANIEL FLOYD

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 26

ACCUSED LIVES IN: RIVER STYX ROAD HOPATCONG

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. KRAUS

REASON FOR THE STOP: REAR LIGHT OUT

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA, DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING, POSSESSION OF CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MAINTENANCE OF LAMPS

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: NO

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER KRAUS  STOPPED THE VEHICLE FOR A LIGHT OUT.  WHEN HE APPROACHED THE VEHICLE HE COULD SMELL THE ODOR OFBURNT MARIJUANA.  FROM HIS INVESTIGATION HE FOUND A ROLLED UP PIECE OF PAPER WITH MARIJUANA IN IT WITHIN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR.  OFFICER KRAUS WHO IS A DRE-(DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT) FOUND FLOYD TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA WHILE DRIVING.  FLOYD WAS ARRESTED, TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED CHARGED AND RELEASED TO A FRIEND.

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DATE: 03/19/12                     CASE:12HB02121

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: AMY PHILLIPS

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: DURBAN COURT HOPATCONG

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 34

ARRESTED BY: PTL. LOTITO

WHERE ARRESTED: DURBAN COURT

WHERE WAS THE CDS FOUND: UNDER THE INFLUENCE. SHE DESTROYED IT

DATE OF ARREST: 03/19/12

TIME OF ARREST: 19:30

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CDS

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: HEROIN

PARAPHERNALIA: NONE

BAIL SOUGHT: ALREADY A WARRANT FOR HER ARREST

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER LOTITO RESPONDED TO DURBAN COURT FOR A NO BAIL WARRANT OUT OF SOMERSET COUNTY FOR PHILLIPS.  HE MET PHILIPS WHO RECENTLY INJECTED HEROIN.  SHE WAS STILL BLEEDING FROM HER HAND WHERE SHE INJECTED THE HEROIN. ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR WAS ANTOHER FEMALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS CAROL PARKS OF TULSA TRAIL HOPATCONG AGE 47.  SHE TOO INJECTED HEROIN AND WAS NOW SEMI-CONSCIOUS.  OFFICER LOTITO BEGAN RESCUE BREATHING FOR PARKS. THE HOPATCONG AMBULANCE SQUAD ARRIVED AND TOOK PARKS TO THE HOSPITAL.  PHILLIPS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED.  SHE WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO THE SOMERSET COUNTY FUGITIVE SQUAD. PARKS WILL BE CHARGED WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

DATE: WEDNESDAY MARCH 21^ST 2012

LOCATION: HOPATCONG FIRE DEPARTMENT COMPANY 3

TIME: 19:30

MORE INFORMATION:  ACTING CHIEF ROBERT BRENNAN IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WILL BE 7 PROMOTIONS FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS 25 OFFICERS. ALSO, TWO NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE INSTALLATION.  FOLLOWING ARE THE OFFICER’S BEING PROMOTED:

CAPTAIN ROBERT BRENNAN TO CHIEF OF POLICE

LIEUTENANT TINA KRAUS TO CAPTAIN

SERGEANT THOMAS KMETZ TO LIEUTENANT

DETECTIVE SERGEANT ROBERT UNHOCH TO LIEUTENANT

PATROLMAN JOSEPH MAGRINI TO SERGEANT

PATROLMAN MEGHAN ANTONELLO TO SERGEANT

PATROLMAN MICHAEL O’SHEA TO SERGEANT

SERGEANT MICHAEL HOUTZ WILL NOW BE DETECTIVE SERGEANT.  NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICER’S ANTHONY CIRRI AND THOMAS SNYDER WILL BE INTRODUCED.

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DATE: 03/18/12                 CASE:12HB02079

TIME: 17:25

LOCATION: WEST RIVER STYX ROAD

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. JANOSKO

NAME OF ACCUSED: CHARLES JACKSON JR

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: DECATUR GEORGIA

AGE OF ACCUSED: 22

DATE OF ARREST: 03/18/12

TIME OF ARREST: 18:00

WHERE ARRESTED: PAVINCIS PARKING LOT

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

WHAT WAS THE WEAPON:KNIFE

CHARGES: TERRORISTIC THREATS, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR UNLAWFUL PURPOSE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON, THEFT AND HARASSMENT

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: YES, $15,000.00

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: PATROLS RESPONDED TO WEST RIVER STYX ROAD FOR A FIGHT. IT WAS FOUND THAT JACKSON WAS ARGUING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. A FRIEND OF THE VICTIM AND HER BOYFRIEND INTERVENED.  THAT IS WHEN JACKSON PULLED A KNIFE ON THE TWO TRYING TO HELP.  JACKSON LEFT THE AREA BEFORE PATROLS ARRIVED. BEFORE HE LEFT HE TOOK HIS GIRLFRIENDS CELL PHONE ,VISA CARD AND FOOD STAMP CARD.  HE WAS LATER FOUND ON THE SIDE OF PAVINCIS RESTAURANT.  WHEN ARRESTED, OFFICERS RECOVERED THE KNIFE AND STOLEN PROPERTY. JACKSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO HEADQUARTERS PROCESSED AND TAKEN TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF BAIL.

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DATE: 03/16/12                     CASE:12HB02001

TIME OF STOP: 06:40

ROADWAY: COMPANTY 2 FIREHOUSE

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: DUSTIN PHILBURT

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 27

ACCUSED LIVES IN: PINEWOOD LANE MOUNTAIN LAKES NJ

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. SADOWSKI

REASON FOR THE STOP: SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE

FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS GIVEN: NO

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: DWI, UNINSURED AND RECKLESS DRIVING

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFCIER SADOWSKI RESPONDED TO COMPANY 2 FIREHOUSE ON A SUSPICIOUS PERSONS CALL.  UPON ARRIVAL HE FOUND THAT PHILBURT'S VEHICLE HAD DRIVEN UP ON A CURB BEHIND THE FIREHOUSE.  PHILBURT WAS SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL.  HE HAD VOMITED ON HIMSELF AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE.  OFFICER SADOWSKI  REACHED INSIDE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF.  PHILBURT WAS ARRESTED FOR DWI.  HE WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS AND PROCESSED.  HE WAS LATER RELEASED TO A FRIEND.

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DATE: 03/08/12                     CASE:12HB01762

TIME OF STOP: 22:30

ROADWAY: 3&1 PARKING LOT

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: JUVENILE

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 17

ACCUSED LIVES IN: RUTH STREET HOPATCONG

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. CIRRI

REASON FOR THE STOP: SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF CDS, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF CDS IN A VEHICLE, PROBATIONARY DRIVER WITH TWO MANY PASSENGERS, PROBATIONARY DRIVER WITH NO DECAL DISPLAYED AND UNSAFE VEHICLE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: YES, A BONG AND A WOODEN PIPE

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER CIRRI SAW A VEHICLE OCCUPIED BY 3 MALES IN A BUSINESS AREA THAT WAS CLOSED.  WHEN HE INVESTIGATED, HE FOUND THAT THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER (A JUVENILE) WAS TRYING TO HIDE A USED BONG BETWEEN HIS LEGS.  IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE DRIVER HAD A WOODEN PIPE HE JUST PURCHASED TO SMOKE MARIJUANAN UNDER HIS SEAT.  THE OCCUPANTS WERE TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE CONTACTED. THEY ARE BEING CHARGED ON JUVENILE COMPLAINTS.

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DATE: 03/13/12                     CASE:12HB01893

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: JUVENILE

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 15

ACCUSED LIVES IN: HOPATCONG

OFFICER INVESTIGATING:PTL. SUTPHEN

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF CDS AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: YES IF YES WHAT:A GLASS SMOKING PIPE

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: THE HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CONTACTED THE POLICE IN REFERENCE TO A STUDENT WITH A MARIJUANA PIPE.  THE 15-YEAR OLD STUDENT HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF DRINKING ALCOHOL, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATED AND SEARCHED HER POCKETBOOK.  HE FOUND THE PIPE WITH BURNT MARIJUANA RESIDUE IN IT. THE STUDENT WAS ARRESTED, PROCESSED, CHARGED AND RELEASED TO A FAMILY MEMBER.

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DATE: 03/12/12                     CASE:12HB01879

TIME OF STOP: 19:12

ROADWAY: LEO AVE

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: KRISTOPHER BAGLIO

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 31

ACCUSED LIVES IN: LEO AVE HOPATCONG

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. BIANCULLI

REASON FOR THE STOP: DRIVER WAS KNOWN TO BE SUSPENDED

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF CDS SCHEDULED 2,3 AND 4 DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED AND POSSESSION OF CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: METHADONE, SUBOXONE, AND CLONAZEPAM

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFCIER BIANCULLI SAW BAGLIO DRIVING WHOM HE KNEW WAS SUSPENDED.  HE STOPPED BAGLIO ON LEO AVE. OFFICER BIANCULLI CALLED FOR A DRUG DOG.  BAGLIO THEN GAVE CONSENT TO SEARCH HIS VEHICLE.  FOUND BY OFFICER BIANCULLI WERE VARIOUS PILLS.  SOME OF WHICH BAGLIO HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR. 10 OTHERS HE DID NOT.  HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF THE NON PRESCRIBED PILLS. HE WAS ARRESTED, PROCESSED, CHARGED AND RELEASED.

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DATE: 03/11/12             CASE:12HB01846

TIME: 14:36

LOCATION: CHINCOPEE AVE HOPATCONG

WHAT WAS TAKEN: TWO KINDLE NOTEBOOKS, ONE COVER FOR THEM AND A $50.00 VISA GIFT CARD

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. MANCUSO

NAME OF ACCUSED: NIKOLCE KOCOVSKI

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: CHINCOPEE AVE HOPATCONG

AGE OF ACCUSED: 52

DATE OF ARREST: 03/11/12

TIME OF ARREST: 15:00

WHERE ARRESTED: HOPATCONG POLICE DEPARTMENT

CHARGES: THEFT

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER MANCUSO INVESTIGATED THEFT OF MAIL. A FAMILY MEMBER WAS TRYING TO SEND HER FATHER A KINDLE NOTEBOOK FROM AMAZON TO  A CHINCOPEE ADDRESS IN LAKE HOPATCONG.  WHEN THE PACKAGE WAS NOT DELIVERED SHE COMPLAINED TO AMAZON.COM.  THEY SENT ANOTHER KINDLE NOTEBOOK. THAT ONE ALSO DID NOT MAKE IT.  SHE WENT TO THE SAME ADDRESS; BUT IN HOPATCONG.  SHE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND HEARD KIDS INSIDE. WHEN SHE WALKED PAST THE GARAGE SHE SAW THE EMPTY BOXES WITH HER FATHER'S NAME ON IT NEXT TO GARBAGE CANS.  OFFICER MANCUSO RESPONDED AND SAW THE SAME THING.  HE HAD THE  JUVENILES CONTACT THEIR FATHER WHO LATER RESPONDED TO HEADQUARTERS.  HE BROUGHT WITH HIM THE TWO NOTEBOOKS, ONE COVER AND THE $50.00 GIFT CARD.  HE STATED THAT HE SENT THE FIRST PACKAGE BACK TO FED EX, BUT IT CAME BACK TO HIM AGAIN.  HE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE PACKAGES IN CASE THE OWNER CAME FOR THEM.  THE FIRST PACKAGE WAS DELIVERED IN FEBRUARY.  THE OTHER ONE A FEW DAYS AGO.  KOCOVSKI WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT OF PROPERTY DELIVERED BY MISTAKE.  HE WAS PROCESSED AND RELEASED.

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DATE: 03/10/12                     CASE: 12HB01795

TIME OF STOP: 00:54

ROADWAY: RIVER STYX ROAD

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: DEVON WILHELM

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 19

ACCUSED LIVES IN: PARTRIDGE RUN OAK RIDGE NJ

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. BIANCULLI

REASON FOR THE STOP: TAIL LIGHT WAS OUT

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF CDS, POSSESSION OF CDS IN A VEHICLE, BROKEN TAIL LIGHT, UNDER AGE DWI,  POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL WHILE UNDERAGE AND RECKLESS DRIVING

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER BIANCULLI STOPPED THE VEHICLE FOR A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT.  WHEN HE APPROACHED THE VEHICLE HE FOUND THERE WERE THREE OCCUPANTS. ALL OF THEM WERE UNDER 21 YEARS OLD.  OFFICER BIANCULLI HAD THE DRIVER STEP OUT OF THE CAR.  WHEN BIANCULLI PATTED WILHELM DOWN HE FELT AN OBJECT THAT WILHELM SAID WAS MARIJUANA.  WILHELM ALSO SAID HE DRANK A BEER.  AFTER A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST, WILHELM WAS ARRESTED. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WAS JUSTINE HOPPER OF LENAPE TRAIL OAK RIDGE NJ AGE 19.  SHE POSSESSED MARIJUANA AND AMPHETAMINE IN HER PURSE.  SHE ALSO HAD BEEN DRINKING.  THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER WAS CAMERON HARRIS OF TANGLEWOOD PASS LAKE HOPATCONG AGE 18.  HE POSSESSED A SANDWICH SIZED BAG AND THREE SMALL ZIP LOCK BAGS OF MARIJUANA IN HIS UNDERWEAR.  ALL WERE ARRESTED, PROCESSED CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED.

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DATE: 03/09/12                     CASE: 12HB01792

TIME OF STOP: 22:31

ROADWAY: RIVER STYX AND SHARP AVE

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: LINDSAY JACKSON

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 19

ACCUSED LIVES IN: WILLS ROAD LANDING

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL BIANCULLI

REASON FOR THE STOP: FAILURE TO STOP AT STOP SIGN

TYPE OF VEHICLE: FORD ESCAPE

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF CDS, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF CDS IN A VEHICLE AND FAILURE TO STOP AT STOP SIGN

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: METAL SMOKING PIPE

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER BIANCULLI STOPPED JACKSON FOR NOT STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DRIVER IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS A PINK SAFE IN THE VEHICLE.  FROM THE INVESTIGATION THE SAFE WAS SEARCHED. THE SAFE CONTAINED ONE MINT CONTAINER WHICH HAD MARIJUANA IN IT, A METAL SMOKING PIPE AND SEVERAL SMALL PLASTIC ZIP LOCK BAGS. JACKSON WAS ARRESTED PROCESSED AND LATER RELEASED.

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DATE: 03/09/12                     CASE: 12HB01778

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: AMANDA ROSSY

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 21

ACCUSED LIVES IN: LAKELAND TRAIL HOPATCONG

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF HEROIN, POSSESSION OF A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE AND BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CDS

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: HEROIN

PARAPHERNALIA: YES

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER MAGRINI AND OFFICER MANCUSO RESPONDED TO A HOME ON LAKELAND TRAIL FOR AN OVERDOSE.  UPON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND AMANDA ROSSY ON THE FLOOR IN HER BEDROOM.  A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE WAS LAYING ON HER BED.  ROSSY WAS LETHARGIC AND SHE COULDN'T WALK. SHE ADMITED TO THE FIRST AID SQUAD SHE DID ONE AND A HALF BAGS OF HEROIN.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE HOPATCONG FIRST AID SQUAD. SHE WAS CHARGED AND WILL BE PROCESSED AND SERVED WHEN SHE LEAVES THE HOSPITAL.

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DATE: 03/09/12              CASE: 12HB01774

TIME: 11:44

LOCATION: HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. MANCUSO

NAME OF ACCUSED: JUVENILE

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: JUVENILE

AGE OF ACCUSED: 15

DATE OF ARREST: 03/09/12

TIME OF ARREST: 12:30

WHERE ARRESTED: HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

WHAT WAS THE WEAPON:A BOX CUTTER

CHARGES: POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: NO

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER MANCUSO RESPONDED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR A REPORT OF A STUDENT WITH A BOX CUTTER.  IT WAS FOUND THAT THE JUVENILE HAD A THIN BOX CUTTER CONTAINING A RAZOR BLADE UNDER THE  SOLE OF THE INSIDE OF HIS SHOE.  HE HAD SHOWN THIS TO OTHER STUDENTS .  OFFICER  MANCUSO QUESTIONED THE JUVENILE  WITH A PARENT PRESENT.  THE JUVENILE WAS  THEN CHARGED AND  LATER RELEASED.

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DATE: SEE NARRATIVE                 CASE: 12HB01527

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: DAVID STOWE

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 33

ACCUSED LIVES IN: NORTH WAY HOPATCONG

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

OFFICER INVESTIGATING:DET. TRACEY

WHAT WAS BURNED:TWO VEHICLES TWO DIFFERENT DATES

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: FOR THE 2011 PICKUP TRUCK REPORTED STOLEN 03/01/12: TAKING WITHOUT OWNERS CONSENT, BURGLARY, THEFT OF M.V., THEFT OF $1800.00  CASH FROM THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED. FOR THE 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY REPORTED STOLEN 11/29/10: THEFT OF A M.V. AND AGGRAVATED ARSON.  FOR THE 2008 FORD FUSION REPORTED STOLEN 11/12/11: THEFT OF A M.V. AND AGGRAVATED ARSON. ON 03/01/12: BURGLARY INTO A VEHICLE ON BYRAM BAY ROAD, THEFT OF $50.00 CASH FROM THIS VEHICLE, BURGLARY INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE ON BYRAM BAY ROAD AND THEFT OF CD'S AND A CD CASE FROM THIS VEHICLE.  ON 3/01/12: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF BY DAMAGING THE FENCING AT THE WATER TOWER ABOVE THE CIVIC CENTER.

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: ON 11/29/10  A VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM HUDSON AVE.  IT WAS LATER FOUND BURNED ABOVE THE CIVIC CENTER ON LAKESIDE BLVD.  ON 11/12/11 A VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM BYRAM BAY ROAD. IT WAS LATER FOUND BURNED ABOVE THE CIVIC CENTER ON LAKESIDE BLVD. ON 03/01/12 A VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM BYRAM BAY ROAD.  THAT VEHICLE WAS FOUND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CIVIC CENTER ON LAKESIDE BLVD.  THE VEHICLE WAS IMPOUNDED AND PROCESSED BY DETECTIVE TRACEY. EVIDENCE WAS FOUND THAT LINKED STOWE TO THE THEFT.  DURING THAT INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT STOWE STOLE THE OTHER VEHICLES, DROVE THEM TO THE CIVIC CENTER AND BURNED THEM. HE  ENTERED OTHER CARS ON 03/01/12 AND TOOK ITEMS OUT OF THEM. HE THEN DROVE INTO A FENCE AT THE WATER TOWER ABOVE THE CIVIC CENTER DAMAGING IT.  STOWE WAS CHARGED, PROCESSED AND BROUGHT TO SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF $50,000.00.

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DATE: 03/08/12                     CASE: 12HB01752

TIME OF STOP: 14:24

ROADWAY: LIQUOR FACTORY PARKING LOT

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: YURI KONDRATYEV

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 66

ACCUSED LIVES IN: BRONX NY

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. BARTA

REASON FOR THE STOP: ERRATIC DRIVING

TYPE OF VEHICLE: SILVER JEEP

FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS GIVEN: YES

FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS FAILED: YES

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: DWI, REFUSAL AND RECKLESS DRIVING

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER BARTA RESPONDED TO THE LIQUOR FACTORY PARKING LOT FOR A DRIVER WHO WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY AND NOW PARKED IN THE TRAVEL LANE OF THE LIQUOR STORE. UPON ARRIVAL BARTA SPOKE TO KONDRATYEV.  AFTER BARTA GAVE KONDRATYEV FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, KONDRATYEV WAS ARRESTED FOR DWI.  HE WAS TAKEN TO HEAQUARTERS AND GIVEN 6 CHANCES TO BLOW PROPERLY INTO THE ALCOTEST.  WHEN HE FAILED TO DO SO HE WAS FURTHER CHARGED WITH REFUSAL.  HIS JEEP WAS IMPOUNDED.  HE WAS CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED TO A SOBER DRIVER.  

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(These charges are merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty)

DATE: 03/08/12              CASE: HB01747

TIME: 11:50

LOCATION: RAPALYEA RD

STRUCTURE ENTERED: HOUSE

FORCED ENTRY: YES

 IF YES BY: BREAKING A WINDOW

STRUCTURE LOCKED: YES

CRIME WITH BURGLARY: THEFT

THEFT: YES 

IF THEFT WHAT AND VALUE: SUSPECTS WERE INTERRUPTED AND DROPPED THE ITEMS

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: PTL. SUTPHEN

DETECTIVE INVESTIGATING: DET. SGT.UNHOCH AND DET. TRACEY

NAME OF ACCUSED: UNKNOWN

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: POLICE RESPONDED TO A HOME ON RAPALYEA ROAD AFTER A NEIGHBOR REPORTED TWO MALES RUNNING FROM THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE. UPON ARRIVAL PTL. SUTPHEN FOUND THAT THE SUSPECTS DROPPED A COMPUTER TOWER AND SEVERAL XBOX GAMES ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.  INSIDE THE HOUSE THERE WERE OPEN JEWELERY BOXES , DRESSER DRAWERS WERE OPENED AND ITEMS WERE  STREWN ABOUT  ON THE FLOORS.  THERE WERE PRY MARKS ON THE OUTSIDE  FIRST FLOOR WINDOW.  INSIDE WAS A PILLOW CASE WHICH CONTAINED SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THE HOME. THE SUSPECTS ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:  (1) WHITE  HISPANIC MALE 5'8 165 LBS BLACK HAIR AND MUSTACHE WEARING JEANS AND A DARK GREY HOODIE .  (1) WHITE HISPANIC MALE 5'7  170  LBS WITH BLACK HAIR WEARING A DARK JACKET AND DARK PANTS.  THE VEHICLE THEY LEFT IN IS DESCRIBED AS  A  TOYOTA OR A HYUNDAI  2 DOOR, SILVER IN COLOR.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE HOPATCONG POLICE DEPARTMENT AT (973) 398-5000

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(These charges are merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty)

DATE: 03/07/12                     CASE: 12HB01725

TIME OF STOP: 19:36

ROADWAY: LAKESIDE BLVD AND HOPATCHUNG

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: ROBERT WHITE

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 34

ACCUSED LIVES IN: MAIN STREET NEWTON NJ

STOPPED BY: PTL CIRRI

REASON FOR THE STOP: REPORT OF DRUGS BEING SOLD FROM THE VEHICLE

TOWN(S) AND BAIL WARRANTS ARE FROM: UNION TWP FOR $1,134.00,  MANSFIELD TWP FOR $500.00 AND ROXBURY FOR $500.00

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFICER CIRRI RESPONDED TO DURBAN COURT FOR A REPORT OF A WHITE FORD EXPLORER WHERE THE OCCUPANTS ARE POSSIBLY SELLING DRUGS.  OFFICER CIRRI SAW THE VEHCILE LEAVING AND STOPPED IT.  THERE WERE EMPY SYRINGES IN THE GLOVE BOX BUT NO CDS FOUND.  A CHECK OF THE OCCUPANTS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF WHITE FOR THE WARRANTS. WHITE WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED AND WAS LATER PICKED UP BY OFFICERS FROM THE UNION TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

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(These charges are merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty)

DATE: 02/29/12            CASE: 12HB01536

TIME: LATE AFTERNOON

LOCATION: OFFICE IN HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL

WHAT WAS TAKEN: $500.00 CASH

OFFICER INVESTIGATING: DET. TRACEY

NAME OF ACCUSED: JOHN CLEMENS

ADDRESS OF ACCUSED: MT HOPE ROAD WHARTON

AGE OF ACCUSED: 40

DATE OF ARREST: 05/05/12

TIME OF ARREST: AFTERNOON

WHERE ARRESTED: HOPATCONG POLICE DEPARTMENT

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES: THEFT

WAS BAIL SOUGHT: NO

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: DET. TRACEY INVESTIGATED A THEFT OF CASH FROM AN ATHLETIC OFFICE IN THE HOPATCONG HIGH SCHOOL.  CLEMENS WORKED FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY.  HE WAS IN THIS ROOM LOOKING FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. LATER IT WAS DISCOVERED THE MONEY WAS MISSING FROM A DESK DRAWER. BASED ON EVIDENCE THAT CANNOT BE RELEASED AT THIS TIME, CLEMENS WAS CHARGED PROCESSED AND RELEASED.

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DATE: 03/04/12                     CASE: 12HB01638

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: LASHAWN SANDERS

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 21

ACCUSED LIVES IN: MAIN STREET DELAWARE WATER PA

OFFICER INVESTIGATING:PTL. BIANCULLI

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: POSSESSION OF LESS THAN 1 OUNCE OF A SCHEDULE 1 CDS, UNREGISTERED VEHICLE, FICTITIOUS PLATES, UNLICENSED DRIVER AND POSSESSION OF CDS IN A VEHICLE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MDMA (ECSTASY)

PARAPHERNALIA: NO   

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFCIER BIANCULLI STOPPED A VEHCILE THAT WAS LEAVING MODICK PARK WHEN THE PARK WAS CLOSED. IT WAS FOUND THAT SANDERS USED HIS FATHERS LICENSE PLATE ON A CAR HE RECENTLY BOUGHT. SANDERS NEVER HAD A LICENSE EITHER. AFTER SEEING A .357 MAGNUM BULLET ON THE REAR FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE PTL. BIANCULLI QUESTIONED THE OCCUPANTS.  A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE YIELDED ECSTASY PILLS UNDER 1 OUNCE IN WEIGHT. NO OTHER BULLETS OR WEAPON WERE FOUND.  THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED, BROUGHT TO HEADQUARTERS, CHARGED, PROCESSED AND LATER RELEASED.

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(These charges are merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty)

DATE: 02/24/12                     CASE: 12HB01360

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: ASHLEY YOUSSEF

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 23

ACCUSED LIVES IN: SAINT LO PLACE HOPATCONG

ANY RESISTANCE: YES, PULLED AWAY FROM OFFICERS

OFFICER INVESTIGATING:PTL. ANTONELLO, PTL. O'SHEA

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: 6 COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CDS, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CDS, RESISTING ARREST AND DISCARDING A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: HEROIN, LIQUED MORPHINE, HYDROCODONE, OXYCODONE, SUBOXONE, AND AMBIEN

PARAPHERNALIA: Y N IF YES WHAT:STRAWS WITH TRACES OF HERION IN THEM

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: PATROLS WENT TO ST. LO PLACE TO SERVE A WARRANT OUT OF DUNELLEN FOR $1,500.0 ON YOUSSEF.  PTL. O'SHEA WENT TO THE BACK DOOR WHERE HE SAW YOUSSEF INJECTING WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE HEROIN INTO HER ARM.  WHEN PTL. O'SHEA KNOCKED; YOUSSEF PUT THE NEEDLE INTO HER POCKETBOOK.  INSIDE THE HOUSE PATROLS ARRESTED YOUSSEF WHO CONTINUALLY PULLED AWAY FROM THEM.  INSIDE THE PURSE THERE WERE FOLDS OF HEROIN AND HYPODERMIC NEEDLES.  THERE WAS ALSO LIQUED MORPHINE, HYDROCODONE, OXYCODONE, SUBOXONE AND AMBIEN IN PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES. ONE BOTTLE WAS IN ANOTHER PERSONS NAME AND THE OTHER HAD IT'S LABEL RIPPED OFF. YOUSSEF WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, CHARGED AND PROCESSED.  JUDGE BOWKLEY FROM THE HOPATCONG MUNICIPAL COURT SET BAIL AT $10,000.00.  YOUSSEF WAS TAKEN TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL.

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(These charges are merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty)

DATE: 03/01/12                     CASE: 12HB01548

WHERE IT HAPPENED: A HOME ON LAKESIDE BLVD

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: FRANCISCO TORRES

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 19

ACCUSED LIVES IN: LAKESIDE BLVD HOPATCONG

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: 3 COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR AN UNLAWFUL PURPOSE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON, 2 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, RESISTING ARREST AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: PTL. O'SHEA AND SGT. HOUTZ RESPONDED TO A HOME ON LAKESIDE BLVD FOR A DISTRAUGHT MALE.  UPON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND FRANCISCO TORRES ON HIS DECK PACING BACK AND FORTH THREATENING HOPATCONG FIRST AID SQUAD MEMBERS WITH A BASEBALL BAT. THE ACCUSED MOTHER WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE BAT FROM TORRES.  AS SERGEANT HOUTZ APPROACHED, TORRES LUNGED AT HIM THREATENING TO GOUGE HIS EYES OUT. SERGEANT HOUTZ WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF TORRES WITH THE HELP OF OFFICER O'SHEA, OFF DUTY CAPTAIN BRENNAN (WHO HEARD THIS OVER THE RADIO AND RESPONDED TO HELP) AND OFF DUTY OFFICER PAUL BARTA (WHO WAS ASSISTING THE FIRST AID SQUAD).  TORRES WAS ABLE TO GET HIS FINGER UNDER THE EYE LID OF SGT. HOUTZ WHO LATER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURY TO HIS EYE. TORRES WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS FOR PROCESSING. HE WAS CHARGED AND TAKEN TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF $50,000.00 BAIL. THE TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ARE FOR AN OFFICER'S CELL PHONE AND GLASSES WHICH WERE BROKEN TRYING TO SUBDUE TORRES.   

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(These charges are merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty)

DATE: 03/01/12                     CASE: 12HB01525

TIME OF STOP: 00:01

ROADWAY: SHAWNEE AND SANTA FE

NAME OF THE ACCUSED: KRISTEN GRAMES

AGE OF THE ACCUSED: 21

ACCUSED LIVES IN: FORDHAM TRAIL HOPATCONG

WAS THE ACCUSED THE DRIVER: YES

STOPPED BY: PTL. KRAUS

REASON FOR THE STOP: TAIL LIGHT LENS BROKEN

ANY RESISTANCE: NO

CHARGES AGAINST THE ACCUSED: MAINTENANCE OF LAMPS, DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

WHAT IS THE SUSPECTED CDS: MARIJUANA

PARAPHERNALIA: Y N IF YES WHAT:     

ANY OTHER INFORMATION: OFFCER KRAUS STOPPED THE VEHICLE FOR BROKEN TAIL LIGHTS.  WHEN HE APPROACHED THE CAR HE COULD SMELL THE ODOR OF BURNT MARIJUANA FROM WITHIN IT.  AFTER FAILING THE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS FOR CDS GRAMES WAS ARRESTED.  A SEARCH OF HER VEHICLE YEILDED CIGAR WRAPPERS WITH SUSPECTED MARIJUANA IN THEM, (KNOWN AS BLUNTS), THE TOBACCO FROM WITHIN THE CIGAR AND AN EMPTY GLASSINE BAG.  GRAMES WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERS, PROCESSED, CHARGED AND LATER RELEASED TO A FAMILY MEMBER.   

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