MANVILLE: Police blotter for Feb. 13-19

DATE POSTED: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:28 PM EST

Police responded to a minor motor vehicle accident with no injuries on Brooks Boulevard at 6 a.m. Feb. 13 and said the undercarriage of a vehicle might have been damaged due to a loose water main cover. N.J. American Water Co. was notified. A wrecker was called.

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A North 4th Avenue caller at 7:13 a.m. Feb. 13 said his vehicle was hit overnight. Police recorded it as a hit-and-run.

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Police responded to a report from a fire official of an irate tenant during a building inspection on West Camplain Road at 10:24 a.m. Feb. 13.

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Police found a $50 bill at the intersection of Kaschak Boulevard and Main Street at 1:13 p.m. Feb. 13. They logged it into evidence as found property and eventually returned the money to Fray Bandel of Hillsborough, who police said had dropped it at a motor vehicle accident scene earlier and called to say it was missing.

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County communications alerted police at 1:19 p.m. Feb. 13 to what it said was a burglary in progress at the front door of a Duke’s Parkway home. Police found a postal worker at the door delivering mail. The homeowner was advised.

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A person came to headquarters at about 2 p.m. Feb. 13 to turn in a black wallet found with a Washington driver’s license, credit cards and $25 cash. Police contacted the owner, a man who lives on Griggs Place, who was to retrieve the wallet.

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Easter Seals reported at 6:28 p.m. Feb. 13 that one of its patients had overdosed on pain pills, but was conscious and breathing. Patrols and the rescue squad responded and the woman was taken to Somerset Medical Center.

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A Fulton Bank employee said there was a man in the bank with bad checks at 10:11 a.m. Feb. 14. John Hartrum of South 14th Avenue said he had received the checks from a man whose last known address was Glen Gardner. The lost value was $3,350, police said. The investigation was to continue.

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At 1:21 p.m. Feb. 14, Adesa Auto Auction reported having two stolen vehicles in its lot on North Main Street. One car was a 2005 Infiniti and the other a 2002 Toyota Camry. Teletypes were sent.

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On a motor vehicle stop on North 13th Avenue, police arrested Joseph F. Kulcsar, 25, of North 10th Avenue and Dale A. Scott, 38, of South Bank Street and charged them with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, which police suspected was heroin, and drug paraphernalia at 4:14 p.m. Feb. 14. Both were released after paying 10 percent in cash on the $5,000 bail.

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South Euclid, Ohio, police told local police at 6:27 p.m. Feb. 14 that they had recovered a 2008 Toyota Camry reported stolen from Adesa Auto Auction between Jan. 5 and March 24, 2011.

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At 9:07 a.m. Feb. 15, a N.J. American Water Co. employee reported criminal mischief to the chain link fence on the North 9th Avenue side of the water tank property. Police found damage to a 2-foot section of fence, with an estimated repair value of $250.

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The pizza oven starting up triggered a false fire alarm at Millstone Grill on North Main Street at 10:43 a.m. Feb. 15.

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Adesa Auto Auction reported at 4:09 p.m. Feb. 15 it had a recovered a motor vehicle found to be stolen in East Orange. Teletypes were sent.

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Value Mental Options of Florida called at 4:51 p.m. Feb. 15 to say a man wanted to harm himself in Manville. Police found his house abandoned, but Sprint Wireless pinpointed his cell phone in Warren Township. Sgt. Jeffrey Petrone spoke to the man until Warren police arrived and took him for medical help.

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A caller reported a strange odor inside a building on South Main Street at 4:54 p.m. Feb. 15. Firefighters responded and police reported the odor came from a bed bug spray.

An hour later at the same South Main Street building, a man called about a dispute with his landlord about bug spraying inside his apartment. Police couldn’t find anyone at the address.

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County communications reported that a pedestrian was hit at South Street and South Main Street at 6:19 p.m. Feb. 15. The rescue squad took Martin Kaps, 46, of South Main to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital.

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At 8:40 p.m. Feb. 15 a CVS employee from a South Main Street business reported a theft of 20 miscellaneous Olay items, valued at $545, and named two men and two women as suspects. The investigation is to continue.

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A West Frech Avenue woman came to headquarters at 9:23 a.m. Feb. 16 and said someone used her ATM card and PIN to withdraw $400 in three transactions at midnight. Patrolman Nick Franzoso was to investigate.

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A South 15th Avenue woman called at 10 a.m. Feb. 17 to say someone had thrown eggs at her parked vehicle at some time since 9 the previous night. There was no damage, and she washed off the eggs, but she wanted it on the record.

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A Washington Avenue man reported at 10:15 a.m. Feb. 17 that someone broke two solar lights, valued at $7, on his driveway. He spoke to police to put the incident on the record.

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A North 3rd Avenue caller at 1:26 p.m. Feb. 17 reported damage to a deadbolt, valued at about $50, and the side door. Police confirmed the damage, but said nothing was taken from the residence.

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A South 17th Avenue caller at 7:05 p.m. Feb. 17 reported the theft of a laptop Gateway computer valued at $700, which was logged into the national crime network. An investigation was to continue.

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Jessica E. Goense, 24, of Readington Township was charged with shoplifting at Walmart at 2:05 p.m. Feb. 18 and taken to Somerset County Jail in default of $500 bail.

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Police reported finding a Jenson 2-in-1 telescopic flashlight in a shopping cart at Walmart at 4:26 p.m. Feb. 18. The item was logged as found property.

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A woman came to headquarters at 9 p.m. Feb. 19 to report that a person whom she named had posted a rap video on YouTube that threatened her son. She was advised of her rights.

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MANVILLE: Police blotter for Feb. 13-19