CARTERET

BURGLARY, 6 p.m. Nov. 19. Police were dispatched to Leber Avenue for a report of a burglary. A woman had arrived to check on her parents' home and saw that the rear door was open while her parents were with a relative in Pennsylvania. She walked in, thinking her parents had returned home, but when she called out to them and got no response, she contacted police. Police found the rear bedroom ransacked, with jewelry box drawers thrown about on the bed, along with other boxes that had been emptied. A dresser drawer had been emptied and was on the bed. In the front two bedrooms, two cabinets and several drawers had been emptied. An empty box was found on the floor. Police found a pry mark on the rear door that appeared to be the entry point. The kitchen and rear bedroom windows were found open. When the homeowners returned home a short time later, they told police that several watches and various pieces of jewelry had been taken.

BURGLARY TO MOTOR VEHICLES, overnights between Nov. 25 and 27. Police said several motor vehicles on Leiber Avenue and Roosevelt Street were broken into and items such as coins, video games and a debit card were taken. Most of the vehicles were unlocked, police said.

BURGLARY AND THEFT, between 6:30 a.m. and 5:46 p.m. Nov. 28. A Rail Road Avenue resident returned home to find the porch light had been turned on and a dining room chair had been moved. Police found that the suspect had stacked buckets together outside in an alley way and pried the side dining room window open to gain entrance. Inside, police observed foot prints leading down a hallway to the staircase that leads to the second floor. A jewelry box, containing a four-piece 24-karat white gold jewelry set, valued at $5,000, was taken, police said. Also taken were two laptops, with a total value of $1,500, and a camera/recorder valued at $500, police said.

PERTH AMBOY

BURGLARY ARREST, 9:25 a.m. Nov. 17. Police responded to a transmission from Auxiliary Officers Jacqueline Rivera and Dominick Skibniewski that they were detaining a suspect, later identified as Trayvon Harper, 18, of Wildwood Avenue, Edison. Harper had attempted to gain entry using a pry bar at 191 New Brunswick Ave., police said. A witness flagged down the auxiliary police officers, who called by radio for assistance. Police Officer Joseph Holland conducted the on-scene investigation. Harper was placed under arrest and charged with criminal attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools. Harper's bail was set at $20,000, with no 10 percent option, by Municipal Court Judge George M. Boyd.

THEFT, 8:22 p.m. Nov. 25. Police were dispatched to the Cortlandt Corner Grocery Store, 667 Cortlandt St., on a report of a robbery with a handgun, police said. Two males came into the store, both brandishing handguns, and demanded money from the cash register, police said. One suspect came up to the counter and held a gun at the victim while the other suspect went around the side of counter and reached into the cash register and grabbed approximately $700 in cash. Police are asking that anyone with information to contact Detective Marcos Valera at 732-324-3876 or Lt. Phil Terranova at 732-324-3829.

THEFT, 5 p.m. Nov. 25. Police were dispatched to Ideal Supermarket, 639 Catherine St., on a report of a robbery with a handgun. A male came into the store, brandished a handgun and demanded that the victim give him all of the money from the cash register, police said. The victim said the suspect became frustrated because the cash register would not open, stormed out of the store and was last seen running north on Catherine Street, police said. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Marcos Valera at 732-324-3876 or Lt. Phil Terranova at 732-324-3829.

FIRE, 8:25 p.m. Nov. 25. Police responded to 609 Elizabeth St. for a house fire, which jumped to 611-613 Elizabeth St., police said. The Fire Department was able to extinguish the fire and no injuries were reported. A total of 10 people were displaced, police said. Anyone with information related to the fire is asked to contact Detective Ralph Pineiro at 732-324-3814.

SAYREVILLE

THEFT ARREST, Nov. 3. James Ziola, 28, of South Amboy and Nicholas Tennaro, 24, of Parlin were arrested after witnesses informed the Sayreville Police Department that individuals were looting stranded boats in the marsh area by the Morgan Marina, police said. When officers made contact, Ziola and Tennaro were found to be in possession of several containers holding 80 gallons of gas. They also were found operating a small row boat with a single engine attached that is owned by Ziola, police said. The men were using a siphon device to remove the gas from marooned boats on the banks of Cheesequake Creek, police said. Both were charged with burglary, theft, conspiracy and criminal enterprise, police said. Bail was set at $150,000 each, with no 10 percent option. They also were issued criminal trespass summonses for violating borough ordinances. Ziola and Tennaro were transported to the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick.

WOODBRIDGE

BURGLARY AND THEFT, between 4 and 8:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Two Cutters Dock Road residents said their vehicles were broken into and $20 and $2 in change were taken from the vehicles that were parked across the street from their residences. The vehicles, both of which were unlocked, also were rummaged through, police said.

BURGLARY, about 5 p.m. Nov. 27. A 54-year-old Green Hollow Drive resident in the Iselin section came home to her apartment and found the dead bolt was not locked on her door, police said. As she entered the apartment, she found several lights on and the master bedroom was ransacked. Police found the front door had been pried open. The only thing reported missing from the bedroom was a jewelry box containing gold and silver earrings, rings, pearl jewelry, a watch with diamonds, gold bracelets and other jewelry. She also reported a wooden butcher block with four wooden-style handles knives was missing from the kitchen, police said.

BURGLARY, 6 p.m. Dec. 3. A Marina Way Drive resident in the Sewaren section told police that when he came home from work he found the front door open. He entered through the garage and noticed the side window of the den in the finished basement had been smashed, police said. Police found the house undisturbed except for the ransacked master bedroom. The homeowner reported two rings missing that he keeps by the computer on the main level. One ring was described as a silver infinity ring worth about $30 and the other was a gold square ring, a Chinese symbol for "lucky," worth $1,000, police said.

GUN ARREST, 1:46 a.m. Dec. 3 Police noticed a suspicious vehicle at the end of Harrell Avenue in Woodbridge proper. The vehicle, an older model Ford Crown Victoria, was occupied by three people, police said. The driver, Lamel B. Ellis, 24, of Linden, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon because he had a .25 caliber semiautomatic handgun in his possession, hindering apprehension and contempt of court on the Woodbridge warrant. Ellis was taken to the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick, where he was being held on $10,000 bail, with no 10 percent option.

MONROE

FIRE, Nov. 30. A 78-year-old township resident was severely burned when a gasoline container exploded, police said. The resident was in his yard, using a lighter to burn ants off of a log when a nearby gasoline container ignited within close proximity of his legs. The resident was flown to St. Barnabas Medical Center for further evaluation and treatment of his burns, police said.

ACCIDENT, 5:15 p.m. Dec. 3. A vehicle driven by Indirjit Singh, 67, of Monroe, was traveling south on Spotswood-Gravel Hill Road approaching the intersection with Schoolhouse Road when a pedestrian, Shawna L. Ducharme, 30, of East Brunswick walked into the southbound lane of Spotswood-Gravel Hill Road in front of Singh's vehicle, police said. Ducharme was struck by the car and suffered a severe head injury. Ducharme was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick by New Jersey State Police North Star Medevac helicopter, police said. The crash is being investigated by Officer Sergeis Jangols of the Traffic Safety Division. Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to contact Jangols at 732-521-0222, ext. 260.

MIDDLESEX BOROUGH

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, 1:58 a.m. Oct. 29. John A. Fakla, 27, of Middlesex was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on Mountain Avenue, police said

BURGLARY AND THEFT, 7:34 a.m., Nov. 2. The proprietor of Birds By Joe at 1323 Bound Brook Road reported a burglary and a theft, police said. The glass was smashed in the front door of the business and entry was gained through the opening, police said. Ten birds, three bird carriers, five statues and three bird toys were taken. The value of the items taken was reported as $33,778.

POSSESSION AND OBSTRUCTION, 9:51 a.m. Nov. 4. Officers responding to a report of individuals prowling near homes that were without electricity because of Hurricane Sandy arrested two men. Robert Wellbrock, 28, of Green Brook was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and Sharick A. Angus, 27, of Warren was charged with obstructing the administration of law, police said. Both men were released on their own recognizance.

THEFT, 2 p.m. Nov. 13. James Lovuola, 20, of Allenwood and Andrew C. Fodor, 21, of Marlboro were arrested and charged with theft, police said. Officers responding to a report of suspicious activity on Wilton Avenue located Lovuola and Fodor at a nearby salvage yard. The officers learned that Lovuola and Fodor were in possession of $1,200 worth of steel bars that were stolen from a Mountain Avenue business, police said. Both men were charged with the theft of the steel and were remanded to the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick on $5,000 bail.

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, 6:01 p.m. Nov. 13. Josef Murawski, 65, of Mantoloking was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated following an investigation of a motor vehicle accident on River Road at Factory Lane, police said.

THEFT, 5:14 p.m. Nov. 22. Frank Farriella, 49, of Middlesex was charged with theft, police said. Officers investigating a report of a theft of a bicycle from Silvia's Pupuseria, 621 Lincoln Blvd., located Farriella in possession of the stolen bicycle, police said. Farriella was released on his own recognizance.

BURGLARY AND THEFT, 8:27 a.m. Nov. 29. The proprietor of Mr. Sign at 319 Bound Brook Road, reported a burglary and a theft, police said. A window pane was smashed in a door in the rear of the building, then unlocked and the door was opened, police said. Two machines were removed with a total value reported as $34,000, police said.

Source: local police departments

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