Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PD.” Hide and Seek: There have to be better hiding spots than a car trunk. Mount Arlington police approached the lone sedan in a parking lot near Fireman's Field late Tuesday night. A Pine Brook woman was found in the trunk. Lynn A. Wilson, 48, was charged with providing false information and creating a public alarm. A Herb Garden… of Sorts: It’s one thing to take pride in your garden…
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PD.” And the Parent of the Year Award Goes To… A Manalapan mom learned the shocking (shocking!) result of letting your 11-year-old get behind the wheel of a car—said car plunges into a building. The reported example of parental common sense kept right on chugging, as the mom reportedly switched seats with her daughter and sped away from scene. But not fast enough, as an eyewitness …
Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." A Little Help From Our Friends: Usually, we handle the sarcasm and snippiness ourselves when looking over the week's wacky police news. But a few readers of Toms River Patch made us smirk after they read a report someone had stolen an 8-foot ice cream-store sign. "G" asks "Why would that savage steal a Salty's Ice Cream sign?" Fellow reader "No Name" (probably not his or her real name) follows up with "... and …
Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: No Good Deed: West Deptford police say a homeowner showed some kindness to a woman whose car had broken down—and paid for it. The woman allegedly learned, while getting help from the homeowner, that the homeowner would be away for a day—and broke into the homeowner's house. Police say the woman took an iPad, jewelry and other goods, but was caught after the items were found at a …
A lot of big things happened. This post isn't about them. Because fortunately for the OMGs from NJ PDs column writer(s), a lot of strange, surprising, stunning and sometimes silly stuff happened too, in towns throughout New Jersey. This year, OMGs started up, collecting some of the biggest head-smackers around the state into a weekly digest for your, um, weekly digestion. You're welcome. Some of the stories that caught our eye this year: (Big, big OMG-please-don't-sue-us disclaimer: The following accounts reflect incidents as reported by police and other authorities shortly after they …
Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Here are a couple of this week's reports: Burned: A call to Kinnelon police by a homeowner complaining of a strange, possibly burning, odor resulted in the same woman’s arrest after authorities allegedly found a glass pipe packed with marijuana in her nightstand, police said. Firefighters even used an infrared camera to locate the possible fire — which led them to the alleged supply of pot. Young at Heart: Never…
Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: From Carjack Victim to Action Hero: A woman got crafty and clever when her vehicle was carjacked in South Orange, and she was forced to drive into Newark. She got a sheriff’s officer’s attention—by ramming the cop's vehicle with her car, according to police. Following the crash, the alleged carjacker ran off, but a suspect was caught a few hours later, police said. Here's Hoping the …
Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Here are a couple of the reports: When Robbing a Store Becomes a 'Hazard:' A tip to would-be thieves: Don't leave the hazard lights on to the getaway vehicle while committing a robbery. According to Springfield Police, an officer was alerted to an armed robbery of a Route 22 7-Eleven when the alleged thieves left the hazard lights on to their car that was parked on the shoulder of the roadway outside the store…
Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the reports: If Only He'd Use His Powers for Good: We've got to admire this guy's ingenuity and cunning, though certainly not the way he allegedly put them to use. NJ.com reports that a man escaped from police (he was being arrested on thousands of dollars of active warrants and after allegedly harassing a diner employee) after police said he palmed a handcuff key in a fight with an East Windsor …
Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the reports: The Idea Sounded Half-Baked, But ... The Ridgewood Fire Department got a little creative when attending to a fuel spill from a bucket loader truck. The truck's fuel tank had suffered a rip, and fuel was gushing out. But a donation from a nearby homeowner gave firefighters what they needed to get things under control. "We used a potato on the nipple of the fuel tank as a plug," captain from…
Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: Over the Woods and Through the River? That's pretty close to the course police say was charted by a Long Valley woman arrested after allegedly trying to steal two farm vehicles belonging to Ort Farms. The woman was confronted by farm staff during the attempted theft, and fled the scene by crossing the South Branch of the Raritan River, police said. Multiple police departments set up …
Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: Who You Gonna Call? They say a big problem with being a criminal is you can't call the police. But maybe no one told that to a Lakewood man who flagged down Manchester police. Officers say he got their attention because he wanted to talk about an incident in which he said someone smashed his car window at a party. But inside the same car, police say, they allegedly found an illegal …
Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: Cleanup, Isle 9: If you're a frequent shoplifter, you're probably pretty cynical about loss prevention specialists and other store employees. You're a pro. Ain't no rent-a-cop gonna slow you down. But you probably aren't quite as cocky when you run into the real, badge-possessing deal, are you? Toms River police said one alleged shoplifter had the misfortune of crossing paths with …
Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the reports from this past week: That's One Way to Avoid a Parking Ticket: Just not a very good way. Belleville police say they're looking for the perpetrators who allegedly who stole the change from a parking meter ... while it was still in the meter. They reportedly took the whole meter and placed it in a beige hatchback. Police weren't able to provide much of a specific description, but if you see a…
One woman got a very special birthday gift—a friend and neighbor willing to risk her safety to help. Mary Ann Zaleski of Haddonfield discovered a burglar leaving her home Tuesday, Zaleski's 53rd birthday, she said. She screamed for her neighbor, Angelica Jeffreys to help, and when the robber "took off like a rabbit," Jeffreys went after her, the two women said. Zaleski herself and police soon joined into the chase, they said. Officers eventually found the alleged robber several hours later, police said. “I laid awake last night thinking about it,” said Jeffreys, 46, a marketing advertising …
This arrest was pretty sweet. And that's pretty much the only pun or knowingly bad joke we haven't made already about a report from Collingswood Patch that police may have finally caught an infamous doughnut dumper. (Seriously ... our original article has everything from "that's crumby" to police finding their suspect's account "full of holes.") Locals had been trying to figure out for some time who was dropping off delicious debris at Newton Lake. So local cops when on a two-day stakeout to see where the doughnuts were coming from. (Yes. We know. Doughnuts and cops. We already beat you to …
Three times is sometimes a charm. In the case of one Galloway man, it was apparently the opposite. And it all happened in the aftermath of a hurricane. The 38-year-old received multiple charges after allegedly causing three separate accidents on the same night in one hour, according to police. Luckily, in each of the first two accidents none of the victims were hurt, police said. However, as the descriptions piled up from each, the third accident (only involving the alleged perpetrator) led to the man's arrest for all three—and possession of suspected heroin. Each Monday, Patch takes a peek …
It's been kind of a slow summer week at many police departments around New Jersey. No, really. With Patch serving nearly 100 communities throughout New Jersey, we don't usually have much trouble finding some seriously jaw-drop-worthy (if not head-smack-worthy) incidents each Monday to feature in our "OMGs from NJ PDs." There's a lot of things you can call New Jersey's criminal element—but brilliant and graceful don't always apply. Like there was that time we told you about the guy police say shoved $100 worth of razors down his pants. And who can forget the report of a man who showed up …
Editor's Note: From our weekly police reports in Patch sites around the state: As the song goes, if you like it then you should have put an egg on it. That is the lyric, right? No? Then what on earth was this guy thinking? South Brunswick police say things went a little rotten when a ... let's call him an enthusiastic fan... reportedly just wouldn't stay away from a mobile home park where Beyonce was shooting a new music video. The man was first asked to leave the set of the video by the mobile home community's staff after he was yelling and acting out, police allege. Police said the man …
Cops say this crime had Andrea Bove's name written all over it. No, really. They literally mean his name was written down on the evidence. While patrolling the old Essex County Hospital Center on Fairview Avenue in Cedar Grove, officers noticed an open door and investigated further, police said. Working with the Essex County Sheriff's Department, they found two lengths of freshly cut copper pipe, and a bucket of tools nearby, police said in their report. Officers reportedly were getting ready to search the rest of the building when two men emerged from a wooded area nearby, police said. Both …
