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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Police: Marijuana Arrest, Reported Gas Theft

The following information was obtained directly from the Bernards Township Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Bernards Township police report they received a complaint Monday of the theft of $40 worth of gas from a local station. A marijuana arrest also took place on Friday following a motor vehicle stop on Interstate 78, police reported. Township police said they received a call Monday at about 10:40 a.m. from a gas station attendant at the King George Exxon on King George Road, reporting a theft of gas. The attendant told police that a man had requested $40 worth of gas, and then fled from the gas station as the station employee was removing the gas nozzle from the man's vehicle, the police report said. The individual is described as a white male, 25 to 30 years of age, with a slender build and short black hair, police said. The vehicle is …

Allegedly Drunk Township Man Rams Fence in Chatham

The following information was obtained directly from the Chatham Township Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

A 70-year-old Basking Ridge man allegedly was under the influence of alcohol last Friday afternoon when when he was accused of repeatedly rammed his vehicle into a fence on Loantaka Way in Chatham Township, Chatham Township Police said Monday. Officer Michael Sawyer and Sgt. Thomas Miller responded to a Loantaka Way residence Friday at 4:50 p.m., on a complaint that an allegedly intoxicated driver was ramming his vehicle into a fence on the property, police said. The officers encountered Ronald Bell, 70, of Basking Ridge, allegedly sitting in his 2004 Ford wagon with heavy damage in front of the residence, according to police. The property owner reported the driver, whom he did not know, repeatedly rammed his vehicle into a post by a barn …

Monday, February 6, 2012

Closet Criminals, TV on the Brain

Well, actually, just TV upside the head.

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." Closet Criminals: They say if you've done nothing wrong, you have no reason to hide ... really badly. Tell that to the eventual arrestees reportedly found under a pile of clothing trying to evade police, or sneaking into a closet while burglarizing a home after the residents start investigating. Police in Barnegat and Toms River say they ran into those two scenerios, as the Shore-area criminal element has, apparently, been taking cues from R. Kelly and/or 7-year-olds playing hide-and-seek everywhere. Cinderella Story: Haddonfield police didn't have a report …

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Allegations Mount Against Ex-Delbarton Chief

Abbey says investigations continue, no word yet on any charges.

A victims advocate says at least five people are now accusing a former Delbarton School headmaster of making sexual advances toward them. The latest is a former Morris County resident who now lives in North Carolina. In a notarized statement released by advocate Patrick J. Marker, the alleged victim says the Rev. Luke Travers "kissed my neck and then put his cheek on my cheek" during an intimate confessional session. "Only recently have I begun to understand the effect that Father Luke’s actions had in my life. I do not wish similar pain or confusion on any person," the alleged victim says in the letter. In January, Marker said that alleged victim had not filed charges with any agency. It was not clear if that remained the case. Marker—…

evie scalera

1:24 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012

i just want to say that we love father luke. i think we need to believe he is innocent until proven guilty. why is everyone just assuming he is guilty? judge not less ye be judged.   more ›

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Bernardsville Police Launch New Emergency Alert System

Jan. 18 closing of Route 202 was first opportunity to try local reverse 9-1-1 system

Following a year with two major storms and widespread power outages, the Bernardsville police department has launched an emergency alert system, based on reverse 9-1-1 calls, and was given an opportunity to try out the new system in recent weeks. Following a major accident on Jan. 18 along Route 202 that killed the driver of a cement truck and injured two drivers in passenger vehicles, the Bernardsville police department's Office of Emergency Management used the new Community Emergency Notification System to keep residents informed and updated about the local emergency, Bernardsville police said. The new reverse 9-1-1 calling system was used to notify residents that Route 202  would be closed for more seven hours due to the serious motor …

Mom The Multitasker

7:28 am on Sunday, February 5, 2012

I am registering for the Bernardsville system now. I was caught in a tangled web of detours on the 18th and received no message on either of my home phones, which have public numbers, listed through Verizon. This is a much-needed and appreciated addition to our community's sense of well-being and I applaud the Borough Council and Chief Kevin Valentine for moving quickly, after the Irene debacle, …   more ›

Friday, February 3, 2012

Bernards Juveniles Accused of Egg-Throwing

Parents spoken to about alleged incident in neighborhood off Stonehouse Road.

The complaint that some juveniles had been seen throwing eggs at a home on Deer Creek Drive in Basking Ridge brought Township Patrol Officer Dan Snyder to the neighborhood last Saturday, police reported. Then, while he was resonding to the complaint of criminal mischief, the officer reportedly observed two juveniles who were running away from the area of home where the owner had called police, according to the police report. Snyder eventually tracked down one of the juveniles hiding on the bank of a retention pond in the immediate area, the police report said. The juvenile told Snyder that he had run and hid near the retention pond because one of his friends, another juvenile, had told him to do so, the police report said. Snyder …

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Car-School Bus Accident Still Being Investigated

Police said driver, 17, was believed to be heading to Ridge High School.

Bernards Township police said the driver whose car struck the rear of a school bus heading to Ridge High School shortly after 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning is believed to have been heading to the high school as well, but the accident report was not yet complete as of Wednesday afternoon. None of the 15 students on the bus — or the 17-year-old female driving the car — were injured, according to the school and township police. The mishap occurred at the ramp leading from Stonehouse Road onto the northbound lane of South Finley Avenue, heading in the direction of the high school. Police Lt. Ed Reese said on Wednesday afternoon that he believes the driver, who struck the back of the bus, was heading to Ridge High School. However, he added the …

Moms Talk Q&A

Moms Talk: What Do You Feed Your Child(ren) for Breakfast?

Perhaps what they eat can help determine how well they perform in school during mornings.

Although I'm not personally a fan of a big breakfast, when it comes to my children, I've always paid attention to that old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After all, breakfast might be the meal where we have the most control over what they eat. Do we REALLY know what they'll finish/swap or purchase with that school lunch we pack or that lunch money we give them each day? As for dinner, it's sometimes on the run, and some kids are very persnickity anyway about what they will, or won't, eat. Vegetables can do a quick disappearing act, but they don't always end up in the kid's mouth. Older kids can simply disappear if they don't like what's being served. But breakfast often presents a fairly consistent choice, and …

Colleen Pine

10:15 am on Thursday, February 2, 2012

They say that if you eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper, you will live a royally healthy life! Clearly….no royalty over here! But one thing that always works is asking the kids in the evening what they would like to eat for breakfast in the morning. This doesn’t even give them the chance to think “I don’t want to eat anything,” which is a typical morning …   more ›

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Skeletal Remains on Warrenville Road Said to be a Male's

Authorities' determination rules out possibility of solving outstanding disappearance case in Warren.

So far, officials have only been able to conclude the skeleton discovered Sunday near Warrenville Road, in Green Brook, is that of a male—ruling out the possibility of closing the case of Margaret Haddican-McEnroe, from Warren. According to a statement from the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, a forensic anthropologist Investigator with the New Jersey State Medical Examiner’s Office will be examining the human remains to determine height, approximate age and how long the decedent’s remains were at the site where they were discovered. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano added that Green Brook and Somerset County detectives are working with the New Jersey Police Missing Persons Unit and they are checking all reports of males …

Cops: Items Stolen From Parked Vehicles in Bernards

One vehicle had rearview mirror and E-ZPass removed, and a purse was reported taken from another, according to township police.

Bernards Township police have reported the apparent thefts of a purse left in an unlocked car, and also the removal of a rearview mirror and E-ZPass transponder from a car left parked all day in The Hills. Police said that someone apparently stole a purse belonging to a woman who lives on Alexandria Way in Basking Ridge after the purse was left within her unlocked and running car in in the parking lot at the Zimmer Preschool at the Chabad Jewish Center, 3048 Valley Road, in Basking Ridge. The woman, 41, said the vehicle, a 2002 Lexus, had been left parked for approximately one-half hour on Jan. 23 between 1:45 and 2:15 p.m., according to Bernards Township police. The woman reportedly told police she left her vehicle in the parking lot …

Poppa V

1:18 pm on Thursday, February 2, 2012

First of all leaving an idling vehicle is a violation of the state motor vehicle code. Second, anyone who does so with the cost of fuel these days and the impact on the environment is an entirely self centered egoist. Third, insurance policies should have an exclusion for stupidity. "Oh, please steal my car and take my credit cards too."   more ›

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