POLICE BEAT 02/27

From the Feb. 27 edition of the Register-News.

By:
FLORENCE

   Sandra Brown, 25, of Roebling was charged with filing a false police report on Feb. 19 at 8:15 p.m. for telling police that her car had been stolen, police said.
   Police said Ms. Brown had reported that her 2002 Ford Explorer had been stolen from South Street in Roebling on Feb. 13, after she received a call that her vehicle had been found in a single-car accident in Falls Township, Pa.
   Police said further investigation revealed that Ms. Brown had let a friend use the car and knew the car had been in an accident and left at the scene.
   Florence police said they were assisted by Falls Township police with the accident investigation. Ms. Brown was released on her own recognizance.
   Police said a 17-year-old Florence boy was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession with the intent to distribute at 7:47 p.m. on Feb. 20 after police spotted him apparently conducting a drug transaction.
   Police said the juvenile was seen leaving the area of Cedar Lane and Olive Street in a 2002 Dodge Neon, which police stopped at Third and Olive streets.
   Police said the boy was found to be in possession of 10 bags of marijuana packaged for sale, a total of under 50 grams of marijuana, and he had a bottle of Xanax pills in his possession.
   Police said the pills belonged to a relative of the boy.
   He was released to family pending a juvenile court hearing, said police.
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP

   On Feb. 11, Christopher Fue, 29, of Hamilton was arrested and charged with providing officers with false identification.
   Mr. Fue was stopped and given a motor vehicle summons on Dec. 13, 2002, but gave police an incorrect name and date of birth, according to police reports. The name he gave at the time was that of a friend, police said.
   Officers learned about the false information when the State Police turned over the friend, whose name was not disclosed, for an active traffic warrant out of Bordentown Township’s jurisdiction.
   The officer handling the incident saw that the person State Police had arrested was not the person he gave the motor vehicle summons to on Dec. 13, police said.
   When questioned, the man said that Mr. Fue had used his name because Mr. Fue’s driver’s license is suspended and there are active traffic warrants for his arrest, police said.
   Police then met with Mr. Fue and placed him under arrest and was transferred to police headquarters. He was issued a criminal summons for hindering apprehension and was reissued four motor vehicle summonses and given a Feb. 19 court date.
   Mr. Fue was released after posting $276 on active traffic warrant from Bordentown Township and $300 on active ordinance warrant from Trenton.
   On Feb. 12 Marc Garziano, 18, of Trenton was arrested and charged with theft of merchandise from the ShopRite on Route 206.
   Mr. Garziano and a 17-year-old male from Hamilton were seen by store security placing DVDs into their pants, police said. Both then headed toward the bathroom, but then turned toward the store entrance.
   They were apprehended leaving the store and were taken to the office while police were called, police said.
   Mr. Garziano had two DVDs valued at $36; the 17-year-old had three valued at $67. Both were arrested and transported to the police department for processing.
   Mr. Garziano was issued a summons and a court date of Feb. 19 was set. The minor’s mother was called and signed a release to have him turned over to her custody. A juvenile complaint was prepared and sent to Burlington County Juvenile Court.
   
   On Feb. 22 at 2:20 p.m., Heniberto Nieves, 37, of Trenton was arrested and charged with robbery and possession of marijuana. No one was hurt in the incident. Police were dispatched to the Glennbrook Shopping Center on Route 206 in response to a robbery. The store employee told the officer the robber fled the store in a red Chevrolet pickup truck, police said.
   Police stopped Mr. Nieves at Dunns Mill and Route 206 at the Amoco Station. While frisking Mr. Nieves, police found two small bags of suspected marijuana in his left front pants pocket, according to reports.
   Mr. Nieves then was taken into custody. The store employee was transported to the Amoco for identification of Mr. Nieves, who positively identified him, police said.
   Officers checked the inside of the vehicle and found the store employee’s photo identification card and a package of E-Z Wider rolling papers on the front seat, police said.
   Mr. Nieves was transported to the Police Department for processing. At the station he identified himself as Ramon Nieves, but police positively identified him as Heniberto Nieves through fingerprint identification.
   Mr. Nieves was charged with robbery, hindering apprehension, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, along with several motor vehicle violations.
   Bail was set at and Mr. Nieves was transported to Burlington County Jail.
   
   On Feb. 9 police were called to the Goodwill Store on Route 206 in response to report of theft of items from a car in the store’s parking lot.
   Two victims were involved. Both were employees of the store. When the victims went out to the car, they discovered that someone had broken the small corner window of the left rear door, police said.
   They discovered several items missing, including a Sony Discman CD player, two blue leather CD cases, 105 music CDs, a black leather purse with a leopard design, a Bordentown Regional High School 2003 class ring with a pink stone, a gold ring with a sapphire heart-shaped stone, a porcelain cat ornament and $50.
   Estimated value of the stolen items is $2,230. Investigation of the incident is still pending.
   
   On Feb. 2 Shawnta Watson, 21, of Trenton was arrested and charged with obstruction.
   Officers saw a 1998 Green Ford traveling southbound on Route 130/206. The officer saw that the driver was not wearing a seat belt and that a small child was in the passenger seat without a child seat or seat belt fastened, police said.
   The officer found that Ms. Watson’s license was suspended and that she had multiple outstanding traffic warrants, according to police reports.
   Ms. Watson was given a cellular phone to call a family member to take custody of her 2-year-old daughter. She then was asked to step out of the car to be placed under arrest and was told her car would be impounded, police said.
   Ms. Watson told the officer that she only had one set of keys and said the tow truck driver did not need them to impound the vehicle, police said. Ms. Watson was told she would get the keys back when she retrieved the vehicle, police said.
   Ms. Watson refused to hand over the keys, and the officer advised her that she would be charged with obstruction, police said. She then threw her keys into the adjacent business, police said.
   When the officer attempted to handcuff Ms. Watson, she began to "flail her arms" and had to be physically restrained, police said. She then was transported to police headquarters and the vehicle was impounded.
   Ms. Watson was issued a summons for obstruction and six motor vehicle summonses with a mandatory court date of Feb. 5. She was then released to the Ewing Township police. Ms. Watson had outstanding warrants from Hopewell, Trenton and Ewing totaling $2,183.