Police Blotter-May 8

Lambertville

   A Lambertville man, who was arrested on an outstanding warrant, also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia when he was found to be carrying a brass pipe with burnt residue and copper screening, police said.
   Police arrested Eric Ralph Cason, 33, of 184 York St., around 6:30 p.m. Friday. The arrest took place on North Franklin Street near Coryell.
   The drug paraphernalia was found when Mr. Cason was searched for weapons, police said.
   Mr. Cason was released after posting $127 bail on the failure-to-appear warrant.
   Police are investigating what they term a bias crime that took place around 10 p.m. Friday.
   Police were called to St. John the Evangelist Church, 44 Bridge St., by a person who saw a white male juvenile urinating on a statue of the Virgin Mary in the garden next to the church. The juvenile then left on a bicycle.
   In addition, police also discovered tomato sauce had been smeared on the face of the statue. There also was a report of juveniles yelling in the area at the same time. The investigation is continuing.
   St. John the Evangelist Church was the scene of a second, unrelated incident Saturday.
   Police were called to the church residence at 6:30 a.m. for the report of a man banging on the door.
   Police met with the Rev. Lewis Mattina, who said the man, later identified as Bhakti Curtis, had been banging on the door for about 10 minutes. Mr. Curtis, 30, of 50 E. Main St., Flemington, was found in the doorway wearing only a shirt. His pants and underwear were on the ground nearby.
   Mr. Curtis, who earlier had been drinking at a New Hope club, police said, was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center. He had seizures on the way and was admitted for treatment.
   He was charged with disorderly conduct, lewdness and trespassing.
   A Holland, Pa., man was charged with drunken driving Saturday.
   Police stopped Ronald G. Hunter, 53, on Bridge Street shortly after 1 a.m. after Mr. Hunter ran a red light at Bridge and Main Streets, nearly causing an accident, police said.
   Mr. Hunter stopped in the middle of the intersection of Bridge and Union Streets and then proceeded through the intersection before coming to a final stop, police said.
   He was released without bail after also being charged with failure to wear a seatbelt and failure to observe a traffic signal.
   Police were called to the People’s Store on North Union Street shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday for the report of a theft.
   Police met with the store’s owner, Thomas E. Martin, who said he found an empty picture frame on the floor of the store. The frame had contained a needlework sampler with the alphabet that was worth $1,200.
   The investigation is continuing.
Solebury

   April 30, police, in conjunction with the Central Bucks Truck Inspection Task Force, did a truck inspection on Route 202 and issued 31 citations for violations.
   These violations range from lighting violations to vehicles found with damaged frames on the trucks and/or the trailers.
   Two tractor-trailers were taken out of service till the violations were corrected. Other violations found were overweight vehicles.
   The task force is made up of officers from Solebury, Doylestown, Plumstead Township, Pennridge Regional, New Britain and Doylestown Borough police departments.
   It does these inspections in each municipality on a monthly rotation and also when large trucks are involved in vehicle accidents.
   Saturday, May 3, Joseph William Levering Jr. 34, of Morns St., Trenton, was charged with having prohibited offensive weapons and criminal attempt to sell prohibited offensive weapons after officers found him showing weapons to a group of juveniles at Rice’s Market.
   Mr. Levering was released on $10,000 bail.
   Drivers using Windy Bush Road should start stopping for the newly posted stop sign on Windy Bush Road at the intersection of Aquetong Road.
   Enforcement will start this week without any further notice.