Police Beat

May 15 edition
BORDENTOWN
TOWNSHIP
   Robert Lichtenberger, 64, of Trenton was charged with shoplifting at 4:48 p.m. April 11.
   Officers were called to the ShopRite on Route 206 after Mr. Lichtenberger was detained by the store’s security for shoplifting, said police.
   Store employees said they witnessed Mr. Lichtenberger concealing items in his coat on the store’s closed circuit television, police said. Mr. Lichtenberger had been pushing a cart through the store, but left the cart in the produce section and attempted to leave with the items, police said.
   Officers found more merchandise when they searched Mr. Lichtenberger and discovered that the pockets of his coat had been cut open so he could place items in the lining of the coat, police said.
   At the police station, Mr. Lichtenberger first told officers that his name was Robert W. Zwolinski and that he had never been arrested, police said.
   Police said they found that the name was an alias for Mr. Lichtenberger and that he had warrants for his arrest in several other townships.
   Bail was set for Mr. Lichtenberger at $5,000 and he was sent to Burlington County Jail in lieu of bail.
   Warrants for Mr. Lichtenberger were found in Lawrence Township for $6,466 and in Hamilton Township for a total of $520.

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   Twanette Johnson, 31, of Trenton was charged with attempting to obtain a prescription drug by deception at 8:08 p.m. May 6.
   Employees at ShopRite’s pharmacy on Route 206 said they received a call to fill a prescription for Vicoprofen, a pain killer, police said.
   The employee said the woman on the phone identified herself as "Tracy from Dr. Asher’s office" and that she was calling in a prescription, police said. The employee said the woman did not have the correct Drug Enforcement Agency registration number for that medication, police said.
   Police said the pharmacist reported he had received another phone call from a woman asking if that prescription had been filled. The employee said the two phone calls sounded like they were made by the same person, police said. When Ms. Johnson came to pick up the prescription the pharmacist called security, police said.
   Ms. Johnson told officers she asked a friend to call in the prescription, and that she did not do it herself, police said. Ms. Johnson said she is addicted to the pain killer because of an injury from work, police said.
   Police found that Ms. Johnson had attempted to obtain the drug at pharmacies in Pennington Borough and Hamilton Township.
   Ms. Johnson was issued a summons and an initial court date of May 7.

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   Isaac Brown, 32, of Trenton was charged with possession of a fraudulent insurance card on May 8.
   Mr. Brown visited police headquarters at 6:46 p.m. to have his car released from impound, police said. Mr. Brown gave the officer an insurance card from Selective Insurance Co., police said. The officer said he noticed that the issuance and expiration dates were false and called the insurance company.
   The company’s representative told police the policy number on the card did not exist. When asked where he got the card, Mr. Brown first said he received it in the mail, police said.
   When the officer told Mr. Brown what the company said, Mr. Brown admitted that the card was fake and said he used it because he could not afford insurance, police said.
   Mr. Brown was issued a summons and was released. A court date was set for May 14.

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   Jamillah Robinson, 21, of Elizabeth was charged with obstruction at 11:18 a.m. May 4.
   Officers stopped Ms. Robinson on Ward Avenue near the Peter Muschal Elementary School for driving at 56 mph in a 35-mph zone, police said. The officer was using stationary radar, police said.
   Police said Ms. Robinson provided the registration and proof of insurance for the car, but said she did not have her driver’s license, police said.
   Ms. Robinson gave her name as Teneala Robinson, but police found that she did not meet the physical description given in the state database, police said. Officers said they called Teneala Robinson, who said Ms. Robinson was her sister. Ms. Robinson was issued a summons and released.
   Police found that she also had warrants out of Millburn Township for $500 and two from Elizabeth totaling $580.

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   Jamies Sabo, 18, of Bordentown was charged with theft at 2:13 a.m. April 30. Mr. Sabo was accompanied by a 17-year-old boy whose name was not given.
   Police said they had received a report of a theft in progress on Thorntown Lane. The caller said two boys on bicycles were stealing a children’s playhouse, police said. Police said they later discovered later that they playhouse belonged to the Goddard School on Crosswicks Road.
   Police said an officer saw the younger boy riding his bicycle on Thorntown Lane and stopped him for questioning. He told them that he and his friend, Mr. Sabo, had been riding all night and were taking a playhouse from a residence on Greenwood Road because the owner said they could have it, police said.
   When officers questioned Mr. Sabo, he told them the playhouse was hidden near the creek on Thorntown Road, and admitted that they did not have permission to take it, police said. Mr. Sabo told police he and his friend were taking it from the school piece by piece and keeping it at the residence on Greenwood Road, police said.
   Officers had the two return the playhouse to the school and both were placed in custody, said police. Mr. Sabo was issued a summons and given a court date of May 7.
   The juvenile was released to his father. Police registered a juvenile complaint to the county about the incident.