BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP
Two teenagers were charged with possession of marijuana after being stopped in their car on Elizabeth Street at 3:25 p.m. July 14, police said.
The township police set up surveillance in the area and waited for Corey Dixon, 18, of Brighton Court, Bordentown Township, and Ernest Tillie, 18, of Willow Street, Bordentown City, to drive by, said police.
The police had received information from several informants that the two would be returning from Trenton at that time with marijuana in their possession, he said.
When the police searched both men and the inside of the car, they found a total of seven individual bags of marijuana, reports said. At police headquarters afterward, detectives discovered that Mr. Tillie had an additional bag inside his shoe, police said.
Mr. Dixon was charged with possession of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute, reports said. Mr. Tillie was charged with possession of marijuana and tampering with evidence for trying to hide the drug inside his shoe, police said. They were released on their own recognizance, said police.
FLORENCE
Police are seeking the man a witness reported seeing throw a brick through the front door of a Delaware Avenue deli on July 16.
According to police, a passer-by reported seeing a man hurl a brick through the door of the Korner Deli around 12:45 a.m. The witness told police the man ran down Railroad Avenue when he realized he had been seen and never got into the store.
Police describe the brick thrower as a black man standing between 5 feet 8 and 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing jeans, a white shirt and an orange cap. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (609) 499-3131.
Police charged a 15-year-old Roebling boy with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana at 8 p.m. July 15.
According to police, the boy, who lives on Riverside Avenue, was seen smoking marijuana by officers on patrol around South and Fifth streets, and was taken into custody. The boy was released, pending a court appearance.
Police are searching for the vandal who cracked the rear window of a 1989 Buick by throwing an unknown object at the glass on July 15.
According to police, the incident took place on the 1000 block of West Third Street between 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. that day. Police did not have an estimate of the damages, but asked anyone with information to call them at (609) 499-3131.
Police charged Paul Ramos, 21, of Roebling with defiant trespass and contempt of court for failure to pay fines at 7:42 p.m. July 15.
According to police, officers on patrol around the 200 block of Fifth Avenue spotted Mr. Ramos on a property on which a "No Trespassing" notice had been hung. Subsequently, police said, officers discovered Mr. Ramos was wanted on an outstanding $380 township warrant. Mr. Ramos was taken to the Burlington County Jail in lieu of the bail.