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A Capricorn Drive resident reported her son’s green and black Fisher-Price Lil’ Quad motorized ride-on vehicle was stolen at 8:15 p.m. Dec. 29.
The victim’s mother said her son had been riding the vehicle along the development’s tennis court that afternoon before heading into their apartment at around 5 p.m., police said.
The mother said when she went outside at around 6:50 p.m., the Lil’ Quad was missing, police said. A neighborhood canvass yielded no results, police said.
The Lil’ Quad was valued at $300.
A Cumberland Road resident reported hearing a series of loudbangs on his house at 11:10 p.m. Dec. 26.
The victim said he was sitting in his living room when he heard the noise, police said. After going out to check to see what had occurred the victim found that four eggs had been thrown at his home’s front and side door, police said.
A window screen suffered a minor tear as a result.
The damage was estimated at $30. The home sustained no major damage.
A Starview Road resident reported hearing a loud noise on the front lawn of her residence at 5:24 p.m. Dec. 21.
The resident told police she’d noticed smoke coming from her front porch. A witness told police that he had seen a dark-color vehicle on the road and that an unidentified person lit a bottle rocket and placed it on the ground near the middle of the street.
Police were unable to locate the suspect.
No damage was sustained as a result of the explosion.
Amy Stranahan, 31, of Erie, Pa., was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:27 a.m. Dec. 18.
Police were driving south on Route 206 approaching the intersection of Hillsborough Road when they observed a van traveling north on 206 abruptly pull over onto the shoulder area.
The van’s driver then attempted to execute a U-turn from the shoulder and nearly collided with a vehicle passing it, police said.
Police stopped the car and questioned the driver, Ms. Stranahan, who said she was lost and on her way to her hotel on Route 1 after having been at a bar in Princeton, according to police.
Ms. Stranahan smelled of alcohol, police said. After field sobriety tests were conducted, she was taken into custody and charged with driving while intoxicated, driving an uninsured motor vehicle and unsafe movement.
She awaits a court date.
A Millstone River Road resident reported his snowplow pump stolen at 12:33 p.m. Dec. 17.
The victim told police he had taken his Dodge pickup into Phil’s Auto Barn to be repaired Dec. 14. When he picked it up he noticed that the snowplow pump usually attached to the vehicle’s front was missing.
The snowplow pump was valued at $1,100.
A Homestead Road resident reported a stolen cell phone at 3 p.m., Dec. 4.
The victim told police he had parked his 2004 BMW on Staats Drive at 9 p.m., Dec. 2, and left the vehicle unlocked with his phone laying near the center console area.
When the victim returned to his vehicle the next morning he found the phone missing. The silver LGVX6000 flip cell phone was valued at $150.
No other possessions were taken.