POLICE BLOTTER

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   A Farm Road resident reported damage to her silver Ford Mustang at approximately 8 a.m. Nov. 11.
   The victim said someone had slashed her rear driver-side tire overnight.
   She estimated the damage at $165.
   Police saw a small slash that was a half inch wide and appeared to be caused by a knife on the tire.
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   Raritan resident Meghan Ronk, 18, was charged with shoplifting over $50 in clothing from Kohl’s on Route 206 on Nov. 11.
   A Kohl’s security guard contacted police. Ms. Ronk was confronted in the store’s parking lot with a store employee’s charge she removed clothing without paying and she left the area.
   With the aid of the Raritan police, Hillsborough police made contact with Ms. Ronk and permission to search Ms. Ronk’s residence and car for any of the stolen items.
   Police said they found the stolen items, which included two pieces of women’s underwear priced at $8 each, an undershirt worth $18, and a bra worth $20, in the store parking lot.
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   About 200 feet of copper pipe, valued at more than $10,000, was reportedly stolen from a suite in the New Centre Village Mall on Triangle Road between Oct. 19 and Nov. 3.
   An employee of Atlantic Realty, which owns the building, reported the theft to police on Nov. 10.
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   An Andria Avenue resident reported damage to two of his cars sometime between 5 and 11:30 p.m. Nov. 11.
   During that time, someone had punctured the front passenger side tire on a Mazda. When the tire was removed for repair, he noticed a small puncture hole on the sidewall of the tire. The tire cost $116 to replace.
   The victim said this same type of damage had happened previously, both to his Mazda as well as a second car, a Ford.
   It had happened to his Mazda previously in October and to his Ford in July or August.
   He said the cars had been parked in the parking lot of his complex. The tires had cost $116 and $120 to replace.
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   The owner of Karate America on Route 206 reported to police that a sign had been stolen from his store at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7.
   He said the sign, a 2- by10-foot white vinyl advertising sign had been stolen sometime between 8:30 p.m. Nov. 5 and 3 p.m. Nov. 7. He said the sign said "$99 special" in red lettering and was worth $200.
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   Bedminster resident Wendy Harms, 33, was charged with driving while intoxicated at approximately 7:28 p.m. Nov. 8.
   Police observed Ms. Harms drive through a stop sign without stopping on Amwell Road east of River Road.
   After failing field sobriety tests, Ms. Harms was taken to police headquarters where she was given a court date and was released.