Police Beat

Staff report

Hightstown

   Zenon Kaczmarck, 46, of Farrington Drive, East Windsor, was charged Saturday with driving while intoxicated with children in the vehicle, endangering the welfare of a child and numerous related charges.
   Police said they stopped Mr. Kaczmarck at 8:54 p.m. on Franklin Street after he ran a red light at Maxwell Avenue and Franklin Street. Once stopped, police reported seeing his 4-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old female friend together, unrestrained, in the front seat.
   Mr. Kaczmarck also was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated in a school zone, refusal to submit breath samples, failure to observe a traffic signal, reckless driving, careless driving, driving with a suspended license and driving with a child not in a safety seat.

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   A laptop computer and $5,000 in cash were reported stolen from a car parked in the lot of Hightstown High School on Aug. 21. Police said the victim left his car in the lot overnight while visiting a friend.

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   Tiahra T. Evans, 23, of Woodbridge, was charged Aug. 21 with contempt of court and hindering apprehension by providing false information. Police said that when they stopped a car for speeding at 11:25 p.m. on North Main Street, Ms. Evans identified herself as Tiffany Evans and gave a false date of birth.
   Police said they later learned her true identity and found a number of active warrants in her name: a $1,000 New Brunswick criminal warrant, a $500 Franklin Township criminal warrant, a $350 Edgewater Park traffic warrant, and a $233 Westampton traffic warrant. She was released to New Brunswick police in lieu of bail.

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   Arturo Hernandez-Lopez, 39, of Maxwell Avenue, was charged Monday with disorderly conduct. Police said they responded to a report of an unconscious man at Hightstown Liquors on Stockton Street at 1:14 p.m. and found Mr. Hernandez-Lopez highly intoxicated and unable to identify himself.

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   A boulder was damaged and sod dug up on the front lawn of a residence on the 100 block of Reed Street on Tuesday.

East Windsor

   Kyle W. Batsch, 27, of Marion Avenue, Levittown, was charged Tuesday with burglary, criminal mischief, and making a false report. Police said they responded to a burglar alarm in an unoccupied home on Fern Drive at 11:30 p.m. and found Mr. Batsch in the driveway.
   Police said an investigation revealed he entered his parents’ home by breaking a ground-floor window and then rummaged through several rooms, searching for items to steal. Mr. Batsch also provided investigating officers with false information, police said.

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   Orlando Yunga, 28, of Windsor Regency Apartments, was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated, careless driving, driving with a suspended license, being an unlicensed driver, and violating a public urination ordinance.
   Police said they responded to Town Center Plaza at 6:20 p.m. on a report of a man sleeping in a parked car, and found Mr. Yunga sleeping in the driver’s seat of a running black 1995 Honda Accord. Witnesses also reported Mr. Yunga had previously left the car and urinated in the parking lot, police said.

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   Ilya Petrenko, 19, of The Orchard Apartments, was charged Sunday with driving while intoxicated while under the age of 21 and numerous related offenses. Police said they stopped him at 2:30 a.m. near Routes 130 and 571 after seeing him stop in the intersection while the light was red, as if to make a left turn, and then abruptly re-entering Route 130.
   Mr. Petrenko also was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, failure to observe a traffic signal, making an improper turn and making an unsafe lane change.

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   Melissa Protinick, 22, of Robbinsville, was charged Monday with shoplifting. Police said the manager at ShopRite on Route 130 saw her hide six magazines and a small potted plant and leave the store without paying for them at 11 a.m.

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   The owner of a black 2001 Ford ZX2 reported the rear window had been smashed with a glass bottle while it was parked on Rocky Brook Road between 11 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday.

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   A woman reported that someone stole her $15 black leather purse, which contained $25 cash, two credit cards, personal identification, and a $30 Rutgers University football ticket, while she was watching a movie at Regal Cinema between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday.