HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter for week of May 26

   While working a “Cops in Shops” detail on May 14, township police said they saw Kristine Kanellos, 22, of Hillsborough, come out of a Route 206 liquor store with what appeared to be a quantity of alcohol. She took it to a parked vehicle in the lot, handed the alcohol to the two occupants and walked away, police said.
   Officers said they believed the occupants to be underage and confronted them. Lauren Collins, 19, of Hillsborough and Maxwell Swensen, 19, of Branchburg were subsequently charged with underage possession of alcohol before being released pending a court date in township municipal court.
   Ms. Kanellos admitted she bought the alcohol for the underage kids, police said. She was charged with providing alcoholic beverage to persons underage to possess. She was released pending a court date in township municipal court.

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   A Gaffney Court resident reported on April 16 that his home was burglarized during the overnight hours and $350 worth of electronics was stolen, he reported.
   

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   Carl Odums, 24, of Somerset was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia on April 16 during a traffic stop. He was released after processing.
   

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   Scott Sutton, 40, of Hopewell was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving, failure to have his vehicle inspected, leaving the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident at 9:44 p.m. on April 29 after his vehicle struck parked vehicles on Bloomingdale Drive.
   Mr. Sutton registered blood-alcohol breath results of 0.06 percent, and he was released after processing.
   

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   Two 17-year-olds from Hillsborough were taken into custody on May 1 for possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana during a traffic stop on New Amwell Road. The matter has been referred to the police’s Juvenile Bureau for charges.
   

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   Jennifer Tozzi, 35, of Raritan was charged with shoplifting at a Route 206 business on May 6. Ms. Tozzi was reportedly caught by store security with $1,795 worth of jewelry and clothing in her purse and diaper bag. She was released after processing.
   

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   CoPart on Camplain Road reported on May 9 that four vehicles were stolen from its property sometime since April 14. The value of the theft is $6,708.
   

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   Robert O’Keefe, Jr., 29, of Hillsborough was charged with driving while intoxicated at 9:42 p.m. on May 9 after his vehicle was involved in a crash on Triangle Road. Mr. O’Keefe registered a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent in his breath test, above New Jersey’s legal threshold of 0.08 BAC, which is considered drunk. He was released after processing.