PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

Princeton
Borough
   Geary Carner, 25, was charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia. At 2:03 a.m. on May 20, police stopped Mr. Carner on Prospect Avenue and said they found he possessed marijuana, packaging materials, three pipes, a marijuana grinder and a scale used for weighing and packaging marijuana. He was arrested and later released on his own recognizance, pending court.
   Nathaniel Sulat, 22, a Princeton University student, was charged with aggravated assault and criminal restraint. At 3:17 a.m. on May 20, police responded to a report of an assault that occurred in the coat room of the Cloister Inn at 65 Prospect Ave. Investigation revealed that Mr. Sulat had allegedly choked a female during an altercation. A warrant was issued for his arrest. Police located and arrested him later that day at 10:47 a.m. at 121 Pyne Hall on the university campus. He was later released, pending court, after posting $42,500 bail with 10 percent option.
   Princeton
Township
   Valaree L. Henderson, 27, of Ewing, was arrested on an outstanding warrant of $106 out of West Windsor township. Police stopped Ms. Henderson at 8:37 a.m. on Wednesday at Riverside Drive. Upon confirmation of her identity, police arrested her. She was later released after posting bail. She was additionally issued a traffic summons for failing to notify the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission of an address change.
   Richard Henry, 45, of Jacksonville, Fla., was charged with careless driving and operating an overweight vehicle on a weight restricted roadway and bridge. At 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, police responded to a report of an accident at the intersection of Mercer Street and Lovers Lane. Police said Mr. Henry had attempted to make a left turn from the northbound Mercer Street onto Lovers Lane when his tractor/trailer struck and knocked down a traffic light. He was not injured. The county Department of Transportation responded to repair the light. The road was closed for about 45 minutes.
   Plainsboro
   Michael Riccio, 20, of East Brunswick, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and underage consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages. At 6:45 a.m. on Monday, police responded to a report of two men walking in the middle of Scotts Corner Road in an attempt to flag down a passing driver. Police said the two men were highly intoxicated and under age. Mr. Riccio was allegedly in possession of a weapon. He was arrested and later released on his own recognizance, pending court.
   Keyonte T. Johnson, 20, of Philadelphia, was charged with obstruction of justice. At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, police were assisting an outside agency with an unrelated investigation when they said Ms. Johnson failed to open the door of her residence at Hunters Glen Drive. She was arrested and later released on her own recognizance, pending court.
   Jarrett Johnson, 19, of Plainsboro, was charged with possession of marijuana under 50, possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle and maintenance of lamps. At 11:38 p.m. on Wednesday, police stopped Mr. Johnson at Dey Road. Police said Mr. Johnson was in possession of marijuana. Police said they also found his passenger, Ahmed Abdelbaky, 21, of Montgomery, Texas, had an active warrant for $2,500 out of Trenton. Both individuals were arrested and released on their own recognizance.
   Montgomery
   Karen Lerch, 51, of Mt. Arlington, was arrested on outstanding warrants totaling $405 out of Dover and Jefferson townships. At 9:56 a.m. on Monday, police stopped Ms. Lerch on Route 206 and said a check of her identification revealed the warrants. She was arrested and taken to headquarters, where she posted bail and was released, pending court.
   Renee Lustbader, 77, of Princeton, was charged with failure to stop or yield. At 10:23 a.m. on Tuesday, police responded to a car accident in the intersection of Route 206 and Wall Street. Ms. Lustbader was involved in a collision iwht a car driven by Mary Ryan, 54, of Princeton. Both vehicles were towed.
   At 10:36 a.m. on Tuesday, police responded to Steele’s Wine and Liquor in the Montgomery Center on a report concerning an attempt to make a purchase with a counterfeit bill. The owner reported that on Sunday, an individual gave the clerk a fraudulent $100 bill. The clerk examined to bill, refused to make the sale and returned it to the individual. The case is under investigation with the Detective Bureau.
   A resident of Route 518 was the victim of a theft. At 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, police responded to the resident who said someone had removed two barrels of scrap copper valued at about $3,000 from his property.