POLICE BLOTTER: December 12

Mansfield
   Police charged John Derr, 26, of Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, for having an expired driver’s license on Nov. 23.
   According to police, the expired license was discovered during a motor vehicle stop at 2:41 a.m. prompted by Mr. Derr’s vehicle swerving on Route 130.
   A warrant out of the Bordentown City Municipal Court was also discovered during the stop, police said.
   He was released with a summons from Mansfield Police and a new court date with the Bordentown court.
   Nov. 23 police are investigating to a theft of a commercial power washer.
   According to police, a contractor working on the New Jersey Turnpike Expansion Project reported the washer, valued at several thousand dollars, was stolen from a job site off Hedding Road between 5 p.m. Nov. 22 and 12:30 p.m. the following day.
   The case remains under investigation.
   Police are investigating a burglary at the Corner House Tavern believed to have occurred between 2 and 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 26.
   According to police, the owner arrived to open the business only to find the building open with an undisclosed amount of money missing.
   This case remains under investigation.
   Nov. 26 police charged a 17-year-old juvenile from Wrightstown for narcotics possession.
   According to police, the arrest was made after police were dispatched to the Pine Motel for reports of suspicious activity.
   A witness reported four subjects had parked their vehicle at the motel and walked through woods toward the back of an adjacent property. There, police discovered the four subjects in a barn on the property.
   Police detected evidence narcotics were present, prompting the Wrightstown juvenile to acknowledge he had marijuana in his possession and had been smoking it.
   The juvenile was released to a guardian pending court.
   While the homeowner of the property was contacted and informed about the trespassing juveniles, no other charges have been filed as of press time, according to police.
   Police charged Tomas I. Kornel, 22, of Brooklyn, New York, for theft and narcotics possession on Nov. 27.
   The Mansfield Township Police Department was conducting a special detail at the Manheim – NJ Auto Auction on Route 68 due to repeated thefts reported during the auction.
   At 12:45 p.m., An officer from the Bordentown Township Police Department, who was assisting the detail, Mr. Kornel entering vehicles in the lot and quickly exiting them.
   A search revealed Mr. Kornel was in possession of marijuana, heroin, drug paraphernalia and 13 key fobs he had allegedly stolen from vehicles in the auction lot.
   Mr. Kornel was subsequently lodged in Burlington County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.
   Nov. 29 police charged Amy A. McDonald, 36, of Trenton, for having a suspended license.
   According to police, during a motor vehicle stop on Route 130 at 1:14 a.m., prompted by an expired registration, it was discovered Ms. McDonald was also wanted on a warrant issued by the Bordentown Township Municipal Court.
   She was issued motor vehicle summonses and released with a new court date in Bordentown Township, police said.
   Police charged Steven C. Chamberlain, 27, of Croydon, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 30 for speeding.
   According to police, during the motor vehicle stop on East Main Street at 8 p.m., it was discovered Mr. Chamberlain also had a warrant issued by North Wildwood.
   He was issued summons for speeding and released pending a court appearance in North Willdwood, police said.